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Adventures in Dreamland By A. O. SCOTT ONE pleasant April afternoon, I found myself, along with my wife and our two children, in the middle of a quintessential American scene. There was a quaint town square, a sturdy shade tree flanked by cozy shops and Victorian houses. As we surveyed…

By JENNIFER 8. LEE ANGELA KIM spends two days a week baby-sitting for her 2-year-old grandson, Noah, while her daughter, Andrea, a doctor, works nine-hour hospital shifts. Only Mrs. Kim, 57, lives in Houston and her daughter and grandson live in Dallas — 250 miles away. This…

Stop and Smell the Barrenwort By SETH KUGEL ADRIAN BENEPE, New York City's parks commissioner, boasts that when it comes to gardens, New York City is “comparable with Paris.” Mutter under your breath, if you must. (Suggestion: What's next, Mr. Benepe? Our cow pastures match…

By GREGORY DICUM SINCE 1637, when the irrationally exuberant Dutch tulip bulb market collapsed, it has been a cliché to say that the satiny, ephemeral blossom is the only thing that can drive the sensible Dutch to heights of fancy. “We went mad,” confirms Karin Hoogland, a…

Book of Revelations By CHRISTINE MUHLKE If there’s such a thing as boomer cuisine, it can be found in the pages of “The Silver Palate Cookbook.” With its chirpy tone and “Moosewood”-in-the-city illustrations, the book, published in time for Mother’s…

By FRANK BRUNI WE were bound for a farmhouse, and I had my doubts. Like many seasoned travelers, I'd been burned by the promise of rustic lodging with multi-star amenities, a happy-sounding combination that often meant a working telephone in a stone chamber otherwise untouched by progress…

A Foodie Scene in the Twin Cities By SUNSHINE FLINT AS architectural buffs will tell you, downtown Minneapolis is the coolest place to build on the prairie. There's the gleaming blue Guthrie Theater designed by Jean Nouvel along the Mississippi River, the sharp-edged Herzog and de Meuron…

Travel in Latin America: Cheaper and Easier By MICHELLE HIGGINS TRAVEL to Latin America has been on the upswing as countries there look to tourism for economic growth, and tour operators in the United States and Canada offer exotic vacations to the south. But until recently, getting…

Searching the Alps for Haute Comfort Food By KIM SEVERSON THE first thing to do with a tartiflette is to ease your fork through the crust of cheese. If the casserole is done right, that cut will release a whiff of milky steam infused with a suggestion of onion and garlic. The best…