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Arts & Culture

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A Cookbook for Geeks Brings the Scientific Method to the Kitchen

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Confronting Childhood Obesity: Chef Jose Andres Speaks Out

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Breaking Bread (and Dancing With It) at a Macedonian Wedding

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Inviting Writing: The Salad Days of College Food

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Poutine Hits the D.C. Streets

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Five Challenges We Wanted to See on Top Chef, D.C.

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Switchel: Drinking Vinegar to Stay Cool

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Inviting Writing: Late-Night College Food

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Playing With Food: Eight Science Experiments in the Kitchen

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Five Ways to Eat Ground Cherries

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About the Artist

Of the 14 murals at Holy Trinity Cathedral, only three survived, including The Baptism of Our Lord, by Castera Bazile, and The Last Supper, by Philomé Obin.

About the Smithsonian Institution-Haiti Cultural Recovery Project

About the Smithsonian Institution-Haiti Cultural Recovery Project

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About This Painting

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Letters

Readers Respond to the July/August Issue

"If you're an immigrant with an accent, as I am, your days will be filled with conversations with nice people."

So Where You From?

Why must a foreign accent always invite an inquisition?

Pearl Curran began channeling messages from Patience Worth in 1913 by means of a Ouija board.

Patience Worth: Author From the Great Beyond

Pearl Curran, a St. Louis housewife, channeled a 17th-century spirit to the heights of 20th-century literary stardom

At American History through fall 2011, more than 50 works are on display in the exhibit "Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn."

What’s Up

Jules Feiffer recently spoke at the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture about photographer Bob Landry's portrait of dancer Fred Astaire.

Q and A: Jules Feiffer

The cartoonist, illustrator, author and playwright reflects on happy memories and the positive side of failure

Against all odds: Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Running Fence, from 1976.

Lest We Forget

"Jazz implicitly communicates some of the most cherished core values of our society," says John Edward Hasse.

The Smithsonian’s Ambassador of Jazz

Music curator John Edward Hasse travels the globe teaching the genre that revolutionized American music

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