This Vietnamese Classic Cake Is a Showstopper

Last May, Hannah Pham hosted her mother and her mother’s three sisters in Los Angeles, where she was working with her husband, the comedian and actor Ronny Chieng. She baked them bánh bò nướng, the special occasion cake she loved growing up in Melbourne, Australia. The women, who were tasting Ms. Pham’s version for the…

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How a Death Doula Throws a Dinner Party

As a child, Rebecca Illing would spend vacations with her parents and brother, Alex, at Paço da Glória, a gothic mansion turned guesthouse in Portugal’s lush Minho region. A 40-minute drive north of Porto, then the family’s hometown, the property is surrounded by dense cork oak woodland, and Illing loved getting lost on its grounds…

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Lausanne, Where the Olympics Never End

Every year is an Olympics year in Lausanne, Switzerland, a city of stone buildings, tile roofs and historic church squares perched on a hillside overlooking Lake Geneva. As home to the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Museum, the city is involved year-round in championing the Games, long before and long after the official ceremonies…

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Three Simple But Surprising Cocktail Garnishes

Video CreditCredit… When it comes to cocktails, we’re living in a golden age of the garnish: At many bars, a martini is now likely to come with a veritable salad of imported olives, orange peels carved into spirals and anchovies on toothpicks. In certain corners of New York City, your drink might even feature a…

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Winner, Winner, Tandoori Chicken Dinner

There are lots of small, quotidian things that make me feel like a pulled-together person. Finishing a book. Making dentist appointments. Parallel parking. But nothing makes me feel more like a successful human than marinating a chicken in the morning for that night’s dinner. The foresight, the efficiency! I can have it all! So here’s…

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How Olympians Prepare for Extreme Heat

The Tokyo Olympics in 2021 were the hottest in history. But the Paris Games could soon edge them out for the title. A June report highlighted the potential health risks for athletes competing in extreme heat at this year’s Games. According to the report, which was published by the British Association for Sustainable Sport and…

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