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Valentine’s Day Enchantment, Part 1
By Ro Howe When it comes to Valentine’s Day, we’re all princesses in our hearts—but not necessarily in the kitchen. Some tips to make the evening memorable and fun.
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Ro’s Recipes: Valentine’s Day Dinner Appetizer
By Ro Howe Here’s one of the nibbles I suggest for the delectable “day of enchantment” dinner you’ll be preparing.
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Valentine’s Day Enchantment, Part 2: The Menu
By Ro Howe Here’s a sample menu and some scrumptious recipes that will smooth your way to a delightful evening.
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Ro’s Recipes: Spicy Lemongrass Chicken Thighs
By Ro Howe Here's the main dish for the Valentine’s Day dinner suggested by chef Ro Howe in her two recent posts. - Ed.
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Family, Dynamic
By Judith A. Ross For the most part, our adult sons seem to enjoy spending time with us. So I was taken by surprise last summer when things went awry during a family vacation in Europe.
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Oscar Night Is a Marathon: A Menu from Ro
By Ro Howe All of these items can be served at room temperature or heated quickly and placed before your guests as all of you remain fixed on the stars.
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Ro’s Recipes: Munchables for Oscar Night, Part 2
By Ro Howe Here are recipes suggested by Ro Howe—chef-owner of Barraud Caterers, in New York—as munchables that will give you a meal but still keep you in the living room on Oscar Night.
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Smile—You’re on Surveillance Camera!
By Roz Warren Thanks to cameras at every intersection, soon we will all treat each other with respect, speak quietly, and obey the rules of grammar. Or WE'LL be sorry!
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Ro’s Recipes: A Savory “Mad Men”–Night Meal
By Ro Howe Here's how to enact that “Mad Men Moderne” menu, with early/mid sixties–style dishes updated for 21st-century tastes.
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A Chef Reviews “The Unofficial ‘Mad Men’ Cookbook”
By Ro Howe We wondered how our favorite chef-writer, Ro Howe of Barraud Caterers, would view this new collection of authentic Mad Men–era recipes. Somewhat to our surprise, she found the book “serious...
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Caitlyn Jenner’s ESPY Speech Provides a Lesson in Acceptance
By Pat Kinney The acceptance speech by Caitlyn Jenner, the transgender woman who most of us first came to know as Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner, will be remembered for what she taught us...
View ArticleKeeping the Peace at Thanksgiving
As a therapist, every year I’m caught short by how quickly it comes upon us: the season of misery caused by holidays.
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