Take Instant Pot cooking to the next level with a pot-in-pot technique
Using the "pot-in-pot" technique allows you to create multiple components of a dish at the same time.
Carolyn Hax: Invitation without a plus-one threatens decades of family friendship
A mother "struggles to move on" after her daughter's invitation to a family wedding did not include a plus-one.
Ask Amy: How do I support my trans son and hold on to my church?
Reader supports their son who is trans but worries about their church’s reaction.
Make burger night better with recipes for patties, sauces and more
From buns to toppings and everything in between, these burger recipes will satisfy meat eaters and plant-based diners alike.
Inside queer proms, where LGBTQ adults get a high school re-do
Many say these events offer them a safe and inclusive space to be themselves.
Carolyn Hax: Friend’s young adult kids are always tagging along
One friend seeks a diplomatic way to approach another whose kids "always, I mean always," tag along at every social event.
Ask Amy: I’m not in love with my partner but don’t want to break his heart
Reader is in a 20-year relationship with a man but has always been attracted to women and wants to explore that.
Miss Manners: I didn’t wait for everyone to be served before eating
Reader didn’t think they had to wait for everyone to have an appetizer before they started eating.
Roger Angell, editor, baseball writer at the New Yorker, dies at 101
As fiction editor, he helped mold the stories of generations of writers. As a sportswriter, he was enshrined in the writers’ wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Couples share the abortion decisions that shaped their lives
Four couples told The Washington Post about making that choice — to abort or not — and how it affected them.
Meet the man who has eaten a Big Mac a day for 50 years
Big Mac superfan Don Gorske of Fond du Lac, Wis., has missed only a few days in the past half-century.
The Pentagon congratulates the New York Times for doing its work
The Pentagon's spokesman credited the Times with a punishing series exposing Defense Department missteps. Is there a precedent for such an acknowledgment?
Make sexy, smoky cocktails with grilled citrus, pineapple and more
For grilled fruit cocktails, try charring lemons, grapefruit and pineapple for richer and smokier juices.
Track team was suspended for sports bras at practice. They fought back.
A disagreement over sports bras between the Albany High School girls’ track team and the school district’s athletic director sparked a protest, a flurry of suspensions and accusations from the student-athletes of “blatant” discrimination.
In Lyon’s network of hidden passageways, footfalls of the past
Books and movies have added to the mystique of the “traboules,” or hidden passageways, that wind through Lyon.
How to peel and devein shrimp — a visual guide
Peeling and deveining shrimp yourself is simple and can save you money. This video tutorial will show you how.
Explaining water pillows and three other specialty headrests
Specialty pillows such as water, cervical, buckwheat and wedge help with different sleep problems.
A rock shattered our windshield in Jordan. It became a trip highlight.
A thrown rock is an unexpected introduction to village culture on a road trip through rural Jordan.
New Heights, a longtime favorite, undergoes a delicious reinvention
New Heights reopens with new owners, a new look and some fantastic new dishes.
A generation of LGBTQ advocates hopes the clock isn’t ticking backward
They hoped the long battle for mainstream acceptance was nearing an end. Then came the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bills and the “groomer” rhetoric.