Couscous Salad With Salmon and Mustard-Dill Dressing

There are a couple of no brainers when it comes to salmon:  dill and dijon mustard; so it’s no surprise that both of them find their way into this dish.  I made a few small changes to this recipe for warm couscous salad with salmon and mustard-dill dressing.  Instead of cooking the salmon in the…

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3 on Thursday

As of today, I have nothing planned for Friday night, Saturday, or Saturday night.  After a whirlwind trip to Athens over the weekend and then a long day of travel to and from Philly for work on Monday, I am happy the weekend before Thanksgiving is not packed to the brim. I was so happy…

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Book Review: The Invention of Wings

Sarah Grimké is headstrong and opinionated and when she is given her own slave on her eleventh birthday, she rejects the gift on principle.  After she learns she cannot exactly do that, she and the young girl, Handful, establish a relationship built upon the idea that they should be seen as equals.  With Sarah’s help,…

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Monday Reads

In an effort to control the population, India has offered financial incentives for performing or undergoing sterilization. Major problem: after one doctor and his assistant performed laparoscopic tubectomies on 80 women in immediate succession, 11 have died and dozens are in critical condition. I can understand the argument for upcharging on plus sized clothing due…

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ABV

Even when I lived in the Upper East, I never really went above 88th Street.  True, most restaurants and bars are in the 70s and 80s, but a few good things have opened in the 90s that are worth checking out, especially if you want to head further uptown afterwards to check out Harlem or…

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