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Food

Review: Practical Magic for the Modern Cook

Several new cookbooks target today’s home kitchens with eclectic recipes and strategies for planning.
Science

Ants Pick Morphine Over Sugar

This is the first nonmammal to display drug-seeking behavior, researchers said.

Ants have a pleasure center.
Opinion

The Best Way to Teach Reading

A former teacher writes that she can attest to the superiority of phonics over whole language.

Yes.
Eventually all readers learn word recognition in becoming fluent.
Opinion

My Dream: For a Good Night’s Sleep

Readers share their own experiences with insomnia.
Science

Pigeons Resist Misguided Leaders

When the leader of a homing pigeon flock goes the wrong way, the flock still finds its way home.
Opinion

Bringing Prison Guards to Justice

Elected officials and local prosecutors need to do their part in ridding New York’s prison system of wanton brutality.
Fashion & Style

Hibah Hussain, Timothy Grayson

The bride works for Google, the groom for the law firm Skadden Arps.
Well

When a Spouse Dies, Resilience Can Be Uneven

Even those who seem fine often experience significant declines in specific aspects of physical and emotional health.
Travel

5 Volunteer Travel Options in Europe

Pick grapes in France, work at a botanical garden in Iceland or help protect dolphins in Croatia.
Opinion

Where Ice Once Crushed Ships, Open Water Beckons

Two voyages to the Northwest Passage, separated by nearly two centuries, underscore the big changes underway in the Arctic as the planet warms.
Opinion

A.D.D. and Child Suicides

A pediatrician writes that the link between the two “must be understood within the context of contemporary developmental science.”
Public Editor

Taking the Stealth Out of Editing

Changing stories online is fine, as long as The Times owns up to it. Otherwise, readers assume the worst.
U.S.

Man Charged With Murder in Shooting of 5 at Mall in Washington State

No motive was disclosed as Arcan Cetin was formally charged in the killings at the Cascade Mall, north of Seattle.
The Upshot

It’s Easy for Obamacare Critics to Overlook the Merits of Medicaid Expansion

In most ways, Medicaid offers an excellent return on investment, but 19 states have refused to participate in the expansion.
N.Y. / Region

Brooklyn Officer Charged With Murder and Manslaughter in Off-Duty Shooting

Wayne Isaacs, who shot another driver after a road-rage episode in July, is the first police officer to be prosecuted by the New York attorney general.


U.S.

What We Know About the Details of the Police Shooting in Charlotte

The circumstances of the killing of Keith Lamont Scott have been a source of intense debate. Here are some questions that readers have asked The New York Times.

Fear excuses nothing.
N.Y. / Region

For Tenants Facing Eviction, New York May Guarantee a Lawyer

A bill backed by a majority on the City Council would aid low-income residents who are outmatched in Housing Court.

Landlords will have to work harder.
Fashion & Style

Sabrina Ross, Michael Grafton

The bride, a lawyer for Uber, and the groom, who works for Nextdoor, met in 2014 on Tinder.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
Business Day

Travel Companions Offer a Way for Older People to Keep Moving

Companies can help an aging population navigate busy airline terminals and keep up with medications so they can travel to family events or go on vacations.

not required.
Food

Review: ‘Mozza at Home’ and ‘Eat in My Kitchen’

New cookbooks from the chef Nancy Silverton and the blogger Meike Peters offer inviting recipes for entertaining.

Make a list.  I can shop often.

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Food

Review: Practical Magic for the Modern Cook

Several new cookbooks target today’s home kitchens with eclectic recipes and strategies for planning.

Fashion is everywhere.
Opinion

Where Ice Once Crushed Ships, Open Water Beckons


It is not a surprise to me.
U.S.

Whether Crime Is Up or Down Depends on Data Being Used

The decline in homicide has been so significant that sudden increases in just a few cities can skew the national picture, criminologists and police officials say.

Individual numbers have little meaning compared to the relationship between large groups of numbers.

The smoothed murder rate is of general interest.
A death is of interest to the neighbors.
The murder rates of blacks and whites distributed nationally are of interest.
Domestic violence by income over time is interesting.

Fashion & Style

Hibah Hussain, Timothy Grayson

The bride works for Google, the groom for the law firm Skadden Arps.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
Fashion & Style

Sabrina Ross, Michael Grafton

The bride, a lawyer for Uber, and the groom, who works for Nextdoor, met in 2014 on Tinder.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best. 
Opinion

Setting Bail in San Francisco

A deputy public defender writes that a new tool “has not increased the number of people released.”

The availability of information does not imply its use.
Food

Review: ‘Taste & Technique’ Makes French Cooking Cool

The first book from the chef Naomi Pomeroy aims to elevate your cooking with bossy but warm instruction.

I need to be less distracted.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.
N.Y. / Region

City to Pay $5.75 Million Over Death of Mentally Ill Inmate at Rikers Island

Bradley Ballard was found naked and covered in feces and urine after being locked in a cell at the New York City jail complex for six days.

The mad do not belong in prison.
Hospital locked wards are bad enough.
N.Y. / Region

Man Convicted in Kidnapping and Murder of Brooklyn Landlord

Kendel Felix was found guilty in the death of Menachem Stark, whose charred remains were found in a trash bin on Long Island, in 2014.
Travel

5 Volunteer Travel Options in Europe

Pick grapes in France, work at a botanical garden in Iceland or help protect dolphins in Croatia.
N.Y. / Region

Police Officer Shoots Man During an Arrest in Brooklyn

Officers were trying to take the man into custody in Bedford-Stuyvesant over a suspected assault, the authorities said. The shooting is under investigation.
Food

Diana Henry Writes Hundreds of Great Recipes a Year. How Does She Do It?

The popular British food writer works constantly to create her masterly flavor combinations.
Books

Stephen King Reviews Emma Donoghue’s Latest Novel

In 19th-century Ireland, a nurse is hired to watch a girl on a suspicious religious fast in Emma Donoghue’s “The Wonder.”
Opinion

The Age of Reaction

How reactionaries supplanted conservatives on the right.
N.Y. / Region

For Tenants Facing Eviction, New York May Guarantee a Lawyer

A bill backed by a majority on the City Council would aid low-income residents who are outmatched in Housing Court.
The Upshot

It’s Easy for Obamacare Critics to Overlook the Merits of Medicaid Expansion

In most ways, Medicaid offers an excellent return on investment, but 19 states have refused to participate in the expansion.
N.Y. / Region

Talking Parades With the Police

Recalling a first Halloween in New York, and an unexpected chat with three friendly officers.
Opinion

Bringing Prison Guards to Justice

Elected officials and local prosecutors need to do their part in ridding New York’s prison system of wanton brutality.
Science

Organic Milk Will Wait and Wait for You

A different, hotter pasteurization process helps explain why organic milk has a longer shelf life than the other stuff.
Food

Review: The Sqirl Cookbook, ‘Everything I Want to Eat’

Jessica Koslow’s cookbook, from her Los Angeles restaurant, Sqirl, combines health food, diner food and dazzling technique.

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