- Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Cook’s Country Best Lost Suppers Cook's Country Best Lost Suppers | By the editors at America's Test Kitchen | (America's Test Kitchen, $29.94, hardcover)
Posted by Kim Davaz • 1:14pm
Find a favorite page from the past in ‘Best Lost Suppers’ By Kim Davaz One afternoon in New Jersey, my father, two young cousins and I decided to make rice pudding. It’s hard to find a restaurant or grocery store deli counter in New Jersey that doesn’t offer rice pudding. I found a recipe for rice pudding in “Cook’s Country Best Lost Suppers” by the editors at America’s Test Kitchen. As written, the recipe was very good, but not quite what we wanted. We made a copy of the page for noting changes as we made them. It took several batches…
- Monday, September 28, 2009
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Wizwith
Posted by CD • 3:50pm
Back to Steve’s Prince of Steaks for a final Philly lunch. You’ve got to say “wizwith” so they understand that you want a cheesesteak with Cheez Whiz and onions.
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Gigantic flag mural
Posted by CD • 3:47pm
A 6,000-square-foot American flag mural painted on the side of a Philadelphia warehouse facing Interstate 95, in a project commemorating the events of Sept. 11.
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Walk around Fishtown
Posted by CD • 3:08pm
Fishtown is the Philadelphia neighborhood where Reed and Nat live. It’s interesting and diverse.
- Sunday, September 27, 2009
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Fishtown family
Posted by CD • 5:59pm
Nat and Reed in their Philadelphia neighborhood.
- Saturday, September 26, 2009
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A stop at the National Cathedral
Posted by CD • 7:32pm
It’s pretty amazing to think about those who’ve been honored at the National Cathedral.
- Friday, September 25, 2009
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Friday night football in Fairfax W.T. Woodson Cavaliers defeated the Chantilly Chargers, 26-14
Posted by CD • 9:20pm
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Aberdeen, Conductor Anna and Amtrak 171
Posted by CD • 3:13pm
Amtrak 171 had a great conductor. Her name was Anna and I asked if I could get off the train in Aberdeen, to shoot a picture of the sign. She said “just stick with me.”
- Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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Scenes from the New Jersey shore Jellyfish are slippery if you step on them
Posted by CD • 6:58pm
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Down Home With the Neelys Down Home With the Neelys | By Patrick and Gina Neely | (Knopf, $27.95, hardcover)
Posted by Kim Davaz • 12:14pm
Neelys sprinkle life story with recipes By Kim Davaz When it comes to cute, it’s hard to beat Pat and Gina Neely as seen on their Food Network shows, “Down Home With the Neelys” and “Road Tasted With the Neelys.” They delight in each other and they make it hard for viewers not to delight in them. They’ve collaborated with Paula Disbrowe on “Down Home With the Neelys: A Southern Family Cookbook.” It’s their life story with photos and recipes. Their barbecue seasoning and barbecue sauce appear again and again through the book, even showing up in the Neely version of…
- Monday, September 21, 2009
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Steve’s Prince of Steaks Lunch on a Monday in Philadelphia
Posted by CD • 12:49pm
Another visit to Steve’s Prince of Steaks in Philadelphia, reputed to be the best cheesesteak in the city.
- Thursday, September 17, 2009
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United 6402 Snapshots from the window
Posted by CD • 8:31pm
- Sunday, September 13, 2009
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Acolyte Olivia
Posted by CD • 9:15am
Father Bingham Powell trades an approving glance with Olivia as she became an acolyte on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Eugene, Ore.
- Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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The Too Many Tomatoes Cookbook The Too Many Tomatoes Cookbook | By Brian Yarvin | (The Countryman Press, $19.95, paperback); Heirloom | By Tim Stark | (Broadway, $14, paperback)
Posted by Kim Davaz • 1:14pm
Having too many tomatoes is a delicious dilemma By Kim Davaz Tomatoes, sun-warmed and sweet: It’s summer held in your hand. This part of summer can last well into September, if the weather holds. A neighbor has a tangle of tomato plants in her backyard, lounging in the sun. Some are large and some are small. Some look like peppers but are an unknown variety of long. narrow tomato, the plants a gift from a mutual friend. Even the tomato vines and leaves carry a strong tomato scent that clings to your hands. In one of the essays between chapters of…
- Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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Another happy birthday
Posted by CD • 6:42pm
Friends and family celebrated David White’s seventieth birthday.