I collect chile condiments the way my grandmother collected miniature porcelain baskets of flowers, all lined up in perpetual bloom on every flat surface of her living room. Open my fridge, and you’ll see a similar display: this one, of jars and bottles vying to be smeared over avocado toast, roast chicken or buttered, jammy…
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The New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams kick off Super Bowl LIII on Sunday at 6:30 p.m., Eastern time. Whatever jersey you’re wearing, you’re going to need food to sustain you through the thrilling triumph or the agonizing defeat. And for those of you just showing up for the snacks, we’ve got you…
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Image Wendy MacNaughton is a graphic journalist based in San Francisco. You can find her via website and Instagram. More ‘Meanwhile’ Wendy MacNaughton’s illustrated column about the big implications of seemingly small things. How Californians Are Breathing in the ‘New Abnormal’ of Epic Fires An illustrated look at the face masks that are now everywhere…
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Global cruise lines are rolling out new technology to help servers deliver cocktails to passengers who have wandered off, address travelers by name on ships carrying thousands of passengers and shrink the boarding process to 10 minutes from one hour. The companies say they are using technology to reduce the most common passenger complaints and…
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. “NO CRIMINAL CHARGES TO BE FILED IN DEATH OF WORK RELEASE INMATE” It was the headline of a news release issued by the prosecutor’s office in Elkhart County, Ind., on an October morning last year.…
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Courtesy of Savage X Fenty Rihanna is getting in the subscription box game. On Thursday night she took to Instagram to announce the launch of Savage X Fenty‘s new XTRA VIP box with an adorable video of her dressed in head-to-toe Savage X Fenty and a face full of Fenty Beauty goodies. I’m sure she…
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Katherine Leon was 38 and living in Alexandria, Va., when she gave birth to her second son in 2003. She was discharged from the hospital, but instead of getting better, she recalls, she kept feeling “worse and worse and worse.” Five weeks after she had her child, Ms. Leon’s husband came back early from work…
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Dr. Valerie Mechanik, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Tampa, Fla., delivered bad news to Richard Westenberger in December 2015, just 10 days after enjoying a first date with him at a restaurant there. “She dumped me,” said Mr. Westenberger, 60, the co-founder and president of First National ATM, a financial services firm in Tampa. “I was hurt…
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. As a Society News reporter at The New York Times, I’ve covered more than 7,000 weddings across three decades, from the current president’s son to the son of a gun who refused to submit a…
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Image By Alix Strauss Photographs by Vincent Tullo Ian Ginsberg stood in his West Village office above C.O. Bigelow, considered by some to be the oldest pharmacy in the United States. He was unwrapping vintage items from the early 1900s: An amber bottle filled with German Salts; a glass container of Violet Witch Hazel with…
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