Lifestyle Columns
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Well-made 'Last House' suffers from silly endingAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - "Last House on the Left" I dug this remake of Wes Craven's legendary 1972 horror flick until the last act, when what had been a disturbing look at human nature turns...
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Stuffed baked potatoes are a meal on their ownAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Baked potatoes as a pantry staple? Why not? They're inexpensive, it doesn't take any longer to bake a dozen, and they'll refrigerate for up to a week. With a stash of al...
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Jamie Bordoshuk makes Panko-crusted chicken breastsAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Amid the high unemployment following 9/11, when Jamie Bordoshuk lost his job and became a stay-at-home dad, he discovered a love for cooking and teaching. Over the years...
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Right recipes can turn zucchini from yuck to yumAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - When I was a little kid, Grandmother Mauer, usually a kitchen magician, cooked fresh zucchini until it turned to mush. And, she seasoned it so lightly that it had very l...
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Watch Top Chef Masters finale with a Top Chef-testantAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm counting the minutes until Frontera Grill chef Rick Bayless wins Top Chef Masters on the finale of the hot Bravo show. No, I don't have any insider information, that...
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Reader finds simple solution to ear painAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. A while back, you had a column about ear blockage. It reminded me of a similar problem that I had several years ago. One of my ears felt plugged, and my hearing d...
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Unexplained skin lesions? Be very suspiciousAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The middle school student was in for his annual physical, and his mother took this opportunity to bring me up-to-date on her child's recent, prolonged and pesky, though ...
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Tepid 'Cat' never hits boiling pointAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Circle Theatre's revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opened last week just as a mini heat wave gripped the suburbs. The weather provided a fitting ba...
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As deadline nears, more tax-credit questions arriveAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. My husband says we can get that first-time homebuyer tax credit, $8,000, for any house we buy this year, whether it's new or old. I said I'd double-check. Is that for...
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You want a watertight seal with a patio deck over a garageAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. We have a side patio (measuring 24-by-15 feet) over our garage. It was originally covered in concrete, which the previous owners painted. It had two stress cracks the...