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- DESPERATION DINNERS BEVERLY MILLS with ALICIA ROSS
Dot's Blondies are a mom's secret weapon
Memorial Day weekend typically kicks off a summer's worth of celebrations, from graduation parties to wedding showers and casual evenings with friends and family. Today's recipe for Dot's Blondies With Chocolate Chips is my mother's secret weapon for any and all occasions.
- FOCUS ON NUTRITION ED BLONZ
Vegetarian diet requires planning
I have been attempting to shift over to a vegetarian diet. I now eat a healthy, well-balanced diet, and I do eat organic dairy products, and fish at least once a week. I have heard many things concerning the lack of protein and the lack of one kind of vitamin B. Do these stories have any validity?
- SLICE OF HISTORY ARLYN HACKETT
Now here's a slushy with some punch
President Bush described the recent wedding of his daughter Jenna as “spectacular.” The standard for spectacular has changed over the years, but it is safe to say that one of the most spectacular White House weddings ever occurred on this date in 1874.
- COOK IT LIGHT JEANNE JONES
Guilt-free lasagna is a snap
When I have made this, I have felt very guilty because of all the fat. The dish is wonderful, and I would like to serve a much healthier version to family and friends. I would appreciate very much if you could transform this lasagna into something more healthy and yet not lose its taste. Thank you.
- Fast and not furious: Gordon Ramsay has good recipes for cooking at home
Is it fair to judge a chef by his television show?
The 41-year-old Michelin-starred British chef Gordon Ramsay, star of Fox's scurrilously sensational unscripted television series “Hell's Kitchen,” doesn't care.
- A zesty, creamy eggplant dish inspired by Tahiti
And now for something completely different: a dish inspired by Tahitians' use of coconut cream in all sorts of savory recipes. The cream is not the canned, sweetened stuff of piña coladas, but the thick, white substance that forms at the top of good-quality brands of canned coconut milk.
- READERS ASK CAROLINE DIPPING
Spongy base makes cheesecake a winner
Is there any chance of getting the recipe for the Meyer Lemon Cheesecake served at the A.R. Valentien restaurant at the Lodge at Torrey Pines?
- PINT-SIZED POUR / PETER ROWE
Pint of the Week: 90-Minute Imperial IPA, Milton, Del.
During the brewing process, hops are tossed into the boil at different times to achieve different effects – early for flavor; later for aroma.
- Networks ask: What to do with all this junk? Aha, summer TV!
Having given up on the 2007-08 season, NBC announced a slew of new and returning shows under the theme “All-American Summer” that'll fill the time until they bring you the Olympics from, uh, China.
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- What's Happening
- U.S. culture slammed in Verdi opera redo
A new staging of Verdi's “Un Ballo in Maschera” has been retooled for shock value, moving the setting to the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center and inserting liberal doses of flabby flesh and Hitler in drag.
- BOOK REVIEW
The history of mysteries is revealed
If you are a mystery lover, or if you have ever wondered how the modern love of the genre began, you'll enjoy Summerscale's tracing of the early days of the profession and the fascination it exerted.
- MORNING SURF
Lohan bypasses mom's reality show
Lindsay Lohan may get ugly, but she won't be doing reality.
Lohan will appear in the season finale of “Ugly Betty” tomorrow night. She is set to play a mean high school coed who reappears in Betty Suarez's life. In addition to the finale, Lohan will be back for five episodes next season.
- DEAR ABBY
Boyfriend's impending hair loss puts a knot in their relationship
I am not sure how to handle my boyfriend's hair loss. “Jasper” is 34 and I'm 23. We have been dating for two years and have a wonderful relationship. We are completely open to each other, and because of that, I feel backed into a corner regarding this subject.
- TELL ME ABOUT IT CAROLYN HAX
Friend's generosity tough to match
I have a guy friend who's always very generous. Every time we go out, he gives the credit card well in advance to the waiter, so I don't get a chance. Even when I have my friends with me, he pays for everything.
- MISS MANNERS JUDITH MARTIN
Card games could drive one to drink
I'm a cashier at a local grocery store. This is the first job I've ever had, and I enjoy it a lot. Occasionally, however, when a customer has alcohol in their order and I don't ask to see their ID, they will ask, in a very serious manner, why I didn't.
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