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Faceoff in Egypt continues

Protesters opposing President Mohammed Morsi gathered around a lit flare after a speech by Morsi was shown in Tahrir Square.

Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS

As President Mohammed Morsi refused to step down, 23 people in Egypt have died in the clashes between opponents and supporters.

Bolivian leader's plane rerouted, Snowden not aboard

Officials said that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was not on the plane, which was taking the president home from Russia.

Red Sox 4, Padres 1

John Lackey leads Red Sox over Padres

John Lackey buzzed through eight innings, giving up just one run and pushing the Red Sox to a win over San Diego.

STYLING BY SHERYL JULIAN AND VALERIE RYAN; CHARLIE MAHONEY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Iconic New England dishes are easy to cozy up to. A top-loaded lobster roll with its sweet meat and slightly toasted bun is a thing of beauty.

STYLING BY SHERYL JULIAN AND VALERIE RYAN; CHARLIE MAHONEY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Some New England dishes become favorites because they’re part of the fabric of the region, like salty air and cobblestone streets. Pictured, fish chowder with cornbread.

STYLING BY SHERYL JULIAN AND VALERIE RYAN; CHARLIE MAHONEY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Big squares of moist, golden cornbread can go with bowls of chowder or beans, or even with eggs the next day.

STYLING BY SHERYL JULIAN AND VALERIE RYAN; CHARLIE MAHONEY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

To the people who love them, Boston baked beans have a familiar taste of molasses and smoke, and every summer picnic is better if someone brings them along.

TYLING BY SHERYL JULIAN and VALERIE RYAN; CHARLIE MAHONEY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Joe Frogger cookies, giant spicy, molasses rounds, made here since the 1800s, are too wonderful to be forgotten.

STYLING BY SHERYL JULIAN AND JANINE SCIARAPPA; CHARLIE MAHONEY FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

And Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins, regular-sized or minis, managed to live on well past the moment when the now-defunct department store sold them by the dozen.

Exclusive Wednesday Preview | Food

Blue ribbon classics

You might call this regional food “cuisine strong,” because you need a certain amount of pride — and you need to know the place — to fully appreciate it.

Christopher L. Gasper

Can’t ignore the Red Sox anymore

If you tuned out the Sox over the first 3 months of the season because of lingering resentment from the past two seasons, you have missed a first-place team.