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Postal Service unveils Year of the Rat stamp for Lunar New Year

by Tony Barboza Tribune News Service January 12, 2020January 12, 2020

This is the third time the agency has launched Lunar New Year stamps, which released the first series from 1992 to 2005.

by Michael Klein The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) January 12, 2020January 13, 2020

What should you do with it? Hint: Don’t delay.

Mainers who spend lots of time outdoors during the unfriendly season tell us about the comfort foods that sustain them.

“Cook90” is a guide to a monthlong project, but it can be applied to daily life in the kitchen as well.

by Ben Mims Los Angeles Times (TNS) January 12, 2020January 13, 2020

Don’t wait for the main event. Eat them with toothpicks as appetizers.

by Christine Burns Rudalevige January 12, 2020January 13, 2020

The underrated workhorse of the winter kitchen grows locally and stores well.

by JeanMarie Brownson Chicago Tribune (TNS) January 12, 2020January 13, 2020

Stuffed squash can serve as a meatless main course or an elegant side.

by Tom Atwell January 12, 2020January 13, 2020

What plants are walking the red carpet, so to speak, in 2020? Plant associations announce their favorites.

The ninth volume in the “Mainely Needlepoint Mystery series, and wonderful essays on a love affair with Maine

Jordan, Larson and Foxx, and even the white players who are forced to embrace cardboard cutout characters, J.P. Devine writes.