Cherry Blossom Recipes

The first bite into the bunny tells all.

Why Are Chocolate Easter Bunnies Hollow?

Isn’t it cruel to disappoint kids, who bite into what looks like solid chocolate and are confronted with emptiness?

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Cooking with Easter Candy

For two years, photographer Dona Schwartz chronicled the newly blended family members' interactions in the shared space of their kitchen.

Home is Where the Kitchen Is

Photographer Dona Schwartz viewed her family through her camera lens in the hub of their household: the kitchen

An American speaks to a group of French nationals and tries to purge his vocabulary of American idioms.

A Novice’s Guide to Foreign Idioms

If you think learning foreign idioms is easy, just try combing the giraffe

Biographers disagree over what kind of man Charles Dodgson really was.

Lewis Carroll’s Shifting Reputation

Why has popular opinion of the author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland undergone such a dramatic reversal?

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Letters

Readers Respond to the February Issue

Worry over the exquisite art—including an image of the protector goddess Tara—has fueled photographer Aditya Arya's efforts.

Glimpses of the Lost World of Alchi

Threatened Buddhist art at a 900-year-old monastery high in the Indian Himalayas sheds light on a fabled civilization

Cobalt Blue Series is among the 162 rare Viennese works selected to be on display at the Cooper-Hewitt, in New York City starting April 23.

What’s Up

In a letter to the Daguerreian Journal in 1851, Levi Hill claimed to have invented color photography.

A 160-Year-Old Photographic Mystery

In 1851, Levi Hill claimed he invented color photography. Was he a genius or a fraud?

The National Museum of Natural History, opened in 1910, is the largest museum on the National Mall.

Two Centennials for the Smithsonian

In 2010, the Institution celebrates two seminal events – the founding of its Natural History Museum and the inauguration of its research in Panama

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Cesar Chavez: A Life Devoted to Helping Farm Workers

Using his own capital, Allen Lane started the Penguin publishing house. His plan was to sell quality books for the price of a pack of cigarettes.

How the Paperback Novel Changed Popular Literature

Classic writers reached the masses when Penguin paperbacks began publishing great novels for the cost of a pack of cigarettes

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Homesick for Passover

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Easter Eggs Dyed the Natural Way

A how-to guide to making Easter egg dyes from the leftovers in your refrigerator

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How Food Shaped Humanity

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Peep Art

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Five Ways to Eat Tahini

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The Last Supper: Art as Large as Life

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Newly Obsessed With Israeli Couscous

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