Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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IN THE KITCHEN: From Mexico, Ruth Alegria is bringing ‘Mariscos and Mezcal’
By Faith BahadurianSpecial Writer I am eagerly anticipating a visit later this month from Ruth Alegria (ah-lay-GREE-ah), a chef who used to live in Princeton. During her years here, she founded the Princeton Cooking School, owned the Mexican Village restaurant on Leigh Avenue, managed Witherspoon Bread Company, and opened the Garden Café in the YM-YWCA.…
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Tender, loving care
Ina Brousseau Marx and Allen Marx, authors of ‘Furniture Restoration: Step-by-Step Tips and Techniques for Professional Restorers,’ which provides a career’s worth of advice on how to restore broken or damaged wooden furniture.
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Open Space bill is a great step
Bob Martin of Hopewell Township The open space bill that Governor Corzine signed over the summer is a great step in the right direction for the immediate future of land preservation in our community and throughout New Jersey. The bill gives us, as voters, the power to approve a $200 million bond to purchase open…
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IN THE KITCHEN: From Mexico, Ruth Alegria is bringing ‘Mariscos and Mezcal’
Brian Yarvin makes some classic dumplings from the Republic of Georgia. www.brianyarvin.com
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IN THE KITCHEN: ‘There’s a bit of joy’ in Brian Yarvin’s dumplings
By Pat Tanner Special Writer “Dumplings are a common thread in cuisines throughout the world,” writes Brian Yarvin in the introduction to his latest book, “A World of Dumplings: Filled Dumplings, Pockets, and Little Pies from Around the Globe” (Countryman Press, $21.95). These bits of dough wrapped around a filling are the latest subject tackled…
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Princeton doesn’t need 55-plus housing
David Breithaupt,Casey Hegener, William Wolfe of Princeton The market has spoken. Two developers have told Princeton Township officials that there is no need for senior housing as proposed in the Township’s “overlay zone” ordinance calling for housing for those age 62 and over. While we have been in favor of a place for us seniors…
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Angry over Greenview condos plan
Lucy Mackenzie of Princeton I have only now become aware of the plan to make “changes” in the houses on Greenview Avenue. I am very angry. Two reasons: First, the street is in excellent condition now. Second, and more importantly, it abuts the Princeton Cemetery where family members rest and where my own little plot…
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IN THE KITCHEN: ‘There’s a bit of joy’ in Brian Yarvin’s dumplings
Brian Yarvin makes some classic dumplings from the Republic of Georgia.
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SPOTLIGHT: A fresh take on the evangelicals
By Michael Redmond Lifestyle Editor It turns out that D. Michael Lindsay is not the easiest fellow to reach, but that’s not because he’s being difficult — it’s because he’s hopping all over the country to discuss “Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite” (Oxford University Press). Newly released, “Faith…
