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Arts & Culture

Like Water for Chocolate

Delicious Moments on Film

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Salmon Farming Can Be Sustainable

Smithsonian Magazine staff writer Abigail Tucker takes a closer look at the salmon farming industry

Fresh wasabi root

Can Wasabi Save Lives?

Fennel

Five Ways to Eat Fresh Fennel

I met a new vegetable recently, and I’m totally infatuated: fennel.

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Five Ways to Eat Jicama

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Sub a Veggie for Spaghetti

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Bring on the Salty Sweets

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Sushi At Home

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The Foods That Passed Through Ellis Island

A look at recipes from immigrants who passed through the historic New York entry point

Woody Guthrie was never known as a lyrical provocateur but he wrote about everything from A to Z.

Woody Guthrie’s Music Lives On

More than 40 years after the celebrated folk singer’s death, a trove of 3,000 unrecorded songs is inspiring musicians to lay new tracks

Last December, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, a film based on a never-before-produced screenplay by Tennessee Williams opened in theaters.

A Forgotten Tennessee Williams Work Now a Motion Picture

Written in the 1950s, “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” was forgotten until it was recently adapted into a major motion picture

Otto Wolf readies meats for the smoker at the Glasbrenner Butchery, a shop near Stuttgart owned by one of a dwindling number of master butchers in Germany.

For German Butchers, a Wurst Case Scenario

As Germans turn to American-style supermarkets, the local butcher—a fixture in their sausage-happy culture—is packing it in

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Letters

Readers Respond to the November Issue

The homeowners association is thought to be a moder phenomenon, but a recent archaeological excavation near England suggests otherwise.

Ancient Homeowner Association Rules

What if these meticulously planned communities are not just a modern phenomenon?

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