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Our health editors and reporters shared key pieces of advice they learned in 2022.
Paris-Brest: The Iconic French Pastry You Should Bake for New Years
When I think of French pastry — before éclairs, before madeleines, before even the croissant — I think of Paris-Brest. For me, it occupies a special status in the pastry pantheon, simply because I find it incomparably delicious. Invented in 1910 by the pastry chef Louis Durand, Paris-Brest was named for a bike race that…
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10 Restaurant and Food Predictions for 2023
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. Nearly every big change in how we eat starts as a fad, which is really just a shared moment among a subset of diners or cooks that gains traction. Some fads fade away slowly, like wine coolers…
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A Literary Scene Where Parties Are Part of the Agenda
On a recent winter evening, Cat Fitzpatrick and Kay Gabriel were trying to decide how the former would introduce the latter, who was about to read from her new novel, “A Queen in Bucks County.” Ms. Fitzpatrick mentioned that the book had made her cackle on the PATH train. Making other trans women “crack up…
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At Veniero’s, a New York Bakery Where Frank Sinatra Liked to Buy Pastries
To walk into Veniero’s, the beloved Italian pastry shop on East 11th Street, just off First Avenue, is to step into a dreamscape of buttery cookies, cannoli and tarts heavy and trembling with jewel-colored fruit. On one side of the double-fronted building is the main cafe. On the other is the store, inside which, on…
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Kebab aur Sharab, Celebrating Indian Food, Opens, and More Restaurant News
Headliner Kebab aur Sharab Until now, the chef and restaurateur Salil Mehta’s focus has been Southeast Asia. Laut, his showcase for Malaysian food, was awarded a Michelin star. He has interpreted Singaporean food and drinks at Laut Singapura, Chard (now closed) and Singlish near Union Square, and provided tastes of Indonesia and Malaysia at Wau…
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Parents Often Bring Children to Psychiatric E.R.s to Subdue Them, Study Finds
For emergency room doctors, they are a dispiriting and familiar sight: Children who return again and again in the grip of mental health crises, brought in by caregivers who are frightened or overwhelmed. Much has been written about the surge in pediatric mental health emergency visits in recent years, as rates of depression and suicidal…
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A Gin and Peppermint Cocktail to Toast 2023
Several festive new holiday drinks, suitable for year-end reveling, have been created by Nolet’s, a gin company that was founded in 1691 in Schiedam, the Netherlands, and is still family-owned. The cocktails are notable for the simplicity of their ingredients — no need to concoct arcane herbal mixtures, and the like. The Peppermint Southside, a…
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The Best 2023 Fashion Trends to Shop Ahead of the New Year
Ah, yes. The time has come to look forward to the new year. In fashion, that means taking a look at the best 2023 fashion trends to come. I know, I know; with the way the trend cycle is going, it’s getting tough to keep up. Not to worry—you’ve come to the right place. We…
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