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February 4, 2023

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Public Affairs

Long-awaited and Complex Cannabis Reform Begins in Annapolis

The two lawmakers who are cosponsoring the Cannabis Reform bill in the Maryland House of Delegates and are responsible for shepherding it through the ... [Continue Story]

  • The Sacred Space of Minary’s Dream
  • The HOYAS Plan to Celebrate 10 Years and Frederick Douglass: A Chat with President John Queen
  • Gov. Moore to Shake Up the Public Service Commission
  • The Lakeside Reset Resolution Failure and the Future of Development: A Chat with Talbot Councilman Pete Lesher
  • Public Comments Needed for Chestertown Strategic Plan of 2023-2026
  • In Historic Address New Governor Wes Moore Renews Promise to ‘Leave No One Behind’

Spy Highlights

From and Fuller: Phase One of the Debt Ceiling Fight and Assessing Nikki Haley

Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and ... [Continue Story]

  • The Art of Giving Back Locally Even if You’ve Left Town
  • Talbot Arts Check in: A Chat with Director Joan Levy and Board President Amy Steward
  • From and Fuller: The Politics of Anti-Wokeness and GOP House Revenge
  • Design with Jenn Martella: Searching for Sears, Roebuck Houses on the Eastern Shore
  • From and Fuller: The High Expectations for New Governor Wes Moore and the George Santos Saga
  • Celebrating Women & Girls Fund’s Two Decades of Action: Talbot Community Connections

The Arts

The Peter and Hanna Woicke Collection: “Reading Dog” Comes to Chestertown

The first of twenty-four sculptures donated by Peter and Hanna Woicke of St. Michaels was unveiled Saturday at the Kent County Public ... [Continue Story]

  • At the Academy: Nancy Mitchell and Sheryl Southwick Talk Art and Poetry
  • Easton Filmmaker Tori Paxon to Premiere “Foolproof”
  • Mid-Shore Arts: DCA’s Melissa Cooperman and Her Photography
  • RiverArts Moment: Zane Carter and his Sculpture
  • RiverArts Moment: Getting the Blue Heron Ready for the Street Fair
  • The ‘Measure’ of Shore Shakespeare by Steve Parks

Chesapeake Ecosystem

Hogan Signs Regional Compact to Promote Offshore Wind — But Md. Projects Move Slowly

The headline news is that the governors of Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia signed a compact on Thursday to collaborate and advance offshore wind projects and to promote ... [Continue Story]

  • Covid-19 Restrictions Led to Drop in Maryland’s Air Pollution
  • CBF Opposes Maryland Proposal to Limit Areas for Oyster Restoration
  • Congress Extends Bay Program, Related Conservation Efforts
  • Groups Fight for Maryland Forest on Chopping Block
  • EPA hit with lawsuits over Chesapeake Bay cleanup
  • Hogan Administration Backs Down in Md. Poultry Fee Fight

Health

Qlarant Foundation Profiles: Bay Hundred Community Volunteers

  Editor Note: This is the first of three articles that focus on the recipients of the Qlarant Foundation grant awards over the last year. We ... [Continue Story]

  • Choptank Community Health Provides Produce Prescriptions for Students
  • Social Worker Michelle Matthews Joins Chestertown Mobile Wellness Team
  • Chesapeake College Gets a Second Wind after the COVID years: A Chat with President Cliff Coppersmith
  • Compass Adds New Hospice Wing to Honor Mildred Barnette and Keep Mission Going
  • COVID-19 on the Shore after Eight Months with Dr. William Huffner
  • Exit Interview: Patti Willis Looks Back at Healthcare’s Transition on the Mid-Shore

Education

Maryland’s $3.8 billion Education Blueprint Plan Embraces Community Schools

Every morning before school Wolfe Street Academy in Baltimore opens for breakfast. Today sausage sandwiches, bananas, juice and milk are on the menu for the students, all of ... [Continue Story]

  • The Blueprint for Maryland Draft Released (Finally)
  • MD Education Blueprint Board Recommends Timeline to Implement Plan
  • Making the Case for Benedictine with Claudia Cunningham
  • The Importance of Literacy Tutoring: A Chat with Open Doors Director Ashley Singer
  • The Dixon Group Announces Scholarships
  • On Slavery and Book Banning, Among Other Subjects: The LWV School Board Primary Forum

