Tim Carman The Washington Post

Anthony Bourdain's personal collection goes up for auction on Wednesday. The lot of more than 200 possessions includes bookshelves, a pocket watch, a chef's jacket and more.

Afternoon lunches have all but disappeared, sucked into some malevolent black hole created by corporate downsizing, email culture and the endless stupefaction of the internet. I would like to suggest a gentler reason for exiting the building for lunch: Your friends and co-workers need you, and you need them.

A public relations contractor who previously worked for the Democratic National Committee said that he was kicked out of Hill Country Barbecue Market in Washington after he confronted a diner wearing a Make America Great Again hat on the Fourth of July.

Maybe it was part of President Donald Trump's ongoing campaign to end the "war on Christmas," freeing up believers to openly extol the virtues of stollen bread without fear of running afoul of fruitcake hate groups.

O'naturel would bid au revoir on Feb. 16, after a 15-month run in the City of Light. As to the cause of the closure, the New York Post may have stated it most succinctly: The restaurant couldn't put "butts in seats."

Last week, an Advisory Neighborhood Commission voted unanimously to support a petition that seeks to revoke the Trump International Hotel's liquor license on the grounds that its owner - you know, the president of the United States - is not of "good character."

The idea that fish suffer runs counter to almost everything Americans have been taught about creatures of the sea. That their brains are not complex enough to experience pain.

A 34-year-old man ate a Carolina Reaper, the hottest chile pepper on earth, and developed what's known as a "thunderclap headache." It was the headache heard 'round the world.

Three years ago, the Michelin-starred chef Carlo Cracco earned a public censure from the town council in Amatrice for his unorthodox version of the city's famous pasta dish, amatriciana. Now Cracco has earned the wrath of the locals in Naples, the birthplace of Neapolitan pizza, for the chef's healthful, whole-grain take on a margherita pie.

They're "shopping with the eyes," says Lester, "and they don't care about the season."

She also relies on a fresh hot pepper every day, she told National Public Radio, crediting the ingredient for "one of the reasons I'm so healthy".

Four diners, three of them wearing plaid, were ready to enjoy a meal Saturday night at the Sichuan restaurant Peter Chang in Arlington, Virginia. But the dinner took a left turn when the server brought out a family-style bowl of rice.

Dried pastas typically work best with heavier, rustic sauces such as meaty ragus, chefs generally agree.

Before the two of us waste too much time on the subject, I ask J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, the respected managing culinary director for the Web site Serious Eats, how much experience he has with pop-up timers.

Anthony Bourdain's personal collection goes up for auction on Wednesday. The lot of more than 200 possessions includes bookshelves, a pocket watch, a chef's jacket and more.

Afternoon lunches have all but disappeared, sucked into some malevolent black hole created by corporate downsizing, email culture and the endless stupefaction of the internet. I would like to suggest a gentler reason for exiting the building for lunch: Your friends and co-workers need you, and you need them.

A public relations contractor who previously worked for the Democratic National Committee said that he was kicked out of Hill Country Barbecue Market in Washington after he confronted a diner wearing a Make America Great Again hat on the Fourth of July.

Maybe it was part of President Donald Trump's ongoing campaign to end the "war on Christmas," freeing up believers to openly extol the virtues of stollen bread without fear of running afoul of fruitcake hate groups.

O'naturel would bid au revoir on Feb. 16, after a 15-month run in the City of Light. As to the cause of the closure, the New York Post may have stated it most succinctly: The restaurant couldn't put "butts in seats."

Last week, an Advisory Neighborhood Commission voted unanimously to support a petition that seeks to revoke the Trump International Hotel's liquor license on the grounds that its owner - you know, the president of the United States - is not of "good character."

The idea that fish suffer runs counter to almost everything Americans have been taught about creatures of the sea. That their brains are not complex enough to experience pain.

A 34-year-old man ate a Carolina Reaper, the hottest chile pepper on earth, and developed what's known as a "thunderclap headache." It was the headache heard 'round the world.

Three years ago, the Michelin-starred chef Carlo Cracco earned a public censure from the town council in Amatrice for his unorthodox version of the city's famous pasta dish, amatriciana. Now Cracco has earned the wrath of the locals in Naples, the birthplace of Neapolitan pizza, for the chef's healthful, whole-grain take on a margherita pie.

They're "shopping with the eyes," says Lester, "and they don't care about the season."

She also relies on a fresh hot pepper every day, she told National Public Radio, crediting the ingredient for "one of the reasons I'm so healthy".

Four diners, three of them wearing plaid, were ready to enjoy a meal Saturday night at the Sichuan restaurant Peter Chang in Arlington, Virginia. But the dinner took a left turn when the server brought out a family-style bowl of rice.

Dried pastas typically work best with heavier, rustic sauces such as meaty ragus, chefs generally agree.

Before the two of us waste too much time on the subject, I ask J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, the respected managing culinary director for the Web site Serious Eats, how much experience he has with pop-up timers.