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Adding fermented vegetables to the first course of a meal is common in Ukrainian cuisine, and one of the most popular pickled-vegetable dishes is sauerkraut soup. It might sound a little odd, but trust me 鈥 it's breathtaking. This recipe is from my cookbook "The Authentic Ukrainian ...

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The Brownsville Area Ministerial Association鈥檚 Food For Falcons food program is collecting fruit snack/fruit roll-ups, Chapstick, and macaroni and cheese bowls during the months of January and February. There will be a donation area in each participating BAMA church. Volunteers are needed to ...

Train games: A late night mystery

My late mom鈥檚 little bungalow ranch home sat where our new home, built in 2011, sits now. My father built the ranch over a few years beginning in 1956 and when he passed away in 1970, Mom continued to live there. Even while suffering from congestive heart failure and myasthenia gravis she ...

鈥楩unctional art鈥

A hard-to-miss digital clock ceaselessly ticks down the seconds, minutes and hours in the space where Carl Hauenstein works day after day after day, but sometimes he gets so caught up in his labors he entirely loses track of time. 鈥淭ime just stands still,鈥 he said one recent afternoon. ...

Remedies for creaky floors

Hardwood floors are coveted features in many homes. The National Wood Flooring Association says wood floors are the most environmentally friendly flooring options available. In the United States, the hardwood forests that provide flooring products are growing twice as fast as they are being ...

The 411 on whole-house generators

Weather is unpredictable. Strong winds or storms can wreak havoc on power lines, resulting in outages that may last hours or even days. People have come to rely on electricity, not only for comfort and safety, but to power just about every aspect of modern life. A power outage can be a minor ...