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Why not try latkes with caviar this Hanukkah?

Unorthodox Potato Latkes for Hanukkah

Looking to reinvent the latke? Here are some alternatives to the old apple sauce and sour cream combo

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Inviting Writing: An Italian-American Grandma’s Cooking

Holiday Gift Guide: Crafty Ideas From Recycled Food Packaging

Alvino Rey may not be a household name today, but Rey's genre-busting fretwork in electric music's nascent years helped set the stage for modern rock.

Alvino Rey’s Musical Legacy

As the father of the electric guitar and grandfather of two members of Arcade Fire, Rey was a major influence on rock for decades

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When Zits Meant Food: Learning from Culinary Ephemera

Latino writer Martín Espada is one of many mentioned in The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature who say Walt Whitman influenced them and consider him as a godfather.

What Defines Latino Literature?

In compiling the latest anthology in the Norton series, professor Ilan Stavans researched the themes explored by Latino authors

The Mazel Tov Cocktail is tinted blue by Blue Curaçao.

Eight Cocktails of Hanukkah

Look up “holiday cocktails” and most of what you will find, understandably enough, is geared toward Christmas

In 2008, Ted Gup was handed a battered suitcase by his mother; it contained conceled checks and old letters addressed to "B. Virdot". Thus began a search for the stories behind the letters.

A Yuletide Gift of Kindness

Ted Gup learns the astonishing secret about his grandfather’s generosity during the Great Depression

Many works by Alexis Rockman are "a portent of events to come," says curator Joanna Marsh. The artist's 2006 Hurricane and Sun suggests menacing weather.

Painter Alexis Rockman Pictures Tomorrow

There’s trouble ahead in the artist’s eerie yet riveting paintings, now the subject of a major exhibition

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Letters

"If you try to tell your kid to mow the lawn, he will cite a study published in Geophysical Research Letters..."

Daughter Knows Best

Kids have discovered a diabolical new use for science: rebutting their parents

This Chinese ceremonial ax and other rare bronze works are back on permanent display at the Freer Gallery.

What’s Up

Tim Gunn, co-host of the hit TV show "Project Runway," sits down to discuss fashion, the meaning of "Make it work" and more.

Q and A: Tim Gunn

The co-host of Lifetime TV’s Project Runway talks about what makes good design and more

The "Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef" exhibit is now on view in Natural History's Sant Ocean Hall.

How to Crochet a Coral Reef

A ball of yarn—and the work of more than 800 people—could go a long way toward saving endangered sea life

Wanted: new tools for learning science.

Up with Science

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Holiday Gift Guide: New Children’s Books About Food

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Inviting Writing: Grandma’s Kitchen Table

Using Ancestry.com, Ted Gup was able to track down the recipients of his grandfather's generosity.

Ted Gup on “The Gift”

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Nutmeg: The Holiday Spice With a Glamorous Past

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Science Trivia on Your Thanksgiving Plate

When you need to change the subject at the Thanksgiving dinner table, these tidbits of food science trivia could help…

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