- Make the most of ham, cheeses and other holiday foodstuffs
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- Got a huge chunk of cheddar staring at you? Got half a ham? How about an extra pound or two of flour? You are not alone. (Updated: 01/07/09 10:25 AM )
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- Janice Okun: Appreciate our great restaurants
- This is an unabashed count-your- blessings column. I think the time has come for one. And frankly, I was inspired by Jeff Simon’s piece Tuesday in which he decried Buffalo’s shoddy reputation in the media and elsewhere. (And in our own consciousness too, let us not forget that.) (Updated: 01/07/09 8:21 AM )
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- Slow cooker can be your new best friend
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- If you’ve been slow to warm up to slow cookers, it probably wasn’t the incredible convenience that turned you off. The abundance of recipes relying on processed cheese and canned cream-of-whatever soup, on the other hand ... (Updated: 01/07/09 8:15 AM )
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- A simple, quick oyster stew
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- We’re so used to many-ingredient stews that cook for hours that when the recipe for oyster stew landed in our kitchen, it looked almost too simple. We wondered if something was missing from the ingredient list or a step was left off the directions. The stew was pretty much oysters, liquid in the form of milk and half-and-half, celery, and seasonings. The instructions said to cook “until the oysters curl at their edges,” which is just a matter of minutes. (Updated: 01/07/09 8:21 AM )
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Other Life News
- Here’s the rub — for a pork tenderloin
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Next to chops, a pork tenderloin is one of the fastest cooking pork cuts. Small in diameter, the tenderloin can cook in just 20 minutes or so on the stovetop or in the oven. That makes it a perfect weeknight solution for dinner.
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- Soda makers sweeten up to sugar substitute stevia
Type “aspartame” or “sucralose” into a search engine, and you’re bound to come up with hits linking the artificial sweeteners to some sort of malady. Never mind that the Food and Drug Administration says they’re safe.
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- ‘Still Alice’ explores love and loss of Alzheimer’s
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For Lisa Genova, Alzheimer’s hit home intimately. Right at the dinner table. That’s where her beloved grandmother, Angie, was sitting, one evening in 2002, when the memory-stealing disease abruptly took her life.
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- Jeff Simon: Buffalo leads the way in history
You can’t see Darnell Martin’s “Cadillac Records” in Toronto. You never could.
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- Bubble Boy Blog reaches people worldwide
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Granton Bayless scoots across the living room couch. When he nears the cushion’s edge, an adult gently intercepts him and holds him in her arms.
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Celebrations
- Deborah J. Nowak and Timothy A. Parron
- Laurie Stone and Edward Hulton, Jr.
- Annelis Staats and Anthony Szuder Jr.
- Angela Whitten and Michael Rivera
Travel
- BARGAINS AHEAD
- Tips on planning a family cruise
- Relax and recharge at an off-season getaway
- Travel Deals /Bargains from around the world
Food and Recipes
- Slow cooker can be your new best friend
- Make the most of ham, cheeses and other holiday foodstuffs
- A simple, quick oyster stew
- Here’s the rub — for a pork tenderloin
NeXt
- NeXt Music Poll 2009: Cast your vote
- Scout makes his mark on Chestnut Ridge Park
- Planting Seeds of Peace: Summer camp aims to promote world peace
- Calling all poets: Tell us what the Obama inauguration means to you
Home & Garden
- Cleaners offer quick tips
- Garden Notes / News of area clubs
- Some big ideas for small living spaces
- Redecorating on the cheap: Cut the clutter
Holidays
- Coping with grief at holidays
- Janice Okun: Sampling the season’s best cookbooks
- Glitzy is out when holiday parties come home
- Shrine’s Festival of Lights celebrates the joy and peace Christmas
Health
- Bubble Boy Blog reaches people worldwide
- Freezing organs could ease transplant panic
- Lifeline
- Health Notes
Lifestyle News
- Bad harvest and low demand threaten Pacific fishermen
- Nature and parks benefited from Depression relief efforts
- Science Notes
- Life of leggings revived again
Golden Years
Religion
Columns
- Janice Okun
This is an unabashed count-your- blessings column. I think the time has come for one. And frankly, I was inspired by Jeff Simon’s piece Tuesday in which he decried Buffalo’s shoddy reputation in the media and elsewhere. (And in our own consciousness too, let us not forget that.)
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Carolyn Hax
- Friend’s flirting worrisome
- Don’t choose to deny depression
- Time to strip away distractions
- Who should host family Christmas?
Janice Okun
- Janice Okun: Appreciate our great restaurants
- Janice Okun: It’s been a queasy 12 months on the culinary beat
- Gourmandise
- Gourmandise
Susan Martin
- Winter fun can begin at home
- Susan Martin: Winter’s quirks warm the heart
- Susan Martin: Don’t laugh, jumpsuits are back
- Susan Martin: Time for a lighter touch
