WASHINGTON — With the Democratic presidential contest down to a two-person race, Senator Bernie Sanders has declared that he will wield his signature issue, Medicare for all, as a crucial distinction between his campaign and the surging candidacy of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden. “Joe essentially wants to maintain what I consider to be…
Mochi meets dressy petits fours at the Mochidoki shop in SoHo opening on Thursday. It’s the first shop for the company, founded in 2015, which has been selling its mochi-wrapped ice cream confections to restaurants like Nobu and, more recently, online to retail customers. The pastry chef Michael Laiskonis is consulting. At the SoHo shop,…
Stripping a sliver of orange peel to garnish that old-fashioned is one of the least demanding cocktail chores, but there’s an advantage to having a jar of Collins Orange Twist in Syrup on hand. An Italian import, these are uniform, nicely cut strips of peel for cocktails, desserts and even savory dishes like duck. A…
Food is the theme of a particularly focused group exhibit downtown this art season. For “Food Show,” the curators Chantal Lee and Jeffrey Morabito have gathered works by more than a dozen artists that express the relationship between people and food. Some of the works illustrate dishes like “Avocado Toast With Sunny-Side-Up Egg” by Mr.…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageThe City of London financial district. Stocks in Britain, France and Germany plunged on Monday morning.Credit…Henry Nicholls/Reuters Markets tumble as governments step up restrictions. Global stocks plunged on Monday, including on Wall Street, as the spread of coronavirus led governments around the world to take increasingly stringent measures to…
Good morning. I don’t know if you’re going to have time to make pastelón (above) tonight, but it sure would be nice to eat, a Puerto Rican lasagna of plantains, cheese and picadillo, dotted with raisins and, in some homes, drizzled with pique, a fermented hot sauce common to the island’s tables. It’s a dish…
A year after the “London Patient” was introduced to the world as only the second person to be cured of H.I.V., he is stepping out of the shadows to reveal his identity: He is Adam Castillejo. Six feet tall and sturdy, with long, dark hair and an easy smile, Mr. Castillejo, 40, exudes good health…
In March 2019, doctors in London announced that they had cured a person of H.I.V. — only the second ever to have been freed of the virus. After much deliberation, the “London patient,” as he has become known, told The New York Times that he wanted to reveal his identity and to tell his story.…
President Trump has been promising the imminent arrival of a vaccine to halt the spread of the coronavirus, the novel germ that has sickened more than 100,000 people worldwide, killed more than 3,400 and is now spreading in the United States. Federal health officials have repeatedly pointed out that his timetable is off — that…
ImageA patient with diabetes supplies. When cost sharing is imposed for diabetes, the evidence suggests it leads fewer patients to take their drugs.Credit…Kerem Yucel/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Much of the care provided in the United States is unnecessary or too expensive. Cost sharing is one way to try to push patients to be more…