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16 Easy Holiday Appetizers

16 Easy Holiday Appetizers

Recipes for smoked salmon tartare, artichoke and goat cheese dip, lemon-garlic shrimp, and other dinner-party-ready first courses—each with only five ingredients… More »

14 Finger Foods for Holiday Parties

14 Finger Foods for Holiday Parties

Simple roasted chestnuts and dips and more elaborate recipes like tomato focaccia bring wintery richness to your table… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Yemen's Unprotected Nuclear Bomb-Making Materials

Cablegate Chronicles: Yemen's Unprotected Nuclear Bomb-Making Materials

Radioactive materials sit unguarded at a facility in Yemen… More »

On Our Radar This Week: The Coen Brothers, the Grinch, the Lakers ...

On Our Radar This Week: The Coen Brothers, the Grinch, the Lakers ...

A look at the five things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Cuban-Style Corruption

A bit of news extracted from the early summer edition of "Cartas de Cuba," a roundup of dispatches from Cuba… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: The Underarm of Appliances

A bit of news extracted from the early summer edition of "Cartas de Cuba," a roundup of dispatches from Cuba… More »

Healthy Holiday Main Courses: 20 Festive Recipes

Healthy Holiday Main Courses: 20 Festive Recipes

Ideas from roasted chicken with pomegranate glaze and ginger-marinated lamb to salmon with red wine… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: 'Would You Like Me to Hold a Trial and Then Hang Them?'

Cablegate Chronicles: 'Would You Like Me to Hold a Trial and Then Hang Them?'

An American ambassador writes a short biography of Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Raul Castro the Family Man

Cablegate Chronicles: Raul Castro the Family Man

The Cuban regime reacts to the death of Vilma Espin, wife of acting Cuban dictator Raul Castro… More »

The Best Books of the Year: Foreign Affairs Edition

The Best Books of the Year: Foreign Affairs Edition

Some of our favorite writers on international affairs recommend their favorite books from 2010 to the world… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: The Plane and the Shopping Mall

Cablegate Chronicles: The Plane and the Shopping Mall

A strange plane hijacking in Brazil.… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: The Uzbekistani President's Daughter Parties Hard

An American ambassador chronicles the partying habits of the Uzbekistani President's daughter, Lola Karimova… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Why Everybody Hates Uzbekistan's First Daughter

Uzbekistan's First Daughter, Gulnora Karimova, has begun a media campaign to improve her image, possibly as a step to a presidential run… More »

On Our Radar This Week: Princess Leia, Reese Witherspoon, Joan Rivers ...

On Our Radar This Week: Princess Leia, Reese Witherspoon, Joan Rivers ...

A look at the five things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to… More »

Deck the Halls With Sugar and Flour: 26 Holiday Cookie Recipes

Deck the Halls With Sugar and Flour: 26 Holiday Cookie Recipes

Pecan-cinnamon wafers, cranberry-honey pinwheel cookies, chocolate meringues, and other sweets for your holiday party… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Socialism's Tangible -- and Tasty -- Benefits

Cablegate Chronicles: Socialism's Tangible -- and Tasty -- Benefits

State Department officials visit Caracas' hot new socialist restaurant.… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Pfizer's Dirt on a Nigerian Attorney General

Cablegate Chronicles: Pfizer's Dirt on a Nigerian Attorney General

How to neutralize a suit against a pharmaceutical company in Africa.… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: An Aging Egyptian President, Profiled

In preparation for Hosni Mubarak's visit to Washington, A U.S. ambassador profiles the Egyptian president… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: MasterCard's 'Lonely Planet' Problem

Cablegate Chronicles: MasterCard's 'Lonely Planet' Problem

A 'Lonely Planet' blurb about Turkey's ethnic groups causes a public relations scandal for MasterCard… More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Warthogs Delay Ambassador's Arrival

Cablegate Chronicles: Warthogs Delay Ambassador's Arrival

It's not always easy to get to Zimbabwe.… More »

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