How Beijing Is Playing the Olympics

Plus: the irresistible allure of snacking cakes; the art of the documentary, at Sundance; and football. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, January 30, 2022 Comment How Beijing Is Playing the Olympics China has long been fascinated with Olympic glory, but the run-up to the Winter Games has been beset by extraordinary pressures from the realms of politics, diplomacy, and public health. By Evan Osnos Kitchen Notes The Irresistible Allure of Snacking Cakes My family fell under the spell of Yossy Arefi’s simple recipes for cakes that are meant to be eaten anytime. By Hannah Goldfield Double Take Sunday Reading: Football Days From the archive: a selection of pieces on the sport. By The New Yorker Culture and More The Front Row At Sundance, There Are No Limits to the Art of the Documentary The thriving realm of independent filmmaking puts personal history in the spotlight, in fiction and nonfiction alike. By Richard Brody Tables for Two Chocolate Grilled Cheese, at Chocobar Cortés NYC The Cortés family’s San Juan chocolate empire opens a Bronx outpost of its innovative restaurant. By David Kortava Poems “Brown Furniture” “Don’t throw out that old chair! / Someone said yes there.” By Katha Pollitt Poems “Capra Aegagrus Hircus” “The goat had no name.” By Terrance Hayes From the Archive Books Shirley Hazzard and the Art of Outsized Intimacy Contrasts in scale—individual and historical, intimate and epic—occur throughout the novels of Shirley Hazzard, Alice Gregory writes. The novelist was born on this day in 1931. By Alice Gregory Humor and Games Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Margarine containers bust all over: four letters. By Neville Fogarty Daily Shouts What if Brands Were True to Their Names? Let us imagine a world where you’d go to Apple for fresh produce, Jack in the Box for toys, and Equinox for—well, Equinox just wouldn’t exist. By Dan Stahl Daily Shouts Technology That My Kids Will Have to Explain to Me Will the young ’uns have the patience to decipher robots as pets, autonomous vehicles, and other innovations to me when I’m old? By Theora Kvitka You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.