Good morning. Summer may not start until the 21st, but I’m cooking as if it were the high season already: grilled proteins and spicy sauces; slaws everywhere; steamed clams as often as I can manage. I can’t wait to bring Hetty McKinnon’s new recipe for crispy gnocchi with tomatoes and red onion (above) into the…
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“And we are getting good native recruitment in those areas,” she said. Plants that had been crowded out are returning, including some ferns, grasses and goldenrods, and more seedlings of maples, oaks and hemlock. For gardeners, she recommends starting by hand-pulling the weed before it flowers and sets seed (in late July or early August,…
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In March 2020, Christopher John Rogers was having, as they say, a moment. The then-26-year-old graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design known for his riotous colors and throwaway ballroom silhouettes, had just won the Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund award for young designers, and was widely acclaimed as the future of New York Fashion…
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Despite additional federal funding, U.S. schools reported that they were most likely to rely on low-cost strategies to improve ventilation to slow the spread of the coronavirus, according to a study published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The measures include holding activities outside, opening doors and windows, and inspecting existing heating,…
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In the past few months, however, the housing market has begun to slow in response to rising interest rates. Since March, the Bank of Canada has raised its policy interest rate by 175 basis points — the equivalent of 1.75 percent — in an effort to contain inflation. “You do see some households take a…
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EVERYTHING I NEED I GET FROM YOU: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It, by Kaitlyn Tiffany One Direction was a British boy band that was cynically assembled for the reality television competition “The X Factor” in 2010, and went on to release five albums of catchy if unremarkable pop songs before going…
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There are dishes we cook, and then there are dishes we cook toward. These are the meals that follow us in memory — sometimes annoyingly, sometimes enticingly — after we’ve washed the dishes, or the next morning over coffee, a quick flickering before we’re battered by the day. These recipes expand and contract, growing right…
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The patients had metastatic breast cancer that had been progressing despite rounds of harsh chemotherapy. But a treatment with a drug that targeted cancer cells with laserlike precision was stunningly successful, slowing tumor growth and extending life to an extent rarely seen with advanced cancers. The new study, presented at the annual meeting of the…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance last week for travelers wishing to protect themselves against monkeypox. This was one of its recommendations: “Wear a mask. Wearing a mask can help protect you from many diseases, including monkeypox.” Late Monday night, that recommendation was deleted. “C.D.C. removed the mask recommendation from the…
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This week, I’m tackling queries from three readers: a mom who wants to know where her daughter can eat on the cheap in the East Village and Alphabet City; someone looking for affordable restaurants near Lincoln Center; and a reader in search of gluten-free brunch options. As always, send questions — or your own advice…
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