Amid the 1970s television landscape selling obvious sex and youth, Norman Lear understood the magnetism of older everyday women. Mr. Lear, who died on Tuesday at 101, has long gotten credit for being the first to train the television spotlight on issues of racism and class, war and poverty, to create plots centered on hot-button…
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Growing up, when I would visit my Abueti, she would often greet me with a little sheet pan of freshly crisped chicharrón, pulled from a small hunk of pork shoulder that she would roast in the toaster oven in her New York City apartment. (The regular oven is for storage. If you know, you know.)…
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I wash my face in the morning with Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel, then moisturize with the Blue Cocoon from May Lindstrom — it’s been my go-to skin-care product for about four years. I finish with the Rodan + Fields Essentials Sunscreen. Day to day, I typically don’t wear makeup. If anything, I’ll use Armani Beauty…
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Slow cookers aren’t exactly novel — we’re pretty sure your parents or even grandparents have one tucked away in the cabinet somewhere — but every time we use one, we’re delighted anew by how it turns the humblest ingredients into a hearty, rib-sticking dinner at the push of a button. Case in point: Sarah DiGregorio’s…
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Last October, when it was announced that Sarah Burton was leaving Alexander McQueen, the house she had nurtured to new gorgeousness after the suicide of its founder, and would be replaced by an Irish designer named Seán McGirr, it set off a sort of tsunami of angst in the fashion world. See, it turned out…
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In 2015, Norma Pérez adopted a vegan diet to combat her arthritis. But she worried that she’d miss out on the Salvadoran dishes she grew up with, particularly holiday dishes like her tamales and pan con pollo. Then she remembered the many plant-based options in El Salvador. She just needed her sazón and other spices…
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On Thursday, Pantone announced its 2024 color of the year: Peach Fuzz. It’s a hue that the company described in a news release as variously “gentle,” “velvety,” “contemporary” and “nurturing.” In other words, a pretty hardworking hue. The shade was selected by human trend prognosticators who travel around the world surveying fashion and design and…
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Early one morning in February, a guard clanged on the door of David Mustiga’s jail cell on Rikers Island. Soon, the 43-year-old was shackled and put on a bus to Bellevue. Rikers detainees often struggle to get even rudimentary medical care. But Mr. Mustiga and 10 other prisoners have undergone elective bariatric surgery at Bellevue,…
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Don’t talk to me about Emily in Paris,” Isabel Marant will warn you. No, she hasn’t seen the Netflix hit. “And I won’t. But this is a phantasm that doesn’t exist in Paris,” she says, blowing out cigarette smoke. “The French girl is much cooler than that.” Marant would know. She’s built a one-woman empire…
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Instead of looking to far-flung destinations this holiday season, we turned inwards, specifically to different rooms of the house for inspiration. Each room embodies a different state of mind, and a different set of needs, so choose your adventure and discover what lies behind each door.