LONDON — Just before lunch on a recent Monday, Jamie Oliver wrapped an apron around his dad bod and started mashing mint and broad beans with a mortar and pestle, which has long been his favorite kitchen tool. That adorable mop of hair he had 20 years ago when he slid down a banister and…
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Lately I have fallen under the spell of an East Village restaurant called Foxface. The cooking there is hard to pin down, geographically. Stopping in a few weeks ago, I ate Low Countryish wild red shrimp on grits, with sweet corn off the cob and a potent saffron-lobster sauce. More recently, I had skinless pork…
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What does it take for a restaurant company to move from behind-the-scenes to center stage? A few big-name chefs. With that in mind, Restaurant Associates, a firm that has been creating and managing restaurants and corporate dining rooms in New York and beyond since the 1950s, has recently started ramping up its culinary profile. Well-known…
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Some studies have identified links between sleep apnea and cancer. Now, new research reveals that rates of cancer are higher among females with pronounced symptoms of apnea. New research finds that women with a severe form of sleep apnea are more likely to receive a cancer diagnosis. The recent study, which features in the European…
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The 52 Places Traveler A little behind-the-scenes peek into his strange, but wonderful, day-to-day. Aug. 20, 2019 Video Produced by Meg Felling and Sebastian Modak Our columnist, Sebastian Modak, is visiting each destination on our 52 Places to Go in 2019 list. With a visit to Golfo Paradiso in Italy, where he ate divinely with…
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Headliner The Jones At his latest restaurant, Gabriel Stulman has given something of a nod to the Great Jones Cafe, in the cafe’s former space in NoHo. “I like places that existed a long time, that have history and legend,” he said. The new place is named after regulars’ nickname for the cafe, and Mr.…
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“Surfing is how I meditate,” designer Cynthia Rowley tells me at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. We’ve driven out to Montauk for CR Surf Camp, a fledgling event that merges the Insta-posing of a Revolve retreat with the muscle demands of a varsity sport. Behind us, Christina Caradona (aka @TropRouge) is live streaming on…
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Dola Fatunbi Olutoye, 25, was ecstatic after becoming engaged last November to Dr. Yinka Olutoye, 26. She knew she wanted a traditional Nigerian wedding, but needed help executing the cultural elements of the ceremony, which took place on May 25 in Houston. Mrs. Olutoye, a pharmacy student from Houston, and Dr. Olutoye, a recent medical…
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Low-carbohydrate diets have fallen in and out of favor since before the days of Atkins. But now an even stricter version of low-carb eating called the ketogenic diet is gaining popular attention, igniting a fierce scientific debate about its potential risks and benefits. Both the Atkins and ketogenic diets encourage followers to cut carbs from…
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