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What’s new in kids’ helmets this season
Features Comments Updated: May 08, 2013 12:05amBy KIM COOK
Associated Press
Kids who balk at the idea of wearing head protection for outdoor activities might find it harder these days to argue that helmets aren’t cool.
From...
‘Mammas’ is study in maternal instinct
Features Comments Updated: May 08, 2013 12:06amBy SUE MANNING
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Isabella Rossellini’s search for the meaning of maternal instinct in “Mammas” looks at nine animals where things like polygamy, lying and...
Call out spouse if signs of parentification arise
Features Comments Updated: May 08, 2013 12:06amIn 1960, Random House published “Are You My Mother?” by P.D. Eastman. I was 3 at the time, and it is the first book I ever remember reading.
It is a story about a bird hatching while his...
Reducing centipedes around the home, yard
Features Comments Updated: May 08, 2013 12:06amDear Nick, I did not realize centipedes were very venomous until one of my dogs got bit by one and almost lost his paws. What can I spray on the grass around the house to keep them away and kill...
Modernist mac and cheese
Features Comments Updated: May 07, 2013 12:06amBy SCOTT HEIMENDINGER
Associated Press
Imagine your favorite cheese: perhaps an aged, sharp cheddar, or maybe a blue Gorgonzola or a gentle Monterey Jack. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to...
Bruce Aidells and Ryan Farr Visit Hilo
Features Comments Updated: May 07, 2013 12:06amHawaii Culinary Education Foundation brought Bruce Aidells, founder of Aidells Sausage Company, and Ryan Farr, artisan butcher owner at 4505 Meats, from San Francisco to Hilo.
There is a...
Simple, delicious quiche
Features Comments Updated: May 07, 2013 12:06amBy J.M. HIRSCH
Associated Press
For some reason, Quiche has a reputation as a complicated dish. I’m not sure why.
Home cooks worry about the crust. They angst over the fillings....
Booze from local crops booming
Features Comments Updated: May 07, 2013 12:06amBy MICHAEL HILL
Associated Press
GARDINER, N.Y. — With all the orchards and corn fields that dot the Hudson Valley landscape, Tuthilltown Spirits doesn’t have to look far for the...
Celebrity wines take spotlight
Features Comments Updated: May 07, 2013 12:06amBy MICHELLE LOCKE
Associated Press
Fancy having Brangelina, Drew Barrymore and Dan Aykroyd over for dinner? No problem, they’ll even bring the wine.
OK, maybe the stars...
A tapas-style take on a Mother’s Day brunch
Features Comments Updated: May 07, 2013 12:06amBy ALISON LADMAN
Associated Press
A tapas-style meal made up of a variety of small, appetizer-like bites is something we tend to associate with evenings and cocktails. But we thought...
