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Grace Young's kitchen god altar

Gifts For The Gods: Food For The Chinese New Year

A tradition for the Chinese New Year is to leave out food for the kitchen god to ensure a prosperous year. Food writer Grace Young talks about the reasons for putting food on the altar —and some of the recipes her family cooks up, like fried garlic lettuce. ()  

 

Title Inflation: How Hollywood Watches Our Wallets

To our critic's credit, he's found a movie-title trend: They track our feelings about high finance. ()  

A B.I.G. Life Writ Large In 'Notorious'

Biggie Smalls gets the big-screen treatment in George Tillman Jr.'s biography of the rapper.Web Extra:Hear Biggie's Music ()  

 
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