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Flipping the Bird

The surprising strategy for minimizing precooked food waste.

By Summer Moore Batte

Online Exclusives

Acquiring a Taste for Green Wines: Essential Answer

by Jess McNally

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How Your Computer Uses Energy: Essential Answer

by Sandeep Ravindran

The Dish

The Dish

Comfort Zones
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Comfort Zones

Golden years, gray skies? An essay on retirement towns

by Dorothea van Joolen Barth

Diamond in the Dusk
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Diamond in the Dusk

Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor

Nourishing the Arts in All Forms
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Nourishing the Arts in All Forms

A rich artistic tradition

by John Hennessy

Name That Tune
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Name That Tune

Hum a few bars, they ll name that tune

by Christine Foster

Barking Up the Wrong Tree
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Hear her plea to become the Tree

by Summer Moore Batte

Just Plane Fun
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Just Plane Fun

Inventor Kirk Hawkins gives casual pilots a lift.

by John Maas