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Got a Can of Curry Paste? Make Pad Prik King.
Got a Can of Curry Paste? Make Pad Prik King.

New York Times

time6 days ago

  • General
  • New York Times

Got a Can of Curry Paste? Make Pad Prik King.

Good morning. I'd grilled 50 cheeseburgers, as many hot dogs, 18 brats and six veggie burgers, all of it over charcoal on one of those Americana grills you can get pre-assembled at the big-box store for less than it costs to buy a single porterhouse at Gallagher's in Manhattan. It was a glorious service for kids, parents and grandparents, everything perfumed with smoke and consumed with supermarket salads and chips, a terrific reminder of the pleasures of cooking outdoors for people you care about deeply. I could do that all summer and be happy. But not every week. Overdo it with live fire and commodity ingredients and you'll find yourself bored. There's a reason cookouts are special. They're treats. If you had to cook that way always, they wouldn't be. So this weekend, I'm sticking to the kitchen in the house. On the docket for dinner tomorrow night: pad prik king (above), a dry Thai chicken curry made with red curry paste and makrut lime leaves. If I can find some Chinese long beans at the market where I generally get the lime leaves, I'll use those as well, though if you can't, the dish works nicely with European green beans. Jasmine rice on the side, please. Featured Recipe View Recipe → For breakfast the following morning: the blueberry muffins that used to be served at the Jordan Marsh department store in Boston. There's a terrific story behind that recipe. It's an adaptation of one published in 1847 by Esther Howland in her 'The New England Economical Housekeeper, and Family Receipt Book,' a 19th-century best seller that was essentially the 'How to Cook Everything' of its time. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.

UNC Asheville guard Jordan Marsh transfers to USC
UNC Asheville guard Jordan Marsh transfers to USC

CBS News

time24-05-2025

  • Sport
  • CBS News

UNC Asheville guard Jordan Marsh transfers to USC

Jordan Marsh, the Big South's newcomer of the year last season, is transferring to Southern California. The guard spent last season at UNC Asheville, where he averaged 18.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 32 games. Marsh began his college career at Appalachian State, where he played in 32 of 34 games off the bench as a freshman. "Jordan excels on the open floor and is a defensive disruptor with his ability to create steals," USC coach Eric Musselman said Tuesday. "He is a tremendous athlete who will be an exciting player at USC with his elite quickness." Marsh is the eighth player to sign with the Trojans during the offseason.

Guard Jordan Marsh transfers to USC from UNC Asheville
Guard Jordan Marsh transfers to USC from UNC Asheville

Associated Press

time21-05-2025

  • Sport
  • Associated Press

Guard Jordan Marsh transfers to USC from UNC Asheville

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jordan Marsh, the Big South's newcomer of the year last season, is transferring to Southern California. The guard spent last season at UNC Asheville, where he averaged 18.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 32 games. Marsh began his college career at Appalachian State, where he played in 32 of 34 games off the bench as a freshman. 'Jordan excels on the open floor and is a defensive disruptor with his ability to create steals,' USC coach Eric Musselman said Tuesday. 'He is a tremendous athlete who will be an exciting player at USC with his elite quickness.' Marsh is the eighth player to sign with the Trojans during the offseason. ___ AP college basketball: and

Macy's is closing 150 stores nationwide. Downtown Boston's may survive, thanks to the data center upstairs.
Macy's is closing 150 stores nationwide. Downtown Boston's may survive, thanks to the data center upstairs.

Boston Globe

time20-05-2025

  • Business
  • Boston Globe

Macy's is closing 150 stores nationwide. Downtown Boston's may survive, thanks to the data center upstairs.

