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I Fell in Love with Dried Beans So Much I Joined a Bean Club  By Stacey Ballis December 28, 2021 Canned beans are a great time-saver, but it can be difficult sometimes to get the right texture for dishes or to fully eliminate that tinny flavor. But once I started cooking with dried beans myself, I was hooked. Versatile,…

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By Lois M. Collins@Loisco  Jan 4, 2022, 10:00pm MST While experts have known for years that children do best when they get plenty of sleep, a new study from BYU published in the journal Sleep says too-little sleep contributes to lousy nutrition choices, which in turn plays a role in the obesity epidemic and its subsequent health problems. Sleep’s…

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Makes about 12-15 cookies. Ingredients ½ cup butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup plus 3 tbsp brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup and 2 tbsp flour ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 ¼ cup + 3 tbsp rolled oats. 1 cup + 1 tbsp semisweet chocolate…

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Maya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman on a Quarter Lawsuit Says 16 Elite Colleges Are Part of Price-Fixing Cartel (including 2 of my alma maters) The Red Cross says there’s a blood shortage nationwide Jerome Powell says the Fed is prepared to raise rates to tame inflation Medicare Proposes to Cover Aduhelm Only for Patients in…

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Novelist, folklorist, dramatist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston wrote in her memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road, that she was born on January 7, 1891, in Eatonville, Florida, the first incorporated black town in the United States.  Listen to Hurston describe and perform songs found in the Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections: “Georgia Skin,” Zora Neale Hurston, June 18,…

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By Alynda Wheat (@AlyndaWheat) Updated January 07, 2022 10:57 AM Poitier died Thursday evening. With a staggering list of accolades, including an Academy Award, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a knighthood, Poitier leaves behind an indelible legacy that extends far beyond his commanding screen presence.

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Famed contralto Marian Anderson made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on January 7, 1955, as Ulrica in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera. She was the first African American to perform with the company.

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BY SUSANNAH CROCKFORD  JANUARY 1, 2022 Almost as soon as the tear gas cleared from the Capitol grounds on Jan 6, multiple stories emerged. About what happened, and when, and who was responsible. A year later, we can look back and see that accountability for the events of that day mirror the inequity that constitutes contemporary America.…

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from Myrecipes.com (original story from cookinglight.com) We want to start off the new year eating more healthily. Here is a good recipe that is anti-inflammatory and lower in saturated fat than the original recipe. Ingredients ½ cup mild extra-virgin olive oil ½ cup pure olive oil 3 large egg yolks 5 tablespoons warm water (110F to 120F), divided…

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I’ve been thinking about what to wear to a winter destination wedding in February. Not only is the wedding in a cold climate, but it is also black tie. There are lots of sites that break down the language of what to wear on wedding invitations. “Formal attire may be the most common, but there…

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