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Arts & Culture

Doris Day, Miles Davis and Devo all share the stage in the form of old vinyl LPs on the author's shelf.

Together, At Last

Doris Day, Miles Davis and Devo share the stage

Wayne Thiebaud may be best known for confections, but friends and critics point to his underappreciated depths.

Wayne Thiebaud Is Not a Pop Artist

He’s best known for his bright paintings of pastries and cakes, but they represent only a slice of the American master’s work

Visitors to the National Zoo might glimpse one or more of the seven lion cubs born there in August and September.

What’s Up

Bill Moggridge, director of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, was the recipient of the 2010 Prince Philip Designers Prize.

Q and A with Bill Moggridge

The director of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum discusses the future of computing and design

Shanthi, a 34-year-old female, checks out the Zoo's new digs for Asian elephants.

Trail Blazing

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Letters

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Neanderthals Noshed on Plants—and Cooked?

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I Think I’ll Go Eat Dirt

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U.K. vs. U.S.A.: A Cheap Chocolate Showdown

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Five Things I Ate in Australia (and One I Didn’t)

Journalist Cathleen McGuigan covers art, architecture, design and culture. Her latest piece for Smithsonian profiles artist Wayne Thiebaud.

Cathleen McGuigan on “Wayne Thiebaud Is Not a Pop Artist”

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Unwrapping the History of the Doggie Bag

Unlike Anne Frank's diary, the graphic biography by Ernie Colón and Sid Jacobson covers the period before and after she and her family went into hiding.

A New Look at Anne Frank

Two comic book veterans—who authored the graphic adaptation of the 9/11 Report—train their talents on the young diarist

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Inviting Writing: The Case of the Missing Groom

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Q&A: Foodscape Artist Carl Warner

I have always been a fast eater, and even as a kid I was not picky

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Has the Food Fetish Gone Too Far?

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A Search for the Origins of Grandmother’s Caramels

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Inviting Writing: Break-Up Cake

Shiner Bock beer-battered onion rings

Beer Batter is Better; Science Says So

What’s the difference between beer-battered fried foods and those fried in water-based batter?

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Snacks to Fuel a Workout

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