Artisanal baker Eli Rogosa

Q&A With a Back-to-the-Roots Grain Grower

Baker Eli Rogosa talks about how supermarket flour differs from flour made from heritage grains such as einkorn

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Because You Never Know Where the Night Will Take You

Flannery O’Connor, chronicler of the American South, knows what real lady when she sees one

Opening scene from Good Night, Nurse

More on Fatty Arbuckle: His Films and His Legacy

Notorious for a career-ending scandal, the comedian deserves to be remembered for his work in movies

Boiling the wort

Brewing Beer is More Fun With Company

There has probably never been a better time to take up home brewing; supplies and information are readily available at bricks-and-mortar stores and online

Martin Sheen in "The Way"

Martin Sheen’s Pilgrimage in “The Way”

The new movie by Emilio Estevez and featuring his dad, Martin Sheen, is a stunning depiction of famed religious pilgrimage

Paella from Valencia

Paella: Rice With Everything

The subtleties of preparation, the exact timing of when to add water and for how long it should lie before being served are the subject of fierce debate

Vegetarian bacon tastes good, the author promises.

Inviting Writing: Thankful for a Tolerant Spouse

“The veggie bacon definitely smells the worst. And the corn dogs taste the worst.”

One of the introductory classes in Let There Be Light.

Saluting Veterans in Film

Veterans have generally been treated with dignity and respect in Hollywood films, but there are always the exceptions

Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Where’s the Lunch? Looking at Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party

“It’s like a painting about the most perfect meal that ever was—but you can’t tell what most of it was,” says a Phillips Collection curator

Her Nephews from Labrador, a 1913 Thanhouser film.

More Free Streaming Video Sites

Watch films ranging from Chinese cartoons to deadly sharks on these free resources for online movies and shorts

The olive bar at Salisbury Market

Salisbury’s Medieval Market

The open-air market began in the early 1200s, when what we now call “farmers’ markets” were merely “markets” and “eating local” was merely “eating”

The boulder artist Michael Heizer chose for his installation weighs 340 tons and is as tall as a two-story house.

How to Install a 340-ton Work of Art

Michael Heizer waited decades to find the perfect rock for his Levitated Mass, and now he awaits its slow journey from the quarry to an L.A. art museum

Snowpocalypse scrapple with ketchup, served with a side of toast.

Scrapple: the Meatloaf of the Morning

Like the McRib, scrapple is a distinctively American pork product and a regional favorite

Sign for Upper Jay

Inviting Writing: Thanksgiving

"Going West" by Thomas Hart Benton

Auctioning a Beloved Thomas Hart Benton Collection

Perhaps the nation’s best collection of Benton prints was assembled by an idiosyncratic Texan named Creekmore Fath

From Cops

From D.W. Griffith to the Grapes of Wrath, How Hollywood Portrayed the Poor

In the era before the Great Depression and ever since, the film industry has taken a variety of views on the lower classes

A loaf of parkin

Treacly Treats for Guy Fawkes Night

The anniversary of a failed assassination is celebrated with fireworks, bonfires, effigy burning and some very sweet desserts

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Spinning off a Comic With a Reference Book

In a new web comic series from “This is Indexed” artist Jessica Hagy discovers new ways of looking at famous quotes

Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein (1922) by Man Ray

The Other Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

In her cookbook, the author pairs food with the people and events that highlight her life

John de Lancie and Anna Gunn in the world premier of Alan Alda's Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie at the Geffen Playhouse directed by Daniel Sullivan.

Q & A with Alan Alda on Marie Curie

A new play explains how despite the many challenges, the famous scientist didn’t stop trailblazing after her first Nobel

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