AdviceColumn

Miss Manners: Why ask permission to recline my own airplane seat?

Letter writer doesn’t understand asking people behind you if you can recline your airplane seat.

By Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin and Jacobina MartinDecember 3, 2024
AdviceColumn

Carolyn Hax: Spouse feels left out of mother-in-law’s dying wishes

Dying mother-in-law is allowing only certain visitors, and this letter writer fears it will strain their blended family.

By Carolyn HaxDecember 3, 2024
AdviceColumn

Asking Eric: Mother repeatedly says she loves grandchild more than her kids

Siblings hurt by their mom constantly saying she loves her new grandkid more than her kids.

By R. Eric ThomasDecember 3, 2024

Bidens’ final Christmas stays traditional — except for that weird tree

This year’s White House decorations include a heavy dose of ‘Peace and Light’

By Rachel KurziusDecember 2, 2024
FoodColumn

Michael Rafidi’s swanky new spot, La’ Shukran, is a French-Levantine dream

Sink into a velvet booth. Grab a sesame baguette. You might never want to leave.

By Sonia RaoDecember 2, 2024

Man ran 700 miles to make ‘insanely impressive’ art on GPS fitness app

It took Duncan McCabe 10 months to make a 27-second digital art video.

By Sydney PageDecember 2, 2024
FoodReview

The 14 best cookbooks of 2024

These titles span cuisines, subjects and styles, but all would be an asset to your cookbook shelf.

By Paula ForbesDecember 2, 2024
AdviceColumn

Miss Manners: Don’t treat our holiday party invite like a burden

Some guests respond to this letter writer’s holiday party invite like it would be a burden to attend.

By Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin and Jacobina MartinDecember 2, 2024
AdviceColumn

Asking Eric: I don’t want to be friends with an ex anymore

Can the letter writer end a friendship with an ex who has no other friends?

By R. Eric ThomasDecember 2, 2024
AdviceColumn

Carolyn Hax: Take money from husband’s rich family to join huge, luxury reunion?

A letter writer balks at accepting money to attend husband’s large family reunion, but he sees it as a once-in-a-lifetime chance.

By Carolyn HaxDecember 2, 2024
AdviceColumn

My wife wants more affection than I can give. Hax readers give advice.

He feels like he’s “failing as a husband” because he can’t be as affectionate as his wife wants him to be.

By Carolyn Hax and Haben KelatiDecember 1, 2024

Triple tomato soup packs the most tomato flavor into a simple dish

Whole canned tomatoes, tomato paste and sun-dried tomatoes give this soup triple the tomatoes, triple the fun.

By Becky KrystalDecember 1, 2024
AdviceColumn

Asking Eric: I can’t enjoy my deck because of my neighbors’ pot smoking

How will their pot-smoking neighbors react if they complain about the smell?

By R. Eric ThomasDecember 1, 2024
AdviceColumn

Carolyn Hax: She wants to encourage son’s girlfriend to continue her pregnancy

She just learned her son’s girlfriend is pregnant, and this would-be-grandma wants to encourage her to have the baby.

By Carolyn HaxDecember 1, 2024
AdviceColumn

Asking Eric: I found my husband ‘streaming cheating’ on me

Husband finished a season of a show alone he was originally watching with his spouse.

By R. Eric ThomasNovember 30, 2024
AdviceColumn

Carolyn Hax: Elderly neighbor shows up in distress on their doorstep

After strange doings next door, an elderly neighbor vanishes — then reappears angry and confused on their doorstep.

By Carolyn HaxNovember 30, 2024
AdviceColumn

Miss Manners: Friend didn’t offer to pay for dinner when we were visiting

Friend said no to hosting the couple and then didn’t offer to pay for dinner during their visit.

By Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin and Jacobina MartinNovember 30, 2024

Costco organic eggs sold under Kirkland label recalled for salmonella risk

Handsome Brook Farms, which supplies the warehouse chain, has recalled organic, pasture-raised eggs sold in five states in the South.

By Emily HeilNovember 29, 2024

So long, Sad Beige Christmas. Tacky Christmas is coming to town.

The latest holiday aesthetic? Throwing absolutely everything you’ve got on the tree.

By Rachel KurziusNovember 29, 2024