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Mushrooms on the Super Bowl snack line? Yes, deliciously so!

Anybody who has kids will appreciate this milestone. My daughter ate an entire mushroom for the first time the other day! I had roasted it on a baking sheet alongside other veggie...

The secret to great tofu is all in the pressing

My mom started traveling abroad when I was in high school. And after each of her trips, we cooked a meal from the country she’d just visited. It was after her trip to Italy that I...

Newlywed man, 95, dies after wife taken away

‘He lived for her, and she lived for him. ’

Religion Briefs

Unitarians to discuss ‘certainty’ Sunday The Rev. Katie Kandarian-Morris will present “Letting Go of Certainty” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Duran...

Institutions wrestle with same-sex benefits

Church-based groups weigh religious, moral, legal issues

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Toast the New Year with affordable, locally available wines

Dieting pickle? Use quick pickles as healthy snack

In terms of healthy eating, snacking is my downfall. So long as I abstain, I’m fine. But once I start, I can’t stop. But we all know that abstention isn’t realistic, at least not ...

On the side

Should you play the rating game? You know what you like in a wine, but sometimes you want to try something new. Some folks believe that’s the time to check out wine rankings from ...

In Abu Dhabi, Gulf Arab tradition is served on a platter

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The main road connecting Abu Dhabi with Dubai is a long stretch of highway that runs through the desert – a stark reminder of how this country on the easter...

Madison brewery crafting beer without gluten

MADISON, Wis. – One barrel of beer is made per week and it can take up to six hours to bottle a single batch since the bottling line can fill only two 22-ounce bombers at a time. ...

Trove of ocean wonders in land-locked town

WALSENBURG (AP) – There’s a world of seashells, fossils and other ancient artifacts in land-locked Walsenburg. There is no ocean in the middle of Colorado’s foothills, but that ha...

Wonkblog: The rise of single motherhood in America

WASHINGTON – Few institutions in America have evolved over the past 50 years quite like motherhood. More women are having their children later in life. Or they’re doing so in less traditiona...