Hospitality_Recreation

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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.

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Giant Olympic rings made up of 25,000 flowers are seen April 18, 2012, at Kew Royal Botanic Gardens in London with torchbearers, games makers, London 2012 festival participants and parents of TeamGB athletes, marking 100 days before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The opening ceremony will take place on July 27, 2012. (Associated Press)