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Chorizo enlivens a wintry Spanish white bean stew

In Spain’s rugged Asturias region, winter winds coming off the Atlantic demand rib-sticking meals that make the most of preserved foods. That often means fabada asturiana, a homey mix of cured meats, dried beans and alliums slowly simmered with various cuts of smoked pork. It could spend half a day...
‘Take It Down:’ a tool for teens to remove explicit images

“Once you send that photo, you can’t take it back,” goes the warning to teenagers, often ignoring the reality that many teens send explicit images of themselves under duress, or without understanding the consequences. A new online tool aims to give some control back to teens, or people who were...
Ritual House opens in Downtown Pittsburgh’s Union Trust Building

Rituals mark special moments in life that are worth celebrating — a birthday or anniversary dinner, retirement, a new baby, a business deal. Being able to gather for such happy times for a drink or meal in a place that feels like home is the inspiration behind the name of...
Building the Valley: Springdale restaurant owner aims to put an end to ‘food desert’

Springdale is a food desert no longer. At least that’s the goal for Jamar Sheffey, owner of Tastefully Blessed Kitchen & Smokehouse. With Springdale residents typically being left with nothing but chain restaurants, Sheffey expanded his catering company and opened a brick-and-mortar location in late November to combat the issue....
Out & About: Trivia takes center stage at The Westmoreland’s Art on Tap

Can you name the ’80s song that starts, “Tommy used to work on the docks”? If you could, you were off to a good start for Pub Trivia, the featured event at Art on Tap 2.0 on Feb. 17 at The Westmorland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. Bill and...
Convent turned condo: $350K property hits market on Pittsburgh’s South Side

Sunlight shines through three stained glass windows and the brick frame is adorned with a concrete cross above the front door at Matthew’s Lofts on the South Side. The building, once a convent part of the former St. Matthews Church that closed in 1992, has been transformed into two condominiums....
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: Feb. 24-26

Historical trivia Join Westmoreland Historical Society for a night of trivia in celebration of Westmoreland County’s 250th anniversary from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Yinzer Valley Farms, 681 Mulberry Hill Road, East Huntingdon. Ace Trivia will pose questions focusing on the county’s history since its founding Feb. 26, 1773....
$11.5M preservation of Heinz Memorial Chapel’s spire planned

Generations of Pittsburghers know it as an exquisite wedding and worship space, a limestone cathedral that has 23 imposing yet beautiful stained-glass windows and an organ with 4,272 pipes. But that’s not what is drawing the most attention at the University of Pittsburgh’s Heinz Memorial Chapel these days. It’s the...
No cow needed: Oat and soy can be called milk, FDA proposes

Soy, oat, almond and other drinks that bill themselves as “milk” can keep using the name, according to draft federal rules released Wednesday. Food and Drug Administration officials issued guidance that says plant-based beverages don’t pretend to be from dairy animals – and that U.S. consumers aren’t confused by the...
Pay-Per-Chew: More restaurants trying subscription programs

Consumers are willing to pay monthly subscription fees for streaming services, pet food and even toilet paper. And now some restaurants are betting they’ll do the same for their favorite meals. Large chains like Panera and P.F. Chang’s as well as neighborhood hangouts are increasingly experimenting with the subscription model...
Bigger, better, tougher? A look at 2023’s new garden plants

Most gardeners have favorite go-to plants that perform well in their climate and simply make them happy. For me, those are coneflowers, catmint, liatris, alliums, daylilies, black-eyed Susans and oh so many tomatoes. But every year, I manage to find at least a little space for something new that woos...
Ed Sheeran’s hot sauce Tingly Ted’s a joint effort with Kraft Heinz

Kraft Heinz and singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran have collaborated on a new brand of hot sauce that uses Sheeran’s childhood nickname. Tingly Ted’s comes in two varieties — Tingly Sauce and Xtra Tingly Sauce — that are available for pre-order now before being rolled out worldwide later this year. Sheeran, who...
Out & About: Latrobe Art Center serves up ‘A Taste of Romance’

Latrobe Art Center took on the look and feel of a cozy bistro for A Taste of Romance, a Valentine-themed dinner held Feb. 10. Tables were laid with white linens with red accents, including napkins and candles, and strewn with chocolate hearts. Soft jazz played in the background. Adding to...
Saint Vincent monk’s artistry honored in career retrospective

The Rev. Vincent de Paul Crosby said he was surprised and pleased at the large turnout for the opening of his career retrospective exhibit, “Clothed in Glory,” in the Verostko Center for the Arts at Saint Vincent College. “I didn’t know if only a few people would come,” he said....
Out & About: Jeannette gallery pairs photography, poetry

Lee and Wendy Matchett of Hempfield were among guests at a Feb. 11 reception at the You Are Here gallery in Jeannette. The couple are former owners of the building that houses the gallery. “To see this as a place for making art makes us so happy,” Wendy Matchett said....
Out & About: Heal Animal Rescue hosts sold-out cash bash

Heal Animal Rescue has a long history of sold-out cash bashes, going back to the days when the organization was known as Animal Friends of Westmoreland. The latest fundraiser drew about 300 attendees to Ferrante’s Lakeview in Hempfield on Feb. 11. They were vying for a share of $8,100 in...

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