A highly anticipated children’s book and the epic history behind a familiar vegetable: fans of illustrator Maurice Sendak eagerly await publication of a newly discovered manuscript by the late author. And speaking of children’s...
The earlier roundup of U.S. belt regions, including the Smile Belt, drew more local examples. Pennsylvania has a Potato Belt for its potato farms, plus a Potato Chip Belt or Snack Belt for its snack-food makers. In southern Vermont and in the...
If one has a chip on one’s shoulder, they’re spoiling for a fight. The phrase derives from the old practice of literally putting a chip of wood or other small object on one’s shoulder and daring an adversary to knock the chip off...