Sparkling Wines for New Year’s Eve

Peter Lauer Saar Riesling Brut 2020, 12.5 percent, $40 Florian Lauer, the current proprietor of this excellent German estate, makes wonderful sparkling rieslings. They are what the Europeans like to call gastronomic wines, bottles that are best served with food. I’ve had numerous Lauer sparklers, but this is one of the more unusual bottles. It’s…

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Feeding a Crowd on Christmas Morning

There are many moments that, upon a bit of reflection, feel like the demarcation between childhood and adulthood. Maybe it’s when you finally recycled all of those construction paper crafts from elementary school that your parents hoarded in your childhood home. Or perhaps it’s when you first brought a partner to your family’s Thanksgiving, a…

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Mall Culture Is Back, Baby

It finally happened: All over the spring 2024 runways, there were polos with popped collars, leggings, and, most of all, belts on every single thing, every single way, from Miu Miu to Ralph Lauren. Maybe you remember the heyday of this style. It’s so oddly specific not just of Y2K, but of early to mid-2000s…

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