Hospitality_Recreation

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Customers line up for one final meal at the Sam Wo restaurant in Chinatown in San Francisco, Friday, April 20, 2012. The 100-year-old Chinese restaurant known for having "the world's rudest waiter" is shutting its doors and serving its last customers Friday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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Vegetables keep their flavor and tenderness when cooked lightly in the same pot as braised chicken. (Associated Press)

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Vegetables keep their flavor and tenderness when cooked lightly in the same pot as braised chicken. (Associated Press)

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Vegetables keep their flavor and tenderness when cooked lightly in the same pot as braised chicken. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Crunchy walnuts are featured in this composed salad made from roasted tomatoes and creamy, herbed ricotta cheese. Carefully toast raw nuts and seeds to get the most out of their deep, rich flavor. (Associated Press)

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Crunchy walnuts are featured in this composed salad made from roasted tomatoes and creamy, herbed ricotta cheese. Carefully toast raw nuts and seeds to get the most out of their deep, rich flavor. (Associated Press)

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Crunchy walnuts are featured in this composed salad made from roasted tomatoes and creamy, herbed ricotta cheese. Carefully toast raw nuts and seeds to get the most out of their deep, rich flavor. (Associated Press)

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Crunchy walnuts are featured in this composed salad made from roasted tomatoes and creamy, herbed ricotta cheese. Carefully toast raw nuts and seeds to get the most out of their deep, rich flavor. (Associated Press)

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"Martha Stewart's Cooking School," described as a culinary master class, will air weekly on PBS starting this fall. (Associated Press)

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The eat-in kitchen, which features stainless steel appliances and Corain counters, opens into the sunroom.

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Shari Villarosa, of the District, talks with Feelin' Crabby? food truck owner Alex Tsamouras as she orders lunch at the Feelin' Crabby? food truck, parked near Virginia Avenue and 20th Street Northwest earlier this month. The city is reviewing a package of regulations to satisfy critics who say the trucks are unfair competition for restaurants. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A memorial for Joanna Ramos, 10, stands outside Willard Elementary School in Long Beach, Calif. Joanna died in February after a confrontation with another girl, 11.