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Food News and Trends to Expect in 2009
—More people than ever going hungry as the global food crisis continues. And on a related note, an international rush to buy farmland.—Fewer free things, like bread at restaurants. Then again, maybe that's only fair, since many patrons are tipping less during the recession.—Pricier avocados, due to...
January 02, 2009 |
By Amanda Bensen
Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008
Surprising, inspiring and outstanding titles for youngsters and the grownups that read to them
December 19, 2008 |
By Kathleen Burke
Gourmet Gift Idea: Red Truck Baker, Smithsonian Knew Him When
One of the joys of working here at Smithsonian magazine HQ used to be Brian Noyes's homework. Brian, the magazine's art director until the beginning of 2008, took pastry classes at night and often brought his projects into the office the next day—quiches, plum tortes, scones.Brian decided to devote...
December 12, 2008 |
By Laura Helmuth
Recipes from Rock Stars: A Top-10 Wish List
Over at Hungry Magazine there’s a fun review of Lost in the Supermarket, a valiant attempt by two writers to shed some light on the cuisine of the rock star.It's a great idea. Rock life can't run entirely on gin, cigarettes and Cheez-Its, can it? Surely, every once in a while there must be somethin...
December 11, 2008 |
By Hugh Powell
Is That a Halibut Under Your Hood?
Talk about niche publishing: Could you direct me to the “automotive cooking” section of the bookstore, please?If such a section exists, you’ll find at least one book there: “Manifold Destiny,” a humorous “Guide to Cooking On Your Car Engine” that has become something of a cult favorite since its 19...
December 02, 2008 |
By Amanda Bensen
Sarah Vowell on the Puritans' Legacy
The author and 'This American Life' correspondent talks about her book on the colonies' early religious leaders
November 04, 2008 |
By Amanda Bensen
How to Be a Snoop
The way you arrange your home or office may reveal surprising results
October 21, 2008 |
By Megan Gambino
America's First True "Pilgrims"
An excerpt from Kenneth C. Davis's new book explains they arrived half a century before the Mayflower reached Plymouth Rock
May 23, 2008 |
By Kenneth C. Davis
The Life and Times of a Maine Island
An excerpt from a history of Frenchboro, Long Island, one of Maine's last remaining year-round island communities
May 01, 2008 |
By Dean Lawrence Lunt
The Trouble with Bottled Water
Elizabeth Royte reflects on the backlash against commercializing a natural resource and responds to reader comments
April 14, 2008 |
By Elizabeth Royte
Turn the Page
Electronic books may soon vie with library cards for space in your pocket
January 15, 2008 |
By Eric Jaffe
The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family
An excerpt from the new book by Shannon Thomas Perich
October 26, 2007 |
By Shannon Thomas Perich
Creatures of the Deep!
A new book of photographs taken in the ocean depths reveals a world abounding in unimagined life
October 2007 |
By Laura Helmuth
The New Civil Service
An excerpt from Rory Stewart's "The Places in Between"
September 01, 2007 |
By Rory Stewart
The American Home Front: 1941-1942
By Alistair Cooke, Atlantic Monthly Press, $24.00
June 2007 |
By Winston Groom
Interview: Daniel Gilbert
What will make you happy? A social scientist explains why it's so hard to predict
May 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
Roy Richard Grinker
His new book offers a scholar's and father's perspective on autism
April 2007 |
By Arthur Allen
The Lost World of James Smithson
An excerpt from Heather Ewing's book, The Lost World of James Smithson: Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian
March 01, 2007 |
By Heather Ewing
The Stranger and the Statesman
An excerpt from Nina Burleigh's book, The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
March 01, 2007 |
By Nina Burleigh
