Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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LOOSE ENDS: Warning! Mom’s cooking dinner!
By Pam Hersh Special Writer Giving me a cookbook makes as much sense as giving wings to a garter snake. Nothing known to man- or womankind has been cooked up either to get Pam Hersh to be a reputable chef or to get those creepy crawlers to fly away. Nevertheless, friends and relatives…
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‘This Place Matters’: The Historical Society of Princeton announces 2008 preservation awards
Accepting the Historical Society of Princeton’s Historic Preservation Award for the Mountain Lakes Preserve Interpretive Signage are, from left, Robert Kiser, Princeton Township Engineer; Robert von Zumbusch, Princeton Township Historic Preservation Commission member; Elric Endersby, HPC member; Christine Lewandoski, Princeton Township Historic Preservation Officer; Fairfax Hutter, and Clifford Zink.
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SPOTLIGHT: ‘Curiouser and curiouser!’‘Alice in Wonderland’ opera to premiere Thursday at Princeton University
During a rehearsal for ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ which will be receiving its world premiere performances in Princeton and New York City, soprano Karen Jolicoeur consults with composer Peter Westergaard. Photo by Richard Marshall/Princeton University
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Burt Bacharach to star in McCarter gala on June 7
Burt Bacharach headlines McCarter Thestre’s annual Gala Benefit on June 7.
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Letter carriers offer thanks for donations
Ronald J. Procaccino of National Association of Letter Carriers To the editor: Residents of Princeton, as you know on Saturday, May 11, we held our annual food drive for the 16th consecutive year. I would like to take a moment to thank all of you who participated and let you know how much we…
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SPOTLIGHT: ‘Curiouser and curiouser!’‘Alice in Wonderland’ opera to premiere Thursday at Princeton University
Conposer Peter WSestergaard: ‘(Lewis Carroll’s characters are) ‘so highly individual and such fun. Something a little bizarre is actu A cast of seven will play 38 roles. Twelve English handbells, along with a few whistles, tambourines, drums and other percussion paraphernalia, will make up the orchestra. A projection system will create the special effects…
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IN THE KITCHEN: University chefs go mano-a-mano for ‘Iron Tiger’ prize
Team Frist — from left, Patrick Thompson, Patrick Ward and Chef Gary Bowlsbey — ‘wowed’ judges with a Caprese salad followed by sliced breast of duck with spiced pears, figs and Craisins, accompanied by mushroom risotto.
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IN THE KITCHEN: University chefs go mano-a-mano for ‘Iron Tiger’ prize
By Pat Tanner Special Writer It had all the drama and excitement of the “Iron Chef” television series, but was Princeton all the way when teams of the university’s best chefs squared off against each other in the first annual “Iron Tiger” culinary competition earlier this month. With video cameras rolling, huge digital…
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West Windsor residents ‘tired’ of council
Ina Marx of West Windsor Just when we West Windsor residents had thought our community would be out of the newsfor a while, your editorial of May 9 about the “disingenuous salary increase for WW council” has put us in the limelight again. The four council members — Morgan, Anklowitz, Borek, and Kleinman —…
