Southwest Lifestyle
Food
No shark fins in N.Y. starting in 2014
The fins are used in soup popular in Chinese cuisine, and New York is home to one of the nation’s largest Chinatowns. An estimated 73 million sharks are killed worldwide…
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Philadelphia-style Pistachio Ice Cream
½ cup plus 2 tablespoons undyed, unsalted pistachio nuts 2 tablespoons light corn syrup 1 cup half-and-half ½ cup sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ teaspoon almond extract ¼ teaspoon…
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A versatile, tangy salad with scallops as the star
The dressing on this warm scallop salad also is delicious on any grilled meats or vegetables.Matthew Mead/Associated Press I call for sea scallops here, which are available all summer long.…
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Chocolate Baileys Ice Cream
Ingredients: ½ cup Baileys Irish Cream liqueur 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate 1 cup milk 2 large eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup heavy or whipping cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract…
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Go for the food: Brooklyn Crab in NYC’s Red Hook
Customers dine at picnic tables with colorful umbrellas at Brooklyn Crab in Red Hook, a popular seafood eatery in a working-class industrial neighborhood in New York City’s Brooklyn borough. The…
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Ginger Ice Cream
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy cream 2 cups whole milk Pinch of salt ¼ cup grated peeled fresh ginger 6 egg yolks ¾ cup sugar Method: In a heavy sauce pan,…
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Try a cheesy, buttery take on grilled corn
As the season for sweet corn reaches its peak, try grilling instead of steaming to bring out the corn’s natural sweetness.Matthew Mead/Associated Press My mom would husk the ears and…
Health
Children injured by falling TVs ‘alarming’
Doctors and safety experts say better awareness is needed about the dangers – especially the risks of putting heavier, older model TV sets on top of dressers and other furniture…
Family
Kate applauded for not hiding new mommy tummy
Britain’s Prince William, right, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge show the Prince of Cambridge to photographers outside St. Mary’s Hospital in London. Princess Diana wore a caftan-like outfit that hid…
Family
If you were this man’s wife, would you stay?
Anthony Weiner’s NYC mayoral campaign founders amid new scandal, all eyes on spouse
Religion
White evangelicals most patriotic, poll finds
That figure was markedly higher than for white mainline Protestants (56 percent), minority Christians (49 percent), Catholics (48 percent) and religiously unaffiliated Americans (39 percent), according to the study, conducted…
Food
Mango Chili Leather
Servings: 4 Ingredients: 2 cups peeled and diced mango (about 1 medium mango) 1 tablespoon cooking oil 1¼ teaspoons sugar 1½ teaspoons minced red Thai chili or red jalapeño Method:…
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Fruit leathers not just for kids
Matthew Mead/Associated Press<br><br>Other fruits can easily be substituted in this recipe for Sweet Raspberry Leather from The Cooking Lab.du1-i-syn Commercial fruit leathers roll out of factories by the yard, and…
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Sweet Raspberry Leather
Start to finish: 2 hours Servings: 4 Ingredients: 2 cups raspberries 1 tablespoon cooking oil ¼ cup sugar 3/16 teaspoon xanthan gum Method: Arrange an 11-by-17-inch nonstick silicone mat on…
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Tomato Leather
Start to finish: 2 hours Servings: 4 Ingredients: 1 1/8 cups tomato paste 3 3/8 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil 4 ¼ teaspoons red wine vinegar 6 drops hot sauce 3/16…
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Refreshing summer salads really can be substantial
Is it still a salad if you skip the greens? For this chili-mango beef salad, the answer is “yes.”Associated Press So recently, I decided to blow his mind. I decided…
Health
Golden years shorter, sicker in Southern states
Hawaii tops the charts in the government’s first state-by-state look at how long Americans age 65 can expect to live, on average, and how many of those remaining years will…