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Nordic items clockwise from top left: sugared cloudberries; Norwegian thick salt-pork pancakes, waffles; thick oven-baked pancake; blood pancakes; pancake torte.

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In 'The Nordic Cookbook,' An In-Depth Take On Region's Diverse Cuisine

10:59am November 21, 2015

by NPR Staff

Looking for a recipe for pickled herring or blood pancakes cooked in reindeer fat? Chef Magnus Nilsson's The Nordic Cookbook has these recipes and nearly 700 others.

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Author David Mitchell's Number9Dream and Cloud Atlas were both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

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Soul-Sucking Vampires Of David Mitchell's 'Slade House' Started On Twitter

2:01pm November 17, 2015

Mitchell compares tweeting the story of his latest novel to escaping a straitjacket. "I like what I had to do to circumvent [Twitter's] restrictions," he says.

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Comedian Aziz Ansari says while online dating has its problems, "1 out of 3 people that get married now, they meet their spouse through online dating. So you could look at it like, oh, well, there's an insane amount of love that would not even be there ha

Aziz Ansari: Talking Modern Love With The 'Master Of None'

11:56am November 17, 2015

by NPR Staff

Hidden Brain host Shankar Vedantam talks to comedian Aziz Ansari — star of a new Netflix show and co-author of Modern Romance — about Tinder, texting and how dating is a bit like ... buying jam.

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'This Old Man' Looks Back On A Full Life

8:26am November 14, 2015

by NPR Staff

Roger Angell's latest book is a collection of his writings from The New Yorker, centered on "This Old Man," his memorable essay about the pains and pleasures of living into your 90s.

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The 'Amazing Fantastic Incredible' Life Of Stan Lee, Now In Comic Form

5:15pm November 12, 2015

by NPR Staff

Stan Lee is a comic book legend. He's the writer behind Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man. Host Renee Montagne sits down with the 92-year-old to talk comics and his own superheroic life.

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Shonda Rhimes appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Sept. 24. Her new memoir is called Year of Yes.

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Shonda Rhimes On Running 3 Hit Shows And The Limits Of Network TV

5:44pm November 11, 2015

The force behind ABC's Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder says she has fought to get important images — like same-sex couple love scenes — on air.

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"I've always been an introverted person," Shonda Rhimes says, and she found the fame that came with her television successes to be "daunting."

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For A Year, Shonda Rhimes Said 'Yes' To All The Things That Scared Her

1:37pm November 10, 2015

by NPR Staff

The creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal says despite the success of her shows, her life "had gotten really small," so she decided to step out of her comfort zone. Year of Yes is her new memoir.

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Why Eating Food Out Of A Bowl Makes Nigella Lawson Happy

7:12pm November 09, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to celebrity chef Nigella Lawson about the breadth of food you can serve in a bowl. Her latest cookbook is called, Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food.

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'Arab Of The Future' Chronicles The Challenges Of A Cross-Cultural Childhood

1:43pm November 09, 2015

Former Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Riad Sattouf grew up in the Middle East and France with a French mother and Syrian father. "I hate nationalism," he says. "Comic book author [is] my first nationality."

Author Michael Cunningham won the Pulitzer Prize for his previous novel The Hours.

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Beyond The Happily Ever After, Cunningham Asks: 'What's That About?'

9:18am November 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

Author Michael Cunningham was fascinated by fairy tales as a child — but he always wondered what happened after the story ended. His new collection, The Wild Swan, tries to answer that question.