The Optimist: One woman’s mission to preserve the culture through cooking

Man seeks to reunite stuffed monkey with toddler who dropped it after 9/11 attacks; A French diplomat saved an Afghan refugee's pet bird. Now it says 'bonjour' and has become a symbol of hope.; WHO endorses use of first malaria vaccine, saying it could save the lives of tens of thousands of children each year; My doctor told me to get a dog, but I couldn't. Meet my emotional support fish. ; Google Flights will now show you the environmental impact of your travel ; Fat Bear Week has a winner: 480 Otis is the chunkiest champ for the fourth time; Journalists known for taking on governments of Philippines and Russia win Nobel Peace Prize; This transgender teen was crowned homecoming queen: 'I'm the first, but I hope I'm not the last'; Threatened by climate change, a California winemaker switches to carbon farming and hopes more vineyards join; 'Llama therapy' in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Stories that inspire.     (Lauren Vied Allen for The Post) For Gabrielle E.W. Carter, cooking is about the culture — and how to preserve it Gabrielle Carter is a cultural preservationist documenting her own food history and culture and wants to encourage others to do the same. By Aaron Hutcherson ●  Read more »   Man seeks to reunite stuffed monkey with toddler who dropped it after 9/11 attacks Abe Wachsman has been ferrying around the lost stuffed monkey in his car since the day of the attacks 20 years ago. By Cathy Free ●  Read more »   A French diplomat saved an Afghan refugee's pet bird. Now it says 'bonjour' and has become a symbol of hope. The bird, known as Juji, can now speak French and "has become the embassy's mascot." By Annabelle Timsit and Jennifer Hassan ●  Read more »   WHO endorses use of first malaria vaccine, saying it could save the lives of tens of thousands of children each year "We still have a very long road to travel," said WHO's Director General. "But this is a long stride down that road." By Paulina Firozi, Marisa Iati and Erin Cunningham ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   My doctor told me to get a dog, but I couldn't. Meet my emotional support fish. Whenever I stared at my goldfish, I would hold one hand against my chest to feel if my heartbeat was normalizing. Perspective ●  By Will Dowd ●  Read more »   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app   Google Flights will now show you the environmental impact of your travel A new feature displays the carbon footprints of flights as part of Google's broader green-travel push. By Natalie B. Compton ●  Read more »   Fat Bear Week has a winner: 480 Otis is the chunkiest champ for the fourth time Old, late to the party and missing teeth, 25-year-old Otis still takes the cake. By Natalie B. Compton ●  Read more »   Journalists known for taking on governments of Philippines and Russia win Nobel Peace Prize The Norwegian Nobel Committee chose Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov because it said a free press is a precondition for democracy and peace. By Paul Schemm, Shibani Mahtani and Robyn Dixon ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   This transgender teen was crowned homecoming queen: 'I'm the first, but I hope I'm not the last' Evan Bialosuknia came out in June. Three months later, the Florida high school senior made her high school's history. The Lily ●  By Soo Youn ●  Read more »   Threatened by climate change, a California winemaker switches to carbon farming and hopes more vineyards join For Lail Vineyards, progress means carbon farming. Cover crops between vine rows, no tilling in the vineyard. No gas vehicles — sheep trim the cover crop in the spring. By Dave McIntyre ●  Read more »   'Llama therapy' in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park Trekking with llamas is a peaceful, practical way to get to the area's unseen corners. By Mary Winston Nicklin ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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