Lifestyle

Reporting on food trends is a tenuous game, I know. A dish having a “moment” is usually a blip on the cybertimeline for a food that’s probably existed for some time. It’s...

The ultimate honor during awards season is to take home a statue. But the glut of ceremonies and related events between January and March has long offered celebrities another way to distinguish...

There is one detail that separates the birthday cake from the everyday cake. It is not candles. It is not layers. It is not a perfectly piped, personalized inscription. For the birthday...

Humble as they are, oats can work miracles in dishes, lending their natural sweetness and a scent like warm, clean hay. Aside from softening into creamy hot oatmeal and chilled overnight oats,...

It would be fair to assume that being an editor at New York Times Cooking makes my dinner decisions easier. After all, I’m thumbing through our vast recipe archive almost daily, revisiting...

Kiandra Browne had little interest in religion growing up in multicultural Montreal. But she did have a curious mind. “If you know Kiandra, you know she questions everything,” her mother, Sheryl White,...

Therapy has been a part of Katerina Kelly’s weekly routine since elementary school, when a teacher suggested counseling for the 8-year-old.At the time, Katerina’s autism was affecting their ability to manage time,...

Dear Tripped Up,Last summer, I booked a five-day sailing trip with Tall Ship Experience, a company based in Spain. For 1,350 euros, or $1,450, I would be a volunteer on the crew...

Jill Warren heads the European Cyclists’ Federation, a Brussels-based nongovernmental organization that advocates cycling to help lower carbon emissions.

On the second floor of a 19th-century villa near the Bois de Boulogne, overlooking a garden housing a child’s trampoline and various plastic scooters, there is a room filled with blouses. Hundreds...