A glazed, sugared round of twisted babka becomes a dazzling holiday wreath by Kora, a Filipino bakery in Long Island City, Queens. The filling woven throughout the brioche dough is the rich deep violet of puréed ube, the Filipino purple sweet potatoes. The babka is made in collaboration with Umamicart, an online Asian supermarket based…
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Whether you’re looking for a new occasion shoe or something you can wear to run errands in, so many brands and retailers are offering wild Cyber Monday deals this year. You can pick up a new marathoner-approved running shoe or a designer boot that’s 50 percent off, just in time for gift-giving season. From must-shop…
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One bite of a chile verde con papas burrito at Burritos Sarita in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, has the power to shatter whatever preconceived notions you have about burritos. In it, a pillowy-soft flour tortilla, with hints of smoke from the griddle, swaddles a fragrant mix of tender potatoes, caramelized onions and fire-roasted chile verde that…
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Now that the Thanksgiving hubbub has died down, let’s take a moment of lovely calm before we fall headlong into the flickering fray of Hanukkah-Solstice-Christmas-Kwanzaa-New Year’s. In our house, I’m declaring the next two weeks to be family cozy time, the three of us snuggled up on the couch watching pirates and vampires after fuss-free,…
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Say you’re bored by your 9-to-5. You’re intellectually understimulated and you want a challenge beyond your book club, which, it turns out, is just you and your friends gossiping around a lukewarm charcuterie board. What are your options? You could apply to graduate school, if you have the ambition, money and time. Or you could…
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When is walking in circles a good thing? When following a trail through villages, forests and fields using open-access paths that begin and end at the same train station. Britain is known for being a country of walkers, with thousands of miles of footpaths and bridle ways open to the public (Scotland, for example, has…
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Good morning. The guests are gone, let’s hope, and the house brought back to order after Thursday’s feast and a couple more epic meals behind it. You’ve consumed enough butter, starch and sugar to consider bearlike hibernation for the next week. This is not a day for fricassee. But would you consider this ginger-scallion steamed…
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Inside the “blueberry muffin” conference room, the walls are, naturally, painted blue. Not just any blue — it’s the calming color you might find a baby’s bedroom, what the paint can refers to as “sea to shining sea.” Anchoring the room is a table, red and oblong, adorned with fake succulents in purple pots. Nearby…
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Losing the Fear At first, Sept. 11 seemed like the worst thing that could happen, but it turned out to be just the beginning. “There were lots of hard moments,” Ms. Woroniecka said. “Obviously 2008. Barneys going bankrupt — that was 25 percent of our wholesale revenue. Covid was a big one.” It wasn’t only…
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