Jan Longone, a curious, cordial and diligent food scholar who started a mail-order cookbook business from her Michigan basement that led to friendships with towering culinary figures like Julia Child and grew into one of the nation’s great cookbook collections, died on Aug. 3 in Ann Arbor, Mich. She was 89. The death, at a…
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WELLFLEET, Mass. — Sunday is turnaround day for the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, when the four houses it maintains are readied for the next group of tenants — the artists, writers and architecture buffs who jockey for a chance to spend a week in these modest bohemian monuments. Peter McMahon, an architect and the…
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“Being a boss is not my strength,” Eileen Fisher said, shifting awkwardly in a seat from a sleek meeting room inside the headquarters of a company she started herself almost 40 years ago. That may seem surprising, given the degree to which Ms. Fisher, 72, has proved herself as a leader with staying power in…
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Lyons Magnus, a nutritional drinks company, expanded a voluntary recall of some varieties of popular products including the oat drink Oatly, Optimum Nutrition protein powder and Glucerna shakes, because of the potential for microbial contamination, the company and federal authorities said this week. The company said in a statement on July 28 that no illnesses…
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Polio outbreaks incited regular panics decades ago, until a vaccine was developed and the disease was largely eradicated. Then on Friday, New York City health authorities announced that they had found the virus in wastewater samples, suggesting polio was probably circulating in the city again. Parents of young children found themselves wondering — perhaps for…
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The C.D.C. estimates that one in 200 people with polio experience paralysis or weakness in the arms, legs or both. Paralysis typically occurs on one side of the body, said Dr. Gail Shust, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at NYU Langone Health. In rare cases, polio-related paralysis can be fatal, as the virus may affect…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed many of its Covid-19 guidelines this week, shifting sharply away from several of the precautions, including quarantines and social distancing, that have long defined the pandemic. The move was prompted by the fact that many Americans now have some immunity to the coronavirus — through a combination…
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One summer, instead of paying for expensive on-campus housing, Elizabeth Chang decided to live in her university’s library. She would shower at her university’s gym, brush her teeth in the library’s bathroom and then curl up on one of its couches for the night. This ritual would have likely continued without incident, if not for…
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