Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and epidemic experts from universities around the world conferred last month about what might happen if the new coronavirus gained a foothold in the United States. How many people might die? How many would be infected and need hospitalization? One of the agency’s top disease…
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Like many first-time parents, Jon Borgese, a tech executive in Manhattan, had heard the buzz around the Baby Brezza formula maker, a countertop device that automatically dispenses warm bottles of formula at the touch of a button. The $200 machine, widely available at retailers like Amazon, Target and Buy Buy Baby, markets itself as the…
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David Chang, the bad-boy chef behind the Momofuku empire, isn’t exactly the guy you would think of when it comes to baby food. But there he is in Season 2 of “Ugly Delicious,” one of his Netflix series, applying his immersion blender to a rainbow of fruits and veggies and then subjecting a 9-month-old baby…
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Parmesan broth is proof that one cook’s scraps are a better cook’s liquid gold. With just some basic aromatics and cheese rinds that may have otherwise been destined for the trash, you can have a bombastic base for soups, and a flavor infusion for braised vegetables, grains and beans. Cooking with Parmesan broth is an…
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It probably began with an accident thousands of years ago. According to one legend, rain washed the fat and ash from frequent animal sacrifices into a nearby river, where they formed a lather with a remarkable ability to clean skin and clothes. Perhaps the inspiration had a vegetal origin in the frothy solutions produced by…
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“I fell madly in love with Mexico City,” says the Los Angeles-based chef and stylist Gina Correll Aglietti of the 2010 trip on which she met one of her business partners, Yola Jimenez. “We had one of those really long Contramar lunches, like four hours,” says Jimenez, referring to a meal they shared at the…
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BOSTON — The offices of the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University sit 10 floors above Boston’s Back Bay. Wraparound windows offer a floating panorama of the city, from Boston Common to Fenway Park, as a half-dozen young analysts toil quietly at computers. At 10 a.m. on a recent morning, with the early calls to…
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Before Rebecca Pomeroy McIntyre and David John Corrsin got married on Feb. 29, they came up with a couple of quips about why they chose leap day. Mr. Corrsin joked that he likes the idea of having to remember his anniversary only every four years. Ms. McIntyre declared that marriage is a leap of faith,…
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It’s hard to win over fans on a romantic reality show. But Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton did. Ms. Speed, 34, a content creator, and Mr. Hamilton, 29, an A.I. consultant, met on “Love is Blind.” The premise of the Netflix show is to allow singles to, well, mingle while they sit in pods, talking…
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Could it be the last gala of the month? Possibly longer? On March 9, a few days before New York State banned most gatherings of more than 500 people because of the coronavirus outbreak, the Art Production Fund held its 10th annual gala at the Seagram Building. The fund, which commissions public art projects, honored…
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