Flavor as Artifact; Jessica Harris: Stirring Up Pots of History

It's easy to understand why Jessica Harris is considered the Zora Neale Hurston of the culinary world. Like Hurston, she has a way with words, a love of history and a passion for anthropology, as well as an appreciation for everyday folks and the simple things of life. Harris makes mouths drool as her voice meanders along, whether she's describing her mother's rutabagas, seasoned with bacon and basil, or a chutney made with the juicy Louisiana Creole tomatoes. She makes you want to float along with her on a bamboo raft in Jamaica in search of tiny river shrimp called janga, or share some red rice in Charleston, South Carolina. All of this flavor comes through in her eight cookbooks, …

Tuesday's Sports Scoreboard

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All Times Eastern

National Football League Playoffs

No games today.

National Basketball Association

Indiana vs Orlando, 7 p.m.

Sacramento vs Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Denver vs Memphis, 8 p.m.

San Antonio vs Utah, 9 p.m.

Charlotte vs L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

National Hockey League

Carolina vs N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

There's something amiss in singles meet market

My best friend and I have a problem, and we have a funny feelingwe're not alone. We're both open and receptive to meeting new people- preferably of the single male variety - but somehow the people wemeet are all wrong.

Our standards are not extraordinarily high. We're not limitingourselves to bank presidents, CEOs or plastic surgeons. And althoughour looks don't stop traffic the way Jessica Hahn (in her presentform) does, guys usually don't find it necessary to cross the streetwhen they see us coming.

We have concluded that we're not only looking for love in allthe wrong places, but in all the wrong ways.

If you're 30 or older and you like to dance, …

Coroner: Suspect Says She Drowned Kids

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and her fetus told police she drowned the woman's three young children and stuffed them into a washer and dryer at their apartment, an official said Sunday.

Preliminary autopsies on the dead children Sunday appear to show they were drowned, Ace Hart, a deputy St. Clair County coroner, told The Associated Press.

As of Sunday, Tiffany Hall, 24, had not been charged in the children's deaths, but prosecutors on Saturday accused Hall of killing their mother, Jimella Tunstall, 23, and her fetus. The fetus had been cut from her womb, authorities said.

According to Sunday's autopsies, there were no signs …

Quotes regarding Russian parliamentary election

What governments around the world are saying about parliamentary elections in Russia that saw President Vladimir Putin's party's sweeping victory:

"Russia was not a democracy and Russia is not a democracy. The elections were not free, not fair and not democratic." _ German government spokesman Thomas Steg.

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"We are very much worried by signals that not everywhere were the elections in line with standards of democracy as we understand them in the European Union _ that has to cause concern. However, it seems that the elections confirm the very strong position of the party tied to President Putin, and regardless of reservations ... …

Palin stomping for Illinois GOP

Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will appear at a fund-raiser for the Illinois Republican Party in Rosemont May 12, the same night she is scheduled to be here for "An Evening with Sarah Palin."

State GOP …

BOOMERS, ESCAPE FROM YOUR BUBBLE!

For decades Boomers have been working hard and sacrificing... and expecting it to pay off. We pretty much perfected the profile of the workaholic-sometimes to the detriment of family, health and personal life. Those who coined the phrase "don't trust anyone over thirty" are now turning 60 in record numbers. Many are asking some version of the questions "How did I get here and where do I go? What can I do to make a difference?" Daniel Pink tells us, in his latest book DRiVE, "There are78 million people in the Boomer generation- and I'm at the caboose of the Boomer Generation-who started turning 60 a few years ago, who will continue to turn 60 until 2024. That's 100 Boomers turning 60 every …