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A divorced couple cohabitated during the pandemic — and fell back in love
The forced proximity of lockdown led to a lot of breakups. But it reminded this duo why they chose each other in the first place.
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Miss Manners: Should you offer to pay friends for hosting a season-long tailgate?
A letter writer wonders if they’re taking advantage of their friends’ hospitality by not offering to pay for the tailgates they attend.
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Asking Eric: Daughter ghosted after $50,000 loan
Letter writer lent daughter $50,000 10 months ago and she hasn’t reached out since.
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Carolyn Hax: Husband has been lying for entire marriage about wanting kids
Her biggest fear is not becoming a mom. She just learned her husband is secretly “overjoyed” at negative pregnancy tests.
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How to deal with my nearly silent son-in-law? Hax readers give advice.
Her introverted son-in-law can be social, but is “near-mute” around her, and she struggles not to take it personally.
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Crumbl cookies are overhyped and underbaked
An unofficial Crumbl cookies pop-up in Australia kicked up drama this week. We tried the viral sweets to see if they live up to the buzz.
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Beans and squash make this pasta salad fit for fall
Let fall produce shine in this hearty pasta salad.
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Cooking chat: Do you really need to cook ground beef in oil?
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal answer your cooking questions.
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Dining chat: Our server smelled. Should we have said something?
Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.
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Woman mistakenly drops $12,000. Stranger finds it, returns it to her.
“He showed honor. Many people wouldn’t pass that test,” Truong Huynh said of the man who returned the money.
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Before renovating your kitchen, ask: What would Julia Child do?
You don’t need walls of French cookware to borrow a page from the legendary chef’s iconic space.
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Should we opt our kid in to the puberty lesson at school?
What is the benefit of the puberty lesson at school if these parents are already open about puberty and sex with their child?
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Pasta Salad With Butternut Squash, Kale and White Beans
This pasta salad brims with fall flavors and colors from roasted butternut squash, ribbons of kale and flecks of crisp red onion.
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Bananarac Cocktail
A rich, banana-inflected version of the classic New Orleans Sazerac cocktail, the Bananarac relies on the deep fruit flavor of Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur.
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Cure Sazerac
This classic Sazerac, as prepared by Cure, one of the best bars in New Orleans, glows red from a generous dose of anisey Peychaud’s bitters.
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Jewel Sazerac (Batched Cocktail)
While not traditional, this great Sazerac from Chris Hannah of Jewel of the South in New Orleans skips the traditional absinthe rinse and pre-batches the drink to store in the freezer.
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Carolyn Hax: Boyfriend still ‘obsessed’ with ex — emotionally and financially
Boyfriend may have messed with his ex’s online bank accounts. A letter writer wonders if that is normal ex-partner behavior.
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Asking Eric: I’m not doing well and I don’t know where to go for help
Where can this parent find help to get their life together?
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Miss Manners: Colleagues are unprofessional in video call small talk
A remote worker is bothered by all the political chitchat at the start of meetings.
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Fall in love with lima beans in this corn and andouille soup
This weeknight-friendly lima bean and corn soup with andouille is full of flavor, and, if you don’t like them, it might change your mind about those limas.
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From dishwasher to co-owner: Immigrant rises to lead D.C. pizzerias
Decades after founding Pizzeria Paradiso, pioneer Ruth Gresser starts turning over the reins to Carlos Gonzalez, who immigrated from El Salvador in 2000.
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