Love Letter: Our Brilliant $100 Bet

When I first read Mark Jason Williams’s essay in the Modern Love submission inbox, I laughed, sighed and nodded. His essay, “A Bet She Couldn’t Resist,” skillfully captures the well-intentioned but often overbearing love that mothers have for their children. His essay also captures the urgent need that children have to be seen and accepted…

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Epic Tacos

2. Double-Tomato Pasta Salad I appreciate this pasta dish from Ali Slagle because it uses an ingredient that should make a comeback: the sun-dried tomato. (My colleagues in Food and Cooking have never entirely agreed with me on this.) Ali combines it with fresh tomatoes for an effect she describes as “full-spectrum tomato flavor.” This…

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