- Perspective
One country, endless dishes: A love letter to Indian cuisine
For me, the extraordinary diversity of Indian cuisine is intrinsically tied to memory, family and identity.
Former FDA commissioner: ‘We remain almost equally vulnerable to threat from the next pandemic’
Scott Gottlieb explores in his new book how we were woefully unprepared for the coronavirus — and why.
Date Lab: They were both animated about astrology. Would their stars align?
She thought it was nice to be on a date with someone who didn’t think tarot-card reading was stupid.
- Perspective
Gene Weingarten: Corny jokes for preteen folks inspired this edition of ‘Rhymes Against Humanity’
The latest installment of punchlines in the form of poems.
(Nikki Kahn)
Design with a social mission
How one man's San Francisco-based start-up is bringing socially responsible industrial design to the furniture business.
- Review
Oyster Oyster, meatless and marvelous, has become one of D.C.’s best restaurants
Oyster Oyster pushes vegetables center stage and shines a light on chef Rob Rubba
- Fall Travel Issue
In the Great Smoky Mountains, fireflies have become a source of tourism — and solace
In these dark times, people from all over have sought an entirely different kind of illumination.
(Alex Fine for The Washington Post)
- Magazine
- Perspective
Gene Weingarten: I have a better term for the ‘vaccine-hesitant’
“Vaccine-hesitant” is the expression of the day, but there’s a simpler word.
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Britain, nationalism and the complicated joy of vacationing in your own country
He’d always believed you have to leave home for a delightful holiday. The pandemic let him test that old thinking.
Why this small South Dakota town started the International Vinegar Museum
It needed a tourist attraction, and now there’s a vinegar festival, a vinegar queen — and endless varieties of vinegars to see and sample.
U.S. education secretary: ‘We have to muster whatever political will we can to hit the reset button on those things we know didn’t work’
Miguel Cardona discusses achievement disparities between students — and the ways the pandemic has worsened them.
- Analysis
Solution to Evan Birnholz’s Sept. 5 Post Magazine crossword, “Cutting Carbs”
Slicing and dicing.
- Review
On Capitol Hill, two ambitious restaurants debut from one thoughtful owner
Hollis Wells Silverman is behind the Duck & the Peach and La Collina
- Perspective
Gene Weingarten: My new housemate and a prescription for world peace
He’s eeking out this column.
Date Lab: They’re both from the South. Is that enough?
While he was comforted by their similarities, she welcomed some differences.
How 9/11 changed TV, art, sports, education, millennials, bigotry, country music, fiction, policing, love — and more
23 writers and five artists reflect on some of the less-obvious ways 9/11 altered our lives.
