What you put into making a soup can be the best stuff of life.
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Flamingo tongue
Apicius revolutionized ancient Roman cuisine. Thank him (in part) for modern spring dining.
Two Lovers
James Gray's miniature is a superb rendering of male infatuation.
Ghosts
In Aira's 1990 novel, the ghosts are visible. It's their beckoning that counts.
Field of Dreams
Americana is optimism, idealism and redemption — add ghosts and baseball and you win.
Pigging out
To take apart a pig also means learning to respect it.
Old vibrations
Most at seismic risk is Italy's oldest and arguably least pliant generation.
Making love
Sex, why wait? Let's hit the sack and find out if we're any good together. The answer: No.
Forbidden foreboding
The L'Aquila quake only lightly jarred Rome, but a message hung heavy.
We Own the Night
Phoenix, Mendes and Duvall put James Grey's NY cop flick on solid ground.
Where’s that tiger?
Aravind Adiga scathes the "new" India, both light and dark.
Taboo
Miscarriage is the M-word no one wants to say aloud, or hear.