One of the most important literary figures in France, Marguerite Duras won international acclaim after she was awarded the 1984 Prix Goncourt for her autobiographical novel L'Amant (translated almost immediately into English as The Lover). Although Duras...

Say bye-bye to beluga caviar. With the holiday season upon us, the buffet tables of the best hosts and hostesses may be seeing one of the last seasons of the beluga sturgeon, whose eggs are the delicacy better known as caviar. The...

At Wollaston, Nantasket, Humarock, and many other area beaches, sea walls armor the coast. Stone and concrete parapets rarely bring to mind medieval castles, knights, and battle axes, but understanding a sea wall begins with a bit of broadsword vocabulary. Swashbuckling enlivens most...