Arts

The turkeys at Kate Stillman's farm don't have to be loaded on a trailer and driven hundreds of miles this year. They now meet their ends on the same farm where they lived their lives.

For More Local Turkeys To Hit Holiday Tables, You Need An Abattoir

11:22am November 26, 2014

by Chris Arnold

Demand for locally raised birds is growing faster than small farms can keep pace with. One New England farmer is making a bold move to get more gobblers to the table.

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Akutaq or agutak â also known as Eskimo ice cream â is a favorite dessert in western Alaska. It's made with berries and frothed with fat, like Crisco.

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For Native Alaskans, Holiday Menu Looks To The Wild

11:19am November 26, 2014

by Martin Kaste

Thanksgiving menus traditionally celebrate the bounty of late fall. In rural Alaska, that means walrus, moose, fermented fish heads and Eskimo ice cream — salmonberries mixed with Crisco.

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Arts

Thinking Big, Building Small: Filmmakers Document a Movement by Taking Tiny House on the Road

8:45am November 26, 2014

by Bethany Chafin

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Lions, Pianos And Boomboxes, Oh My: Movie Artifacts Hit The Auction Block

6:31pm November 25, 2014

by Jasmine Garsd

Bert Lahr's Cowardly Lion costume from the Wizard of Oz, the piano from Casablanca, and Radio Raheem's boombox from Do the Right Thing are some of the pieces of Hollywood memorabilia that sold at auction Monday night in New York.

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Books
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Box Of Love Letters Reveals Grandfather Didn't Escape WWII With 'Everyone'

6:31pm November 25, 2014

by NPR Staff

Years after her grandfather's death, Sarah Wildman discovered letters from a young woman he'd left behind in Vienna in the 1930s. So Wildman set out to find her grandfather's true love.

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'All The Truth Is Out' Examines How Political Journalism Went Tabloid

3:54pm November 25, 2014

Matt Bai says that while voters have always cared about candidates' characters, some news used to be off limits. His new book looks at Gary Hart's 1987 affair that destroyed his political ambitions.

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Books
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Book Review: 'All The Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid'

3:53pm November 25, 2014

by Ted Koppel

The new book by Matt Bai explores the political resonance of Gary Hart, whose presidential ambitions were dashed when he revealed he had an affair.

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Elizabeth Kolbert is a staff writer at The New Yorker and also the author of The Prophet of Love and Field Notes from a Catastrophe.

In The World's 'Sixth Extinction,' Are Humans The Asteroid?

3:30pm November 25, 2014

Scientists think an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. In today's extinction, humans are the culprit.

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Books
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In 'Redeployment,' Former Marine Explores The Challenges Of Coming Home

2:42pm November 25, 2014

Phil Klay served in Iraq from January 2007 to February 2008. He recently won a National Book Award for his collection of short stories.

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Brittanie Reed and her mother, Wendy Fitt, the two pastry chefs behind Snickety Snacks, took their inspiration for these sugar cookies from a series of Beatles finger puppets by the artist Hanasaurusrex.

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Take A Bite Out Of Ringo: Giant Cookies Honor Pop Culture Icons

2:05pm November 25, 2014

by Nevin Martell

Two self-taught pastry pros specialize in hand-painted cookies of musicians and other cultural icons, from Calvin and Hobbes to Fall Out Boy. Their creations seem almost too beautiful to eat. Almost.