Maryland News

Cardin Raises just $29K in late 2022, Fueling Speculation about his Political Plans

U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) raised less than $30,000 in the final three months of 2022, according to new campaign finance reports released this ... [Continue Story]

  • With a Democrat as Governor Local Election Boards are Changing Membership
  • Analysis: In Budget Introduction, Moore Takes Down Hogan Policies
  • Child Sexual Abuse Survivors’ Fight for Civil Litigation Could Hinge on Legal Technicality
  • A Spy-WHCP Check-in with Cambridge Mayor Steve Rideout: On Curfews and Community Public Safety
  • New Governor Moore Faces Great Expectations and Weight of History
  •  Rep. Andy Harris to be Chairman of House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee

Brevities

Chesapeake Cycling Club Announces Major Spring Event for April 29

Chesapeake Cycling Club (C3) the premiere regional, adult bike club located on Maryland's Eastern Shore will be holding its major Spring 2023 cycling event, The Tri-County ... [Continue Story]

  • February 2023 Sky-Watch
  • Messick Family Explores Unique Connections to CBMM
  • Spy Minute: Historic Millington Hardware Store
  • Remembering Dr. Bronwyn Jones: KCPL Creates new Book Collection
  • The Vultures of Easton Hold a “Wake” at Perdue Plant
  • Sky-Watch January 2023

Food Friday

Food Friday: Home Grown

I could not think of a better cook for Black History Month this month. Matthew Raiford, from coastal Georgia, has written an impressive cookbook. Bress ’n’ Nyam: Gullah ... [Continue Story]

  • Food Friday: Sunday Cooking
  • Food Friday: Winter Comforts
  • Food Friday: Cooking for COVID
  • Food Friday: Good Intentions
  • Food Friday: Hot Chocolate
  • Food Friday: Happy Hanukkah!

Looking at the Masters with Beverly Smith

Looking at the Masters: Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) was one of the most important artists of the German Romanticism movement at the beginning of the 19th Century. He ... [Continue Story]

  • Looking at the Masters: Marc Chagall 
  • Looking at the Masters: Marc Chagall
  • Looking at the Masters: Franz Marc
  • Looking at the Masters: Conrad von Soest
  • Looking at the Masters: Alfred Sisley      
  • Looking at the Masters: Florine Stettheimer

Design with Jenn Martella

Design with Jenn Martella: The New Welcome Center at CBMM

My first introduction to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum was during a visit to my sister over the July 4th weekend in 2003.  We joined the throng ... [Continue Story]

  • Design with Jenn Martella: A Visit to Wings and Whitetail Farm
  • Design with Jenn Martella: A Classic Cape Cod Cottage in Chestertown
  • Design with Jenn Martella: 105 Cannon St. After the Work is Done
  • Design with Jenn Martella: A Study in Scarlet
  • Design with Jenn Martella: Modern Meets Rancher 
  • Design with Jenn Martella: Haven on High Street 

Food and Garden Highlights

Adkins Mystery Monday: Who Did We Find Enjoying the Summer Morning Dew

Happy Mystery Monday! Who did we find enjoying the summer morning dew by Emily's Play Garden? Last week, we asked you about lespedeza or silky bush ... [Continue Story]

  • Adkins Mystery Monday: What Non-Native Woody Forb is Flowering Now?
  • Adkins Mystery Monday: Do You Know What Native Flower is Blooming?
  • Adkins Mystery Monday: What Caterpillar Did We Find on the Passionflower?
  • Adkins Mystery Monday: What Fuzzy Critter Did We Find?
  • Adkins Mystery Monday: Do You Know What Plant this Flower Bud Belongs to?
  • Adkins Mystery Monday: What Native Plant is Blooming in Our Wetland?

Delmarva Review

Delmarva Review: Hard Drive by Thalia Patrinos

... [Continue Story]

  • Delmarva Review: Learning to Swim by Ellen Sazzman
  • Delmarva Review: Butchery by Josh Trapani
  • Delmarva Review: I Want to Order a Man from the Sweets Catalog, by Fran Abrams
  • Delmarva Review: Authors by King Grossman
  • Delmarva Review: Goodbye Mr. Kamali by Sepideh Zamani
  • Delmarva Review: Now Only in Part by Marda Messick

Chesapeake Lens

Chesapeake Lens: Morning Fog by Deidra Lyngard

  On a recent morning near Tunis Mills, a landscape gradually emerges from the fog, one ... [Continue Story]

