Summer Dinner Recipes for a Sultry Night

I should mention at the outset a few things about this menu. First, it’s light, fresh, cool, elegant — meant for beating the heat — with the flavor-enhancing help of some familiar Japanese ingredients. It’s also a bit of a splurge: You’ll need to shell out for seafood and invest a certain amount of effort…

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30 Hotels in Europe Under $300 a Night

By The New York Times Illustrations by Orfeo Tagiuri Finding a reasonably priced hotel with character in the heart of popular European cities isn’t always an easy task. Our Europe-based contributors scoured the hotel scene in 15 cities in search of stylish lodgings that won’t break the bank. (Some even have free breakfast and rooftop…

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