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New ‘Blue Food’ cookbook touts seafood for any meal

NEW YORK — Andrew Zimmern and Barton Seaver are what you’d call seafood fanatics. Or blue food evangelists. They want us to eat more things from the water, even first thing in the morning. “Seafood for breakfast is delicious,” says Zimmern, a chef, writer and TV host. Seaver, a chef ...

A cousin’s farewell and autumn chores

This is Tuesday morning just past 5 a.m. My husband Joe left for another day at the metal and truss shop. Son Benjamin left around 4:30 a.m. Son Kevin is still sleeping, and I need to get this column written so it’s done for another week. I’m always glad when my children volunteer to write ...

Wine 101: Reading the label on that bottle

Walking into a major grocery’s wine section can be an intimidating experience. Rather than having a local winemaker on hand to answer questions and offer tastes, a shopper is faced with a wall of bottles, hundreds of rather obtuse labels with no wine adviser in sight. While European and other ...

Do not put up with abuse from loved ones

DEAR ANNIE: I am 60 years old and the mother of five grown children. I raised them mostly on my own after my divorce, and those years were not easy. There were slammed doors, late nights waiting up and more than a few tearful arguments. My daughters, especially during their teenage years, could ...

High doses of THC for sleep should be avoided

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 56-year-old male in relatively good health. Over the past few years, I’ve developed difficulty sleeping. I’ve tried all the tips, but nothing really helped until I tried legally available THC drinks. I sleep great after consuming one of these beverages with zero side ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

One of the hardest words in bridge to say, it seems, is “pass.” There is no way of knowing how many thouzsands of points are lost, hand after hand, as a result of the injudicious use of bids other than pass when the latter action is called for. Consider this deal, from a tournament, where ...