  • Chesapeake Lens:  Bohemia Sunrise by David Sites
  • Chesapeake Lens: Title: Wolf Moon by Bill Minus
  • Chesapeake Lens: Isolated by Kim Kelly
  • Chesapeake Lens: Riversmoke by Jamie Kirkpatrick
  • Chesapeake Lens: Concord Lighthouse by Aric Ament
  • Chesapeake Lens: All is Calm by Benjamin McMurtray

Commerce

Discovering Discover Easton’s Plans for 2023: A Chat with Director Holly DeKarske

As Easton slowly crawls its way back to the world of "normal"l after the Covid pandemic, the town is finally getting its mojo back after more than two ... [Continue Story]

  • Mediation Room 8: Benefits of Using Mediation in Divorce 
  • CULTA Announces Partnership with National Cannabis Brand Old Pal
  • The Mediation Room 7: Bad Debt – Getting Beyond It
  • The Mediation Room: The Role of Lawyers in Mediation
  • Mediation Corner: On Reaching Agreement
  • Venture Capital on the Mid-Shore: A Chat with Qlarant Capital’s Ron Forsythe

Community Notes

The Changing Chesapeake set to open at CBMM on March 1

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s exhibition, The Changing Chesapeake, will open to the public on Wednesday, March 1 in the Steamboat Building ... [Continue Story]

  • New Denton Location Opens New Doors in Caroline County
  • Women & Girls Celebrates 20th Anniversary
  • For All Seasons Promotes National Human Trafficking Prevention Month – The Red Sand Project
  • For All Seasons Hosts Valentine’s Day Silent Auction
  • Earth Data Employees Pass Association of State Boards of Geology Exam
  • Chestertown Rotary Club Presents Spring Fling to Benefit Rotary’s Scholarship Fund

Arts Notes

Next Up in the MSO’s Ensemble Series: Piano Quintet

The next concert in the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra’s new Ensemble Series will be held on Saturday, February 11 at Epworth United Methodist Church ... [Continue Story]

  • Local Artist Featured in CBMM’s The Changing Chesapeake Art Exhibit
  • The Changing Chesapeake set to open at CBMM on March 1
  • The Mainstay Celebrates Mardi Gras with James Day and the Fish Fry
  • Authors & Oysters: Dr. Richard Gillin
  • Grand Re-Opening of RiverArts Popular Gift Shop
  • The Artists’ Gallery Celebrates First Friday with Stephen Walker

Education Notes

Chesapeake College Receives $2.5 Million in Federal, State Grants

Workforce training on the Eastern Shore took a leap forward recently with the award of $2.5 million in federal and state funds for training programs ... [Continue Story]

  • Benedictine Awarded Maryland Capital Grant
  • First-Hand Account Adds Powerfully to Holocaust Museum Visit
  • Gunston Celebrates College-Bound Athletes in the Class of 2023
  • Benedictine Awards Service Milestones
  • Wye River Upper School In-Person Open House Announced
  • Adding More Trojan Time at KCHS

Health Notes

Holiday for Hospice: Belly Bustin Grill Owners Raise Funds for Compass

On December 17, 2022 Jake and Vickie Sizemore, owners of Belly Bustin Grill food trailer, hosted their annual Holiday for Hospice event to benefit ... [Continue Story]

  • Choptank Health Welcomes New School-Based Healthcare Providers
  • Luke Whalen, MD, Named Medical Director of SRH Emergency Department at Cambridge
  • Chestertown Mammography Patients Being Scheduled at Other UM SRH Sites Due to Equipment Replacement at Leh Women’s Center
  • UM Shore Regional Health Cancer Program Welcomes New Radiation Oncologist
  • Three Nurse Practitioners Join UM Shore Medical Group – Primary Care
  • Choptank Health’s Diabetic Education Series Begins Feb. 6

Local Opinion

Age is just a Number—Or Is It? By Maria Grant

Aging gracefully is difficult. Knowing when to stay and when to go is complicated. There are no easy answers. I have been thinking about this a lot ... [Continue Story]

  • County Council Watch: Its One Way and Another With Talbot County Council
  • Opinion: Mr. President, Please Send Tanks to Ukraine
  • We Hate to See You Go, Jacinda by Maria Wood
  • Congress is Officially Lost in the Fun House by Maria Grant
  • Respecting the Joy of All Marriages by Kathryn Lee
  • We Didn’t Start the Fire. It Was Always Burning Since the World’s Been Turning by Maria Grant

