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January 27, 2012
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Using antique technology and vintage cookbooks, food historian Ivan Day recreates such Tudor and Victorian specialties as puddings and roast goose
December 22, 2011
| By Elaine Glusac
Browse our selected illustrations of some of the strangest and creepiest Santa Clauses ever put down on paper and then vote for your favorite
December 20, 2011
| By Megan Gambino
For all the holly jolly St. Nicholases in the world, there are always a few Santas that make you question your holiday spirit
A table for one can be the best seat in the house
November 2011
| By Angus Maclachlan
Threats of identity theft prompt personal questions that can stymie the best of us
October 2011
| By Julia Anne Miller
The founders of Park(ing) Day discuss the birth of their idea and how it became a global phenomenom
September 14, 2011
| By Jeff Greenwald
Across the United States, parents, teachers and administrators alike are rethinking their approach to after-school assignments
August 22, 2011
| By LynNell Hancock
In an ever more competitive world, nations strive for the perfect slogan
September 2011
| By Richard Conniff
Hidden away in northern Italy’s lake district, the design factory has influenced the look of American kitchens for decades
August 10, 2011
| By Bonnie Tsui
What started as a childhood friend's collection has grown into a full-fledged museum just miles from the movie star's hometown
June 01, 2011
| By Jesse Rhodes
Molecular gastronomist Nathan Myhrvold creates culinary oddities and explores food science in his groundbreaking new anthology
June 2011
| By Jerry Adler
From voodoo to barbed wire, there’s an offbeat museum for every taste
Once it re-opens in its new Silver Spring, Maryland location this fall, this site will scare and educate, with displays of prosthetic eyes, amputated limbs and incomplete skeletons
June 2011
| By Tony Perrottet
Clipped hedges and a house full of antiques are the main attractions for this museum north of Baltimore, Maryland
June 2011
| By Robert M. Poole
A throwback to the private museums of earlier centuries, this Los Angeles spot has a true hodgepodge of natural history artifacts
June 2011
| By Tony Perrottet
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