This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Tommaso at first seemed like a classic red-sauce restaurant when it opened in 1971 in South Brooklyn. But it quickly became a critically admired dining spot frequented by foodies, neighborhood people, Manhattanites and mobsters alike.…
MIAMI — Customers traveling by foot or convertible will hear Plaza Seafood Market shortly after it comes into view. The rhythmic thud of long, heavy knives cracking fish spines, landing hard on a cutting board, grows louder when you reach the parking lot, provided there are no motorcycles revving nearby, drowning everything else out. The…
How goes it? These are challenging times, of course, made more so by the newness of the year that brings with it hope and optimism but also hard work: your new fitness challenge; your focus on self-care; your home office to-do list; your job search; your corporate goals for 2021. Some have stopped drinking for…
Do you find that you struggle to get to sleep at night? Food and drink aren’t just there for enjoyment and inclusion in our favourite recipes, but they can also come in handy when it comes to natural remedies. There are plenty of options for those who struggle to doze off at night and in…
In response, the company announced that its senior leadership was working with an inclusion expert, Dr. James Pogue, on anti-bias training. The company has vowed to keep “diversity and inclusion front of mind” in its hiring, a spokeswoman said, and to create “safe forums for everyone at U.S.H.G. to have uncomfortable, challenging conversations surrounding race…
A kettle is equal parts kitchen workhorse and decorative accessory. So choosing one isn’t just a matter of finding something that can boil water. “Look at it as art, as well as a functional element,” suggested Sarah Blank, a kitchen designer based in Greenwich, Conn. “When you do a kitchen and have this gorgeous range…
Pour Mme Ettarh, ce dialogue est aussi important qu’un recrutement accru de personnel Noirs : “Je pense que le leadership blanc est très mobilisé pour embaucher des professionnels Noirs, mais ils doivent changer de culture”. Assumer le passé doit faite partie intégrante de ce processus pour tous les restaurants, préconise-t-elle. “Ils sont, entre guillemets, transparents…
Doors opened at 5:30 a.m., welcoming “the morning coffee crew,” including the homeless who could get free coffee, said Susan Guercio, who has been a customer for 22 years. Doors closed at midnight, seven days a week. That is, until the pandemic shut the city down last March. But his father tried to be upbeat…
Welcome. On a recent virtual visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, I stopped into the Thorne Miniature Rooms, a series of dollhouse-scale dioramas, created by Narcissa Niblack Thorne in the 1930s and ’40s, depicting dozens of “period rooms”: a mid-19th-century New York parlor; the living room of an old Cape Cod cottage; an English…
Hi, friends, and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. Margaux Laskey filling in for Em today. What a roller coaster of week. How are you doing? I’m trying to focus on the bright spots: My kids. My Christmas tree. (Yup, it’s still up.) What’s for dinner. Looking for something to cook has become a delicious daily…