The Issue of Food

A humble little bowl

A meal is more than just the sums of its parts ? technology, politics, and culture are all in the mix. Bon appetit.

editorial

New England deserves a regional food plan

Better coordination would cut down on duplicative efforts and inefficiencies.

Patriots fans would likely pay a premium for the parking spots that were previously reserved for employees.

Gillette parking plan could ease congestion, bank $1m

The Patriots plan to use a new private access road to run employee shuttles from satellite parking lots, freeing up 1,164 spaces for fans.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_northpoint2_biz.jpg Sale of East Cambridge parcel revives plan for complex

The sale of the 42-acre NorthPoint site jump-starts plans for the development of office buildings, lab space, and nearly 3,000 apartments.

CHAD FINN I SPORTS MEDIA

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/01/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/timeline.jpg ESPN apology to Patriots a long time coming

ESPN issued an apology for two recent references to the Patriots taping the Rams? walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI.

Boston-08/20/15 - Boston Red Sox vs. Kansas City Royals- Sox Hanley Ramirez strikes out with the bases loaded in the 1st inning as he walks back to the dugout. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki(sports)

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Alex Speier

What will Dave Dombrowski do with Hanley Ramirez?

Ramirez?s future is in many ways the most complicated situation confronting Dombrowski in his new role.

Theater critic?s notebook

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/artsfrontfinalweb1400x900[1]-4292.jpg Diverse casting a sign of progress onstage

African-American, Latino, and Asian-American performers are playing roles traditionally associated with white actors.

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The elusive British graffiti artist?s latest project is complete with a derelict castle, a dead Cinderella, and a Grim Reaper in a bumper car.

Music

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Photo%20Aug%2008,%2011%2007%2039%20AM.jpg Kenny Chesney cherishes his ties to Boston

?The relationship that I have with the fans in New England, it?s just so special,? says Chesney, who plays Gillette next weekend.

Heavy rains cause commuter rail delays, snarl commute

Streets and roads are likely to flood throughout the day as rain water builds up in urban areas with poor drainage.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/avelena-big-8812--90x90.jpg Funeral set for toddler who died at Auburn foster home

Two-year-old Avalena died after being found unresponsive this weekend.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/c3885d8d775c43ffa9dfcb4d5247da76-c3885d8d775c43ffa9dfcb4d5247da76-0-8754.jpg Accuser gets grilling in St. Paul?s School rape trial

As defense attorney J.W. Carney Jr. peppered the 16-year-old with questions, the girl stood by her story.

Donald Trump left a town hall meeting in Derry, N.H. on Wednesday.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

Like it or not, Trump is making political history

Trump is the personification of a 21st-century America fascinated by the super rich and obsessed with celebrity, historians said.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-8852.jpg ?Passionate? Trump fans behind homeless man?s beating?

Allegedly urinating on a homeless, sleeping man and breaking his ribs has nothing to do with making America great again.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/maeda_CouncilEssaibiGeorge_met1[1]-8807--90x90.jpg Candidate calls on Boston City Council to reject raise

The raise could become a potent campaign issue as Annissa Essaibi-George seeks to unseat one of the city?s four at-large councilors.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/connor-big-8744[1].jpg Maine town struggles with slaying of mother of five

Documents allege the suspect wanted to kill several people and planned to target an elderly woman who could not fight back.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/150820_WALKER_21winthrop_05716x.jpg Two months later, search continues for Baby Doe?s identity

State Police have investigated 210 leads in the two months after a 4-year-old girl?s body was found on Deer Island.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chin082015BPLMaps_met2[1]-8795--90x90.jpg Map center?s exhibition traces America?s start

An exhibition at the Boston Public Library uses original maps to take a fresh look at the country?s road to independence.

Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/9bdd9fc2c8394a69b5a5c3849f72127f-eba2e57227444bd68fbb7b6a006b33ba-0.jpg But how does Bernie Sanders win Ohio?

Since 1980, Democratic voters have faced a choice: the candidate they love versus the person they know can win.

Opinion & Ideas

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/horowitz-1323.jpg Obesity comes as a side order to cheap food

Even families with limited resources can easily purchase enough calories to meet ? and exceed ? their daily needs.

The Big Picture

Paul Sancya/Associated Press

Cooling off

It?s summertime, and people and animals alike are looking for ways to escape the heat.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Ashley-Madison-920-570x326.png Ethics, law collide in Ashley Madison leak

The exposure of user data is stoking another round of legal and ethical debate.

Crux

ON SPIRITUALITY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/crux.jpg Jimmy Carter, full of grace

The former president offered us a model for facing where we?re all heading: death.