It’s not exactly what you want to think about when you’re sipping your morning coffee or waiting for your favorite pour over. But a potential solution to one of the biggest threats of coffee production has been found in the bright orange excrement of a voracious gastropod called the Asian trampsnail. It turns out that…
As cases of coronavirus infection proliferate around the world and governments take extraordinary measures to limit the spread, there is still a lot of confusion about what exactly the virus does to people’s bodies. The symptoms — fever, cough, shortness of breath — can signal any number of illnesses, from flu to strep to the…
When is an epidemic considered a pandemic, and what is the difference? What do health officials mean when they recommend “self-quarantining” or “social distancing”? As the coronavirus spreads around the world, new terms are entering the lexicon — and we’re here to help. Here’s a guide to the words and phrases you need to know…
The spread of the coronavirus is now a pandemic, officials at the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. “We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the W.H.O.’s director-general. Dr. Tedros called for countries to learn from one another’s successes, act in unison and help protect one another against a…
Headliner & Sons André Hueston Mack, a sommelier and winemaker, started feeling that the expanding roster of well-made American cured hams was not being given its due. “There are ham bars in Spain and France, but nothing like them in New York,” he said. So he has now become a hammelier and opened his own…
Just over a week ago, Michael Burke, the chief executive of Louis Vuitton, stood in the darkened space in Paris where his show — the last of fashion month — was about to take place and noted that, despite all the anxiety over the new coronavirus, there had been very few cancellations. He pointed out…
A small square package, bound by an elegant white ribbon, greeted the 300 diners who showed up last weekend for the James Beard Foundation’s annual Super Sunday at Chelsea Market. Was it an amuse-bouche prepared by one of the 17 chefs who donated their skills to the fund-raiser, which this year benefited culinary programs related…
Tasha Mente, a 31-year-old marketing vice president in Oakland, Calif., had a note in the program on the day she married Joe Mente, a 34-year-old engineering manager. “Traditionally, in heterosexual marriages,” read the program, “married women are expected to take their husband’s last name. Neither of us believe that a woman should be expected to…
Patrick Herning has a vision for the future of plus-size shopping. “Say you’re in Nordstrom with your straight-size friend,” he said, using the term for standard industry sizing. “She sees this Altuzarra blazer, and you can go to 11 Honoré for the same one: same brand, style, fabric, just a different size.” That is his…
Today, LVMH announced the eight finalists who are nominated for the 2020 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers. The fashion house also announced that Rihanna, Virgil Abloh, and Stella McCartney will be on the jury to select the winners of both the LVMH and Karl Lagerfeld Prizes. The winners will be announced on June 5.…