Lifestyle Columns
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Readers take turn doling out the adviceJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - While I'm away, readers give the advice. •On societal pressure to reproduce: What is wrong with our culture? I knew by the time I was 18 that I didn't want children, but...
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Woody Allen's 'Whatever Works' smart but breezyJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Woody Allen's main character in "Whatever Works" rants directly into the camera, breaking the "Fourth Wall" of theater, but not much new ground. Still, the smart, breezy...
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'Stoning of Soraya M.' tells shocking, true taleJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Colorado-born director Cyrus Nowrasteh takes a huge storytelling risk in his bold and controversial "The Stoning of Soraya M." During the scene that we are dreading to s...
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You'll want to make time for this 'Waltz'Jun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - "Waltz With Bashir" - Here is one of those rare films that leaves you depressed at the real-life cruelty it depicts, but also exhilarated at the bold and brilliant w...
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Book details journey of womanhoodJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - This book is for any woman who has ever struggled to find her own voice; to make sense of being a mother, wife, daughter and lover. But it is not only for women. The nov...
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Leaner macaroni salad a new take on summer classicJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When it comes to summer salads, a cool and creamy, sweet and tangy macaroni salad rates as one of my favorites. I do love a good ol' American potato salad, but it can be...
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Don't let summer keep you from crafting delicious artJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - My first stint as a professional pastry chef found me in a bakery in New York's Catskills. During the busy summer months I would occasionally take off my apron and mingl...
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Simple is as simple does when it comes to roasted chickenJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm sitting at the kitchen table with John and Nada (Nayd uh) Kostovich, 90 and 86, inhaling the savory goodness of Nada's homemade Chicken Barley Soup and John's signat...
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You don't need to take your vitamin D with foods that contain fatJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Since vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, does that mean that I need to consume it along with some foods that contain fat? A. No, this need not be a worry for v...
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Nealon bringing 'Funniest Commercials' to ChicagoJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Kevin Nealon brings his TBS "World's Funniest Commercials" franchise to Chicago -- where so many TV ads were made -- at 8 p.m. Friday June 26, in a production taped earl...