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Simply a great acoustic performance

Mon, 6 May 2013 16:44:24 EDT

I first became aware of the Brooklyn-based trio The Lone Bellow a few months ago, when National Public Radio posted this acoustic set as one of its "Tiny Desk Concerts.

Plotner work to be shown at Indiana gallery

Fri, 3 May 2013 08:17:48 EDT

Work by local fabric artist Judith Plotner will be displayed this month at an exhibit in Indiana.

Food Prep 101: A final exam for my readers

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:49:45 EDT

For sixteen weeks, I have been covering the basics of how to get around the kitchen, as I see it.I hope you have been enlightened or at least entertained.

Food Prep 101: Getting savvy about sauces

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:47:11 EDT

Well, this is it. I have run briefly through the basic categories of food, and today concludes the "Food Prep 101" series with information on making sauces. Know what that means? You guessed it: Next week will be test time.

Food Prep 101: The art of making stocks, sauces

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:45:21 EDT

We have finished an overview of cooking proteins and touched on quick breads, so now we will move on to stocks and sauces.

I'm not sure how I can fit making stocks into one column, but I've said that about nearly every topic so fa.