Monthly Archives: December 2009

Food Stuff: Lentil Bolognese for the High Chair Crowd

Miles Florence’s daughter has had the full benefit of Sprout organic baby foods, made by a company in which her father is a partner.

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Food Stuff: Revolutionary Spirits, but Hardly a Tea Party

“Gin and tonic” brings summer to mind. But take a whiff of a well-made dry gin, with its spices, piney juniper and hints of dried orange peel, and you are still deep in the winter holiday season.

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Off the Menu

Looking Ahead.

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Food Stuff: Italian Food for Sale in Little Italy, This Time via America

All the “Italian” food at Torrisi Italian Specialties has been made in the United States, with an emphasis on high quality.

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A Good Appetite: Everything From Nuts to Soup

A version of chestnut soup that makes an opulent starter for a holiday meal but is simple enough to cook all winter long.

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The Minimalist: Taking the Mystery Out of French Pâté

French-style pâté is in fact easier to make than my grandmother’s chopped liver, which called for rendering chicken fat.

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Shaken & Stirred: 500-Year-Old Liqueur Hits the Cocktail Circuit

Bénédictine, which celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2010, has evolved from a bitter medicine formulated by French monks into a fancy-schmantzy after-dinner liqueur.

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Housing In 2010 (Forbes)

Christopher Hyzy, Paul Maidment, Bernie McSherry and Carol Pepper discuss the housing sector’s outlook in 2010.

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Housing In 2010 (Forbes)

Christopher Hyzy, Paul Maidment, Bernie McSherry and Carol Pepper discuss the housing sector’s outlook in 2010.

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Cuban Revolution swings from golf to art (San Francisco Chronicle)

Chronicle story sparks new opera The story behind the Cuban opera in progress “Revolution of Forms” is proof that books matter, people still rely on newspapers, and art and politics make for bad bedfellows. The idea for the opera, based … Continue reading

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Cuban Revolution swings from golf to art (San Francisco Chronicle)

Chronicle story sparks new opera The story behind the Cuban opera in progress “Revolution of Forms” is proof that books matter, people still rely on newspapers, and art and politics make for bad bedfellows. The idea for the opera, based … Continue reading

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DVD reviews: ‘Paranormal Activity,’ ’9′ and ‘Herb and Dorothy’ (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

“Paranormal Activity” is the very definition of a things-that-go-bump-in-the-night movie, as the entire concept revolves around answering that timeless nocturnal question, “What the hell was that?” …

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