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The Salt
5:37 am
Sat September 29, 2012

Bouillabaisse: From Humble Beginnings To High-Class Tourist Meal

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The ingredients for a vrai bouillaibaisse at Le Miramar in Marseille, France.
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Originally published on Sat September 29, 2012 2:17 pm

The southern French city of Marseille on the Mediterranean Sea has long been famous for its spicy fish soup, known as bouillabaisse. The soup started as a poor man's meal, made with leftover fish scraps, but these days, it's evolved to the point that it can run connoisseurs about $75 for a generously sized meal.

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Author Interviews
5:11 am
Sat September 29, 2012

'Listening In' To JFK's Secret White House Recordings

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Listening In, a new book and CD set, includes more than 260 hours of transcribed conversations and 2.5 hours of audio from inside the Kennedy White House.
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In this photo from March 1961, Kennedy talks on the phone with his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy, with their daughter, 3-year-old Caroline, at his side.
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Originally published on Mon October 1, 2012 6:41 pm

In the spring of 1963, as the U.S. was mired in conflicts with Vietnam and Cuba and the Soviet Union, President John F. Kennedy called his old friend David Hackett to express his frustration at the U.S. men's ice hockey team — and their miserable record overseas.

JFK: Dave, I noticed that in the paper this morning that the Swedish team beat the American hockey team 17-2.
Hackett: Yeah, I saw that.
JFK: Christ! Who are we sending over there? Girls?

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Monkey See
5:07 am
Sat September 29, 2012

Damian Lewis On The Conflicts And Complexities Of 'Homeland'

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Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody in Showtime's Homeland.
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Originally published on Sat September 29, 2012 2:17 pm

There weren't a whole lot of upset winners at last Sunday's Emmy Awards, but one of the few was Homeland star Damian Lewis, who beat out, among others, Mad Men's Jon Hamm and three-time winner Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad to take home the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Lewis' co-star, Claire Danes, won for her lead performance as well, and the show ended a four-year Mad Men streak when it was named Outstanding Drama Series.

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NewsPoet: Writing The Day In Verse
3:50 pm
Fri September 28, 2012

NewsPoet: Philip Schultz Writes The Day In Verse

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Philip Schultz visits NPR headquarters in Washington on Monday.
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Originally published on Fri September 28, 2012 6:24 pm

Today at All Things Considered, we continue a project we're calling NewsPoet. Each month, we bring in a poet to spend time in the newsroom — and at the end of the day, to compose a poem reflecting on the day's stories.

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Monkey See
10:44 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Pop Culture Happy Hour: The State Of Television And The Tweed Set

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Books
9:54 am
Fri September 28, 2012

This Week's 5 Must-Read Stories From NPR Books

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By Rosie Friedman

Originally published on Fri September 28, 2012 10:42 am

1. Foodie Fervor

If there's one thing that trumps a great read for me, it's a great meal.

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Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
8:03 am
Fri September 28, 2012

NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of September 27, 2012

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Ken Follett continues his epic, 20th century series with Winter of the World. It debuts at No. 1.

Books
3:49 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Rowling Draws On Personal Experience In 'Vacancy'

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Originally published on Fri September 28, 2012 7:29 am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm David Greene.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning.

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Books
2:30 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Put Down Your E-Reader: This Book's Better In Print

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"For two days and nights, Odysseus was alone in the wild water. The sea was so rough that he couldn't see beyond the nearest wave. Over and over again, he thought he was going to die."
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The author, illustrator and publisher of a richly illustrated retelling of Homer's The Odyssey say that not all books can be e-books. "E-books are fine for the things e-books are good for," says author Gillian Cross, "but they couldn't do this at all."
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"It was war that forced Odysseus to leave his home ... Odysseus wanted to stay on Ithaca with his own wife, Penelope, and their baby son, Telemachus. But the other kings needed his quick wits and his cunning."
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"He and his men traveled on across the uncharted sea, congratulating themselves on their escape. They were still lost, but they let the wind carry them forward, hoping they would soon reach land."
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"Athene made her way to King Alcinous's palace and found Nausicaa sleeping ... Disguising herself as one of Nausicaa's friends, she hovered over the princess's bed and whispered into her dreams."
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"... Gazing down from high Olympus: Zeus, the father of gods and men; Athene, the godess of wisdom; Hermes, the giant killer and messenger of the gods; and Poseidon, the dark earth-shaker god who controlled the ocean."
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Originally published on Fri September 28, 2012 10:28 am

Most people who read a lot have gotten used to reading on a screen, whether it's a laptop, a tablet or an e-reader. Some say they prefer it to the experience of reading a heavy, awkward print version of the book. But every now and then, a book comes along that just seems to insist on being physical — something about it simply can't be transferred to the screen.

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The Two-Way
4:28 pm
Thu September 27, 2012

Renoir Found At Flea Market May Be Real, But It's Also Stolen

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This weekend's auction of a flea-market find that turned out to be a work by French Impressionist master Pierre-Auguste Renoir has been put on hold, after evidence turned up the painting had been pilfered from a Baltimore museum decades ago.
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By Maureen Pao

Originally published on Thu September 27, 2012 4:42 pm

Turns out there's a bigger story behind the Renoir painting purchased for $7 a couple of years ago at a West Virginia flea market — a mystery, and an alleged theft, in fact.

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