On the evenings when my dairy-avoidant husband is out and my teenager and I are on our own for dinner, we go big on cheese. Whether it’s a Parmesan-proud Caesar salad, mozzarella-loaded garlic bread or some version of baked pasta, oozing with ricotta, we rejoice in the opportunity to trip the lactic fantastic. The latest…
When Salam Dakkak was growing up in Jordan, dinner didn’t end when the plates were cleared. It simply transformed. Her mother would take whatever remained — a spinach stew, a lentil soup, even sautéed vegetables — and tear up old bread, reheat the dish, pour it on top and finish it all with a cool…
In the four years since its first flight, Avelo Airlines has gained loyal customers by serving smaller cities like New Haven, Conn., and Burbank, Calif. Now, it has a new, very different line of business. It is running deportation flights for the Trump administration. Despite weeks of protests from customers and elected officials, Avelo’s first…
Robert B. Shapiro, a brash former law professor turned corporate executive who performed a marketing miracle by branding aspartame as the sugar substitute NutraSweet and making it a household name that consumers demanded in thousands of products, died on May 2 at his home in Chicago. He was 86. The cause was pancreatic cancer, his…
In India, the mango is known as the “king of fruits.” The fruit, and its tree and leaves, are symbols of prosperity, good luck and love. There’s a lot to love nutritionally, too. Mangoes are rich in vitamin C and potassium. And they freeze well, making them a year-round smoothie staple. Here’s what to know…
Most of us know that the best defense against tooth decay — or damage to the surface, or enamel, of your teeth — is to limit sugary foods and to brush and floss regularly. But once that damage has begun, or even progressed into a cavity, can you reverse it? Online advertisements for products like…
Michael Foote was at dinner with three friends at Soothr, a Thai restaurant in the East Village of Manhattan, when he looked up and noticed he was the only one eating. “We had all ordered all this food, and we were all sharing everything,” he said, “but I was chowing down, and my friends were…
It was just after sunrise, and we were racing to meet a local celebrity we had been doggedly tracking all morning. She’d been spotted grabbing a drink nearby, so we made a beeline to the nearest watering hole, arriving just in time to watch her gracefully slink away and disappear — delighting, then deflating, her…
To some, it also feels — there is no way to express this that is culturally or politically defensible, so let’s lay that aside for the moment — kind of hot. Many people get off on the transgressive, and there’s an argument to be made that today, being gay isn’t, but being closeted is. Films…
Good morning. Happy Mother’s Day to all who serve. Mine loathed the holiday. She called it a conspiracy of the Hallmark-florist industrial complex. Still, I think she was always secretly thrilled when one of us children cobbled together something delicious for her to eat or gave her a hand-crayoned card. Which is to say: Reach…
