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PARIS — I spent quite a long time sniffing the candle, twisting the mirrored jar around in my hands and tilting my head, as if inhaling from different angles might yield new...

Good morning. I may hawk recipes in this space, but I don’t always use them. That’s especially true in the middle of the week when I’m ground down by the realities of...

The cucumber’s fresh crunch has gone, but in its place is something more substantial to deliver a smoky, savory flavor.

A Six-Bedroom Estate in Western Panama$2.895 MILLION This six-bedroom Tuscan-style mansion is secluded between two hillsides in the exclusive estate section of Valle Escondido, a high-end community, resort and club close to...

All vacation is in some way an observation of other people working while you do not. A stay at a hotel bears witness to maids and hosts; dinner sees chefs, busboys and...

There it was, as flashy as in the seed-catalog photos: three-foot-tall Euphorbia marginata, the striking green-and-white variegated spurge known as snow on the mountain.But then Alan Branhagen did a double take. What...

Myxomas are rare. In autopsy studies, around 100 myxomas are seen per one million population. For reasons that are not well understood, they are more common in women than in men. Size...

A talent for speed tasting (and accurate spitting) is what you’ll need to get through more than 75 Burgundies, Champagnes and Rhône wines in two hours in a Brooklyn backyard. The marathon...

I Know Which“You’ll know when he’s ‘the one’,” my mother said. She died when I was 20, leaving no further guidance. At 23, I was stale inventory by Jewish matchmaking standards. Despair...

Today marks Day 22 of summer. Have you had your requisite ice cream cone(s) yet? Ice cream consumption is, of course, a year-round pursuit. But there’s just something about unrelenting daytime heat...