Thursday, May 15, 2008
Ask Martha
Q: I'm providing the salad for a picnic with about 100 guests. How much should I prepare?

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Five things to know about holding a garage sale
April 26 was a fine day for people looking for a good deal. Checking newspaper ads and signs scattered across the Wenatchee Valley, there were plenty of garage-sale options.

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Bring Chester home to play

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Joseph Earhart, 7, of East Wenatchee, discovered last summer that toads sometimes fall into the window wells in his backyard. "Every day when he comes home from school, he checks to see if there are any new critters in the wells," says his mother Lane'e Earhart. On March 10, Joseph was pleased to find an abnormally large toad and showed it off for the camera. Joseph's father is Brennan Earhart.
— Abby Holmes, World staff

Autistic boy creates art with paper and scissors
SEATTLE — In Wil Kerner's world, happiness and grief and all the feelings that come between are puzzle pieces as alien as the curious construction-paper characters in the art he assembles on his grandmother's living-room carpet.

Puyallup Tribe donates $685,000 to Tacoma zoo
TACOMA (AP) — The Puyallup Indian Tribe is donating $685,000 to the Point Defiance Zoo to help pay for a new red wolf exhibit.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Bundt is back
Cable television serendipity struck again a few weeks ago when I picked up the remote control and, shazam!: One of my favorite scenes from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" popped up.

Nosh on
The first time I went on a big vacation outside of the U.S. was a trip to Mérida, Mexico, on the Yucatán Peninsula in the southeastern corner of Mexico. I was 8 years old, and I'm sure I didn't appreciate it enough. Since then, I've been back several times, each time enjoying it more. I love the city and the region. It's so inviting and comforting there. The city is beautiful, the food is fantastic and the whole place reminds me of a Gabriel García Márquez novel.

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Buttermilk is high in acidity

On the low-fat menu
By definition, cheesecake is creamy, luscious, rich and decadent.

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