Parsley — the herb I use most, week in and out — is almost never on my shopping list these days. And the last time I bought canned tomatoes was probably 20 years ago. It is no coincidence that it has been about that long since a precious portion of my garlic harvest began sprouting…
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Ms. Rodsky recruited a dozen more people to start playing with their own index cards. As people came up with questions, she came up with rules. Do you have to hold a card forever? No. What do I do if he has the laundry card but isn’t doing it frequently enough? Determine a minimum standard…
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Like at every noteworthy speakeasy, it started with a knock. After Chad Thompson and his wife, Kitty, found the secret door in an unassuming section of Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, they faced one more test that day in June before securing access to perhaps Major League Baseball’s most exclusive new fan…
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Joanna Lubkin, a Unitarian Universalist minister, has chronic pain and fatigue and relies on her service dog, a 4-year-old black Labrador named Sully, to pick up items she drops, press elevator buttons and brace her when her body weakens. She never travels without him. In June, when she and Sully arrived at the Pittsburgh International…
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Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, a much-praised tasting-menu restaurant in Midtown Manhattan, has been closed since July, when its chef, César Ramirez, was fired by the owner amid a legal battle over the finances and future of the enterprise. Now the owner, Moneer Issa, says he has hired two European chefs who have worked at…
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Between the Sunflower Stalks August in a West Virginia sunflower field; it’s early morning but already hot. Charlie’s blue helmet bobs through brilliant yellow flowers. He smiles as I eye other infants between the sunflower stalks. I envy their round heads, symmetrical faces, bare scalps. Suddenly, I miss Charlie’s smell, so I duck beneath his…
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One day last week, a vase spilling over with white lilies and roses arrived in Kristen Kish’s dressing room in Milwaukee, where “Top Chef” is shooting its 21st season. Padma Lakshmi, the model and author who became a household name during the 17 years she hosted the cooking-competition show, had sent them, along with a…
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Headliner Verano Though the new seasonal attraction in Hudson Yards takes the Spanish word for summer as its name, the plan is for it to be open well into November. (Climate change might blur the lines between seasons.) It’s operated by Rhubarb Hospitality Group, the English company that also runs Peak, the restaurant on the…
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