The Boston Globe Magazine -- Nov. 29, 2009

November 29, 2009

(Photograph by Jim Scherer/Styling by Catrine Kelty)

Holiday cookie extravaganza

Expand your repertoire with this eye-popping, mouthwatering assortment of recipes adapted from nine Boston-area bakeries.

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Sleeping with swine flu

Would a dangerous virus be enough to break up the cuddle pact between my wife and me?

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Family folks

Will like minds attract when two wholesome 20-somethings meet?

Let us set you up on a date

Green extremes

Resist the urge to be an environmental perfectionist, plus sibling squabbles.

Caution ahead

A tip for the governor: Hunker down.

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Holiday gifts: Four towns to shop

Want to break away from the usual retail locales this season? Try one of these neighborhoods for surprising, affordable gifts to dazzle everyone on your list.

Skating lessons

To help my son make the most of his childhood, I needed to get past one obstacle: my own.

Perspective

The race that snores

Could the campaign to fill our Senate seat be less exciting?

More in this issue

First Person

Scantastic

Arlington artist and filmmaker Rufus Butler Seder, 56, brings magic to the masses with his Lifetiles murals and Waddle!, his newest (and already best-selling) Scanimation book.

Cooking

Marinated cheeses

Inspired by a traditional Czech pub snack, three easy cheeses to enjoy or to give as gifts.

Tales from the City

Seeing the light

The bike-kindness of strangers, and license to wed.

On the Block

Warm tidings

’Tis the season to cherish these homes’ wood-burning stoves.

Fashion Snapshot

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The hue plays nice with other colors.