Cold February nights call for slowly simmered stews and braises; heady, savory aromas; and bowls of succulent, fall-off-the-bone meats. But what if you’re pressed for time? I’d prescribe Yasmin Fahr’s spicy, speedy recipe for skillet ginger chicken with apricots. The genius thing here is that although the meal comes together in less than an hour,…
Of all the merch hawked by the former president and current presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and related entities over the past few months — the gold (chocolate) bars, the wines, the superhero NFTs — is any of it more Trumpian than the $399 Never Surrender sneakers unveiled over the weekend at Sneaker Con in…
The Oklahoma City Thunder have executed one of the shortest rebuilding periods in NBA history. Since the breakup of the Kevin Durant/Russell Westbrook pairing, leading into the current Thunder 2.0, only lasted three seasons of extreme tanking. Those losing efforts netted them the sixth pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, the second and 12th pick…
Let’s take a look at a few of the comments after Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu squared off in a 3-point shooting contest on Saturday night, Curry topping the Liberty star by just 3 points, 29-26, both shooting from the NBA arc. Why LeBron on the Warriors is a bad idea “I didn’t back down…
I am swimming in the belly bulge of menopause. I used to have a moody-meets-beach rocker vibe, but these days I’m just moody. I don’t know how to dress for this new stage. Please help. — Dorene, Hampton Bays, N.Y. Everyone experiences menopause differently. It’s custom-made by nature for each body, tailored to the individual….
The Knicks won the NBA trade deadline, fleecing the Detroit Pistons for Bojan Bogdanović and Alec Burks. They added the backup playmaker and off-the-bench scoring they were missing to reach championship contention. Fully healthy, and despite their recent injury-induced hiccup, the Knicks can and will— you heard it here first — win the championship this…
Jes’ka Washington lives in a six-bedroom house on a hill with avocado trees and a spectacular view, not far from the rabbit farm she runs. For less than $50,000, Shoshana Kirya-Ziraba and her husband built a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house on family farmland with goats, turkeys and about a thousand chickens. Mark and Marlene Bradley now…
The rainbow-check pattern is hard to miss. It can be spotted on scarves in cities across the world, including some where temperatures rarely approach freezing. Those scarves come in many palettes and they can be purchased for hundreds of dollars at department stores, or for tens of dollars from street vendors. They are worn by…
In December 2022, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the key maker of the world’s most cutting-edge chips, said it planned to spend $40 billion in Arizona on its first major U.S. hub for semiconductor production. The much ballyhooed project outside Phoenix — with two new factories, including one with more advanced technology — became a symbol…
In 1958, when Mary Pat Laffey Inman became a stewardess — as they were then called — for Northwest Airlines, she was 20 years old and the clock was already ticking. At 32, she would be forced to retire. That is, if she didn’t marry, get pregnant or even gain too much weight before that:…
