What Are Death Cafes?

"In the United States, Death Cafes have spread quickly. The first one met last summer in a Panera Bread outside Columbus, Ohio, where guests were served tombstone-shaped cookies. Since then, more than 100 meetings have been held in cities and towns across the country, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Los Angeles and Seattle." What are Death Cafes? Learn more about this new trend on the cover of today's New York Times.

By the way, Toronto's first Death Cafe got a write-up, too.