Una apuesta que no pudo resistir

Mi madre me dijo: “¿Por qué no comes?”, y su acento de Yonkers resonó en el silencioso restaurante chino. Una peluquera italoamericana de 77 años que creía que casi todos los problemas podían resolverse con un montón de espaguetis y albóndigas, vio mi falta de apetito como una señal de alerta. “Estoy bien”, le dije.…

Valentino’s Roman Marvels

ROME — The couture shows came to an end not in Paris but in Rome, with a river of gold ballroom chairs connecting the Piazza di Spagna at the foot of the Spanish Steps — the most famous people-watching and -posing staircase in Europe — to Piazza Mignanelli, where the Valentino headquarters stand. Twenty-three years…

Athletic Greens Becomes a Household Name

Maybe you learned about Athletic Greens on an episode of “Pod Save America,” or between gruesome tales on “Crime Junkie.” Perhaps you heard an ad for it on Dax Shepard’s podcast, “Armchair Expert,” or Conan O’Brien’s or, if it’s more your style, Joe Rogan’s. You might have even caught wind of it on a New…

Emmy Rossum Dreams of Pink Macarons

“Look,” Emmy Rossum said, squeezing an excess of rose buttercream onto a waiting meringue. “We can’t all be perfect the first time.” Ms. Rossum, 35, a star and executive producer of “Angelyne,” the limited series about the mysterious blonde bombshell featured on Los Angeles billboards in the 1980s, had come to Ladurée, the restaurant and…