How do you throw a state dinner on the South Lawn when the world is burning? By their fourth time around, the Bidens know how to do this. First, you call off a performance by an irreverent rock band. Then you dial down the celebrity wattage. And then you serve up some root vegetables and…
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With Halloween looming ominously in the distance, allow me to regale you with a spooky tale. You’re in the canned goods aisle at your grocery store, on the hunt for the season’s hottest commodity: pumpkin. You grab a couple of cans of purée, visions of cheeky jack-o’-lanterns dancing in your mind. But the canned purée…
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Closure is a spectrum, and “modern exorcism methods tend to place less emphasis on external factors and more on internal healing,” Ms. Alderson said. “Sitting with negative feelings can feel uncomfortable in the moment, but ultimately, it can allow for emotional healing to take place, and there’s far more awareness of this now.” Dating experts…
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We’re firm believers that when it comes to Halloween, there’s no reason the kids should have all the fun. (They’re likely to take all the chocolate for themselves and stick you with stale Smarties and rock-hard Tootsie Rolls.) In our collection of Halloween cookie and candy recipes, you’ll find dangerously simple chocolate peanut butter cups,…
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Sitting in her Wiggins, Miss., home one fall afternoon, Wanda King began counting all of the candy corn flavors she has collected over the years. She quickly ran out of fingers. There is sea salt chocolate, caramel, peppermint, cookies, Starburst, Sour Patch Kids, apple pie, pumpkin pie, s’mores and three separate coffee flavors. Others are…
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It was a night of comfort food and canny comfort dressing — strange adjectives for a state dinner, an event normally known for pomp, circumstance and grand gowns. But everything is relative, and these are complicated times, demanding a careful balance between displays of power and humility in the face of other people’s pain. Jill…
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The Khaite designer Catherine Holstein was newly pregnant in the fall of 2022 when the French children’s wear brand Bonpoint reached out to her about collaborating on a capsule collection. Now, the 11 new designs, intended to fit babies and children up to 10 years old and made with materials that are gentle against sensitive…
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What’s that you hear? The jingle of chain mail is ringing through the streets as Rabanne partners with H&M for a collection that brings the line’s trademark metallic shine to a wider audience. The 129-piece assortment, part of a line of designer collaborations that has paired the Swedish retail giant with brands like Mugler and…
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