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France is sending a mini Statue of Liberty to the U.S. It will stand across from the original Lady Liberty through the Independence Day holiday before being transported to the French Embassy in D.C.

For more than 100 years, women would arrive at twilight at the plazas of San Antonio, Texas, to cook chili over open fires. Soldiers, tourists, cattlemen and troubadours roamed the tables, filling the night with music. The Kitchen Sisters tell their story.

The George Foreman Grill isn't just a popular appliance. For many immigrants and homeless, it's a de facto kitchen. For Hidden Kitchens, The Kitchen Sisters track the tale of the grill, from former heavyweight champion Foreman to the streets of Chicago and San Francisco.

Morning Edition invites listeners to contribute stories to an upcoming series called "Hidden Kitchens." Debuting this fall, it will explore local food customs; disappearing traditions; street-corner food; how communities come together around a church supper or fish fry. Hear a sneak preview, and calls us with your own story ideas at the Hidden Kitchens Hotline: 202-408-0300.

As teenagers, identical twin sisters Hunny and Bunny Feller landed summer jobs in New York's Catskill Mountains. There, they met another set of identical twins — and so began twin love stories.

It wasn't until he was in his 40s that Steve Luxenberg learned of a family secret his mother had kept for years. In Annie's Ghosts, he chronicles his efforts to learn about the aunt he never knew.

Anne King was just 20 when her younger sister Erin killed herself. Today, the 48-year-old Kankakee woman works as a crisis counselor. She is also certified to teach classes for youth, which are aimed at combatting suicide.

This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

Adam Elpayaa spent the pandemic mastering pizza. Now he runs Pizza Payaa, a New York-style pizzeria in Bloomington.

Daniel Estrin discovered while reporting from Ukraine that the current geopolitical drama touches his family's history in unexpected ways.