On Memorial Day and other holidays my extended family gathers to tell stories and to consume large quantities of meat. The bounty reminds us of suffering, and hunger, and the long roads that led from Oklahoma and Florida to here.

A big-batch dinner the whole family will love

Those leafy greens with fried dumplings were what I needed to begin healing the pain I'd been carrying for months

From a new edition of Ginzburg's brilliant "The Little Virtues," an essay on her family's exile under Fascist rule

At my childhood kitchen table, in broken English and Japanese, my father taught me about family, the past and the poignant pleasures of food.

Strikes, storms, solidarity and sandwiches

Growing up, Dad said Father's Day wasn't "a real holiday." Now that I'm a dad, I've decided to embrace it

A bong, a raw vegan cafe and an unsolvable loneliness. All I had wanted was to feel something, but I felt nothing

An early story brought L'Engle to the attention of the editor who then published her first novel "The Small Rain"

Lamb and peas for date nights in (with yourself)

Hysteria over infected cattle has overtaken France -- and the rest of Europe may not be far behind.

This week's champ shares her Mom's recipe for a Taiwanese classic

Numerous accounts exist of vegetarians having nightmares of eating meat. What causes them?

I used to enjoy my beef with the consistency of Italian leather — until I saw the error of my ways

The wooing of a kosher vegetarian.