Hospitality_Recreation

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Conservatives took issue with President Obama's deep bow to Saudi Arabian King Abdullah during the Group of 20 summit in London last week. "In short, he surrendered our country's ideals, offering up our principles for sacrifice on the altar of Otherness," Jeff Goldstein wrote at Protein Wisdom. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** In this photo from June 3, 2008, an employee takes a drag on a cigarette at Morgan's Place bar and restaurant in Harrisburg, Pa. (Associated Press)

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Macaroni and cheese is in the top-10 for blizzard foods, cited by many in the path of "Snowzilla." (Tribune Media Services)

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Cherry compote and cream-cheese mousse enhance Brabo's Belgian waffle. Belgian beer is on tap along with other favorites in the bar area.

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**FILE** This undated family photo shows Natalee Holloway of Mountain Brook, Ala. (Associated Press/Courtesy of Marcia Twitty)

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** FILE ** Hanna Carter, 5, of Roanoke, Va., takes a dose of peanut protein from nurse practitioner Pam Steele at the Duke South Clinic at Duke University in Durham, N.C., on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Hanna is being treated for peanut allergies. A handful of children once severely allergic to peanuts now can eat them without worry after scientists retrained the children's immune systems so they're allergy-free. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Chef Massimo Fabbri prepares pan-seared calamari with escarole and salsa verde, and seared octopus with cauliflower cream and pistachio pesto at Ristorante Tosca (Washington Times file photo)

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NOT THIS Patrons dine at Ristorante Tosca, an Italian restaurant which has been serving contemporary northern Italian cuisine for the past seven years in the downtown area of Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 5, 2009. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE RESTAURANT ASKED ME NOT TO APPROACH COSTUMERS - I THEREFOR WAS NOT ABLE TO TAKE ANY NAMES. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)

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D.L. Hughley (Courtesy of cnn.com)

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Clouds gather over the control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington. (Getty Images file)

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TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES A grilled cheese sandwich tastes great after being cooked until the undersides are golden-brown. **FILE**

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TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES Noodles are best, but any kind of long pasta - fresh or dried - will work in noodle soup.

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PHOTOGRAPHS BY KATIE FALKENBERG/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Executive chef David Varley (left) cooks steaks (above) on the wood-burning grill in the kitchen of the Bourbon Steak restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown. **FILE**

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TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES Broccoli tastes especially good when cooked briefly and made crisp-tender or braised so that it absorbs spices.

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** FILE ** 2001 Odyssey, a strip club in the Tampa, Fla., area. Citizens of Stone Park, Ill., are fighting a similar club's attempts to open next-door to a convent. (Associated Press)

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Memorial Bridge and Roosevelt Bridge, which link Virginia and the District, are among those that will be closed on Inauguration Day. Authorities are asking people to use public transportation, as drivers in the city will face restrictions, including street closures. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Jim R. Fouts, the mayor of Warren, Mich., the largest suburb of Detroit. (John Tully/Special to the Washington Times)

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Harry Browne's is a fine dining restaurant in Annapolis, Md. Friday, January 2, 2009 (Mary F. Calvert / The Washington Times)

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Harry Browne's is a fine dining restaurant in Annapolis, Md. Chef Jacqueline Gutierrez and pastry chef Louise Nielsen sit Jan. 2, 2009, in the wine cellar with some of the restaurant's signature dishes — red Florida grouper with cilantro saffron risotto, black bean soubis, served with a tomato avocado fresco and fried plantains, with chocolate peanut butter pie with coffee and cream mousse for dessert. (Mary F. Calvert/The Washington Times)

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Harry Browne's is a fine dining restaurant in Annapolis, Md. Chef Jacqueline Gutierrez and pastry chef Louise Nielsen sit Jan. 2, 2009, in the wine cellar with some of the restaurant's signature dishes — red Florida grouper with cilantro saffron risotto, black bean soubis, served with a tomato avocado fresco and fried plantains, with chocolate peanut butter pie with coffee and cream mousse for dessert. (Mary F. Calvert/The Washington Times)