Under The Jaguar SunThe thought . . . called up the flavors of an elaborate and bold cuisine, bent on making the flavors highest notes vibrate, juxtaposing them in modulations, in chords, and especially in dissonances that would assert themselves as an incomparable experience. From Under the Jaguar Sun These intoxicating stories delve down to the core of our senses of taste, hearing, and smell. Amid the flavors of Mexicos fiery chiles and spices, a couple on holiday

Delia Ephron's How to Eat Like a Child is a delightful revisiting of the joys—and tricky ploys—of childhood

refocus and practice a form of mindfulness that actually fits in with your hectic life

and deeply strange characters—the self-appointed “redneck detective” known as Slim gets a visit from a shady-looking pair who introduce themselves as Sheldon Cleaves and his son

and dryly funny

and even with their own friends

Van Shaw journeys to a remote Oregon county to help his fellow Ranger

In 10 on-the-couch sessions

It might just save your life

or simply what I thought I should want

showing how these devices play to our deepest social instincts

bestselling author of The Family Fang comes his first short story

This was never the story of one woman