Join Us at the Table

Forty years ago, microwave ovens were as big and expensive as a high-end clothes dryer. Now they’re streamlined, cheap and as disposable as a razor. Marshall Brain, founder of howstuffworks.com, tracks the evolution; Wine diva Dinkinish O’Connor pours some of her favorite summer wines – and pairs them with the foods and flavors of Jamaica; Meg Tanner is a forager. She finds the freshest vegetables around for a growing group of Miami restaurateurs.