Robert Edsel, author of Monuments Men, the book about the WWII men and women who hunted for Nazi looted art.

The man who helped get Monuments Men in spotlight

Lonnae O'Neal Parker

Robert M. Edsel wanted everyone to know the story of men and women who saved art from Nazis.

Style

A young man on skates holds onto to a moving bicycle in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean are arriving in Havana this weekend to participate in the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC summit. Lower-level officials began meeting over the weekend and foreign ministers are taking the stage Monday. The formal meetings of heads of state begin Tuesday. (AP Photo/Desmond Boyland)

Sugar magnate surprises with Cuba trips

Peter Wallsten, Manuel Roig-Franzia and Tom Hamburger

After decades of funding the anti-Castro movement, Alfonso Fanjul has quietly engaged with Cuba’s regime.

Magazine

WASHINGTON, DC -- JANUARY 2: Juan Valdes is The Geographer and Director of Editorial and Research at National Geographic Maps. He poses with a globe in front of the Map of Discovery, Western Hemisphere by Newell Convers Wyeth, commissioned by National Geographic in 1927. As a child, he emigrated to Miami from Cuba after the Bay of Pigs and grew up in the U.S. Recently he returned to Cuba for the third time, seeking answers about his past…. (photo by Andre Chung for The Washington Post)

A lost Cuban childhood, mapped and found

David Montgomery

Juan Valdés went in search of the Cuba he left as a boy in 1961. He found it with a map.

Food

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 22: Beer-Braised Short Rib Sandwich (left) and Panino di Pizza With Cauliflower and Romesco photographed in Washington, DC. Tableware from Crate and Barrel. Photo by Deb Lindsey/For The Washington Post)

Super Bowl Smackdown VIII: 2 sandwiches, 1 winner

Tim Carman and Joe Yonan

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

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

Vicky Hallett

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

Weddings & Romance

Date Labbers Linda and David on Jan 2, 2014

They both like games and kids and the flying trapeze

Date Lab: They share a passion for board games and faith and kids. Sounds promising.

KidsPost

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

New books aim to get boys reading

— Christina Barron

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

Advice

Carolyn Hax: A wife who loves to orchestrate her big news

Carolyn Hax

A man whose wife loves a creative way of sharing big news thinks her pregnancy isn’t the vehicle for it.

Reliable Source

NBC4’s LIz Crenshaw announces retirement

Emily Heil

The longtime local news fixture has been a consumer reporter for two decades.

Travel

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - 2010/02/19: Night-time street-level view of a partially refinished French colonial home behind the National Museum in Phnom Penh. The building serves as a restaurant on the ground floor while the upstairs and various additions are housing.. (Photo by Jerry Redfern/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Phnom Penh, retaining its French character

Joseph Freeman

Cambodia ceased to be a French protectorate in 1953, but Phnom Penh has never lost its French feel.

Travel coverage

Home & Garden

It's a mature pod of the breadseed poppy, shown with the edible seeds it contains. Bigstockphotos.com photo

How to grow your own poppy seeds

Barbara Damrosch

A savvy cook will enliven a dish with caraway, fennel or dill — all simple to grow at home. Poppy seeds are in a class by themselves.

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

Cara Kelly

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and more from the red carpet.

Parenting

Why I hate ‘mom’ calendars

Brigid Schulte

Mom calendars reinforce long-held assumptions that “good” moms should be solely in charge of all things domestic.