Lifestyle Columns
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Light Opera Works to present 'Pirates of Penzance'Dec 23, 2009 10:00 pm - An apprentice pirate falls in love with a major-general's daughter in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance," the latest production from Light Oper...
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Decade big on remakes, reboots and raunchy rom-comsDec 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Movies of the first decade of the 21st century officially welcomed the age of digital filmmaking, spawned a subgenre of Iraq war dramas, saw a blizzard of sweet-but-gros...
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'Lady' only fair: Marriott production just doesn't dazzleDec 23, 2009 10:00 pm - It says something that some of the brightest, most engrossing scenes in Marriott Theatre's "My Fair Lady" are the debates on class and gender between Heidi Kettenring's ...
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'Alvin' sequel doesn't have many laughsDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - It amazes me how parents will shield young children from movies containing objectionable elements such as sex and violence, but cheerfully escort them to see simple-mind...
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Breathing room good for wine, psycheDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The word on letting wine "breathe" ranges from "always" to "never" depending on who is at the table. "Never," instructs French oenologist Emile Peynaud. Whereas oxygen s...
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Good doctors still existDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Q. I read your column regularly, and know you get a lot of letters complaining about how doctors treat their patients. I would like to tell you about my cardiologist...
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Quiche Lorraine makes for special holiday breakfastDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Eating Quiche Lorraine in a French bistro made a lasting impression on us, and even though we've baked quiche for years and have written about it in our cookbooks, we ha...
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Lisa Krupiarz makes Ham StrataDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - At home Lisa Krupiarz prefers simple, healthy meals, but at Thomas Middle School in Arlington Heights she lets her eighth graders go wild, in a controlled sort of way. ...
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Peppermint spices up holiday cocktailsDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - While I was writing and testing recipes for the Page 1 story, my home smelled wonderfully of peppermint. I love the chocolate peppermint bark and the minty cake balls, b...
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Trimming party dips means a slimmer you for the holidaysDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - For lean folks like me, hosting a holiday get-together can be fraught with what-to-make decisions. I don't want my guests pointing accusingly at my party food saying "Th...