Letters to the Editor

Letter to Editor: Give Ukraine F-16s

We should give Ukraine F-16 fighters now rather than later.  Why is Biden reluctant to do so? It seems he is afraid of escalating the war by ... [Continue Story]

  • Letter to Editor: Choptank Electric Not Helping to Build the Grid
  • Letter to Editor: Bad History and Warped Perspectives
  • Open letter to Andy Harris After filling Out his Official Constituent Survey
  • Remembering Charles H. Taylor
  • Letter to Editor: Town Should Support the Upper Shore Community Development Corporation
  • Letter to Editor: A New Look at the Chestertown Armory

Columnist J.E. Dean

February Signs of Hope and Worry by J.E. Dean

Every February I check my garden for the first daffodil sprouts. They are signs of hope and renewal. Once I see them, I know spring is on the way, ... [Continue Story]

  • Why an Agreement on the Debt Ceiling is So Difficult by J.E. Dean
  • The Republicans are Weaponizing Biden’s Document Screw-Up by J.E. Dean
  • Andy Harris At Work by J.E. Dean
  • If Biden Runs by J.E. Dean
  • Wishes for the New Year, Large and Small by J.E. Dean
  • What to Make of the January 6 Committee‘s Criminal Referrals by J.E. Dean

Columnist Craig Fuller

Remaining the United States by Craig Fuller

Closing days of nationwide elections always fascinate me. This year, the intensity of calling citizens to the voting booth seems greater. It's the ... [Continue Story]

  • Why TS/SCI Is Really Important by Craig Fuller
  • Twitter Is No Piazza by Craig Fuller
  • Celebrate the Why as Well as the What by Craig Fuller
  • From Traumatic to Typical by Craig Fuller
  • A World on Two Paths by Craig Fuller
  • A Beginning, Not an Ending by Craig Fuller

Columnist Howard Freedlander

Out and About (Sort of): Startling Sixties by Howard Freedlander

Adolescence and young adulthood during the turbulent 1960s challenged the senses and sensibilities. It was a decade that begged to be explained. Its ... [Continue Story]

  • Out and About (Sort of): Two Different Leaders by Howard Freedlander
  • Out and About (Sort of): A Grievous Grade by Howard Freedlander
  • Out and About (Sort of): It’s a Job with Lasting Pay by Howard Freedlander
  • Out and About (Sort of): Shining Moment by Howard Freedlander
  • Out and About (Sort of): Royal Mess by Howard Freedlander
  • Out and About (Sort of): Rancorous Removal Howard Freedlander

Columnist Laura Oliver

Let Go By Laura J. Oliver

There are two words, that taken together, I am trying to love…self and care. Each word is okay individually, but together they’re a foreign concept. I ... [Continue Story]

  • Good Enough by Laura J. Oliver
  • Lost and Found by Laura J. Oliver
  • When Less is More by Laura J. Oliver
  • Forecast: Happiness by Laura J. Oliver
  • Selective Memory by Laura J. Oliver
  • Yield by Laura J. Oliver

Columnist Angela Rieck

Girlfriends by Angela Rieck

A friend of mine was lamenting over her daughter’s breakup with her boyfriend. At the end of their vacation, the boyfriend pronounced that he wanted ... [Continue Story]

  • COVID, it is not over yet… by Angela Rieck
  • Floundering… by Angela Rieck
  • Clouds by Angela Rieck
  • Drugs, Medicine, and Politics by Angela Rieck
  • Better Angels by Angela Rieck
  • Merry & BRIGHT! By Angela Rieck

Columnist Al Sikes

Societal Whiplash by Al Sikes

We, humanity, are surrounded. Surrounded by a clash of Worldviews whose proponents insist on victory. Attack! As laws against have receded, ... [Continue Story]

  • The Republican Party by Al Sikes
  • Banshees of Inisherin by Al Sikes
  • D+? By Al Sikes
  • Hard Right by Al Sikes
  • Clown Acts and Real Needs by Al Sikes
  • The Ballast of Life by Al Sikes

Senior Life

Senior Nation: Take Care of Your Heart

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Every year, one in four deaths are caused by heart disease. The ... [Continue Story]

