Here is the AP Lifestyles Digest for the week of Aug. 26:

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LABOR DAY

Food-Labor Day-Grilled Vegetables: Embrace the smoke, and other tips for the best grilled vegetables from barbecue guru Steven Raichlen. By Albert Stumm. UPCOMING Tuesday, photos.

Food-MilkStreet-Pita Burgers Crisped Cheese: This Labor Day, give your burgers a skirt of crispy cheese. To build contrasting flavor and texture, the cooks at Christopher Kimball's Milk Street season the beef with yellow mustard for spicy tang and dill pickles for brininess. UPCOMING Wednesday.

Labor Day-Travel: Americans are expected to mark the unofficial end of summer the same way they celebrated the season's unofficial start: by traveling. Airports, highways, beaches and theme parks are expected to be packed over Labor Day weekend. SENT Monday, and will be updated during the week. Photos, video.

Labor Day-What to Know: Sent Thursday.

FOOD

Food-Asian Brunch: Last spring two San Francisco area restaurants offering "Asian brunch" opened just a month apart. In a region already rich with Asian American-owned restaurants that do unique spins on brunch, both eateries are seeing lines out the door on weekends. "Asian brunch" might initially evoke images of traditional meals like Chinese dim sum, but the term is now used for Asian takes on American brunch. By Terry Tang. UPCOMING Wedneday, photos, video.

MilkStreet-Pecorino Zucchini Pasta: Skip the cream but keep the creaminess in this cheesy zucchini pasta. By Christopher Kimball's Milk Street. UPCOMING Monday, photos.

See two Labor Day recipes above, and Be Well-Ultraprocessed Foods below.

BE WELL

Ultraprocessed Foods: Ultraprocessed foods make up 60% of the U.S. diet and have been linked to a host of negative health effects. Food science experts explain what consumers should know. UPCOMING Monday, photos.

Well-Social Media-Skin Care: Dermatologists are warning girls to be wary of skincare advice on social media and stay away from anti-aging products that are meant for adults and can harm young skin. Parents and child psychologists worry about the mental health effects on girls. With a sidebar explaining the recommended skin care routine for pre-teen skin. UPCOMING Thursday, photos, video.

SUSTAINABILITY

Climate-Heat-Skincare Sustainability: "Clean beauty," the idea of promoting healthy and environmentally friendly beauty products, is all the rage online and in big-box stores. But knowing exactly what's in most of the soaps, creams and perfumes on shelves today can be nearly impossible. UPCOMING Tuesday, photos, video.

GARDENING

Under the Evergreens: Fall's a good time to fill in the space under an evergreen tree when you've got pruning remorse. By Jessica Damiano. UPCOMING Tuesday, photos.

SCHOOLS

Education-Phones-School Engagement: Schools are competing with cell phones. Here's how they think they could win. SENT Sunday, photos, video, audio.

Reckoning-Student Discipline: In the decade since Black Lives Matter, a spotlight has continued to shine on how deeply unequal education outcomes remain, and in particular, how exclusionary discipline disproportionately impacts Black children. UPCOMING Friday, photos.

PETS

US-Addicts-Pet Foster Care: For many drug addicts entering rehab, the inability to find someone trustworthy to care for their pets while they are away is often a painful compounding trauma and cruel reminder of all the bridges they have burned with families and friends. An organization in Colorado called PAWsitive Recovery aims to help. UPCOMING Sunday, photos, video.

OUTDOORS

US National Parks Grant: National Parks Foundation is slated to receive the largest grant in its history. The $100 million infusion will improve the nation's vast park system, supporters said. SENT Monday, photos.

KIDS

Ice Cream Stand Dispute: After a Massachusetts city ordered a boy's neighborhood ice cream stand taken down, a nearby candy story took up his campaign to raise donations for his brother's hockey team. UPCOMING Sunday, photos, video.

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FOOD: Caroline Chambers. with Food-Caroline Chambers-Panko Honey Mustard Chicken; Food-MilkStreet-Drunken Shrimp.

TRAVEL: Tourism-Wish You Weren't Here; LGBTQ+ Travelers-Florida; Jet Lag.

TRENDS: TikTok-Trend Compensation.

PETS: Cat Reunion.

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