METEPEC, Mexico (AP) — The first time he met a pope, Mexican craftsman Hilario Hernandez could not believe his luck. He did not travel to the Vatican as a guest, but as the guardian of the fragile ceramic piece he had created as a gift for Benedict XVI. “No one really planned to take me ...
(AP) — My beets were slow to grow this year, so I bought a bunch at the farmers’ market. I was taken aback when the seller chopped off the vegetable’s foliage and attempted to discard it after handing me a sad sack of leafless roots. “Wait! I’ll take those, please,” I blurted, catching him just before they hit the trash bin, and explaining that they’re edible. He knew, of course, but said that most customers don’t want them. There are a lot of tasty and nutritious uses for secondary plant parts that would otherwise be discarded or, at best, added to compost. Waste ...
NEW YORK (AP) — With Halloween on the horizon, Chicago Costume is stuffed. Packaged costumes, including superheros and Japanese animation characters in both kid and adult sizes, dangle near colorful wigs and bottles of fake blood. Downstairs, vintage clothes from the 1970s beg for one more ...
NEW YORK (AP) — To make bread, you need flour, water, salt and, usually, a rising agent, like yeast. To break bread, CNN has enlisted someone special — Tony Shalhoub. The Broadway and “Monk” star enters the crowded field of celebrity travel hosts this fall with “Breaking Bread,” ...
AUTUMN AT Epworth — A Walk in the Park will take place noon to 5 p.m. Oct. 19 at 215 N. Main St., Bethesda. The event aims to raise funds for park improvements and is hosted by the Epworth Park Foundation. Twelve cottages will be open to tour with artists displaying their wares, baked goods, kettle corn, a craft activity, banjo and guitar players and homemade brats, chili, bean soup and more available. The tickets can be purchased the day of the event or online at epworthpark.org/AutumnAtEpworth.html. THE SHADYSIDE Community Band will present a free concert of dance music on Tuesday ...
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Alchemised” by SenLinYu (Del Rey) 2. “The Secret of Secrets” by Dan Brown (Doubleday) 3. “Tourist Season” by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn) 4. “The Primal of Blood and Bone” by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Blue Box) 5. “One Dark Window (deluxe ed.)” by Rachel Gillig (Orbit) 6. “Two Twisted Crowns (deluxe ed.)” by Rachel Gillig (Orbit) 7. “This Inevitable Ruin” by Matt Dinniman (Ace) 8. “The Academy” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 9. “Circle of Days” by Ken Follett (Grand Central) 10. “Anathema” by Keri Lake ...
