After two years of lockdown sweatpants and Zoom galas (remember those?), the party circuit in New York City came roaring back. Black-tie benefits went mask-free. Cultural performances held opening nights. Fashion labels hosted raves and intimate dinners. Movies and TV shows had red-carpet premieres. Gallery openings spilled out onto sidewalks. The social set was not…
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“It made red eye makeup more acceptable and more mainstream,” Mr. Philips said. Red around the eyes can be a scary concept, but many makeup artists say that, tonally, the color is flattering and complementary to most eye shades. “It pops the white of your eye, which then makes the eye color pop even more,”…
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The maelstrom of holiday gift-giving is finally winding down for the year, leaving a trail of ripped paper, crumpled tissue and bedraggled ribbons in its wake. We now turn to a less lauded but still very important end-of-year tradition: writing thank-you notes. A handwritten message may seem like a chore or a relic of a…
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On a recent Tuesday night at the Daryl Roth Theater in Union Square, temperatures outside hovered in the mid-30s, but inside, a few hundred 30-somethings in sailor hats were sipping “Iceberg” cocktails and grooving to Lizzo’s “Juice.” A gleaming silver and blue tinsel heart hung suspended above the stage like a disco ball. And then:…
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The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that travelers from China, Hong Kong and Macau must present negative Covid-19 tests before entering the United States, a move that it says is intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The requirement will take effect on Jan. 5. The announcement, by the Centers for Disease Control and…
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In 1910, the French pastry chef Louis Durand created the Paris-Brest (above), a ring of golden, puffed choux pastry filled with praline cream, named after a bike race that runs between Paris and the port city of Brest, in northwest France. Claire Saffitz brought us a recipe for this ethereal confection, just in time to…
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Year-end lists are somewhat daunting to put together. By December, who even remembers what happened in January? But they’re a chance to look back, to remember the days, months and meals of our recent pasts. Below, our staff members reflect on their most memorable tastes of 2022: some surprising savory recipes, some sweet standbys —…
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It was movie night at the Museum of Arts & Design in Manhattan, and the costume designer Machine Dazzle was ready for his entrance. The selection was the 1980 roller-disco fantasy “Xanadu,” and he had draped his 6-foot-5 frame in a shiny take on Olivia Newton-John’s purple Grecian goddess look, accessorized with pastel-rainbow pumps, sequined…
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For years, I was convinced that for a dish as simple as olive oil-braised white beans, dried cannellini were the only way to go. It was well worth the time to soak the beans overnight, then braise them in olive oil, rosemary, garlic and chile for two to three hours, I reasoned, because the end…
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