  • Ask Irma: A Personal Journey to Fitness
  • Juggling Anyone? By Susan Covey
  • Senior Nation: Just Keep Moving by Susan Covey
  • Ask Irma: Why Wear Pink in your Hair this Month?
  • Senior Nation: Nature’s Many Benefits by Susan Covey
  • Message to Seniors: It’s Time to Come Back to Your Local Senior Center

Delmarva Review: Hard Drive by Thalia Patrinos

Author’s Note: “The most precious artifacts in this world are the things that belonged to someone we loved and no longer with us. We can do our best ... [Continue Story]

Chesapeake Lens: Morning Fog by Deidra Lyngard

  On a recent morning near Tunis Mills, a landscape gradually emerges from the fog, one gentle element at a time. “Morning Fog” by Deidra ... [Continue Story]

Societal Whiplash by Al Sikes

We, humanity, are surrounded. Surrounded by a clash of Worldviews whose proponents insist on victory. Attack! As laws against have receded, ... [Continue Story]

Looking at the Masters: Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) was one of the most important artists of the German Romanticism movement at the beginning of the 19th Century. He ... [Continue Story]

Girlfriends by Angela Rieck

A friend of mine was lamenting over her daughter’s breakup with her boyfriend. At the end of their vacation, the boyfriend pronounced that he wanted ... [Continue Story]

Spy Chats

Helping Public Projects Thrive: A Chat with Rivers and Roads Ross Benincasa & Sam Shoge

The old joke about consultants is that they ask for a client's watch to tell them what time it is. This attempt at humor does accurately describing ... [Continue Story]

How Berlin Got Its Groove Back: A Chat with Author and Former Mayor Gee Williams

The old Chinese proverb says, "success has many fathers," which is the case when one looks at the journey of the small Eastern Shore town of Berlin ... [Continue Story]

Bringing the World of Books and Writers to the Shore: A Chat with Shore Lit’s Founder Kerry Folan

If one goes back in time and looks at the history of some of the most important cultural institutions on the Mid-Shore, one will typically find that ... [Continue Story]

Mid-Shore Arts: New RiverArts Director Chris Sade

Executive Director of RiverArts wasn’t on Chris Sade’s bingo card for mid-2022, but lucky for the Chestertown community, here we are. Sade and his ... [Continue Story]

Mid-Shore Arts: Troika at Twenty-Five by Val Cavalheri

Collecting art is… well, an art. While to some, it is an investment, to others, it elicits an emotional response. Whatever the reason, Troika Gallery ... [Continue Story]

YMCA Family Easton’s Wendy Palmer on Boxing for Parkinson’s, Pickleball and New Wellness Center

The last time the Spy interviewed Wendy Palmer was documenting the bittersweet moment when she and her partner, Gretchen Gordon, stepped down as the ... [Continue Story]

Profiles in Philanthropy: A Chat with Waterfowl Festival President Ken Miller

For Waterfowl Festival president Ken Miller and his colleagues on its board of directors, their mission is simple; help celebrate the unique culture ... [Continue Story]

Equity, Service, and ARPA in Chestertown: A Chat with Bishop Ronald Fisher

For Bishop Ron Fisher, a pastor’s spiritual life easily intersects with his other roles in community and county service. From the pulpit to the floor ... [Continue Story]

Capturing Frederick Douglass’s Vision: A Chat with Photographer Jeff McGuiness

After moving to St. Michaels after a long and successful law career, Jeff McGuiness set out to catch up on many things he had missed out on during his ... [Continue Story]

The Journey Begins on a Mid-Shore Flagship Hospital

Last night a bit of Mid-Shore healthcare history was made. At a joint session of the councils of Easton and Talbot County, Shore Regional Health CEO ... [Continue Story]

Remembering Frederick Douglass’s Walk to Wye House and his Return by Jeff McGuiness

Frederick Douglass Day in Talbot County is set for Saturday, September 24. It will begin with hundreds parading from Easton Middle School to the ... [Continue Story]

Out of the Fire 2.0

For more than 22 years visitors to Talbot County and local residents have enjoyed a unique dining experience at Out of the Fire restaurant on 22 ... [Continue Story]

Izaak Walton on the Mid-Shore: A Chat with Chapter President Calvin Yowell

While the famous saying goes that success has many fathers, it's a matter of record that the Izaak Walton League had precisely 50 of them when it was ... [Continue Story]

