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We hop from store to store, searching for the best deal and the best quality. How the business of selling groceries is changing—and improving—to suit us. By Francis Storrs

Mike McIntyre, the designer of more than 150 skate parks, is now conjuring up a play space under an I-93 ramp in East Cambridge.

She’s gone now, but can I, the cautious one, catch a bit of her happy-go-lucky spirit? By Johanna Hamill

Fall-harvested leeks are arriving in farmers’ markets. Use them in these three easy recipes. By Adam Ried

This North Cambridge restaurant sells more than 1,200 dumplings a day on the weekends. Try the pork.

Will these two bookworms read a deeper meaning?

Five fresh color combinations--in fashion, home design, and beauty--for the season’s most versatile hue. By Rachel Raczka

Filming on the Common, at a reading in Lexington, and at the premiere party for Knuckleball. Seen around town

These homes, built 1900 to 1910, feature period touches.

Boston College High School teacher Ron Fletcher reflects on how mandatory tablets are affecting students. By Ron Fletcher

A food truck faceoff, a baby mastodon, video-game music at Symphony Hall, and more

The Concord-based author and presidential historian shares a fun fact on Twitter.

What’s a kid got to do to go to the beach?

Globe Magazine readers respond to stories from recent issues.