Friday, November 10, 2017

A "Schmaltzy" Evening in Greenwich Village

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A tagine pan, a hand-crank meat grinder, and borscht…all rather pedestrian things, but to some of the storytellers at “Village Schmaltzy” t...
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Finding Unexpected Pleasures in Athens, Ohio

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I must sheepishly admit that before I visited Athens, much of what I knew about any part of Ohio had to do with Drew Carey, Dr. Johnny Fe...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Great Gifts For the Men In Your Life: Uncommon Goods

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My dad was a good man, a kind man, and a very demonstrative man, but when it came to accepting gifts, especially Father’s Day gifts, he was...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Charoset Strudel

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At first mention of the news that Ben & Jerry’s was now selling a Charoset-flavored Ice Cream in Israel, I thought the idea sounded a l...
Thursday, January 12, 2017

Connecting With My Father's Past

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Not a day goes by that I don’t think of my dad. He was not an easy man to get to know, but he could spin a tale or tell a joke with t...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

The Great New Jersey Pizza Crawl

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As the impending arrival of Hurricane Hermine did its best to throw a wrench into our plans to participate in the “Second Annual Crab Crack...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Book Review: A Front Page Affair

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The year is 1915. War has been declared in Europe, the US is on alert due to the sinking of the Lusitania , and there’s been a murder in Ne...