Lifestyle

The Sharp Edge of a Shell“How will I know?” I asked my father before he died. “Talk to me like we are now and listen,” he said. Months passed. I was scared...

Some families take their textiles very seriously.On a recent morning, Fabian Berglund, one of the co-founders of the Swedish rug and textile company Nordic Knots, carefully arranged a rack of miniature rugs...

In the summer of 2020, as a reckoning on racial justice swept the country, Disney said it would rip out Splash Mountain, a wildly popular flume ride with a racist back story.Some...

Tell me honestly: Are you ever excited to have a green salad for dinner?Generally speaking, I’m not, though there was a recent exception. It was an iron-hot afternoon and I was planning...

“I have analysis paralysis,” said my friend Maite, an Argentine who lives in Madrid. Maite is a world traveler but has always been stymied when it comes to Greece. “There are too...

On Kiva Williams’s Juneteenth table, pops of red — barbecue ribs and watermelon, a symbol of freedom — share the table with hot dogs, burgers, potato salad and baked beans. Sometimes, foods...

Beneath a row of fir trees River Shannon Aloia walks along a remote dirt road on national forest land, scanning the ground for morels.“Find it,” she commands her dog, Jasper.The search pays...

You may not know exactly what “slop” means in relation to artificial intelligence. But on some level you probably do.Slop, at least in the fast-moving world of online message boards, is a...

While just about every other document is accessible online, a lost passport is one of the last analog emergencies that can derail an international trip.Here’s a guide to replacing a lost passport...

Last year, Americans bought a half a billion packets of Shin Ramyun, the spicy, beefy Korean instant noodle. The bold red-and-black packaging feels inescapable: It’s a staple of college dorm rooms, bodegas,...