Lifestyle Columns
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'Up' an animated, action tribute to following your dreamsMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The first 10 minutes of Pixar's fantastical 3-D animated adventure "Up" are a sublime testimonial to the purity and magic of the cinema. I know because I was a sobbing b...
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Bargains abound at Wilton culinary tent saleMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - More than 3,100 culinary and home items have been marked down up to 75 percent for the Wilton Tent Sale that kicks off Friday, May 29, at the company's Woodridge headqua...
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Some confusion when reading nutrient informationMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I used to always see recommended amounts of nutrients listed as RDAs. Now sometimes I see DRIs. Are they the same thing? A. Nutrient recommendations used to b...
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Strawberry Pie sweetens up springMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - When I was a child, the best reward my parents could give me was a trip to a nearby restaurant for strawberry pie. Piled high with big juicy strawberries and smothered i...
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Sugar pushed into lead role with blondiesMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - I have been in somewhat of a dessert rut lately. Chocolate has pretty much run the show and in my case that means the dark chocolate. No milk or white for me. Last month...
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Award-winning author tackles idiot-proof saladsMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Hot summer evenings make a cool dinner salad with a glass of iced tea seem mighty appealing. If the ingredients have been already cleaned or chilled, that salad can easi...
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Holly Peterson makes Garlic Skewered Beef, Chicken, ShrimpMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Growing up in the aggressively feminist '70s, Holly Petersen didn't want to fit the female stereotypes her sisters-in-arms were fighting. But she did. Cooking and sewing...
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Despite its charms, good-natured 'Baby' doesn't quite deliverMay 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Picking on "Baby" would be like taking candy from one. An agreeably innocuous confection, the 1983 musical about impending parenthood as seen through the eyes of three c...
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Inflammatory breast cancer rare and usually aggressiveMay 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. I have done some initial research online, and mayoclinic.com describes it as a "rare but ...
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This souvenir might come back to burn youMay 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Mom was thrilled for her daughter. Who wouldn't want to go on a tropical vacation with a family friend, far from your own set of annoying brothers and sisters (and paren...