Lifestyle Columns
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First La Scala, now the Met: A year of firsts for Lyric alumna Erin WallApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - An amazing season for soprano Erin Wall will continue Monday when the alumna of Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Center for American Artists makes her Metropolitan Opera de...
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Mary Anne Lund makes baked pears with seasoned goat cheese, baconApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Cooking for 425 teenage girls sounds as challenging as a tour of duty with famously crabby Gordon Ramsay of the Fox reality show "Hell's Kitchen." But it isn't, accordin...
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Fresh coconut worth the effort for special holiday cakeApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Over the years I've baked my share of lamb cakes. You know the type I'm talking about: heavy pound cake adorned with jelly beans, sweetened coconut and sometimes a plast...
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Supplement proven effective for macular degenerationApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I am a 73-year-old man. I was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration about a year ago by my optometrist. He used a special camera to photograph my retina...
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Even those chips carry some riskApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Could eating an extra large bag of potato chips increase your risk of heart disease? Recent research has shown that a diet of fried potato chips increases blood markers ...
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Preventing another crisis: Capital requirements could hurt banksApr 04, 2009 11:00 pm - This is the first column in a two-part series that concludes next Sunday in Homes Plus. While policymakers and their kibitzers, among which I count myself, debate w...
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Seller and agent fail to disclose defectsApr 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I purchased my home three years ago, and now I'm trying to sell it. My main concern is foundation settlement. Many cracks have appeared in the walls, especially a...
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Go green to keep drains cleanApr 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Just over 15 years ago, I had my kitchen remodeled and moved the sink from the "water wall" to under the window to create an "L" shaped kitchen. I called in three...
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Popular Four Corners close to national parksApr 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. My husband and three children are taking a drive out West next summer and would like to see an area called Four Corners. Can you tell me where it is and anything ...
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Old houses can be green and lovableApr 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Who knows why some of us really like old homes and others don't waste a thought, much less a tear, even when something extraordinary is pulled down? I am firmly in the c...