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Book of the Month: This is how you write it
Short stories may be literary stepchildren, but Junot Díaz has done his part to elevate the form to royal family status. His debut collection "Drown" drew critical raves when it appeared 15 years ago. His stories were fresh and original and felt urgent....
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Arts and Culture, Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Chicago Tribune
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Editor's choice
My summer reading frequently entails being a guest in someone else's imaginary summer house, and one of my all-time favorites is Edith Wharton's 1917 "Summer." Joshua Henkin invites readers to Wharton's New England in his wonderful novel "The World...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature
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'The Receptionist'
For those of us desperate for a "Mad Men" fix, this memoir goes down like a gin and tonic on a hot day. Mercifully, Janet Groth doesn't drop names and aggrandize herself with one of those books that promise to tell all but say nothing. Groth came to...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Authors
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Missing Mark On What The State Knows Best
Assume for the moment that through some miracle of nature, Hartford really does become a convention-mad colossus; and the Front Street project is loud and boisterous and full of cool shops and classy hookers and fancy gin joints; and expensive condos full...Tags: South Windsor, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Sprague, Middletown, Windsor Locks
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Pressed to find classic duck dish
Q: Many years ago I was dining in a restaurant in Chicago's Chinatown. I ordered pressed duck. It was served in a deep fried form about 6 inches in length, 4 inches wide and about an inch or so thick. The vegetables were pressed together with the duck and...Tags: Bill Daley, Michigan Avenue, Lifestyle and Leisure, Recipes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Review: 'Dropped Names' by Frank Langella dishes on fellow actors
Dropped Names Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them Frank Langella Harper: 356 pp., $25.99 Frank Langella's "Dropped Names" is a different kind of memoir. Rather than recapping his life story, the veteran stage and screen actor offers a series of...
Tags: Bette Davis, Tony Awards, Charlton Heston, Billy Wilder, Roddy McDowall
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Richard Zanuck dies at 77; Oscar-winning producer
One day in 1962, the Hollywood legend Darryl F. Zanuck turned to his 27-year-old son, Richard, seeking advice. Whom, the elder Zanuck asked, should he appoint head of production of 20th Century Fox, which had fallen on hard times and was losing...
Tags: The Sting (movie), Clint Eastwood, Tim Burton, Celebrities, Entertainment Events
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Fashion News: Thom Browne among designers honored by Michelle Obama
All The RageFirst Lady Michelle Obama invited winners of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards to the White House on Friday. Designers from many different fields were honored, including Thom Browne for fashion. Actress Blake Lively has been a... -
Thanks to 'Mad Men' and Liz Taylor, the cat-eye is back
All The RageOn “Mad Men,” Don Draper's wife, Megan, knows how to embellish her 1960s regalia with not just a sky-high architectural bouffant but with inky cat-eye eyeliner, reminiscent of Sophia Loren or Brigette Bardot back in the day. And, thanks in... -
Sneak peek: Nicole Richie debuts for Macy's Impulse
All The RageNicole Richie's exclusive limited-edition collection for Macy's Impulse is slated to make its runway debut at this year's annual HIV/AIDS fundraiser, "Macy's Passport Presents Glamorama."... -
A victory tour
Join us in reading Ben Fountain's latest novel, "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," the August Printers Row Book of the Month selection. After an embedded Fox News television crew captures a few moments of warfare waged between Iraqi insurgents and the...
Tags: Cowboys Stadium, Tribune Tower, Fox News Channel (tv network), Newspaper and Magazine, Chicago Tribune
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Elizabeth Taylor
The juice of 1/4 of a lemon
1/2 oz. simple syrup
3/4 oz. Creme de Violette
Top with Piper Brut Champagne
Garnish with a strip of lemon peel (be sure to zest it over the glass to catch the oils!)
Sep 9, 2012
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Aug 31, 2012
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Aug 24, 2012
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Aug 28, 2012
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Aug 21, 2012
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Jun 3, 2012
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Jul 14, 2012
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Jul 16, 2012
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Jul 15, 2012
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Jul 23, 2012
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Jul 27, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jul 30, 2012
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