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Author: Prof Patty

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  • October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

Today’s Brunch: Apple Pear Oven Pancake for 2 (or really just me)

This was one of the first recipes I learned to make. The original popover recipe came from Seventeen Magazine when I was in high school. It has evolved over the years into this. Take one ripe apple

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  • October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

First Look: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

By Kyle Buchanan Sept. 30, 2020 Updated 6:19 p.m. ET In the new Netflix adaptation of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s a sweat-slicked summer day in Chicago 1927 and everybod

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  • October 9, 2020

Clean Your Appliances

Just a question – when was the last time you cleaned your washing machine and dishwasher? I mean, thoroughly – cleaning gaskets and filters – not just a cycle run with vinegar? If you can’t

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  • October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

Vegan Mini Pizza

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  • October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

$118 vs $14 Brownies

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  • October 9, 2020October 9, 2020

Michelle and Oprah

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  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Tribute to Chadwick Boseman

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  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Autumn Jazz

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  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Live Wax Jazz

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  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Wednesday Jazz

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  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

The Real Face of Jesus

Advances in forensic science reveal the most famous face in history. BY MIKE FILLON APR 10, 2020 Originally published in December 2002, the Popular Mechanics article “The

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  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Chris Rock

Part of the reason we’re in the predicament we’re in is, the president’s a landlord. No one has less compassion for humans than a landlord. And we’re shocked he’s not engaged. Chris Rock<

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  • October 7, 2020

Anti-Maskers

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  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

My quick iced tea

Take a 2-quart pitcher and put 1 cup of sugar (or 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup granulated artificial sweetener like Splenda), 1 thinly sliced lime, 4 or 5 sprigs of mint in the bottom, and muddle. If

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  • October 7, 2020October 7, 2020

Judge Rules Tucker Carlson Is Not a Credible Source of News

By ELLIOT HANNON SEPT 25, 2020 A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a defamation case against self-styled Fox News instigator Tucker Carlson. Do Fox News viewers think Tucker C

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NPR

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