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A recent version of Indian Slapjacks, a recipe featured in American Cookery, the first cookbook of American food.

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New Nation, New Cuisine: The First Cookbook To Tackle 'American Food'

12:45pm July 03, 2015

by Anne Bramley

The first American cookbook, published in 1796, promised local food and a kind of socioculinary equality. But generations later, foodies are still puzzling over how to define "American food."

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Judy Blume's New Book And Lifetime's 'UnREAL'

11:22pm July 02, 2015

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, a beloved author of books for kids writes another one for adults, and Lifetime sets a drama behind the scenes of a reality dating show.

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Book Review: 'The Uses Of The Body,' Deborah Landau

6:35pm July 02, 2015

Poet Tess Taylor reviews The Uses of the Body by Deborah Landau.

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Get A 'Grip' On This Goofy Noir Sci-Fi Tale

2:36pm July 02, 2015

by Etelka Lehoczky

This reissue of Gilbert Hernandez's series starts out noir — a young man with amnesia and a mysterious lipstick trace — but quickly gets weird. Critic Etelka Lehoczky says it's full of "goofy joy."

On World Cafe, A Look At The Grateful Dead's Legacy

3:19pm July 01, 2015

As the Dead's Fare Thee Well Tour comes to a close, World Cafe talks with David Browne, the author of a new book on the legendary band.

Christopher Lloyd, and Michael J. Fox pose next to the iconic time-traveling DeLorean in the Back to the Future series

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For This Nostalgia Trip, 'We Don't Need Roads'

9:32am July 01, 2015

by Genevieve Valentine

This oral history of the Back to the Future movies offers a wealth of fascinating historical trivia — but critic Genevieve Valentine says it's carefully broad scope can mean a lack of sharp analysis.

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Misty Copeland Seeks To Inspire Other African-American Dancers

9:19am July 01, 2015

Misty Copeland is the American Ballet Theater's first female African-American principal dancer. She discusses her book, Firebird. (This piece initially aired on Sept. 9, 2014 on Morning Edition).

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'Philosopher Kings' Leaves Plato's Republic Far Behind

5:00pm June 30, 2015

by Amal El-Mohtar

The second volume of Jo Walton's trilogy about the creation of a real-world Republic picks up 30 years after events of the first book. Reviewer Amal El-Mohtar says it's an expectation-shattering read.

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How A Stolen Backpack In Casablanca Inspired A Novel About Shifting Identity

3:29pm June 30, 2015

The main character in Vendela Vida's new novel is alone in Morocco when her bag with her passport and credit cards is stolen. Vida says The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty was inspired by her own travels.

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Drawn And Quarterly: Twenty-five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels

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After 25 Years, A Comics Publisher Pauses To Collect And Reflect

2:56pm June 30, 2015

by Glen Weldon

A massive new anthology collects the impressive and varied work of the Montreal-based publisher Drawn And Quarterly, whose comics and graphic novels represent a deeply human kind of storytelling.