Dianna Marder was an award-winning investigative reporter, covering courts, crime and City Hall for 18 years, before turning her talents to writing features about food and romance (which are not mutually exclusive topics). Look for her stories in the Image, Food and Daily Magazine sections of the newspaper.
Writers-for-hire produce family stories in words and pictures.
By the time she reached 85, the urge to capture her life story in words and pictures caught up with Janet Mustin.
My mother liked to save time by roasting the Thanksgiving turkey a day in advance. She'd store the finished bird, stuffing and all, in an old refrigerator we kept in the basement.
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Marilyn Paige adores apple pie, but she knows her limitations. "I can eat it, I just can't bake it," says Paige, a student/scrapbooker/photographer. "And I don't believe you can buy a great slice of apple pie in Philadelphia without paying a fortune."
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Sardines, anchovies, smelts. To know them is to love them. Getting to know them properly is the issue, but all that's needed is a "fresh" look.
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When browsing online or in a bookstore, one might easily conclude that every third person in the country is actively engaged in writing or reading a memoir.
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Basic Buttermilk Pancakes
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Makes 12 (6 servings of 2 pancakes each) 3 cups all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder
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Chocolate Chip Pancakes With Orange-Brandy Sauce
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Makes 5 to 6 servings For the pancakes: 2/3 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Pinch of fine sea salt
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Makes 4 three-griddlecake servings For the Griddlecakes: 11/3 cups all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder
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Makes 28 (3 pieces per serving) 2 cups buttermilk 2 cups flour 6 eggs, separated 2 teaspoons sugar
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The movie Amelia shows the legendary aviation pioneer at the height of her career. But here's a little-known snippet of Earhart's bio: Before becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, she attended a finishing school in our neck of the woods.
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From the griddle, the ultimate comfort food
- Plain or fancy, served morning, noon or night, nothing conveys comfort like pancakes.In a world of chaos you want peace in the moment. You want an elixir, a panacea, a remedy, a reminder. You want to bask in the easygoing air of a sleepy Sunday. You want comfort. You want pancakes.
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Southeast Asia seniors feast at Moon Festival
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Cao Bong Thi, 73, marked the annual Moon Festival earlier this month just as she would have in her native Vietnam - by eating her favorite foods in the company of family and friends.
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