“Skittles got banned in California,” my friend wrote. This, following a text I sent about the recipe I’d be making for today’s Cooking & Eating section. I had a few other ideas up my sleeve, but while ...

I thought I couldn’t sink lower than Skittles vodka slushies. But there I was, standing at the register in my regular liquor store, with a bottle of Stoli Whipped in my hand, simultaneously indignant ...