Brisket for Beginners

Never in the annals of American barbecue has brisket — great brisket — been so widely available. Once the province of Texas and Kansas City, world-class brisket now turns up at Hometown Bar-B-Que in Brooklyn; at Lewis Barbecue in Charleston, S.C.; and at Smoque BBQ and Green Street Smoked Meats in Chicago. Once deemed a…

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Mr. Apple Pie, Ron Howard

Bette Davis patted him on the butt when she decided he was a good director. Henry Fonda gave him his first books on film theory. Lee Marvin got drunk and told him stories about John Ford’s sadistic side. Vincente Minnelli taught him to be a stickler for detail. Roger Corman advised him to pursue his…

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It’s Pesto Time

Hi and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes, food for busy people who still want something good to eat — like pesto, which now that I think of it may be the best thing you can eat. I made a very large batch on Monday to toss with spaghetti, using up mint and parsley that was…

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Halston’s Women Have Their Say

Image From left, Pat Cleveland, Chris Royer, Halston, Alva Chinn and Karen Bjornson in 1980. CreditDustin Pittman There were, it seems, many Halstons. There was the small-town Midwesterner who ascended to the highest levels of fashion, an inspired technician whose bias-cut dresses, masterworks of structure and refined simplicity, altered the look of 20th-century American design. There…

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