STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — I love Thanksgiving—always have. After more than two decades of covering it for the Staten Island Advance, I’ve collected plenty of backstories from the 24-hour Turk-A-Thon days.

Get some brunch Indian-style at a new Downtown spot. The intrigue: Swapping out maple syrup for chutney, spices and other savory ingredients adds a new dimension to waffles. 🍛 Context: Tandoori Tales ...

Old wives' tales are a staple of home cooking — but it turns out, not all of them hold up under scrutiny. Whether it came from a relative, a cookbook, or "just the way it's always been done," plenty ...

Perversions of Science, a weird, short-lived spin-off of Tales From the Crypt, blended horror and sci-fi in an inventive way ...

Coffee prices hit an all-time high in 2025, though tariffs only partially explain the recent increase. Brazil is the world’s largest coffee bean producer; with Vietnam, they are responsible for 55% of ...

Hawkins, Indiana, is prepping for its final showdown with the Upside Down in Stranger Things 5, but the show’s final season won’t mark the end for the Duffer Brothers’ world of monsters and ’80s ...

Worshippers began collecting a mysterious liquid coming from St. Nicholas' tomb shortly after his death in the mid-300s, or ...

Marian L. Tupy is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, where Gale L. Pooley is an adjunct scholar. With one big family-gathering meal out of the way and more soon to come (Christmas? New Year’s?

It was late afternoon after a long day of classes, and University of Minnesota student Bianca Llerena made her way home from campus to her house in Como. She didn’t have groceries at home for dinner.

Ms. Ungerman writes the newsletter default.blog under the pen name Katherine Dee. As I write this, my best friend sits across from me in my living room, staring at her phone. She’s in a trance, her ...

You can now get a shiny Keldeo in Pokémon Go, if you buy the "Pony Tales" Masterwork Research ticket for $7.99. As usual with Masterwork Research, this research is only purchaseable for a limited time ...