Martin J. Wygod, a Wall Street whiz who graduated from walking horses after races to owning and breeding championship thoroughbreds when he made millions from investing in online companies that sold pharmaceuticals by mail and pruned medical paperwork, died on April 12 in San Diego. He was 84. His daughter, Emily Bushnell, said he died…
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Just in time for longer evenings, bodega flowers and all the green vegetables: My colleagues Tanya Sichynsky and Krysten Chambrot have a wonderful new interactive guide to spring entertaining, a choose-your-own-adventure for dinner-party planning. Tanya’s shindig swings fancy: shrimp cocktail, a glorious roast chicken with tangerines and an all-stops-pulled baked Alaska. Krysten keeps things cozy…
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This weekend, Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas across the country, temporarily renamed Alamo Dankhouse, are mixing Chex cereal, cheese balls and ranch seasoning with buttered popcorn. The snack is the first of three courses in a special menu that will be served during screenings of stoner classics like “Inherent Vice” and “The Beach Bum.” Ike’s Love &…
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Truth or myth: Pasta should always be cooked al dente or firm to the tooth. The source of this myth seems to be transcontinental confusion. The American way of serving fully cooked pasta with sauce dolloped on top is different from the Italian way of serving pasta and sauce combined. In Italian recipes, the pasta…
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When it came to housing, Susan Apel and Keith Irwin thought they had planned adroitly for later life. They bought a four-bedroom house on two acres in Lebanon, N.H., 24 years ago, and “we made sure to pay off the mortgage before we retired,” said Ms. Apel, 71. That way, the home equity they had…
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My fiancée, Meredith, and I were sitting crossed-legged on cushions around a low wooden table with the tea ceremonialist and two other young women. Now and then, a gray cat jumped onto our laps. The tea ceremonialist took a black pot from an electric heater and poured the liquid into our ceramic mugs. We contemplated…
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The last five years for Shannon Collins, a wedding photographer who identifies as nonbinary, have been filled with survival and self-discoveries, all while Mx. Collins, captured celebrants’ most intimate and revealing moments. In October 2019, Mx. Collins, now 39, had craniotomy surgery to remove a malignant lesion. In 2020, as the world shut down because…
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Lo que nos separó estaba sobre una mesa en la sala del tribunal: un teléfono. Como dijo el juez para que constara en el acta, yo comparecía en mi divorcio “por teléfono”. Eso fue hace 17 años, antes de que existiera Zoom. Desde mi casa en Oakland, California, a 3218 kilómetros del tribunal del Medio…
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All it took for the crookie to take shape was a baker looking for a diversion, his time-tested croissant recipe and a few cookies for inspiration. It took TikTok to make it go viral. Stéphane Louvard created the crookie almost a year and a half ago when he came up with the idea of putting…
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Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen has a problem: Too many people want what he’s selling. Mr. Jorgensen is the chief executive of Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker. Even if the company isn’t quite a household name, the TV jingle for its best-selling drug — “Oh-oh-ohhh, Ozempic!” — might ring in your ears. Across the United States, Novo…
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