A panel of experts affiliated with the United Nations has warned that the population of the Gaza Strip is at imminent risk of famine, with more than 90 percent of its 2.2 million people facing “acute food insecurity” and a quarter of the population experiencing “catastrophic levels of hunger.” Even before the war between Israel…
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No importa si estás en un hotel, restaurante, mercado, puesto de comida callejera o la casa de un habitante de Yucatán, México, si la salsa de mesa no está ahí al sentarte, alguien machacará unos chiles en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, o abrirá el refrigerador para servirte un poco en un tazón. En…
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Throughout the Trump presidency, Amalija Knavs — mother to first lady Melania Trump — was something of a mysterious figure. Mrs. Knavs, who died earlier this week, rarely made public comments or gave interviews. Striking and perfectly coifed, Mrs. Knavs was a recurring but almost entirely silent presence during the Trump presidency, much like her…
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When my teenage sons were younger, I worked a recurring theme into the meals I cooked for them. I called it the Meatball of the Month Club. The idea is just what you’d imagine. The fun of it was in tracking down meatball recipes from different cultures in cookbooks and recipe sites, and then using…
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When it comes to style, Christina Ricci is on a level of her own. From her early days as Wednesday Addams in the 1991 version of The Addams Family to now, the actress has consistently served incredible looks. Her fashion history is full of punky, show-stopping outfits that incorporate edgy details like crushed velvet, dark…
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As Emily Weinstein says in this week’s Five Weeknight Dishes newsletter — you are subscribed to Five Weeknight Dishes, yes? — a dish like a frittata, that clean-out-the-fridge standard, walks a fine line between delicious and disaster. This new cheesy frittata recipe from Sohla El-Waylly, however, keeps you safely on the stellar side of things,…
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A couple of weeks ago, I was having drinks with some friends when one of them uttered an absolutely baffling phrase: “beans alla gin with oat milk.” I laughed so hard I was moved to tears. What, pray tell, were beans alla gin with oat milk? Ever the resourceful cook, my friend Madison had recently…
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Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Joseph Altuzarra was having a Devil Wears Prada moment, specifically the one in which fashion editors compare nearly-identical turquoise belts with a lament of “They’re SO different.” On TikTok, where he has over 56,000 followers, the designer was weighing the merits…
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The number of people facing possible starvation in the Gaza Strip in the coming weeks is the largest share of a population at risk of famine identified anywhere since a United Nations-affiliated panel created the current global food-insecurity assessment 20 years ago. After Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, Israel responded with air…
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Of the 59 varieties of native corn in Mexico, nal t’eel is one of the oldest, having emerged in the Yucatán Peninsula some 4,000 years ago. It grows quickly, largely unbothered by heavy rains or drought — so robust that the Mayans called it “rooster corn.” Like almost all of Mexico’s indigenous corn varieties, nal…
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