Nearly 500 ducks are looking for a new place to waddle after the owner of a troubled Southern California rescue sanctuary surrendered the birds following allegations of overcrowding and improper care — with local animal activists squawking that the situation is more “fowl” than the public knows, and that officials should have acted sooner. The … Read more
Shula, the watchful heroine of the quietly stirring “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” doesn’t seem cut out for bold gestures. She’s reserved, at times to the point of standoffishness and given to introspective silences. There’s admirable grace to her composure but also an air of practiced caution. The only really obvious thing about Shula is … Read more
Every turkey should be pardoned by the president. Each Thanksgiving, millions of Americans sit down to lavish American Gothic-esque spreads of turkey and its accouterments. And every year, a good number of people ignore the elephant-sized bird in the room: Turkey, for lack of a better word, sucks. As Momofuku chef David Chang once advised … Read more