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The Wet, the Dry, and the Ugly Prohibition ended more than 90 years ago, but it lives on in our palates.
By Kevin Kosar
Live from Fargo Seventy years ago, two buddies recorded the Duke Ellington band. Today, it stands as jazz's greatest live album.
By Colin Fleming
Sandwich: A Global History The world's 50 most notable sandwiches from a new book on the world's favorite food.
By Bee Wilson
Tan Lines Yes to the Oval Office's new lamps, no to that precious rug with quotes!
By Paula Marantz Cohen
ACK! Three decades of big social changes, but summer still came and Cathy was still trying on swimsuits. Now she's gone.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
The State of "State of the Art" On the 100th anniversary of a hyperbolic cliché.
By Jesse Smith
I Like Candy You grow out of candy as you grow out of childhood. Then you taste it in middle age and...WHOA.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
Laugh Riot Why can't we categorize comedy the way we do books, or music, or film?
By Meg Favreau
Kids Wear the Darndest Things! Why are kids going bonkers over little pieces of rubber called Silly Bandz? An 8-year-old and 5-year old weigh in.
By The Smart Set
Print is So Last Season Fashion houses are breaking out of the two-page spread (with mixed success).
By Courtney McLean
The Sound Effect Law & Order's ''doink doink'' is just the latest iconic sound from TV and film. I mean, you know the Wilhelm scream, right?
By Meg Favreau
Say Grace A new exhibition celebrates Grace Kelly's style, but that's not what enthralls us.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
Take My Wife Critics of reality TV need to stop worrying about Jersey Shore and start worrying about Wife Swap.
By Jesse Smith