Food For Thought: 10 Restaurants That Shaped America
A Yale historian's new book explores America's changing tastes, and what they say about our culture — from class mobility to civil rights to women's changing status.
Arts & Life
'Atlas Obscura' Tour Of Manhattan Finds Hidden Wonders In A Well-Trodden Place
Dylan Thuras, co-author of a new book, takes NPR to a piece of lost subway grandeur, a room of well-groomed dirt and a sonic secret in the middle of Times Square.
Kiefer Sutherland Takes Over The Oval Office As The 'Designated Survivor'
Sutherland plays a Cabinet member who becomes president after an explosion takes out the U.S. Capitol — and everyone above him in the pecking order. Critic John Powers has a review.
Love Shifts The Self In 'The Lesser Bohemians'
Eimear McBride's latest follows a young drama student who goes to London and falls for an older man. Her live, wriggling language makes a beautiful account of the ways the self is built and rebuilt.
Dorothy Cann Hamilton, Founder Of French Culinary Institute, Dies At 67
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to chef Jose Andres about Dorothy Cann Hamilton, founder of the French Culinary Institute, who died in a car accident over the weekend. She was 67.
In 'Reputations,' A Political Cartoonist Faces Crisis Of Conscience
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vasquez about his novel, Reputations.
A Comics Convention For The Unconventional: The Small Press Expo
Every year the Small Press Expo (SPX) brings creators of independent comics together with passionate fans. Many of those fans make comics themselves and say they're inspired by SPX's "funkier" feel.
A Colorado Farm Helps Refugee Kids Put Down Roots In A New Home
In exchange for working on a farm, the kids get fresh, healthy produce to take home. They also get a way to break through the isolation refugees often face in a new country.
'Sing For Your Life' Recounts A Journey From Juvenile Detention To The Opera House
Ryan Speedo Green grew up in a trailer park and did time in juvenile detention before discovering he had a unique singing voice. He now performs at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
'Arab Of The Future 2' Continues Risky Truth-Telling
Cartoonist Riad Sattouf continues his scathing memoir of his childhood in Syria and Libya. Just as in the first volume, his disgust for the oddities and outrages around him is palpable on the page.