In The Gift, which Margaret Atwood succinctly summarizes as a “classic study of gift giving and its relationship to art,” Lewis Hyde describes the principles of gifts, primarily that the gift must transfer, and “the feeling that if a gift is not treated as such, if one form of property is converted into another, something horrible will happen.” Aimee Bender’s “The Red Ribbon” is that what-if story—quiet, subtle, horrific, and sad—a cautionary tale about what happens when you treat a relationship as an economy and trade the gifts of love for the tit-for-tat of commodity exchange. The story has a simple enough set-up: a long-married couple try their hands and other parts at a prostitution fantasy. It centers on Janet,...
By Yewande Komolafe, The New York Times When I returned from Nigeria at the end of February, it was at the tail end of the Harmattan, a season when the winds from the north deposit the finest sand from the Sahara onto Lagos’ every surface. The city was hot and dry, and the markets were bursting with life. I’m not a vegetarian, but in Lagos, nutrient-dense produce surrounded me, inviting me to cook with it. I was grating coconut flesh to extract its milk, pickling star fruit and replenishing the salad bowl with bunches of palm-sized spinach greens straight from the backyard. Back in Brooklyn, I am still cooking, but mostly from my pantry, using staples and hearty vegetables that...
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At TBar, the chicken is pounded as thin as an old-school long-playing record; it’s as round as one too. I’ve never been able to come close to TBar’s thinness and circularity, but the spirit of the dish is easy to recreate, and the pleasure is the same even if the aesthetics aren’t. Chicken and Salad Milanese Style Ingredients For the salad 1 to 2 celery stalks, with leaves, thinly sliced 1/2 English (halved lengthwise) or 1 mini (Persian) cucumber, peeled (or not) and thinly sliced 1/2 bell pepper, finely diced or chopped 1 tablespoon minced mixed fresh herbs, such as parsley, dill and cilantro, or 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil 1 handful baby greens 1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 teaspoons white balsamic vinegar 1 pinch fine sea salt and...
