Ligaya Mishan Photographs

Sep 19, 2023 | nytimes.com | Ligaya Mishan Photographs |David Chow |Ligaya Mishan

SOME NIGHTS, IN her bedroom in a former tenement in downtown Manhattan, the fashion designer Sandy Liang can hear the strains of “Happy Birthday” filtering up through the floorboards from Congee Village, the restaurant that her father opened in 1996, when she was 5. So many times she’s listened to the waiters sing those bars, on her birthday and her brother’s, year after year, every milestone celebrated in that fantastical dining room tricked out with fake trees.

Sep 19, 2023 | nyti.ms | Ligaya Mishan Photographs |David Chow |Ligaya Mishan

SOME NIGHTS, IN her bedroom in a former tenement in downtown Manhattan, the fashion designer Sandy Liang can hear the strains of “Happy Birthday” filtering up through the floorboards from Congee Village, the restaurant that her father opened in 1996, when she was 5. So many times she’s listened to the waiters sing those bars, on her birthday and her brother’s, year after year, every milestone celebrated in that fantastical dining room tricked out with fake trees.

Aug 22, 2023 | nyti.ms | Ligaya Mishan Photographs |Esther Choi |Ligaya Mishan

T Magazine|Is Ice the Ultimate Luxury? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/t-magazine/ice-luxury.htmlFood MattersAmericans, in particular, tend to think of frozen water as essential. But this seemingly ubiquitous commodity is no longer something we can take for granted. IN HAWAII IN late December, the snow fell all night.