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It's kimchi season in South Korea, but a shortage of napa cabbage -- the key ingredient in the spicy, fermented dish -- has created a mini crisis in a country where kimchi is served at almost every meal.An unusually long stretch of bad weather nearly halved the latest cabbage crop, causing prices to

On Oct. 30, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will host dueling rallies on the National Mall.

Diana Kennedy's home in Michoacan, Mexico, sits at the end of a long dirt road that can only be accessed by pickup or four-wheel drive.Heavy rains have turned her rambling gardens into a swath of jungle dense with ingredients: apricot and fig trees; chayote vines from Veracruz, Mexico; and a thatch