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    CreditDaniel Terna

    The 25 Essential Dishes to Eat in New York City

    We asked six chefs and food experts to create a list of the most delicious and memorable plates in town.

    By Dan Piepenbring, Kurt Soller, Amiel Stanek, Korsha Wilson and Daniel Terna

  5. histories and happenings

    PhotoJohn Coltrane, photographed by Chuck Stewart in New York City, 1966.
    Credit© Chuck Stewart Photography, LLC/Fireball Entertainment Group

    The Canonization of Saint John Coltrane

    The intensity of the jazz legend’s music has always inspired passion, but in the 1960s, one group of devotees was so stirred they founded a church in his name.

    By M.H. Miller

  2. Artist’s Questionnaire

    PhotoJaune Quick-to-See Smith, photographed in October at her studio near Albuquerque, N.M.
    CreditKalen Goodluck

    Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Maps New Meanings

    At 81, the artist is still making clever and cutting work that juxtaposes symbols of American empire with those of Native culture.

    By Joshua Hunt

  5. Notes on the Culture

    PhotoPrada cardigan, $2,750, shirt, $3,800, and bag, $1,850; Emilio Cavallini tights, $28; and model’s own earrings.
    CreditPhotograph by Mara Corsino. Styled by Kate Lanphear

    When Polka Dots Signal Both Optimism and Disquiet

    The motif has long been associated with a certain brand of American cheeriness but, as its recent ubiquity attests, is most visible during times of turbulence.

    By Nick Haramis

T's Dec. 5 Holiday Issue

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  1. PhotoHayao Miyazaki photographed outside his atelier near Studio Ghibli in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2021.
    CreditTakahiro Kaneyama

    Hayao Miyazaki Prepares to Cast One Last Spell

    No artist has explored the contradictions of humanity as sympathetically and critically as the Japanese animation legend. Now, at 80, he’s coming out of retirement with another movie.

    By Ligaya Mishan

  2. PhotoTony Kushner photographed at the Astor Place subway station in New York City on Oct. 22, 2021.
    CreditSean Donnola

    Tony Kushner, Oracle of the Upper West Side

    When Steven Spielberg asked Kushner, America’s most important living playwright, to take on ‘West Side Story,’ he thought, ‘He’s lost his mind.’ But he dared.

    By A.O. Scott

  5. PhotoAn assortment of wreaths handmade exclusively for T by, from left, Kitten Grayson, using foraged branches, old man’s beard, dried beech, dried gomphrena, thistles, dried dahlias and dried helichrysum (similar styles at kittengrayson.com); Worm, using onion bulbs and skins, dried allium flowers and Irish linen (similar styles at weareworm.com); the Flower Appreciation Society, using honeysuckle vine, dried grasses, dried ammi seed heads, larch branches and dried hops (similar styles at theflowerappreciationsociety.co.uk); Flowerbx, using calamagrostis rose (similar styles at flowerbx.com); and Willow Crossley, using eucalyptus, parvifolia, pink wax flower, red berries, echinops, berried populus, baby blue eucalyptus, helichrysum and limonium (similar styles at willowcrossley.com).
    CreditPhotograph by Andrew Vowles. Set design by Vicky Lees

    These Are Not Your Traditional Holiday Wreaths

    A new generation of female florists are offering a fresh perspective on an ancient craft, fashioning festive crowns out of dried flowers, herbs and grasses.

    By Noor Brara

  1. Cooking Class

    A Fashion Designer’s Favorite Challah, for Hanukkah or Whenever

    Adapted from a recipe by Joan Nathan, Batsheva Hay’s preferred iteration of the classic Jewish bread is worth the time commitment.

    By Nancy Coleman

  2. TimesVideo

    Cooking Class | Batsheva Hay

    The fashion designer shares a recipe for fluffy challah bread from her New York City apartment.

    Video by Aundre Larrow

  3. Arts and Letters

    What Comes Next for an Artist Whose Work Goes Viral?

    With the animated video series “2 Lizards,” Meriem Bennani and Orian Barki captured the essence of 2020. Now, Bennani’s at work on a documentary about living in limbo.

    By Sasha Weiss

  4. On Architecture

    A Savannah Home Melds Georgian Architecture With ’60s Flair

    More than 50 years after their completion, the interiors of one couple’s august house remain a riot of century-clashing design.

    By Monica Nelson and Peyton Fulford

  5. A Designer Who Lives With ‘Pickled’ Balloons and a Jellyfish-Shaped Lamp

    Bethan Laura Wood has made her name dreaming up transportive rainbow-hued furniture and housewares. Her own London home is just as fantastical.

    By Meara Sharma

  6. TimesVideo

    House Tour | Bethan Laura Wood

    The designer and collector of colorful things invites T into her 575-square-foot East London home.

    By Jerome Monnot

  7. TimesVideo

    Tell T a Joke | Tony Kushner

    The playwright recites a joke about gefilte fish.

    By Jordan Taylor Fuller

  8. Letter from the Editor

    In a World of Pure Imagination

    Two very different visionary artists, Hayao Miyazaki and Tony Kushner, are both famed for creating fantastic, fully realized worlds that also reflect our own.

    By Hanya Yanagihara

  9. Notes on the Culture

    Looking at Surrealist Art in Our Own Surreal Age

    When viewed as a vehicle for various forms of liberation, the movement remains highly resonant even a century after its heyday.

    By Kate Guadagnino

  10. Watch Report

    Covetable Timepieces That Give New Meaning to the Term ‘Winter Whites’

    Between their sprinkling of diamonds and mother-of-pearl faces, these three watches emit a gentle glow.