Life Along the Edges: The Chesapeake Artistry of Photographer Dave Harp

“You know, I’m not an artist, I’m a journalist.” ... [Continue Story]

Mid-Shore Aviation: Runway Expansion and Noise Abatement with Easton Airport Manager Micah Risher

There are a few things that are front and center for Easton Airport Manager Micah Risher these days. The first is starting the long-awaited design ... [Continue Story]

Venture Capital on the Mid-Shore: A Chat with Qlarant Capital’s Ron Forsythe

The Eastern Shore has many things going for it in the world of commerce, but the signs of any venture capital activity are few and far between on the ... [Continue Story]

Celebrating Women & Girls Fund’s Two Decades of Action: Kent Attainable Housing

There is a growing list of strategies being used to end generational poverty on the Mid-Shore, but one of the best is owning your own home. Beyond ... [Continue Story]

The Realities of Education in Kent County: A Chat with School Board Member Wendy Costa

Wendy Costa is the first to say she has been disappointed that, after almost eight years of serving on the Kent County's Board of Education, she and ... [Continue Story]

A Mid-Shore Place in Transition: A Chat with Architect Philip Logan on Bellevue and Good Subdivisons

Before anyone suggests that Philip Logan is against housing developments, it is interesting to note that the Oxford-based architect is the first to ... [Continue Story]

A Mid-Shore Place in Transition: A Chat with Dennis De Shields on Bellevue and its Future

Perhaps the only way that most visitors to Talbot County might remember the town of Bellevue is because it is one of two destinations using the famed ... [Continue Story]

Celebrating Women & Girls Fund’s Two Decades of Action: CASA of Caroline

The year 2022 marks a special anniversary for the Mid-Shore's Women & Girls Fund. For two decades, the WGF, under the watchful eye of its funder, ... [Continue Story]

Writers Peter and Evan Osnos Come to Chestertown

On May 7, the Bookplate bookstore and Retriever Bar will continue their Authors & Oysters series of author events as they host father and son ... [Continue Story]

Love, Death and Photography: The Journey of David and Diane Pace

Editor's Note: The following is a collaboration with old friends, the Spy Newspapers, Santa Clara University, and the former director of the San Jose ... [Continue Story]

Horn Point Lab’s Plan to Capture Carbon and Rebuild Reefs: A Chat with Dr. Elizabeth North

You would think that with the billions of dollars available for climate change research, finding grant support to find a scalable solution to protect ... [Continue Story]

Profiles in Philanthropy: John Wyatt Wants Kids to Read in Dorchester County

Almost from the day the Spy started in 2009, we have been fascinated by the impact of certain philanthropists on our small communities of the ... [Continue Story]

Food Fridays with Jean Sanders

Food Friday: Home Grown

I could not think of a better cook for Black History Month this month. Matthew Raiford, from coastal Georgia, has written an impressive cookbook. ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Sunday Cooking

This past Sunday was just the perfect sort of Sunday for us. Admittedly, we are still in COVID recovery mode, so we weren’t up for exuberant ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Winter Comforts

We are still recovering from COVID here, and are staggering around the house like the un-dead - not quite human, but yearning for warmth and comfort. ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Cooking for COVID

The inevitable has happened. Mr. Sanders and I have caught COVID. We let our guard down after being so careful and conscientious. Naturally, I first ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Good Intentions

I was having a casual, throw-away chat with the woman ahead of me in the grocery store line, the way you do, just before Christmas. She had admired my ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Hot Chocolate

Holiday greetings from the venerable Spy Test Kitchens! I am writing this week’s column just before gearing up for lots of holiday food prep. It is ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Happy Hanukkah!

May the Hanukkah lights find you together with loved ones. It is a dark and rainy morning as I write this. It’s not yet winter, but it feels just ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Cookie Time!

We are ready for the next wave of holidays here at the much vaunted Spy Test Kitchens. There is plenty of butter, bags of flour, oodles of sugars ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Crowd Control

It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving happened over a week ago. Whoosh! All the planning and prepping, all the cooking, all the nose wiping, and all ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Re-eating History

This is a repeat of an earlier Food Friday Thanksgiving column, because we are still trying to recover from yesterday’s holiday feast. NPR has Susan ... [Continue Story]

Food Friday: Cranberries

The final Thanksgiving countdown has begun. In just a week all of the cooking will be over, the dishes washed, and the crazy relatives packed off to ... [Continue Story]

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