CRISPR in the Classroom
A new generation of scientists is growing up with CRISPR technology. Here’s how some high school students learn to edit genes.
In Tulsa, a Burmese Cooking Tradition Takes the Spotlight
TULSA, Okla. — The electrifying flavors of bawngsa kan — beef fried with generous amounts of tamarind, ginger and chiles — are easy to love. But finding the dish in an American restaurant is a challenge. This is a food of the Zomi people, an ethnic minority group with roots primarily in Myanmar (formerly Burma)…
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Fruit-Infused Vinegars at Home in Both Salads and Cocktails
Summer is the moment for this new collection of fruit-infused vinegars with a white wine vinegar base. They’re from a company selling products from Greece and elsewhere, and they provide versatility well beyond the salad bowl. Their uses include sharpening a mix of fresh berries or a cocktail, adding a new dimension to iced tea…
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Darra Goldstein Illuminates ‘A Brief History of Russian Food’
Darra Goldstein’s new Russian history book, “The Kingdom of Rye,” is a useful tool for understanding the country and its people. The author of this slender volume, a professor of Russian at Williams College, starts a millennium or so ago and goes almost to the present, describing the land, climate and rulers of the sprawling…
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Waffle Cone Pie Crusts From the Inventive Christina Tosi
She made Cereal Milk soft-serve and the Compost Cookie household names, and now the ever-inventive Christina Tosi has turned waffle cones into crunchy pie crust. The filling builds with a layer of chocolate brownie topped with vanilla pudding flavored like vanilla ice cream, finished with a hard chocolate-peanut shell and peanut clusters, all evoking the…
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Lysée’s Pastries Reflect Korea, France and New York
Much of the décor is inspired by Korea, as are some ingredients (like buckwheat) and flavors, at Eunji Lee’s new pastry boutique and cafe, Lysée, the fulfillment of what she said was a dream. Ms. Lee, who was born in Busan, South Korea, studied pastry and worked in France before transferring her talents to Jungsik…
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Just Add Tonic to This Apple Vodka From New York
Apples, a major New York State crop, can be macerated, fermented and distilled into an apple vodka. Upstate Vodka is made at Sauvage Distillery in Charlotteville, N.Y., west of Albany, with the distillers Jamie Terk, and Ken Wortz, whose own distillery became Sauvage, in charge. The property has apple trees but also buys fruit, including…
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Women on Why They’re Stocking Up on the Morning-After Pill
After the announcement of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the morning-after contraception pill has emerged as a sought-after purchase for many people worried about access to reproductive health care. Some women have bought morning-after pills in case they or their sexually active children need to prevent a pregnancy after having sex.…
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Can a Shirt Made in India Beat Savile Row?
PUNJAB, India — Sunita Devi, an embroiderer at 100Hands, was working on a shirt, her stitching so beautiful that it prompted a compliment from this reporter. Ms. Devi acknowledged it with a smile, before turning her attention back to the task at hand. Were these floral patterns a nod to commissions by maharajahs who once…
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Shopping for Tablecloths
A tablecloth can make an ugly table beautiful, hide a worn wooden top and immediately change the feeling of a dining space, indoors or out. “It’s at the root of hosting and hospitality,” said Olivia Capuano, the founder of the interior design firm Olivia Jane Design, based in New York. “You’re literally laying down a…
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