and cooked down for a couple of minutes. You then refrigerate and serve cold or at room temp. It lasts 2 days because of the pickling properties of the vinegar. These type of recipes intrigue me because of the springing forth out...

brothers and sisters." Steve Balkin, Professor of Economics at Roosevelt University and Vice President of the Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition, comments, "UIC, with its political deals, broken promises, and billion...

I thought Ararat was in Armenia (historic Armenia, now in Turkey), so the preserves could be Armenian. I love green walnuts too. One curious fact: Armenia is a landlocked country, so to get here their products get...

But many cuisines do use a lot of dried/salted/fermented/preserved foods, so “fresh” is not necessarily a given. In fact, for many "historical" cuisines, using preserved foods was key to being able to eat when fresh...

For historic and Jazz how about Preservation Hall?

/walking at Rockefeller State Preserve. Visit some of our local historic houses. Try some other restaurants, if you can fit them in and pending your budget: Iron Horse in Pleasantville, Stone Barns (a SPLURGE re: $$$$$$). Check...

are so important in our society. He writes, “I believe that your (meaning diner proprietors) efforts make our society a better place to live. Promoting local ownership and historic preservation ensures a more prosperous and...

Adam- I’d take Wylie Dufresne over some Chinatown historic preservation project any day of the week. However, a 10pm seating at WD-50 does make getting to W’sburg by midnight a tall order. So maybe you need to put your...

or anything for that matter. She did. El Coqui 7 W. Downer Place 630-859-8070 Aurora, Il Link: http://www.ci.aurora.il.us/HistoricPreservation/tour.html

May I suggest a point of correctness, please? The French word "to preserve" is confit. It has been traditionally used only with meats – pork, poultry etc. “Confitures” are preserves whether fruit or vegetable,...

Duke University has posted a wonderful digitized collection of 82 historic advertising cookbook pamphlets as part of its massive collection of late 19th to early 20th century advertising pamphlets. There are recipes from Jell-o,...

's historical center is outrageous.

Are there any officers clubs still in operation in the Bay area? I know all the bases have been de-activated, but seems to me I’ve been to the very nice club at Fort Mason after that happened. Also, what’s up with the...

I’ve seen more than a few postings that referred to “diners”, but I don’t think many REALLY refer to diners in the original sense of a railroad “dining car”. Well, this one does! The Erie...

Change is neither always inevitable nor always good. Sometimes it is, sometimes not. That’s the whole point of historic preservation. Many people value preserving our history.