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Super Bowl Smackdown VIII: 2 sandwiches, 1 winner

A gooey meat-and-cheese-stuffed behemoth overtakes a cauliflower-packed pizza crust.

Style

HANDOUT IMAGE: (left to right) Katie DeBuys, Cody Nickell, Kate Norris, and Rick Foucheux in the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company production of Stupid F---ing Bird.

Helen Hayes Award nominations announced

A Woolly Mammoth drama claimed eight nominations, more than any other show in the field.

Magazine

CLINTON, MD -- DECEMBER 6: Tiara's surviving family from left: Chase Martin, 18, Levi Martin, Princeton Jackson-Martin, 2, Kimberly Jackson-Martin, and Chandler Martin, 15. Tiara Jackson, 22, was killed in a hit and run accident on the Beltway. She left behind a son, Princeton Jackson-Martin, her mother, Kimberly Jackson-Martin, step-father Levi Martin, and step-brothers, Chase Martin, 18, Chandler Martin, 15…. (photo by Andre Chung for The Washington Post)

Fatal indifference — the loss of Tiara Jackson

It was late. She wrecked on the Beltway. But what happened next was even worse.

Food

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 15:
Carrot-Curry Soup photographed in Washington, DC.   Tableware from Crate and Barrel. Photo by Deb Lindsey/For The Washington Post)

Soup secrets, from the pros

She wanted to make something worthy of a restaurant, without the need for line cooks and dishwashers.

Wellness

FAIRFAX, VA - JANUARY 02:  Information is displayed on a screen as Angela Isaacman of Chantilly, VA and others take part in an Orange 60 class at Orangetheory Fitness on Thursday January 02, 2014 in Fairfax, VA.  (Photo by Matt McClain/ The Washington Post)

Software and hard bodies

The fitness industry is learning that embracing tracking technology can be beneficial for both waistlines and the bottom line.

Weddings & Romance

They both like Manhattans. Will they find love in D.C.?

Date Lab: One guy is a politician, the other is in the Air Force. A power couple in the making?

KidsPost

Guys Read. Other Worlds. Edited by Jon Scieszka. Book cover scan by The Washington Post.

New books aim to get boys reading

New books offer science fiction, ad­ven­ture and a character boys can relate to.

Advice

Carolyn Hax: Forgiving a lie — but only once

A reader wonders what to do with a relatively new boyfriend who fesses up about telling a fib.

Reliable Source

The State of the Union in six gifs

Missed the big speech? Catch up with these key moments.

Travel

MANI PENINSULA - Morning view of the mostly abandoned village of Vathia, in the Mani region in southern Greece. (Photo by Tan Yilmaz/Getty Images)

A family reunion on Greece’s Mani Peninsula

It was chosen just as a family meeting point, but Greece’s Mani Peninsula turned out to be so much more.

Travel coverage

Home & Garden

Radicchio brassicas for A Cook's Garden 01/23.

Why you should plant vegetable families together

Grouping them in your garden plan makes it easier to give them the right conditions, and to watch out for shared problems.

Fashion

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 26:  Iggy Azalea attends the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for NARAS)

Fashion highs and lows from the Grammy Awards

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and more from the red carpet.

Parenting

Five questions to ask before putting your kid in music lessons

You think your child should take music lessons. What do you need to figure out first?