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  (From "Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours" by Kimberly Boyce) Rhubarb Tarts  Makes 10 individual tarts   Free-form tarts are my favorite way to showcase ripe fruit—they’re delicious, easy and beautiful without being precious. Here, corn flour and rhubarb are... Read more

A COLONIAL STORY:  DOGS DAY AFTERNOONMNN. May 25, 2007. The colonists keep saying we and our ways are finished! They are 3rd generation immigrants who think they belong on Turtle Island keep trying to find ways to force us to join them and to be pawns in their games. Eve... Read more

Despite donations to nonprofits dropping amid the American recession, salaries for nonprofit CEOs are on the rise, and expected to rise even more in 2011. The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that 31 percent of nonprofit organizations gave a pay increase to their exec... Read more

 Listen to the interview here. At the New American Art Union is an installation by Vanessa Renwick called House of Sound. The exhibition is a part of the Couture series at the gallery, which awarded stipends and six-week long exhibitions. The installation comprises of: 2... Read more

The incomparable Don Manning,. long time host of "Bebop Spoken Here" on KBOO, has passed on Tuesday, September 9, 2014. We collectively owe a debt of gratitude to Don, as well as KBOO managers over these many years, for continuing the tradition of unique jazz hosts on KBOO. ... Read more

The Contessa doesn't really know what it is, but they call it FaceBook. It seems to be about having friends, and of course a friend is like a warm slipper, or a little tiny bug, or a big fluffy cloud shaped like a little tiny bug. But just don't read about it, read about... Read more