By Katie Workman The Associated Press Any time capers mingle with anchovies and garlic, I’m happy. You might think these are very strong flavours, but when they are used sparingly they add a lovely layer of salty/savory flavour to whatever dish they grace. When I serve this to my family, […]
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The Associated Press AP Member WARREN, R.I. — A Rhode Island man has squashed a record set by his son by taking first prize in a pumpkin contest with a 2,261.5-pound gourd. WJAR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2e3L0Ob) Richard Wallace’s 2,261.5-pound pumpkin beat the North American giant pumpkin record set by his son, […]
The Associated Press BOSTON — A heartfelt letter physicist Albert Einstein wrote to his son is up for sale through a Boston auction house. The one-page letter was written around 1929 to Eduard Einstein. It could fetch more than $100,000 when it’s sold this week through RR Auction. Einstein wrote […]
The Associated Press HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — An annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California has a new winner: a third-grade teacher in Washington state who raised a giant one weighing 1,910 pounds. Cindy Tobeck, 42, who lives outside Olympia, Washington, said her pumpkin grew steadily since she planted it […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press My mom started travelling abroad when I was in high school. And after each of her trips, we cooked a meal from the country she’d just visited. It was after her trip to Italy that I became a huge fan of veal. Veal, of […]
By David McFadden And Pierre Richard Luxama The Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti — Haitians braced for a grim, rising death toll Friday as help slowly trickled into marooned areas of the country’s southwestern peninsula that was pummeled by Hurricane Matthew, the first Category 4 storm to hit Haiti in […]
By Justin Lynch The Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan — President Barack Obama has issued waivers that continue U.S. military assistance for troubled South Sudan and six other nations where child soldiers have been used, disappointing advocates who say his administration hasn’t made curbing the use of children in combat […]
By Renee Graham And Christopher Torchia The Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu shed tears of gratitude on his 85th birthday on Friday in South Africa, where he presided over a cathedral Mass despite his poor health. Separately, in a newspaper column, the former archbishop […]
By Mark Lewis And Karl Ritter The Associated Press OSLO — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end a five-decade civil war that has killed more than 200,000 people and said he received the award in the name of the […]
The Canadian Press Any way you slice it, apple or pumpkin pie are bound to be on the dessert table at many Thanksgiving feasts. Here are recipes for both, plus pastry, to dazzle your guests. “BLUE RIBBON” APPLE PIE This apple pie will be sure to win you the “blue […]
By Kathleen Hennessey The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Seven years ago this week, when a young American president learned he’d been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize barely nine months into his first term arguably before he’d made any peace a somewhat embarrassed Barack Obama asked his aides to write an […]
By Tim Sullivan The Associated Press Over the past 10 months, the young ruler of North Korea has ordered an unprecedented torrent of weapons tests, forging an increasingly sophisticated arsenal. There have been truck-launched missile tests, two nuclear explosions, experiments with powerful rocket engines and more than a dozen other […]
