In Amsterdam, a Gem Story

Visitors who missed the blockbuster Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum here earlier this year will still be able to spot plenty of pearls among the half-dozen of his paintings still on display in the museum’s Gallery of Honor through Oct. 10. But for anyone interested in learning about diamonds, a better bet is just a…

Best Hamburger Helper Recipe

Hi! I’m still here, Sam’s still on vacation, let’s talk about what to cook this week. Sometimes, you put a recipe out into the universe and genuinely wonder: Will anyone care? It’s the scary, vulnerable side of developing recipes, and I felt it when I first published this recipe for homemade Hamburger Helper (above) in…

¿Sería un gran error casarme con ella?

Soy musulmán. Mi posible suegro, Bob, es cristiano evangélico. Yo quería pasar el resto de mi vida con su hija, Jillian, pero Bob tenía serias dudas sobre eso. “¿Y si ejerce su hombría musulmana contra ti?”, le preguntó a Jillian. Cuando Jillian me contó el comentario de su padre, pensé: “Casi ni tengo hombría. ¿Cómo…