We’ve hit the part of January when I actively start daydreaming about sunnier, warmer locales. As I pull on my wool toque, oversize coat and heavy boots (if you’re imagining the younger brother in “A Christmas Story,” you’re not far off), I’m thinking about sun hats, short sleeves and heavy pours of orange wine. This … Read more
“I don’t want to go out here looking like an old man trying to be a young man, but I do like some of the forward younger fashions,” said William Stanford Davis (Stan to his friends, Mr. Johnson to his “Abbott Elementary” fans). The actor doesn’t shy away from red carpet accessories, like a spiked … Read more
Oh, the drama of it all. At the Dior men’s wear show on Friday afternoon, models trooped down a celestial flight of stairs, trotted around the perimeter and then descended another flight of stairs, disappearing out of view. They arrived from heaven and departed into, if not the netherworld, at least the great unknown. Was … Read more
Col di Luna Veneto Flora Rosato Frizzante NV, 11 percent, $16.99 Some wines, like this gently sparkling rosato, are great both in the summer and in the winter. How so? Because they are so refreshing, and that’s a year-round need. Flora, made from the raboso grape, a local variety, is dry and spicy, with herbal … Read more
“Do you ever feel like a masochist for choosing your job?” Kaley Lynn Lockwood messaged Michael Brett Friedman on Hinge in August 2021. Ms. Lockwood had noted that both she and Mr. Friedman were product managers. Her opening line managed to grab his attention. The two — whose jobs entailed working with a variety of … Read more
On Jan. 7, three days before they were to celebrate their wedding in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Kendyl Mara Klein and Benjamin Peter DiGiulio received a text alert. “It said there was a fire in the Palisades and to evacuate now,” Ms. Klein said. “I said to Ben, ‘That’s where our venue … Read more
[MUSIC PLAYING] My name is Yann Nury, and today, I’m going to show you how to prepare what I consider the perfect chicken stock. We will start by using a whole chicken, a little bouquet of herbs, onions, carrots, parsnips, turnips and a whole head of garlic. I’ve tied my herbs together into a little … Read more
Carefully tending a vat of stock used to account for a hefty chunk of the workload in fine-dining kitchens. Today, however, says the New York-based chef Yann Nury, “it’s a forgotten skill,” with many restaurants forced to rely on store-bought powder and cubes, owing to cost, time and space constraints. Nury, however, finds those alternatives … Read more
Charles Phan, a self-taught chef whose family fled Vietnam when he was a teenager and whose sleek restaurant helped change America’s perception of Asian food by replacing menus of inexpensive noodle dishes and spring rolls with ones that married the best local ingredients with the food he grew up on, died on Monday in San … Read more
These booze-free beverages are easy to make and bound to delight. Published Jan. 22, 2025Updated Jan. 22, 2025 January is a month of fresh starts. Among the many resolutions — diets, goals, plans and promises — you may have committed to cutting back alcohol altogether, or just pausing for the month and observing Dry January. … Read more