Arts & Life

Andrea Nguyen's Banh Mi Handbook: Recipes for Crazy-Delicious Vietnamese Sandwiches is the perfect gift for your friend who has an app tracing the routes of half a dozen food trucks on her phone.

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Best Cookbooks Of 2014 Offer Tastes And Tales From Around The Globe

9:30am December 10, 2014

by T. Susan Chang

2014 was a year for faraway cuisines to take up residence in U.S. kitchens — cookbook authors cast their nets for flavors from Paris, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and points in between.

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Charlie Hunnam co-stars with Katey Sagal (center) and Drea De Matteo on FX's biker drama Sons of Anarchy.

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'Sons Of Anarchy' Ends As A Macho Soap Opera Often Anchored By Women

9:29pm December 09, 2014

by Eric Deggans

FX's biker drama Sons of Anarchy airs its final episode tonight, capping a seven-season run. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says cable's most macho series succeeded by finding strong roles for women.

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A still image from the Discovery TV special Eaten Alive, which angered some viewers after it aired Sunday.

Arts

(Not) Eaten Alive: A Snake Tale, Made For TV

1:31pm December 09, 2014

by Bill Chappell

More than 20 million people watched Discovery's YouTube trailer for the special, in which naturalist Paul Rosolie said, "We're going to get me inside of a snake." But that didn't happen.

Arts

Eliza Coupe: Only Happy Endings

12:51pm December 09, 2014

The comedic actress deconstructs a New Hampshire accent and talks about what it takes to star in the sitcom Benched before imagining some happy ending versions of famously depressing movies.

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Eliza Coupe: Legal Eagle

12:51pm December 09, 2014

Coupe plays an attorney on the USA series Benched. But how much has she picked up about the language of the courtroom? All rise as we test her legal prowess.

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This game is about Bailey and Sarah's relationship problems. Just kidding! It's really about answers that contain the number five. What's a well-known slang term for shoplifting? Five-finger discount.

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Arts

Whose Sound Is It Anyway?

12:51pm December 09, 2014

Some sounds are so associated with a particular company, they're trademarked! So if you're a lion, you better roar in a different key than MGM's lion. Can you name the products tied to these sounds?

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We'll Always Be Royals

12:51pm December 09, 2014

The most popular lord of the 21st century is a teenage girl from New Zealand who spells her name "L-o-r-d-e." We've rewritten her hit song "Royals" to be about famous royalty, both real and fictional.

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The Best Piece Of Trivia You Learned This Week: Parachuting Beavers

12:51pm December 09, 2014

After World War II, did Idaho really airlift beavers around the state? Ask Me Another host Ophira Eisenberg and house musician Jonathan Coulton debate the premise before revealing the truth.

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The Café Edison serves what might be called Jewish soul food — blintzes, matzoh ball soup and kasha varnishkes.

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Don't Let The Kasha Vanish: Diners Band Together To Save Café Edison

10:49am December 09, 2014

by Jeff Lunden

Also known as the Polish Tea Room, the Café Edison is a favorite of regular New Yorkers and Broadway stars and crew. Now, Jeff Lunden reports it's being threatened with eviction by its landlord.

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