In their new cookbook, Vittorio Assaf and Fabio Granato describe the unlikely creation of their still-expanding, New York-based Serafina restaurant chain: While stuck on a stranded catamaran in a storm off Long Island in 1994 they swore they’d open the restaurant if they survived. The vibrantly photographed cookbook based on the restaurants’ dishes describes essential…
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In 1905, the prima ballerina Anna Pavlova premiered a solo ballet created just for her, “The Dying Swan,” which she would go on to dance about 4,000 times before her death in 1931. “It was a combination of masterful technique with expressiveness,” Michel Fokine, the piece’s choreographer, said of his composition in a 1931 interview…
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MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — Allan Benton started selling country hams here in the 1970s, figuring he could make a better living than he did as a high school guidance counselor. His early efforts were not encouraging. “I would peddle them on the back of a pickup truck up through Maryville, over to Townsend, through Wears Valley…
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From wearing matching denim with Kanye West at Paris Fashion Week to accessorizing with a macabre claw choker at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, Julia Fox never fails to make a fashion statement. This weekend, the model and actress did it once again, this time on a not-so-casual stroll through New York City. Fox, 32,…
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Stand on the summit of Mount Hinodegatake, look inland across the Kii Peninsula, and there before you are a thousand peaks, crumpled earth like tin foil, frozen roil to the horizon, razorback edges of rock and soil. All muted tones. Turn toward the ocean and you’ll see the jagged coast, wrapping from the port of…
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Cancellations are the only way in. If a V.I.P. cancels within 24 hours, the class opens to the “public.” (The “public” Ms. Levi refers to is the small community that has been vetted to use the app.) “I wanted to be a boutique style, private studio — referral-based for only elite,” she said. Ms. Levi…
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Dust off those roller skates. Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace, a 1970s skating rink from Los Angeles, opened at Rockefeller Center with a party on April 14. Usher and Liberty Ross, whose father opened the original, invited a bevy of famous friends including Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre and Patti Smith. Not everyone skated. The New…
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Wearing masks during the pandemic has long been a divisive issue in the United States. And now that a federal judge has tossed out the mask mandate for planes and public transportation, rules in some places have been thrown into chaos. Many were lifted, and a few reimposed. But even as the changes cause some…
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In an interview, Mr. Monahan, the trend forecaster, said it was not surprising to him that optimism was trending just as early 2000s fashion is making a comeback. “I watched a lot of early 2000s movies during the winter before I wrote the ‘vibe shift’ thing,” Mr. Monahan said. “I was watching ‘Charlie’s Angels’ with…
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Design Leah RomeroGetty Images As far as moms go, Kathy Hilton is pretty much as cool as they come. In true maternal fashion, she’s selflessly played a supporting role as her daughters Paris and Nicky have dominated the spotlight since the early 2000s, and as her half-sisters made headlines on Real Housewives. (And as husband…
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