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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.

Teachers, a fisherman, stay-at-home moms, an off-duty police officer. Here's what we've learned about everyone who died in Sunday's massacre.

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

David Greene joins one of the many search-and-rescue teams in Paradise, Calif., looking for those still unaccounted for in the Camp Fire in the northern part of the state.

NPR reporters revisit Afghans who fled their home country after Taliban's takeover in the summer of 2021.