CartoonsandPuzzles

Traverse the morass of traffic, the sea of awkwardness, and the soup course to win the game.

Two cartoonists dig into their food-texture issues.

Cartoons about fine, good, and excellent dining to whet your appetite.

A step-by-step guide to everyone’s favorite meal.

Regional treats sweeten seasonal feuding.

A lapsed Muslim tries to revive a tradition.

Re ’24: Let’s not forget / We’re all in brave Navalny’s debt. / He showed a soul can still be free / Whatever its surroundings be.

Take a closer look at the cover of the annual Cartoons & Puzzles Issue.

Meet these diagrammatic daredevils and grid-obsessed cultists of yore.

The dish is governed by a set of laws that are rooted in tradition, rich in common sense, and aching to be broken or bent.

“The Brutalist,” the director’s nearly four-hour study of immigration, identity, and marriage, flowed from his own struggle to create art without compromise. “You really have to dare to suck to transcend,” he said.

In his book “Growing Up Urkel,” Jaleel White details how “Family Matters,” for good or ill, brought a new Black male archetype to the culture’s doorstep.