Victoria’s Secret has long been known for its assortment of lace bras, panties and racy lingerie, as well as its annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. But this year, comments made by Ed Razek, L Brands’ chief marketing officer, left many people miffed. While the cultural shift towards diversity in the fashion industry has resulted in…
Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jeff Rohrer, 59, became the first known N.F.L. player, past or present, to marry a man when he wed Joshua Ross, a 36-year-old aesthetician Sunday at the Wattles Mansion Gardens in Los Angeles. Image “Best night of my life,” said Mr. Ross, an aesthetician to celebrities. The couple are flying to…
Jim Lahey, the chef and owner of Sullivan Street Bakery, spent several months perfecting his new brownie. It’s moist and seriously intense — more caky than fudgy. He said the treat is inspired by recipe from his “brownie muse,” Faith Heller Willinger, a food writer who lives in Florence, Italy. Because Mr. Lahey makes the…
The minute there’s a nip in the air, the broths, and particularly bone broths these days, emerge. Here’s a new one that I would not hesitate to shamelessly call my own. Mother Wit is the brand, and it’s owned by Nicole O’Brien, a self-taught chef who owns the Pandering Pig, a tiny Franco-Californian bistro in…
Bristol Bay, an arm of the Bering Sea between Alaska and Siberia, is known for seasonal sockeye salmon runs, and this year’s harvest was the largest in 125 years, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (Other salmon areas in the state have not done as well this season). The wild sockeye, known…
November’s recipes were corn pudding, cranberry crostini and maple pumpkin pie. In December, subscribers to Raddish, a monthly cooking instruction kit designed for children 4 to 14, can make rosemary focaccia, minestrone soup and hot cocoa cupcakes. The step-by-step recipes are simple but intelligent (adult novices, take note). The focaccia, for example, is a yeasted…
When Develey — a German mustard company founded near Munich in 1845 — sought a location in the United States, it landed in Dyersburg, Tenn., north of Memphis. The plant, its 17th, opened in 2016, and this year, itsTigertail brand of small-batch mustards became available nationwide online. The line includes the Classic, a basic yellow…
LOS ANGELES — When Chad and Chase Valencia were growing up in Southern California, their mother, Priscilla Valencia, made sure they stayed in touch with their Filipino heritage. The Valencias lived in places (Rowland Heights, Chino Hills) with large concentrations of Filipino-Americans. Ms. Valencia was always inviting relatives who had recently immigrated from the Philippines…
Your sisters—biological and otherwise—are your everything, and they deserve the world. But what do you give the girl who shared her toys with you, humors your weird Riverdale fan theories, and took you to get your eyebrows waxed for the very first time (something you eventually forgave her for)? Something that shows you know and…
MasterClass is a series of online courses, from a company that has assembled an impressive roster of experts on a host of topics, including Bob Woodward, Spike Lee, Margaret Atwood, Frank Gehry, Serena Williams, Steve Martin, and, for food, Thomas Keller and Alice Waters. This week the pastry chef Dominique Ansel joins the list. His…