The outpouring of reader mail over the hassles of mail-in rebates had barely subsided when a new flood gushed forth on why it takes middle-class America two incomes “just to get by.”

Former lawyer raises the bar on gluten-free confections
Vita Cohen’s kitchen counter is covered with homemade fondant, gum paste, edible white glitter, and pale pink food coloring. These ingredients will eventually be transformed into decorative lilies. “My younger daughter’s name is Lily,” says Cohen, and, she adds, “I make lilies whenever I get the chance.” The flowers will adorn the top of a two-tiered cake with …

Two intriguing views of the West’s role in the Civil War
The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War , By Leonard L. Richards, Knopf, 290 pp., illustrated $25

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