All hail the casserole dish! While I might push it aside when I’m reaching for a sheet pan, there are so many recipes that simply work better in a casserole dish. Lidey Heuck’s one-pan roasted fish with cherry tomatoes is an excellent example. The high sides of the 9×13-inch pan keep all the liquid from…
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At a speed-dating event in August, $25 bought attendees about 25 dates with strangers, each roughly five minutes long. When the first blind dates began, it wasn’t long before some people — mostly men — tried to go out of order so they could talk to the person they were most attracted to. “There’s a…
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How do you deal with visits to “shoeless” homes? It’s often a surprise, so you can’t plan ahead with cute socks or by making sure you’ve recently had a pedicure. Not to mention that shoes are part of an outfit — and keep your feet warm. I’ve been confronted with this more often in the…
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Three years ago, B. Dylan Hollis was an unemployed musician in Wyoming who had never baked anything outside a home-economics class, much less written a recipe. Last month, his debut cookbook, “Baking Yesteryear,” became the best-selling book in the country. Not just the best-selling cookbook — the No. 1 book. “Baking Yesteryear,” which features vintage…
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“Farmers here are the caretakers of culture,” said Ms. Bejo, who acts as Albanik’s gardener, concierge, yoga instructor and hiking guide. “It’s important that the families with endurance — those who stayed in the valley instead of leaving — are shown appreciation as the economy shifts to tourism.” My initial hike was a moderate one…
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Jules Melancon, a third-generation Louisiana oysterman who, rather than giving up after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill ravaged the Gulf Coast, found an innovative, sustainable and much tastier way to bring his briny delicacies to New Orleans restaurants, died on Aug. 31 at his home in Cut Off, La. He was 65. His father,…
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Jollof rice is a West African dish made with rice, tomatoes, onions, lots of peppers and lots of spice. Nigerians prepare it differently from Ghanaians, who make it differently from Liberians. There are versions from Senegal, Cameroon and Sierra Leone. The debate over which is superior is always passionate, sometimes deadly serious. Each one is…
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“Absolutely not,” I told my husband from the bed as he tried to find the right place on his dresser for Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. “I don’t need him staring at me all night.” The bust was the size of a child’s head and made of white alabaster. Marcus was frozen in an expression heavy with…
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Wearing a dark green suit from Express and Cole Haan dress sneakers, Representative Maxwell Frost, Democrat of Florida, took the stage at Metrobar in Washington. He was speaking at an event this summer by Run for Something, a political action committee that supports young Democrats seeking state and local office. “How’s everybody doing?” Mr. Frost,…
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Ten years ago at New York Fashion Week, Eden Miller anxiously stood backstage, her spirit stirring with excitement as six curvy women, including Precious Lee, prepared to strut down the runway in her designs. Not only was this Miller’s first time showing at the exclusive, semi-annual event, an accomplishment many designers dream of—she was also…
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