“We know that increased vaccination and infection are strengthening our defenses against Covid,” Thomas Frieden, a former chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote Monday on Twitter. “I’m more optimistic about our ability to tame the pandemic than at any point since its emergence.” “Unless, of course, a worse variant emerges,…
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So many veggie burgers available today are built with industrial meat substitutes that it’s hard to tell them all apart. The most delicious are still made with actual vegetables, and this is what makes them shine, giving them character, eccentricities and deep flavor. When a veggie burger is good, it’s a marvel of texture, often…
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Between the ribs of a steer and its skin lies a thin, flat, broad muscle. While more familiar beef cuts are more or less the ruby red of uncooked steak, this one is a pale and milky pink, from which it gets one of its names, “rose meat.” It is also known as the twitch…
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. For his fall 1989 “Buick” collection, Manfred Thierry Mugler turned women into race cars. Clad in souped-up supermodel silhouettes that resembled high-design 1950’s automobiles, his models strutted around in their hubcap bra cups and fender peplums. They shared the hard-edged mien…
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PARIS — Pedestrians on the boutique-lined Rue Bonaparte might pause at a little shop displaying the discreet sign “Ivoire,” their curiosity piqued by the elderly man at a workbench near the window. He might be repairing an ivory necklace that had lost a bead or the chip in an ivory jewelry box — practicing a…
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Complex blends of teas with herbal touches shape Copenhagen Sparkling Tea, a line of organic sparkling teas with little to no alcohol from Denmark, suitable to pour with dinner. They were created five years ago by a sommelier, Jacob Kocemba, and his business partner, Bo Sten Hansen, and are just now being sold in the…
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In Paris 10 years ago, Frédérique Jules founded Noglu, a gluten-free bakery and cafe. There are now three of them. In 2015 she opened a small New York storefront with a few seats on a sunny second floor in Carnegie Hill in partnership with Eli Zabar and also with the help of Mr. Zabar’s son…
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There’s seems to be renewed interest in sour cream, the kitchen staple from pre-yogurt times. And it’s caught the eye of some small dairy producers, including Vermont Creamery in Websterville, Vt. The dairy has just introduced an extra-rich cultured version, calling it “crème style.” There are three varieties: plain; a cilantro-lime that’s delicately tangy and…
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Valentines to mail have already filled store racks, so it’s not too soon to think about valentines to bake. Handstand Kitchen offers everything children and adults may need to make and decorate cookies and cupcakes for the holiday. New to the collection this year is a cookie decorating kit with stainless steel cutters, a nonstick…
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The Lunar New Year, called Tet in Vietnam, starts on Feb. 1. As for what to prepare, you might consider thit kho trung (extra special caramelized pork) or lil banh chung (rice cakes filled with pork, mung beans and shallots) from “The Red Boat Fish Sauce Cookbook,” which has a chapter about the holiday. There…
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