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Potluck dinners, as anyone who's attended one knows, can be anything but lucky. It doesn't have to be that way — just ask Chris Kimball, host of PBS' America's Test Kitchen. For his new book, Kimball collected classic and heirloom recipes for tasty potluck dishes.

City kids learn a lot of valuable tools for survival, like how to ride subways and push the buttons on elevators. But a lot of city kids think that green is just the color of a streetlight. Not Annie and Veda, two 5-year-old girls living in Washington, D.C., who now know that fresh vegetables don't just come from the market.

More than 30,000 Texan households had received FEMA aid as of the beginning of March. Here's how you can apply:

David Ignatius' new novel, The Increment, tells the story of an Iranian scientist who decides to send classified information to the CIA's Web site.

Retail sales dropped sharply last month after a winter storm blanketed much of the country's midsection, but forecasters expect a sharp rebound in sales.

Food writer Nigella Lawson doesn't much care for shopping in the summer. "[It] is really so much worse than cooking," she says. Her solution? Feta cheese. The aged, salty, grainy cheese keeps well and goes nicely with a variety of summer vegetables.

Host Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater, Weekend Edition ambassador to the world of children's literature, discuss and read from two books for children, Another Perfect Day by Ross MacDonald and Yellow Umbrella by Jae-Soo Liu. Yellow Umbrella comes with a music CD composed Dong Il Sheen to play while reading the book.

If James Brown is the Godfather of Soul, George Clinton is the Crown Prince of Funk. Now past retirement age, the ringleader of Parliament and Funkadelic continues to inspire new generations.

For the first time since 2000, folk legend Joni Mitchell took to the stage with some friends, to the delight of fans at the Newport Folk Festival.

Ever heard of chowchow? Samantha Lunn of Chattanooga, Tenn., was slightly stumped by the pickled Southern staple. But chef Jacques Pepin offers some tips on how to use it.