Advertisement LeBron James and Justin Bieber were among the high-profile guests at the Kith show, which turned out to be one of the major events of New York Fashion Week. Image Ronnie Fieg, left, the founder of Kith, backstage at his New York Fashion Week show.CreditCreditShawn Brackbill for The New York Times Sept. 10, 2018…
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“I was six years old,” he replied. “But I remember people talking about it.” His name, he said, was Percy Gordon. CreditThe New York Times A half-mile away, at the Humphreys County Courthouse (erected 1921), I knocked on an old white wooden door. The words “Circuit Clerk” were flaking off its transom; they were, I’m…
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Advertisement Front Burner Thread & Whisk’s Bloom tote — attractive and insulated — is designed to carry a container or two of food. Image CreditCreditSonny Figueroa/The New York Times Sept. 10, 2018 Some serious design work has gone into these bags for carrying containers of food and bottles of drink. The line is called Bloom…
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Advertisement Front Burner The Vienna Cookie Company makes Linzer cookies in myriad flavors, with options that are gluten- or nut-free. Image CreditCreditSonny Figueroa/The New York Times Sept. 10, 2018 In the hands of Heidi Riegler, the baker and owner of Vienna Cookie Company in Baldwin, N.Y., the classic jam-filled Linzer cookie has become a panorama,…
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Advertisement A trio of recipes that feature edible insects including locusts, silkworm pupae and ant larvae. Image Clockwise from top: crickets, Manchurian scorpions, Japanese hornets, black ants, vespula flaviceps (Japanese wasps), silkworm pupae, palm weevils and locusts from the pantry of Joseph Yoon at Brooklyn Bugs.CreditCreditDavid Chow By Alexandra Ilyashov Sept. 10, 2018 “We’re quick…
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ATLANTIC CITY — If you tuned into the Miss America pageant last night, you may have noticed a few changes. For starters, this year’s event was called a “competition,” not a “pageant.” The participants were “candidates” — interviewing for the job of Miss America — not “contestants.” There was no runway this year, and the…
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Advertisement Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis, of the restaurants Bestia and Bavel in Los Angeles, talk about their food, their partnership and celebrating the Jewish holidays. Genevieve Gergis and Ori Menashe in the kitchen of Bavel.CreditCreditAdam Amengual for The New York Times Sept. 10, 2018 For 364 days of the year, Ori Menashe, the self-taught…
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BOSTON — To the medical students, the patient was a conundrum. According to his chart, he had residual pain from a leg injury sustained while working on a train track. Now he wanted an opioid stronger than the Percocet he’d been prescribed. So why did his urine test positive for two other drugs — cocaine…
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Ten years ago, Victoria Beckham traded in her pop star image for a seat among fashion’s elite when she debuted her eponymous label in September 2008. This week, Beckham will be marking her label’s 10-year history in a major way, culminating with the debut of her spring/summer ’19 show in London, having previously taken over…
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Advertisement Sasha Velour curated a freewheeling drag spectacular for the New York label, with queens, screams and Christina Aguilera. Image Christina Aguilera performed, here with Sasha Velour, at the Opening Ceremony show at New York Fashion Week. CreditCreditRebecca Smeyne for The New York Times Sept. 10, 2018 “In a fashion show, you see clothes,” said…
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