“More butter, more better.” I love butter. My mother was a fabulous cook, a fan and disciple of Julia Child. She learned to cook from Julia Child’s television cooking shows and like Child, she revered butter, cream and French cooking…
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Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. This is one of the best seasonal food guides I’ve found because it is extensive. It covers all states and all months of the year for an exhaustive…
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Review by Sharon Lorenzo Janet Sherlund is a lovely friend who has just published the very moving story of her search for her birth parents, having been adopted when her biological mother became pregnant in high school and turned her…
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A crushed, thin burger with crispy edges, cooked on a very hot griddle. We recently had dinner with friends who were outdoing themselves by preparing to serve smash burgers. They had the correct kind of ground beef (80-85% lean beef/15-20%…
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Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. Jacob Collier was born in London in 1994, and is a musician, producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and a multiple Grammy winner. He has been called “the greatest living…
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‘Stuffies’ offer comfort, security and support no matter how old you are. Stuffed animals are one of the happy associations of childhood. By adolescence it is assumed that the child will have relegated the ‘stuffie’ to a shelf in their…
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Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. NY Times The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century The New York Times asked 503 writers and book lovers to join their staff from the NYT Book…
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Forums for student opinions and responses to protests. The leadership of American universities today is in a bit of turmoil as students and leaders try to work out the limits of freedom of speech and the need for quiet educational…
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Savor the last bits of summer. As summer winds down, the temperature becomes comfortable and the light outside changes. Sitting on a terrace or porch savoring it all becomes the best time of your day. Here are appealing outdoor open…
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