Used judiciously, the snappy tidbits of food etymology in “Romaine Wasn’t Built in a Day,” a new book by the medieval scholar Judith Tschann, could make you a hit at dinner parties. Say someone shows up in a seersucker suit. You could inform her that the British took the word seersucker from the Hindi sirsakar,…
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The patients became infected during the pandemic’s early waves, testing positive for the coronavirus between March 1, 2020, and Jan. 15, 2021, the overwhelming majority before vaccines were available. Dr. Al-Aly and Dr. Mehandru noted that the experience might be different for people infected more recently. Newer virus variants might have different effects, they said,…
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In 1937, an American drug company introduced a new elixir to treat strep throat — and unwittingly set off a public health disaster. The product, which had not been tested in humans or animals, contained a solvent that turned out to be toxic. More than 100 people died. The following year, Congress passed the Federal…
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The latest scandal taking over the internet? Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix, stars of the Bravo reality television show “Vanderpump Rules” who have been a couple for nine years, have reportedly split after Mr. Sandoval was accused of having an affair with their co-star Raquel Leviss. The cheating allegations, while neither novel nor uncommon in…
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More than five years after the creation of a crowdsourced Google spreadsheet that included anonymous allegations of sexual misconduct against prominent men in the media industry, the author Stephen Elliott, who was named in the document, has reached a settlement in his lawsuit against the list’s originator, the journalist Moira Donegan. Mr. Elliott, a novelist…
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“While it is extremely important that serious efforts are taken to bring the outbreak in domestic and wild birds under control, the reality of the situation is serious enough that we must be taking more steps to prepare for a possible human outbreak of this virus,” Mr. Krellenstein said in an interview, adding, “We should…
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Nobody loves ice more than Americans. It’s a running joke, a quirk of the national personality: Iced drinks are as American as rock ‘n’ roll, pickup trucks and to-go cups. Way back in 1895, Mark Twain wrote that ice had become so inextricably linked with the United States that “there is but a single specialty…
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They are universally flattering; they do double, triple, or quad duty to go with every look; and they more often than not have an awesome origin story. The Lee Rider Jacket, an American classic, is one such treasure. Rooted in authentic cowboy culture—seriously, you had to prove your cowboy status before you could buy one…
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Alleva Dairy, a 130-year-old cheese store in Little Italy, closed its original location on Wednesday but will reopen in Lyndhurst, N.J. The pandemic dealt financial blows to the shop, which opened in 1892 and became known for its fresh ricotta and mozzarella. The cheese store accumulated $628,000 in back rent and filed for Chapter 11…
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