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Memorable Meals I made an amazing discovery as a teenager eating my first (and best ever) pizza at Luigi’s in northwest Washington. The tables in the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall were covered in red and white checkered cloths. Each table was lit dimly with a candle, that poked from a wicker-covered wine bottle heavily waxed from hours...
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Sometimes we need to be reminded of what we already know to be true. That’s how I felt when I started writing this post about foods for seniors. (Though I think these choices are wise for any age group.) Even so, I hate to be reminded that French fries and sausage should be eaten with...
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Feel Good Eating People have a personality; restaurants have a vibe. I always look for the vibe when eating out. I want good food, but I also welcome a relaxed, upbeat air in which to enjoy it. A restaurant’s vibe includes location, size, seating, accessibility, kitchen and wait staff, table arrangement, chairs, bar design, tablecloths,...
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Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch and Dinner Bowood by Niche is an idyllic site for a lunch meet up or a meal with friends. But the trendy space, tucked away amid a flower and gift shop, was not built to be a restaurant. Originally, it housed an old warehouse and auto repair shop from the 1920s. Today...
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Texas-Style Chili Yes, it’s the chilly (chili) time of the year. A time to pull out your favorite recipe for the meaty-beany concoction, that your grandmother won a contest with during a chili cook off. Will Rogers Called Chili “A Bowl of Blessedness” But I’ve never made a Texas-style chili—the kind with chunks of seared...
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Buckeyes: “A Concealed Weapon” My father-in-law always carried a buckeye in his pocket. There came a time when other family members did the same. It’s an Ozark custom, or so I was told when I moved from the East Coast to the hill country of south Missouri. The glossy brown nuts have been carried since...
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Healthy and Hearty Brunswick Stew is a southern thing. Even so, my mother never made it. I was introduced to the stew by Debra, my Virginia-reared daughter-in-law. If you’ve even cooked the meat and vegetable combo, you know it’s most often includes shredded pork and chicken, baby limas, corn, potatoes, and tomatoes. Some versions are...
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A Chilly Ozark Morning at the Farm We celebrated the first frost of the season with a small fire in the fireplace—-one just warm enough to take the early-morning chill off the bones. Robin did the heavy lifting; I did the pokin’ and stirring. Off on the Hunt As the temperature warmed up during the...
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Fall Is Upon Us It’s time to rake leaves, pick apples, admire the fall foliage, pull out those sweaters and sweats, and commence to carve Jack-O-Lanterns. Pumpkins are popping up all over town. I was at the Kirkwood Farmers’ Market last week. The place looked like a pumpkin museum. I’ve never seen so many colors...
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The Kindness of Korma There are times when I fancy a good Indian vegetable korma like I would a warm, loaf of home-baked bread. Never mind that my recipe calls for 22 ingredients—I hope I don’t lose you here. I keep most of the items on hand and leave out what I don’t have. If I want protein,...
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Three Places That Are Fun and Fabulous Whenever I visit another city, I always inquire of family, friends, and even total strangers as to which restaurants they’d recommend. While in Washington DC recently, I followed the advice of my grandson, Andrew, who strongly favored L’Ardente, a fairly new Italian place near Union Station. Being a...
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Harry Stands in the Capitol Again I was in DC this week with several family members. The occasion: The unveiling of the statue of Harry S Truman in the Capitol Rotunda. The addition all began in 2002 when Former State Rep. Ted Farnen introduced a bill in the Missouri legislature. My son, Russ, supported the...
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Four Locations + Delivery + Catering + Shipping From behind a spiffy, yellow awning, Salt+Smoke is spicing up the Delmar Loop on the corner next to Chuck Berry’s statue. The enticing aroma of the Texas-style barbecue drifting onto the street quickly lassos your taste buds and draws you in. Once indoors you know this isn’t your run-of-the-mill, roadside...
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How Do You Like Them Apples? If you have a few apples on hand and the basics (flour, sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla) you’ve got the makin’s of a quick and tasty dessert. I’ve found these 10 recipes especially handy over the years: apple cake, apple pie, baked apples, Swedish apple cake, homemade applesauce, French apple...
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Getting a Kick Out of Soccer Whenever I watch a soccer game, I always remember the first game in which I saw youngsters participate. The kids (one of them was mine) were about 5-or -years old and running helter-skelter about the field. Eventually, the referee/coach couldn’t take it any longer. He blew his whistle and...
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There’s Always Something to Learn in the Kitchen When traveling abroad, I often take time for a cooking class. When Robin and I were in Florence some years ago, she arranged an in-house day with a California woman named Judy Witts Francini, who had lived in Italy for nearly 20 years. (Her husband is Florentine.)...
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Decisions, Decisions When someone asks: “Where shall we go to eat?” chances are I’ll suggest one of the following places shown below. A lot depends on distance and the adventuresome nature of my companions. I checked my records to see where I’d eaten most often in recent years. Some of the restaurants are close to where...
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A Healthier Fry When I was a kid I ate potatoes every day in one form or another: baked, fried, mashed, scalloped or slaked in mayonnaise. Now I’ve greatly reduced my spud intake. When I have a hankering for French fries I make Roasted Turmeric Potatoes, which are far healthier than the fries you get...
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Veggies Galore September begins the soupy season. I recently had the urge to make a big pot, but which kind—chicken, lentil, pea, or minestrone? All are my big favorites. I settled on vegetable soup, which had so many ingredients it required a store run (soup bone, potatoes, carrots, corn, onion, butter beans, turnip, cabbage, tomatoes,...
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A Hidden Wonder U-City Grill is an oddity. If your navigational skills are sharp, you’ll find it in a large parking lot in The Loop. There’s no signage, no tables, no outside dinning, no alcohol, no paper menus, no website, no small talk, and no delivery. And no credit cards! It’s “cash on the barrel...
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