Kevin M. Cahill, who managed to pack several careers into a single life as a leading expert on tropical diseases, a doctor to celebrities and politicians, a close adviser to Gov. Hugh...
Read more“A controversial cover is by nature a good cover,” Ms. Wintour said in an email. “You want a cover to make people sit up and take notice, and get them talking —...
Read moreIt was the weekend of New York Fashion Week, and it was raining on Tommy Hilfiger’s runway parade.The designer had come back to his home base with his signature see now/buy now...
Read moreTo Be Made WholeIn January 2020, I got a great job. While modest, I was thrilled with the salary and fantastic health insurance. I was doing something new and exciting for a...
Read moreFashion is no place for people without a stomach for contradiction. Consider the gorgeous, if occasionally lugubrious, Willy Chavarria show on Wednesday in Manhattan at Marble Collegiate Church, home pulpit of President...
Read more“Contrary to self-help memes, disease is not a gift. Gifts are free; the afflicted pay for their ailments with painful treatments, mood swings and micro-humiliations.That said, disease does provide the gift of...
Read moreLast week I got an email from a reader named Rachel that really spoke to me, and will probably speak to anyone who’s ever had to feed children or another phalanx of...
Read moreThe best thing about a meal of steamed mussels is the sauce left at the bottom of the bowl. Yes, I adore the bivalves themselves — those sweet, saline nuggets plucked out...
Read moreGood morning. I had a remarkable heirloom tomato pizza the other day, at Lucia of Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Sal Carlino, the chef and owner, bakes a white pie and...
Read moreCo-workers stuck on a Zoom call, deliberating a new strategy for a crucial project. Roommates at the kitchen table, arguing about how to split utility bills fairly. Neighbors at a city meeting,...
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