Save These Books! – New York Times Best ouf-ot-print cookbooks. (tags: food cooking books)

Report Blames Police for Deaths at a ’79 Rally in North Carolina – New York Times For the Greensboro crowd. (tags: NorthCarolina)

The Traveler’s Lunchbox – Main Recipe sounds fantastic. (tags: food India)

I learned this amazing factoid at a recent meeting: the average American spends 4 hours each year dealing with the government (renewing a driver’s license, paying taxes, etc.). The average Indian spends 24 DAYS doing the same.

David Lebovitz on his favorite Paris restaurants (tags: Paris food travel) Writers’ favorite beach reading. (tags: books) U.S. Plan to Lure Nurses May Hurt Poor Nations – New York Times (tags: medicine)

Boing Boing: Custom treehouses that look like toon houses Now here’s a cool treehouse. (tags: oddities) Boing Boing: Chair made of recycled wine corks I once had a wreath made of wine corks, but this lays that in the shade.…

Landing on Page 1 With Hardly a Wary Eye – New York Times Annals of “things aren’t as bad as advertised.” Turns out we won’t really be standing up on airplanes. Whew. (tags: corrections travel) Editors’ Note – New York…

Phat Duck in The Pastry Department: Trendy Candy Eeek. Not only a great-sounding candy recipe, but perhaps yet another blog to keep up with! (tags: food) Coffee and caffeine, what could be better? A haiku about the same! (tags: chocolate…

Behind this bookcase is the Secret Annexe, where Anne Frank and her family hid during World War II, until they were betrayed and deported to the concentration camps. Visiting the Anne Frank House was deeply moving, a real highlight of…