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Stephanie Deutsch's mother hailed from Long Island where she grew up eating oyster stuffing. Her father was from Texas and loved this cornbread stuffing, which the family continues to make.

Don't Mess With My Stuffing: Thanksgiving's Most Hotly Debated Dish

7:37am November 22, 2015

by Bonny Wolf

Thanksgiving for most people in America means family, turkey and stuffing. We asked NPR's readers what stuffing they make. Turns out there's a lot of passion and variety when it comes to stuffing.

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'Black Dragon River' Charts History Along The Amur

7:03am November 22, 2015

by Jean Zimmerman

Dominic Ziegler's thrillingly thorough geo-history follows the Amur River from its origin on the Mongolian steppes, along the Trans-Siberian Railway and through centuries of Eurasian history.

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks onstage at the 2015 New Yorker Festival last month.

Ta-Nehisi Coates On His Work And The Painful Process Of Getting Conscious

5:40pm November 21, 2015

The writer, whose Between The World And Me was the winner of this year's National Book Award in nonfiction, talks about his process and the classmate and friend to whom he dedicated the award.

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That Time Wyclef Jean Ran For President Of Haiti

5:24pm November 21, 2015

Haitian-American musician Pras Michel talks about his new documentary, Sweet Micky for President, which chronicles an unconventional presidential election in post-earthquake Haiti.

Singer-songwriter Carly Simon is known for the songs "You're So Vain" and "Let the River Run".

Carly Simon: 'I'm Constantly Reemerging In My Life'

11:43am November 21, 2015

by NPR Staff

The woman behind "You're So Vain" has stories for days about love and music. On the occasion of a new memoir, she joins NPR's Scott Simon to unfold a few of them.

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Nordic items clockwise from top left: sugared cloudberries; Norwegian thick salt-pork pancakes, waffles; thick oven-baked pancake; blood pancakes; pancake torte.

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In 'The Nordic Cookbook,' An In-Depth Take On Region's Diverse Cuisine

10:59am November 21, 2015

by NPR Staff

Looking for a recipe for pickled herring or blood pancakes cooked in reindeer fat? Chef Magnus Nilsson's The Nordic Cookbook has these recipes and nearly 700 others.

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Brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna composed the music for the new Pixar film The Good Dinosaur. "The entire process of making a music score is additive, so every little detail becomes part of the whole," Mychael says.

The Good Dino-Score: Behind The Music Of Pixar's Latest

8:53am November 21, 2015

by Tim Greiving

Writing music for The Good Dinosaur was a seven-month journey for brothers Mychael and Jeff Danna, not all of it glamorous.

The arrival of election year could mean even more opportunity for cringe-worthy conversation around the holiday dinner table.

How To Dodge Political Squabble This Gobble Day

8:06am November 21, 2015

by NPR Staff

When Thanksgiving comes during an election season, dinner table conversations can get contentious. We check in with Miss Manners to learn how we might get through the holiday without a family feud.

The Master of the Prado, by Javier Sierra.

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Mastery And Mystery Mix It Up In 'Prado'

7:03am November 21, 2015

by Bethanne Patrick

Javier Sierra's new The Master of the Prado follows a graduate student — also named Javier — who gets caught up in a web of arcane theories about the paintings in the famous Madrid museum.

Aziz Ansari in the Netflix series Master of None.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Master Of None' And 'Challenger Deep'

10:48pm November 20, 2015

by Linda Holmes

A newly minted National Book Award winner and a new Netflix series have us fully occupied this week, but we've also got plenty making us happy.

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