Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: 53rd Hoyt Regional Juried Art Exhibition and Mini Masterpiece Exhibition, both through July 23. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. hoytartcenter.org and ...
DALLAS — Drop thousands of Argentina fans into Texas for the World Cup and the debate is inevitable. It’s not about who has the best team or whether Lionel Messi is the best player at the tournament. It’s about who produces the best, most succulent steaks, and how to prepare the meat. That’s right: There’s a beef about beef between two of the top cattle-raising areas of the world, where steak is deeply ingrained in diet and culture. Texas ranks No. 1 in the United States in beef production and the U.S. is second only to Brazil globally, according to the U.S. Department of ...
For the Stars and Stripes pie in my cookbook, “50 Pies, 50 States,” I wanted something that would be a showstopper at any Fourth of July barbecue. I got fancy, using foil as a divider when filling the pie to mimic the color blocking of the flag. I used two fillings — strawberry and ...
It is Tuesday at 5:30 a.m. My husband Joe and son Benjamin left for work. Son Kevin is still sleeping. All is quiet, and I really would love to flop back on my recliner and get a few extra winks, but this column won’t write itself, and it needs to get out today. I leave this morning with daughter Verena and daughter-in-law Grace to go help daughter Susan. More of the family will go help today and some will go tonight. Some of the men folks will go tonight to assist Ervin with his work. Ervin and Susan will host church services at their place on Sunday, Lord willing. Daughter Elizabeth ...
The World Ballet Company will bring its production of “The Nutcracker” to Packard Music Hall on Dec. 1. The performance will feature Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s score performed by a live orchestra and 150 hand-crafted costumes. Tickets for the 7 p.m. performance go on sale 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. An online-only presale starts at 10 a.m. Thursday with the password: SNOWFLAKE.
DEAR HELOISE: If you put a jar of honey on a sunny windowsill to liquify it, make sure to place the container in a black sock. It works much faster. — Greg D., in Newton Falls, Ohio DEAR HELOISE: My husband and I have plans to move to our vacation home after we retire. We’re going through this large house of ours and sorting through all of our belongings one room at a time. Our three daughters are helping because it’ll offer them a chance to take many things that have been handed down in our family. If they don’t want the fine china, the good silverware or the ...
