I received so many emails in response to last week’s newsletter about apples, and what to do if you end up with a quantity that could be described as unreasonable — though let’s agree it’s a good problem to have. You like to fry them, grate them into oatmeal, cook them with bacon and brussels…
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Halloween costumes inspired by the Netflix hit “Squid Game” have been banned by three elementary schools in Central New York, with administrators citing concerns about the violent content of the show. The South Korean drama revolves around a competition in which deeply indebted people face off in childhood games, such as tug of war and…
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A white shark nudged closer, gliding just above the actress Cobie Smulders, like a fan asking for a selfie. Ms. Smulders welcomed the intrusion. “This is cool,” she said, rapt, as the shark slid past in the waters of the New York Aquarium. Ms. Smulders, adored for her nine seasons on the sitcom “How I…
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A casserole is, technically speaking, a meal baked in a single deep dish, often a cheesy combination of various vegetables, proteins and starches. But on the coldest of nights, a casserole is also a warm blanket, a snug sweatshirt, a hug from a friend. Below are some of the best vegetarian options New York Times…
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Ms. Green’s response was unsparing. “You’re absolutely right that there’s a respect gap in this situation — but it’s from you toward your employees,” she wrote. “Somewhere along the way, you picked up a very warped idea of what employees owe their employers,” she continued. Like a “see you never” text tempered by white-collar careerism,…
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Strawberries are not always red. Fragaria nubicola, native to the Himalayas, can produce a vivid red fruit or a ghostly white one; another species, F. vesca, can produce a white fruit with brilliant scarlet seeds, as well as a conventional red type. What gives some strawberries such a ghostly pallor? One answer has been uncovered…
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Mr. Damirji had always hated wearing ties. “They always represented someone breathing down my neck. Some teacher,” he said. “But at the same time I used to be fascinated by the beautiful prints.” It also has been more difficult than he expected to work with some ecclesiastical textiles dating from the 17th and 18th centuries…
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From the sleek totes and compact clutches of her debut collection, called Initiale, Ms. Ahmimou has gravitated toward more voluminous shapes, which she said recall the rectangular bag for a JVC camera that her family used to take on trips, and multipocket designs she likens to “mobile architecture,” worked in sunbaked tones of clay, olive…
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SEOUL — Three years after being dismantled piece by piece, a 19th-century pavilion where Korean royalty once frolicked has been reassembled, and lotus flowers — the ancient symbol of rebirth — will bloom again on its pond in the spring. The Hyangwonjeong Pavilion, a 450-square-foot hexagonal jewel box of a building constructed in wood for…
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