In 1973, the New York Times restaurant critic John L. Hess gave Chinatown — the entire neighborhood — four stars. It was the highest rating he ever dispensed, and an acknowledgment that whether you eat poorly or well can depend less on the skills of a particular chef than on your openness to experience. I’d…
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Five major websites often used for wedding planning have pledged to cut back on promoting and romanticizing weddings at former slave plantations. Pinterest, The Knot Worldwide — which owns The Knot and WeddingWire — and Brides announced Wednesday that they would make a variety of changes, including removing all references to plantations on their sites…
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I recently was told by my doctor to go see a doctor at the Cancer Institute to be tested for cervical cancer. When I told my mother she freaked out and told me my vegetarian diet was to blame, and that all the soy in my diet was the leading cause of all of this.…
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Nearly one in three high school students has reported using a tobacco product recently, according to a new federal survey released on Thursday, evidence that concerns over nicotine addiction among teenagers are not limited to e-cigarettes. For the sixth year in a row, e-cigarettes dominated the students’ choice. Public health officials were concerned that despite…
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“Is that part of the counter supposed to be on fire?” I asked the bartender, and pointed at the open kitchen of Firedoor, in Sydney, Australia. There is so much open flame on display at this restaurant, it was a little hard to tell if the small, bright flicker on one of the stainless steel…
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The white pantsuit has become, against all odds, one of the most powerful emblems in Washington, D.C. I know, I know. You’re thinking: not again! Not another story about a white pantsuit! But there’s no escaping it. That is the point. It has become a statement in itself, layered in meaning and nuance; loaded with…
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ImageA proposed playlist for hackers. Connor Ball, the 23-year-old bassist of the British pop band the Vamps, was in the shower when he realized something was up. The song he was listening to on Spotify, by the American singer Lauv, had suddenly stopped. “That’s a shame,” Mr. Ball remembered thinking. (He couldn’t start it again;…
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“Cabbage Patch Kids. Like, their heads.” “This opera house I went to in Venice???” “But like the BABY Cabbage Patch Kids.” “Powdered donuts.” “When I did a fitting at a couture atelier in Paris. The dressing room there.” “Strawberry wine!” Behold the group chat of several fashion editors, all trying to pin down the smell…
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PARIS — The festive holiday lights of Paris sparkled from store fronts and Christmas garlands, arched over roads and the Eiffel Tower, twinkled over the River Seine and through an inky black sky. It was the eve of an indefinite national strike in France. The public walkout was expected to be the country’s biggest demonstration…
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Tasmanians have heard all the tired jokes from mainland Australians. The country’s isolated southern island state has been so overlooked in the past, it’s even been left off maps of Australia. In recent years, however, Australians have changed their tune. Tasmania is experiencing a surge of weekenders and property buyers, driven by a newfound interest…
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