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2008 Beer in Review

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Weight-loss Pills Can Have Unsafe Ingredients

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A Brief History of Gingerbread

Whose bright idea was this delicious concoction, anyway?

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Traditional Holiday Foods that Take Forever

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Yummy: The Neuromechanics of Umami

The Battle of Actium, c. 1680.

The Divine Art of Tapestries

The long-forgotten art form receives a long overdue renaissance in an exhibit featuring centuries-old woven tapestries

How do you like your latkes?

Hanukkah Food Smackdown! Latkes vs. Hamantashen

Inside a dispute that has engaged some of the greatest minds of our era

The Luce Foundation Center is a three-story exploratorium located in the top levels of the American Art Museum. The final quests in "Ghosts of a Chance" took place here on October 25. Nearly 250 people participated.

The End of the Game, a Mystery in Four Parts

In a first-hand account of participating in an alternative reality game, one player gets caught up in the challenge

Food in the news: the FDA Fish Fight, New Agriculture Secretary, and Burger King Cologne

Yertle the Turtle, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley and The Order of Odd Fish were among those selected as Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008.

Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008

Surprising, inspiring and outstanding titles for youngsters and the grownups that read to them

A bagel with lox, a uniquely American combination.

A Brief History of the Bagel

Since its origins, the bagel is a staple that’s inspired fierce loyalties

Harrison: "Practically every product in the Sears, Roebuck line I had a hand in at one time or another."

Interview with Charles Harrison

The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt honors the prolific industrial designer with its Lifetime Achievement Award

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Barreled Over by Big Wines

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Gourmet Gift Idea: Red Truck Baker, Smithsonian Knew Him When

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The Truth About “Value Meals”

A 1910s Happy New Year postcard depicts a child running over a snowman.

Outrageous Postcards and Ads of Snowmen Gone Wild

Before the age of Frosty, the snowman was abused by children and exploited by advertisers

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Recipes from Rock Stars: A Top-10 Wish List

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Close Encounters of the Ethiopian Kind

David B. Gamble house, Pasadena, 1907-09.

The Splendor of Greene and Greene

A new exhibition celebrates the work of brothers Charles and Henry Greene, masters of American Arts and Crafts architecture

A carpet of moss.

Ancient, Doomed “Iceman” Had Been Eating Mosses

Scientists found six species of moss in the stomach of the famous five thousand-year-old glacier mummy

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