Anthony Bourdain: A Q&A with the bad boy of food TV
A veteran of the restaurant world, Anthony Bourdain was largely unknown until the publication of his 1999 New Yorker exposé, “Don’t Eat Before Reading This,” which formed the basis for …
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There’s no business like snow business
“God Bless America.” “Easter Parade.” “White Christmas.” And my personal favorite, “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning.” It’s pretty safe to say that Irving Berlin, the …
Read MorePretty secure
You’re probably already aware that radio-frequency identification chips (RFID), which store and transmit unique customer data, can be found in many credit cards and ID cards, but did you know …
Read MorePampering the pregnant lady
Making a baby is hard work, and during the 40 or so weeks it takes, even the most aggressive go-getter finds the need to slow down. Even then, she may …
Read More'You cannot hold back history for a cotillion'
In 1964, Pearl Cleage was a playwriting student at Howard University and a self-professed radical bohemian. “We were always marching on somebody,” she says with a laugh. When she started …
Read MoreStuck halfway
There’s a reason why kids aged 10 to 12 are known as tweens. “A middle school person is really stuck halfway in the world of the child and halfway in …
Read MoreFrom stage to movie to stage
It could be argued that behind every good Dreamgirl is a not-so-good man. Manager Marty Madison and songwriter C.C. White do have their redeeming qualities, but power hungry Curtis Taylor …
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