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Hamburger Helper Potatoes Stroganoff You will need: 1 lb. hamburger meat 1¼ cups milk 2 cups hot water Directions: Brown hambur...

Here's my latest SJ-R column . I liked it, by then again, I'm a partial to my own musings. If I were to be objective, I'd say t...

There’s still time to take the BFS User Survey. I forgot to mention it earlier, but if you make a wish before taking it, and then answer all...

AT BFS, we’re committed to occasionally providing you with something to read when you’re bored at work. To better attune ourselves to your i...

Over yonder at Slate , they asked some authors to name the book they feel most guilty about having never read. Most of them picked a title t...

Dining Out Thanks for all of the dining suggestions. We ended up at D'Arcy's, just as I hoped we would. My wife didn't want to g...

My in-laws are visiting this weekend and they want to take us to dinner on Friday night. We’re looking for a kid-tolerant restaurant that se...

I think so. I have a friend, a frequenter of this blog, who is a big fan of Bruce Springsteen’s music. He isn’t, however, a big fan of Bruce...

I intended to write about the Andrew Sallenger case last week, but just didn’t have the time. You’ll recall that in 2002 (okay, you might n...