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Tangy dressing flavors this recipe for chicken thighs

My kids love this dish from my cookbook "Familia" because of the crispy chicken skin. You are essentially creating a confit where the chicken cooks in its own fat. The flavor comes from the smoky and tangy dressing, which you don't have to make in a molcajete, but if you have one please use ...

Women take the lead in whiskey as industry changes

SHOREHAM, Vt. — Meghan Ireland always loved chemistry, but as a college freshman studying chemical engineering, she didn’t know she could channel her passion for science into the art of making whiskey. It took stumbling across an article about a female chemical engineer who became a ...

Lovina enjoys her time at a family wedding in Indiana

Thursday was the wedding of my great-niece, Sarah, and her husband, Samuel, in Bryant, Indiana. The van driver started picking up for the wedding at 5:30 a.m. He began at daughter Elizabeth's house and picked up her and her four children. Then they headed to daughter Susan's and picked up her ...

DEAR ANNIE: Holding firm on boundaries with estranged family

DEAR ANNIE: I am a woman in my early 40s, living several states away from the town where I grew up. My relationship with my parents has always been complicated, especially with my mother, and for the last 25 years I have also been estranged from my older sister. She still lives near my parents, ...

HINTS FROM HELOISE: Shopping carts need wiped down

DEAR HELOISE: This is in regard to the reader who says that they don’t understand why people use antibacterial wipes when entering a store and suggests that they only use them on their hands after shopping. The reader obviously doesn’t know that grocery carts can be dirtier than a public ...

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Combo of BP meds is most effective

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 69-year-old woman who’s been on different blood pressure medications for a very long time. I was on 20 mg of lisinopril and 5 mg of amlodipine for a while, but my blood pressure spiked to 190/100 mm Hg. My doctor then increased the amlodipine to 10 mg, which brought my ...