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Saying adieu to ‘I do’ at the Mall of America
Thousands of weddings over 28 years — and lifetime memories Star Tribune (Minnesota) M INNEAPOLIS -- George and Patti Masmanides knew they wanted a destination wedding. They thought about Hawaii, about Disney World, about exchanging vows on a distant sunny beach somewhere.
Friend gets conflicting info
DEAR ABBY: For 15 years I’ve maintained a close friendship with a wealthy older man who has become a kind of mentor. He’s 90 years old now and in failing health.
This crostata is easy and peachy
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It’s peach season. Time to pull out your rolling pin and celebrate the juicy stone fruit with the free-form pastry known as a crostata.
A loving mom watches as children learn and grow
School bells are ringing, or more accurately, they are about to ring for the first time in two and a half hours. It’s true. After a term of homeschooling, we are having school again in our little country school!
PEACH CROSTATA
For pastry • 2 cups all-purpose flour • 1/4 cup sugar • 3/4 teaspoon coarse salt • 8 ounces (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4 -inch pieces • 1/4 cup ice water For filling • 1 1/2 pounds peaches, sliced 1/2 inch thick • 1/3 cup granulated sugar • Dash of vanilla extract • Pinch of ground cinnamon • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice • 1/4 teaspoon coarse salt • 1 tablespoon cornstarch or flour • 1 large egg, beaten • Sanding sugar, for sprinkling • Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, for serving Make pastry: Pulse flour, sugar and salt in a food processor until combined. Add butter, and process until mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 seconds.
PIZZA POCKETS
• Pepperoni • Shredded cheese • Onions • Peppers • Mushrooms • 2 tablespoons yeast • 1/2 cup warm water • 3/4 cup warm evaporated milk • 1/4 cup oil • 1 egg • 1/4 cup sugar • 1 teaspoon salt • 3 to 4 cups flour • 1 pound sausage, beef, chicken chunks, or ham dices • 1 cup pizza sauce Dissolve yeast in water. Add the rest of ingredients adding flour last and let rise once, till double.
Things you can do while you’ve got time on your hands
Time is our most valuable asset, and wasting it is not good for your psyche. If you’re in line at the bank, stuck at the office or trapped at home hoping the plumber will arrive soon, you can do a number of things to enhance your life, and not just wait for the time to pass.
Many more children have had COVID-19 than you might think
With so many people using athome COVID-19 tests, if they’re testing at all, experts acknowledged long ago that the true number of cases is higher than what is officially reported. New CDC data suggest that among children, the true number is a lot higher.
Companion to ‘Dopesick’ shines light on hope amid catastrophe
“Raising Lazarus” by Beth Macy; Little, Brown (400 pages, $30) When you think about it, a lot of good narrative journalism is sought by readers already sharing the writer’s views and wishing to understand more. A genre that might be slighted as “preaching to the choir” is potent for readers seeking to organize their thinking and contribute to solving social problems. Recent titles include “Caste” (Isabel Wilkerson on racism), “The Sixth Extinction” (Elizabeth Kolbert on global warming) and “Surviving Autocracy” (Masha Gessen on authoritarian government).