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Cooking With My Great-Grandmother

The tradition of giving chocolate coins at Hanukkah is much more recent.

Hanukkah Gelt, and Guilt

The author reflects on traditions new and old

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The Inevitable, Detestable Fruitcake

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Space Beer: One Giant Chug for Mankind

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Oh My Darling, Clementine

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Food in the News: When “Green” Is Gray, and Pork from Petri Dishes

Rabbit Goody's studio has created historically accurate fabric for a number of iconic costumes.

Homemade Clothes for Hollywood - Made Movies

Rabbit Goody has been the go-to weaver for historically accurate fabric for the movie industry’s biggest period dramas

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25 Holiday Gift Ideas For Foodies, Cooks and Sustainable Eaters

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Five Ways to Eat Rutabaga

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Whether, and What, to Feed a Cold

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A Canadian Specialty: Poutine

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Letters

Shopping, no matter the state of the economy, remains our true national sport.

Shopping Maul

The first rule of holiday shopping: There are no rules

Norman Rockwell recruited Stockbridge neighbors, including state trooper Richard Clemens and 8-year-old Eddie Locke, to model for The Runaway.

Norman Rockwell’s Neighborhood

A new book offers a revealing look at how the artist created his homey illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post

Handel House was reopened in 2001. Shown here are musicians practicing on period instruments.

Handel Slept Here

The composer’s early-Georgian town house reflects his life and times

George Frideric Handel (at age 64 in 1749) produced works, including Messiah that dazzled even the musical titans who would succeed him.

The Glorious History of Handel’s Messiah

A musical rite of the holiday season, the Baroque-era oratorio still awes listeners more than 250 years after the composer’s death

Pablo Cano, a Miami-based artist who creates marionettes, sent this holiday card to Miami art critic Helen L. Kohen in 1989.

Artists’ Homemade Christmas Cards

Seasonal greetings from artists such as Alexander Calder and Philip Guston celebrate the handmade holiday card

The iconic Graflex Speed Graphic was used by photojournalists from the 1930s to the late 1950s.

What’s Up

"Bittersweet Harvest," a Smithsonian exhibit about braceros (California, 1956), fits neatly into the new strategy.

Our Plan

A retrospective of artist William T. Wiley's work is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Q and A: William Wiley

For over 50 years, the artist has approached serious topics with wit and a sense of the absurd

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