In a way, the story of Charmaine Lopez Gomez and Joseph Alexander Contreras began as a tale of two dresses.Their mothers, Rizaly Brownfield and Somary Contreras, respectively, had been friends for eight...
Read moreWhen I was pregnant with our first child, Sam wanted to know if the baby would be a boy or a girl. He was going to be happy either way; he just...
Read moreWhile on vacation in Spain in August 2017, Jacquelyn Kate Drozdow finally decided to take her sister-in-law up on an offer to fix her up with her friend Matthew Philip Comite.“Hook it...
Read moreAs the curry house established itself as a British institution, more flourished around Shish Mahal. In 1979, when Mr. Aslam renovated the place, he reopened with a clever gimmick: all of the...
Read moreIt’s a funny time of year. On one hand, we’re expected to kick back and relax — it’s the party season! On the other hand, it’s easy to feel surrounded, hemmed in...
Read moreSure, feeding a family is no joke, but have you tried cooking for yourself lately? It can be just as challenging (and daunting) to cook up a fast, easy and, most important,...
Read moreWhen I was in college, every winter break my mom would welcome me home with a Tupperware full of anar, or pomegranates, in Farsi. I’d plop generous spoonfuls of the shimmering red...
Read moreHe never donned the political camouflage of a suit.The olive green sweatshirt, with its little Ukrainian trident embroidered at the neck, cargo pants and boots that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine wore...
Read moreAt first glance, you might miss the glass frog of the Costa Rican rainforest. It is, as the name suggests, nearly transparent. Apart from a lime green smear across its back, its...
Read moreLONDON — Jordan Frieda knew he was struggling to find waiters and kitchen workers for his three Italian restaurants. But the depth of the crisis did not become clear until he hired...
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