That's when a data center developer bought the building and made the block more about computing power than clothing sales. Even with all the server space that's now on the upper floors, the remaining Macy's store spans nearly 400,000 square feet across three levels, and serves as an important anchor for Boston's central business district. Losing what was once the flagship of the Jordan Marsh chain would be a blow to the city — and, in particular, to a downtown still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Related : Advertisement It's a good thing for Boston that Macy's doesn't own the block. Real estate sales are often viewed by struggling retail chains as a quick way to make a decent buck. On a recent earnings call, chief executive Tony Spring boasted of 'asset sale gains' of $144 million in the past year from store closings, presumably reflecting sales of shuttered properties. No such fast money can be made by selling off Downtown Crossing, though. At least not by Macy's. Data center operator Markley acquired the block-sized building and built a large 'colocation' facility on the upper levels above the Macy's in the late 1990s, as the dot-com era was in full boom, creating a central spot where many of Boston's biggest employers rent space to host computer servers and networking equipment. Advertisement JLL executive Barry Hynes says the site is ideal for a data center because of all the telecom infrastructure buried in the streets below, not to mention the large floorplates and access to copious amounts of electricity. Markley set aside the bottom three floors for Macy's, for what's believed to be favorable lease terms. Markley proudly bills the complex it built above the store as the largest and oldest multitenant, 'mission-critical' data center in New England. A representative for the private company, which also manages a data center in Lowell, declined to comment about the leasing situation at One Summer, as did representatives for Macy's. Could the lucrative business of running a data center essentially defray some of the costs associated with the more challenging business of running a department store? It sure looks that way. Markley's customers run the gamut of Boston industries, per testimonials on the company's website. Office supplier W.B. Mason put much of its IT infrastructure there because an executive was impressed with the backup generators, uninterruptible power and cooling systems, and the in-house staff to oversee them. Beth Israel Lahey Health hosts nearly 90 cabinets worth of equipment in its own 'private colocation cage' there, equipment that played a pivotal role in the integration of the formerly separate hospital systems, Beth Israel and Lahey Health. And the Boston Red Sox turned to Markley for its data center needs, for everything from baseball analytics to online fan engagement, after not finding enough room to carve out several thousand square feet at Fenway Park for that purpose. Advertisement People streamed onto Jersey Street during the Boston Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park on April 4. Erin Clark/Globe Staff It's a computing powerhouse that goes unnoticed by the shoppers roaming through the racks and rows of Calvin Klein purses and Chanel perfumes to a soundtrack of upbeat pop music. But will the music eventually stop? Macy's plans to retain some 350 stores after its restructuring. Whitney Gallivan, a retail leasing expert with Boston Realty Advisors, said she doubts the Boston store would be closed unless Macy's embarks on a far more dramatic brick-and-mortar cutback, one that shrinks its footprint to only a handful of marquee locations. 'They have a long-term lease at a very, very low rent,' Gallivan said. 'They're hanging on to select key market stores where they're making money [and] a lot of ways retailers make money is with low rent. . . . If their sales-to-rent ratio makes sense, it's a no-brainer: Why shed a major market like Boston that's an iconic location and in the heart of Downtown Crossing?' Gallivan said she believes the Macy's term is for longer than the typical retail range of up to 10 years, and is, in all likelihood, 'extremely tenant friendly.' Plus, it's helpful to Markley's data center business that the street level be occupied and busy, not empty and dark, to reduce the likelihood of drug-dealing or other street crimes. While launching his aggressive store-closing plan last year, Tony Spring also embarked on an initiative to invest more money, in part for staffing and training, in a select group of 50 locations. The company recently added 75 stores to that list; Downtown Boston Alliance president Michael Nichols said he's been told Macy's is part of that next tier slated for reinvestments. Advertisement 'To be in that group is to suggest that they are actually doubling down,' Nichols said. 'It is my understanding that the Downtown Crossing store has been selected for an enhanced investment from the parent company, or the home office. We have real confidence [in] this store.' In contrast, Advertisement The list of survivors keeps shrinking. Shoulberg points to Chicago, Seattle, and Boston, as well as New York, where Macy's has its massive 12-floor flagship store in Herald Square, the largest department store in the country. For these survivors to endure, Shoulberg concluded, they'll need 'something else to bolster their financial balance sheets.' Fortunately for Boston, multiple floors of computer servers should do the trick. Jon Chesto can be reached at

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