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Roast Plums with Almonds

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Most of my favorite desserts are those made with fruit. Maybe it’s a nutritional thing, making me feel less quilt. Of course, we can also do so much to take even fruit-filled desserts over the top that we cancel out the good nourishment. But a simple baked fruit will often suffice, and fix the craving for something sweet, while retaining its nutritional integrity.

Country Frittata

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Remnants of your summer garden are the perfect ingredients for a simple dish like this country frittata. If you haven’t tried making a frittata, it is similar to an omelet but much easier. I start mine on the stovetop and finish it up in the oven.

Memorable Hotels in Asia – Part IV

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In Parts I, II, and III, I wrote about three memorable hotels in Asia. Last week in Part IV, I wrote about the Palmer House hotel in Chicago in the USA. This week is about another great hotel in Chicago, the Drake Hotel. As in any large city, there are many excellent hotels, but these two are my favorites, the Palmer House and the Drake Hotel, both definitely memorable. On Lake Shore Drive and 140 E. Walton Place, it is on prime real estate, on the Magnificent Mile, just a block from Lake Michigan. It’s also listed as a 4-star hotel, same as the Palmer House, but I believe they were both rated at 5-stars at one time. They both still seem to be 5-star hotels to me. The Drake Hotel opened on New Year’s Eve in 1920 and became known as highsociety’s first choice in opulence.

Memorable Hotels in Asia – Part IV

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In Parts I, II and III, I wrote about memorable hotels in Asia - in Beijing, Jakarta, and HongKong-sotobringitclosertohome,how aboutsomememorablehotelsintheUSA! We have our share here too, so don’t want to overlook ours. I traveled to Chicago numerous times – probably around 50 times, mostly for work but a few times for personal trips. The first time was fresh out of high school to work on a survey crew for an oil pipeline just east of Chicago that ran up into Michigan. Later with work as a Buyer for large companies, there were a few trips to attend the Housewares Show, but most business trips were between 1998 and today toattendtheNationalRestaurantAssociation tradeshow,workingatthedistributioncenter inWestChicagoforanotherlargecompanyas a Buyer, and other meetings. A few personal trips were for a short get-away, and this past May to attend my step-son’s graduation from Navy boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, just north of Chicago.

The 501

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The art of making do Making do isn’t always the best way to live, but it helps to know how, especially if you lose the use of something you’re used to using. At our house, we are finding ways to deal with the defunctnumeralthreeonour microwave.

Chili-Cheese Potato Skins

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Tailgate season is in full swing. Whether you head out to the games, or have a gathering in your own backyard, or around the television, good food is a must.