Fleurie is one of the more important crus, with quite a few good producers. The three wines I suggest are: Clos de la Roilette Fleurie Cuvée Tardive 2019 (Louis/Dressner Selections, New York) $29 Domaine Chapel Fleurie Charbonnières Vieilles Vignes 2018 (Grand Cru Selections, New York) $37 Jean-Louis Dutraive Fleurie Domaine de la Grand’Cour Clos de…
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I thought the three wines I chose all showed the promising side of the grape and place. They were excellent bottles made by producers working simply, without artifice. I’ve had the Cirelli several times and have always enjoyed it. Francesco and Michela Cirelli manage an organic farm that produces olive oil, vegetables, fruit and meats…
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Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. As we plod through these first few weeks of 2021, I felt the best thing I could do for you was to tell you to make meatballs — lots of meatballs. That is what I did on Sunday, tripling Kay Chun’s recipe for pork and ricotta meatballs and…
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There was a time in my life when I made a stand for custard over pudding. Puddings, I decided, were temperamental things, rife with the potential for curdled eggs, grittiness from too much cornstarch or a soupy texture. Custards, like French pots de crème or Italian budini, were more sophisticated and reliable. They can be…
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Dharmesh Desai moved to Silicon Valley in 2008 to take a job at a start-up. He met Claire Umeda on the job. “I knew the second I saw her that she’s the one,” said Mr. Desai, 50, who goes by Dash. “I just knew I was going to be with her.” But as he was…
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As with every other person to whom 2020 “happened,” I wonder a lot about lockdown legacy. Once our freedoms return — our freedom to travel, our freedom to sit in a packed theater or crowded restaurant, our freedom to hug it out — I wonder what will endure and what will fall by the wayside.…
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Indonesian Navy divers have recovered the flight data recorder from Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, which crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff on Saturday with 62 people aboard, officials said Tuesday. Remains of some of the victims were also brought ashore in dozens of body bags, officials said. So far, four victims have been…
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. When Jen Mankins announced on Friday that she was closing her beloved store, Bird, she immediately started getting emails from customers. One of them, now a very successful real estate broker, recalled a day years ago when she was browsing the…
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Name: Jayme Lawson Age: 23 Hometown: Washington, D.C. Now Lives: A studio apartment in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Claim to Fame: Despite never having acted in a film before, Ms. Lawson is generating Oscar buzz for her role in “Farewell Amor,” a tender drama by Ekwa Msangi about an Angolan family who reunite…
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The 14 guests who sent screen shots of negative Covid tests to Jordan Scott and Nick Gash before their New Year’s Eve wedding did so out of devotion to a couple whose love felt worth leaving home for amid a pandemic. But they couldn’t have been blamed for expecting to attend a more action-packed celebration…
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