The Eat Well Challenge: A Guide to Reshape Your Eating Habits Without a Diet
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In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig
“It was either die or do this transplant,” Mr. Bennett said before the surgery, according to officials at the University of Maryland Medical Center. “I want to live. I know it’s a shot in the dark, but it’s my last choice.” Dr. Griffith said he first broached the experimental treatment in mid-December, a “memorable” and…
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The Big Cheeses From the Vineyard
A satiny washed-rind beauty named Prufrock was the first cheese made at the Grey Barn, a farm and dairy on Martha’s Vineyard, which was established in 2009 and began selling the cheese in 2012. The tidy eight-ounce square, encased in an edible orange-hued rind, has collected awards over the years, and in the 2021 World…
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What Is ‘Love Bombing’?
Imagine you’re at a restaurant one night, and after dinner you decide to order not one but two slices of cheesecake for dessert. Many would say that’s unhealthy — or at least indulgent — but everyone deserves a treat once in a while. Right? If you keep ordering two slices of cake for dessert every…
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Restaurant Review: Semma in the Village
The servers at Semma walk around in long-sleeve black T-shirts printed with a white logo that says Unapologetic Indian. This is a reference to Unapologetic Foods, the company that runs Semma along with Dhamaka and Adda Indian Canteen. It’s also the group’s slogan, a vow to offer cuisine that pulls no punches. With its sly…
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Capri by Way of Keuka Lake
New York’s Finger Lakes may freeze in winter, but the region can also provide the allure of sunny Capri. Le Moné, a new Meyer lemon drink made in Hammondsport, N.Y., has enough bright, citric flavor to cancel winter. It is called an aperitif wine because its base alcohol is wine, from the Finger Lakes region…
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Alexander Smalls Plans a Food Hall for Harlem. But First, Dubai.
In October, an African food hall, Alkebulan, opened as part of Expo 2020 Dubai. It was created by Alexander Smalls, the Harlem chef, restaurateur and performer, with TGP International, a hospitality management company based in London. Originally the plan was to open Alkebulan first in Harlem but the pandemic interfered and then, as Mr. Smalls…
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A New Line of Cookware Designed With Thomas Keller
The cookware from the California company Hestan is made in Italy and designed for the professional and the amateur. The professional side just received an upgrade with a new line designed with input from the chef Thomas Keller. He insisted on pans that were more generous in circumference to suit larger burners in restaurant kitchens…
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A Maple Syrup With a Hint of Brooklyn Bourbon
Fort Hamilton Distillery, a five-year-old enterprise in Industry City, Brooklyn, named for the 19th century military installation guarding the east side of the Narrows in New York Harbor (Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island faces it to the west), specializes in rye whiskies, and also makes bourbon. To this portfolio it has just added a bourbon…
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Fresh Iberico Pork Delivered to Your Door
Iberico, the prized pork from Spain’s free-ranging heirloom breeds is best known in its cured state, as ham. But fresh Iberico in the muscle cuts typical in Spain, is delicious roasted, grilled or pan-seared. Campo Grande, an American company that works directly with small farmers in Spain, is a new source for the meat. The…
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