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There was a storm here over the weekend — rumbles of thunder and thick, gray skies, a soaking wet garden in the morning. It’s cooled down a little too, and all I...

It may be fashion week, but you won’t find the collection Christopher John Rogers launched yesterday on any runway. Instead, the designer has lent his eye for color and print to Orior,...

“New York Woman” — three small words that tell a big story.A story I hoped to embody, but might never get the chance. The words were embroidered on a T-shirt I saw...

ON A LATE spring evening in 1536, a dinner party was held in a garden in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome. The festivities were presided over by Bartolomeo Scappi, a provocative chef...

Every five years, top officials of the Food and Drug Administration go behind closed doors to negotiate the terms of its core budget — about $3 billion this year.But the F.D.A. is...

If your pet is distressed and whining in its carrier, speak to the animal in a reassuring voice to let it know you are there, said Dr. Bryant, “or give them a...

Photographs by Stephanie SinclairText by Jaime LowePregnancy can be dangerous — occasionally fatal — for both women and the fetuses they hope to deliver. Fetal conditions, like a nonviable twin that threatens...

Honey cake, a springy loaf called lekach in Yiddish and traditionally served at Rosh Hashana, is not my favorite holiday dessert. So I was thrilled when, in the 1990s, Charles Fenyvesi, a...

If picking a wine can be challenging, try the nonalcoholic versions. The usual benchmarks, like grape variety or region, are often not given or do not strongly influence the end result. Emily...

I am delighted with the shift away from skinny jeans and tightfitting pants to looser styles. But I am stumped on what to wear on top with wide pants. Wearing a school...