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A truly old-fashioned Christmas at Shipshewana The Times of Northwest Indiana
As the snow begins to fall, it's time for an old fashioned country Christmas, and what better place to celebrate than in the Amish area in Northwest Indiana where time seems to have stopped more than a hundred years ago.
Some of this year's favorite discoveries The Arizona Republic
If you're looking for some great places with unique pieces to tie your own ribbons around this holiday season, here are just a few of my favorite discoveries this year.
We Got Plenty of Muffin Washington Post
Just as our noses sadly desensitized to the comforting smell of the chocolate espresso muffins cooling on the stove, a new scent joined the mix: a French lemon tart baking in the kitchen of the Chesapeake Wood Duck Inn on Tilghman Island, Md. This was a place of serious food.
GUIDE St. Petersburg Times
Great Russian and vegetarian food served all day. Jazz, cappuccino, fresh juice, specialty teas. Happy hour from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Weekend brunch. Used English-language books and magazines, plus an art gallery. Open daily, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. 82 Nab. Moiki. Tel.: 315-1675.
Restaurant reviews Contra Costa Times
The following are edited versions of full-length restaurant reviews that have run in the Times within the past year. The date the original review ran and its fork rating at that time is in parentheses. In April, we added star ratings to indicate service and ambience.
Dowd loves pace of French living KRIS-TV Corpus Christi
DALLAS -- What's the most interesting facet of Hedda Gioia Dowd's rich life? Is it that she roasts Sunday chickens on an 18th-century tournebroche, an iron cooking device, in the family
Century-old chair holds value Bradenton Herald
Julie McClure About Antiques This rocking chair is at least 83 years old, same as I. It was my grandmother's chair passed on to me. The chair has an iron rod holding the top left side together, and there are two pegs that slide into holes. The chair has its original chair pad. I have been offered $400 from a Worcester, Mass., antique store before moving down here. Can you give me an idea what
From Greece With Love The New York Sun
In the middle of the 18th century, when European artists were just beginning to get interested in Hellenic art –– an interest dovetailing with the Enlightenment's promotion of ordered, rational ideals –– James "Athenian" Stuart had beaten them to the punch. The English designer, architect, and selfproclaimed "learned and curious person" had already traveled extensively throughout Greece, with
The professor of pigging out Salon.com
Brian Wansink, of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, dishes about food self-delusion, holiday dieting, and how it might be the size of your plate -- not pie -- that's responsible for your paunch.
Paris lightens up, soars Calendarlive.com
A fresh spirit is blowing through the Paris dining scene. During a week spent eating my way through updated bistros and beguiling little restaurants from some of the city's most lauded chefs, I found a new breed of restaurants that are less buttoned up — and much more fun.
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