You Don’t Need a Party to Make Shrimp Cocktail
For his coming birthday, the chef Fred Morin of Joe Beef in Montreal wants to fulfill a childhood fantasy: designing his own shrimp cocktail …
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Group Raises $20 Million to Preserve ‘Lost’ Brontë Library
A consortium of British libraries and museums has announced that it successfully raised more than $20 million to buy a “lost” library containing …
Tracing the Origins of a Black American New Year’s Ritual
On New Year’s Day, Black American families around the country will sit down to eat a variation on green vegetables and cowpeas, joining in an …
From the ‘Silent Majority’ to the Unvaxxed Minority
I recently found myself in a conversation with a libertarian journalist who was visiting Vienna. “Should we be surprised that Austria decided to …
Another Covid Christmas, and What Have You Done?
“I feel like I got to do everything I wanted to do,” a friend said to me recently, after receiving a cancer diagnosis. “I don’t really have what …
The Unbearable Sadness of Your Parents’ Bad Holiday Gifts
No one talks about the sadness of gifts. I’m not talking about the childhood awkwardness and disappointment of getting a toy you’ve long outgrown …
Fighting Inflation Means Taking On Corporations
Since the Carter administration, monetary policy has been the chief tool presidents use to curb inflation, which has been on the rise: The …
Migraines, Marriage, Mourning: Joan Didion Showed Us How to Bare All
Joan Didion had migraines, excruciating ones, which descended on her as often as once a week, leaving her “almost unconscious with pain” and …
How to Watch the James Webb Space Telescope Launch
If you wake up early enough on Saturday, you’ll be greeted with a spectacle of science and engineering: the launch to orbit of the James Webb …
Despite Omicron Wave, Britons Are Set on Not Losing Another Christmas
LONDON — Under the exuberant Christmas decorations strung above one of London’s most famous shopping streets, presents filled the arms of three …