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For the last few months I have been continually impressed with Michelle Duggar. Giving birth to 19 children with one more on the way is no small feat. The morning sickness alone is a challenge. In a study done a decade ago by researchers at Cornell University, 66 percent of women reported feeling some sort [...]

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I am so freakin’ sad about this year’s Super Bowl. More than a week has passed since the Ravens lost the AFC Championship, and I still cringe every time I hear someone talk about the big game. In my mind I see Flacco, who played an awesome game despite weeks of enduring endless ridicule from [...]

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I’m not a fan of farmer’s cheese. I love the idea of it because it is popular in Poland, and I am Polish and I have Polish pride. But the taste? Not so much. I like my cheese to be bold. I want salt and I want intense flavor. I wouldn’t reach for a slice of, [...]

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Seinfeld taught me this about chocolate babka: A chocolate version is better than cinnamon, so much so that one cannot possibly go to a party with a cinnamon babka when one knows that a chocolate babka, the better babka, will be present. But even though I’ve seen this episode, one of my favorites, dozens of [...]

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My condo smells like bacon. I don’t notice it unless I’m outside first. The other day, walking up the stairs that lead to my floor, I smelled salt and pork, heavy and smoky like the air wafting a short distance from a summer barbecue. I thought a neighbor was having a party. But the lovely scent was left [...]

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If I order dessert at a restaurant, it’s never chocolate.  If it’s winter or one of those rare occasions I’m just not in the mood for ice cream, my favorite after dinner sweet, I will always order fruit desserts. And I don’t mean a bowl of fruit. No matter how fresh and bright and in-season [...]

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Last year I wrote about what has become one of my favorite summer field trips: picking peaches at Bennett Orchards in Delaware.  The orchard is on our way home from Ocean City when we take the Delaware route, so we stopped in again this year after our early August vacation. Field trip actually isn’t the right [...]

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Back in early July, the heat was sweltering here in Baltimore.  One Wednesday, around 5:30 p.m., I left my apartment in the central part of the city and walked to Bad Decisions, a bar near the water in Fell’s Point, to research a story about culinary cocktails.  More cars than usual packed the streets, thanks [...]

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This week I’m moving!  I’ll miss many things about the neighborhood where I currently live:  my favorite Indian restaurant; morning runs down to the Harbor, even though they haven’t been that fun in the heat; and the independent movie theater a few blocks up the street.  But I can’t wait to be in our new place with two floors, two [...]

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I usually eat out only once a week on a Friday or Saturday. But this week I’ve already had diner food and Chinese takeout, which means I haven’t done much cooking yet again. It’s just too hot. And when it gets hot, I like to take breaks from the stove and the oven. I always [...]

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