Who would have thought that curried chicken salad, that darling of the 1980s fancy picnic scene, was ready for a makeover? Ham El-Waylly, that’s who. In his brilliant new recipe (above), he swaps out the chicken for roasted, charred cauliflower, creating a meatless classic brimming with texture: crunchy toasted walnuts, crisp chunks of apples and…
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The clothes themselves were the least of the matter. They were a tour through Mr. Ford’s favorite Tom Fordisms: the white, jersey goddess gown; the leopard, sequined lounge suit; the lace-and-velvet L.B.D.; the smoking; the crystal pasties. There was fringe and snakeskin and the occasional breastplate — the potent mix of sex and power and…
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Claire Ptak first learned about Meghan Markle through Ms. Markle’s former lifestyle blog, The Tig, a so-called hub for the discerning palette that she started in 2014. After Ms. Ptak, the owner of Violet, a cafe and bakery in London, published “The Violet Bakery Cookbook” in 2015, she sent a copy to Ms. Markle, who…
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My boyfriend and I planned to live together this summer in the town where he goes to college. I lined up a job there months ago; he was going to take classes. But I just discovered he also applied for an internship at NASA in Washington. (He made the first cut.) I’m happy for him,…
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Here’s a fashion riddle: Name a brand that’s just as desirable to a Gen Z fashion lover as it is to a septuagenarian retiree. Pleats Please Issey Miyake, celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, has become exactly that—a line of amorphous, finely pleated, colorful garments that offer intergenerational appeal to creative types, young and old…
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Starter episode: “A Dressed Guide to Dressed, Part 1” “99% Invisible,” the long-running radio show-turned-podcast, considers the hidden or unappreciated role of design in our everyday lives, often focusing on architecture and physical structures. “Articles of Interest,” hosted by Avery Trufelman, started out as a clothing-focused mini-series within “99% Invisible” but spun off into an…
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It’s time to unpack the dahlias, and Frances Palmer finds herself surrounded by 25 sizable cardboard cartons full of tubers that she dug up and then stored last fall in the frost-proof cellar of her barn. To complete the coals-to-Newcastle scene: Several boxes of new tubers she ordered have just arrived, too. Who could have…
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Florence Pugh has never been afraid of fashion controversy. Last July she set off a viral brouhaha when she appeared at the Valentino couture show in Rome in a sheer pink gown that showed her nipples, then posted on Instagram defending her choice and her body. She followed that with an appearance at the Venice…
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We spent five blissful days at Sani Lodge, which is owned and operated by the Indigenous Sani tribe. We watched the sun rise over the jungle from a 120-foot-high metal platform — Mr. Gualinga helped build it when he was 14, he said — in the crown of a 900-year-old ceiba tree, and waited for…
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