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Some family recipes are tucked away in a kitchen drawer or written down in a dusty recipe book.At McClard’s Bar-B-Q in Arkansas, one family recipe is considered so valuable that it’s locked away in a bank vault.The nearly century-old barbecue institution has been serving customers since 1928, and four generations…

This as-told-to essay is based on an interview with Aziz Aslan, 45, the owner of Turquaz, a Turkish restaurant on Mission Street in San Francisco. It has been edited for length and clarity.I opened my Turkish restaurant, Turquaz, in San Francisco in February 2025. Typically, most of our customers are…

Weidmann’s restaurant was founded in 1870 by Swiss immigrant Felix Weidmann and has been serving the downtown Meridian, Mississippi, community for over 150 years.As one of the oldest restaurants in the state — many claim it is the oldest — Weidmann’s has survived economic downturns, changing dining trends, and even…

Steven Lowe’s financial goals always seemed just out of reach.Then, in early 2024, he landed a six-figure art director role at StubHub — the highest-paying job of his career.”It was the first time I was able to comfortably make my student loan payments,” said Lowe, who’s 41 and lives in…