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Is It Safe, Yet?

The 2006 bagged spinach E. coli outbreak ended Oct. 6, 2006. The Food and Drug Administrationtraced all infections to fields owned by Natural Selection Foods in California, but they don'tknow …

Food

Restaurants and Relaxation

She's taken care of you all your life, made sure you were clean, fed, clothed and loved. She's your mother. Even if you frequently tell her thanks, that you love …

Food

[Fly] The House That Maggie Built

Almost anyone can construct a graham cracker holiday home and load it with sugary frosting and candies. But if you're feeling a bit more adventurous this year, try making a …

Art

Muddy Dreams

Most people who grew up in Mississippi probably recall making mud pies as a child. For the creative pie, you dug up wet, red Mississippi clay and squished it though …

Food

From Point A to You

What a deflated party balloon it was—filling up an online shopping cart only to get a denial: "Do not pass GO, do not collect your wine." At some point, you've …

Film

Halloween Flicks

I've never been one to trick-or-treat or dress up for parties, but Halloween is the perfect time to switch off the lights, turn up the volume and sink uneasily into …

Books

A Wild Ride

Alan Huffman's "Mississippi in Africa" (Gotham Books, 2004, $27) is a remarkable book that will capture your imagination and ground you in reality. For anyone who has ever been haunted …

Culture

AVANT GARDENS: Winter Takes on Spring

Norman Winter's idea of a perfect day is my idea of a nightmare. The 51-year-old garden guru enjoys planting, pruning and weeding, and he has a golden tan and wardrobe …

Theater

[Rev] Summer Movies: Fast Cars and Life Lessons

Spoiler alert: I may spoil movie surprises below: Beware and skim, dear reader, skim.

Food

Battling The Freshman 15

For many freshmen, something happens when they're not looking, but it surely gets noticed on that first trip home, four to six weeks after classes start. Little sis says, "Hey, …

Film

A Good Day to Die

The life force, our survival instinct, is incredibly strong. For most of us, dying is not something to look forward to. Mostly, we don't want to talk or even think …

Books

Crisis of Righteousness

Some people argue that the purpose of good literature is to make you think, while the purpose of good art is to make you feel. While this is an oversimplification, …

Tease photo Theater

Visiting with Old Friends

As a child, Carla Wall loved attending ballets with her grandmother in New York City. Her passion for dance grew deeper in 1979 when top-notch dance performances came to her, …

Food

Do It For Your Country

There are certain holiday essentials. One such essential: eggnog. And you simply can't have eggnog without alcohol. Now, that's a holiday essential.

Food

Pardon My French

When I was a kid, my family and I would go on long fishing trips, involving hikes with several pounds of equipment, baiting our hooks with both a wriggly worm …

Body+Soul

Come Fly With Her

Sometimes we need help. Whether it's getting out of a job, getting out of your head or getting a whole new life, some things just aren't do-it-yourself projects if you …

Body+Soul

Healthy Chic

Brigitte Malaaya Britton, 49, was born in Morocco and moved to New York City in 1960, when she was 3 years old. She went to boarding school in Westchester and …

Theater

The Laughs Keep Coming

Imagine a musical in Germany, and you might envision a singing, lederhosen-clad family and their nanny, gallivanting around the hillsides, dodging Nazi persecution. Doug and Bud, the central characters of …

Drink

I Think I Love You

When I say Malbec, you might scratch your head asking, "Is that a wine, and have I ever had it?" Chances are, you have, even if you didn't know it …

In Concert

Singing the Centennial: A Welty Tribute Concert

Four talented singer-songwriters pay tribute to Miss Eudora in a concert at the Belhaven Center for the Arts, April 17.