EditorialCo-owners Mohamed Ghiasi, left, and his father Basir Ghiasi at Dunya Kabab House in Brooklyn on Oct. 5, 2022. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialElisabeth Jeffrey, a server at Spunto, says cars often run over trash bags at the curb, making it easier for rats to get in. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialThe author Charles Leerhsen in the backyard of his Brooklyn home, where he wrote most of his new book, “Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain,” Sept. 20, 2022. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialJeremy Schaller, the third-generation owner of the butcher shop Schaller & Weber, at Jeremy’s, his new cocktail bar in New York, Aug. 30, 2022. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialDavid Strathairn before a rehearsal of “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” the solo play he’s starring in for Theater for a New Audience, in New York, Sept. 8, 2022. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialA papaya drink and hot dogs with toppings like sauerkraut, onion, relish, chili and cheese at Papaya King in Manhattan, July 2, 2022. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialSkylar Peak, a busboy at the Chelsea restaurant ZiZi, which closed for a week at one point in December because too many employees were out with COVID-19, in Brooklyn, Jan. 13, 2022. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialTalia Lavin, who has taken three at-home coronavirus tests ? all negative ? since she came down with an apparent cold last week, in Manhattan, Dec. 17, 2021. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialJessalyn Gore, a host at the Japanese restaurant Rule of Thirds who said diners have been pleasant and even grateful to have their vaccination cards checked, in Queens, Sept. 23, 2021. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialGreat Jones Distillery Company, where the whiskies served are made in the next room, in Manhattan, August 31, 2021. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialA string of cicadas are smoked over a live fire before being served in a kale salad with beet greens and scallions in New Haven, Conn. on May 18, 2021. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialChef Chintan Pandya, left, and owner Roni Mazumdar at Dhamaka, their restaurant inside Essex Market in Manhattan, May 5, 2021. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialUtagawa Kunisada, The actor Iwai Shijaku I as Emon no Mae, color woodcut, Total: Height: 37,00 cm; Width: 25,20 cm, Signature: Gototei Kunisada ga , Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakud), censorship stamp, prints, printed matter, actor, actress, Edo period.
EditorialLady and Attendant under Cherry Tree, Ryujo Yamazaki (Japanese), Edo, 1700-1730, ink and color on silk, 31 x 11 in. (image) 62 x 15-1/4 in. (overall), Signed: Joryu hitsu Seal: illegible Seal: illegible Inscribed: Poem by Akazome Emon (l. 10- e. 11c), ...
EditorialThe actors Arashi Kichisaburo III as Aboshi Samojiro, Onoe Kikugoro II as Hamaji, Nakamura Kan?emon as Nurude Gobaiji, and Otani Tomoemon IV as Shokan Hikiroku, c. 1852, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797-1861, Japan, Color woodblock print, oban, 36.5 x...
EditorialThe Courtesan Emon of Maruebiya with a View of Tago Bay (form the series Courtesans with a Playful Group of Eight Views), c. late 1820s or early 1830s. Ipposai Kuniyasu (Japanese, 1794-1834). Color woodblock print; sheet: 36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.).