The fantasy of a romantic kitchen rendezvous often clashes with an unwelcome reality as seen in many a date-night movie. While such foibles make choice fodder for rom-com excellence (à la “Mostly Martha” or “Ratatouille”), they could prove ruinous in real life. In stark contrast to such ordeals of cinematic proportions, some couples have found…
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For years I was only mildly interested in eating tofu. I could take it or leave it. My husband hated it. He eats everything from beets to liverwurst to stinky cheese. But up until the last couple of years, he drew the I-won’t-eat-that line in the sand when it came to tofu. A turning point…
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By ELLEN KNICKMEYER WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials and federal officers turned away scores of U.S. Agency for International staffers who showed up for work Monday at its Washington headquarters, after a court temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that would have pulled all but a fraction of workers off the job worldwide. Related Articles National…
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the weekend, some staff members at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saw a sign of trouble to come. Windows in two basement conference rooms were covered with brown paper and blue painter’s tape, concealing their occupants. Voices could be heard inside discussing cuts to government agencies. When the…
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Japanese-born bakery and cafe Bread, Espresso & and its executive chef, have crossed the ocean to open the first U.S. location in Redondo Beach. Founded in 2009 in Tokyo, the bakery has 37 locations across Japan and is known for inventing its mou bread, which is a distinct cube-shaped loaf with a buttery flavor profile,…
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By MATT BROWN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly challenged Senate Republicans with his Cabinet picks. But his nomination of Lori Chavez-DeRemer for labor secretary may be proving the hardest for many to accept. Chavez-DeRemer, a former congresswoman from Oregon, hardly cuts the profile of a traditional Republican nominee. She is…
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By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will need the Supreme Court, with three justices he appointed, to enable the most aggressive of the many actions he has taken in just the first few weeks of his second White House term. But even a conservative majority with a robust view of…
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By JILL COLVIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he is serious about wanting Canada to become the 51st state in an interview that aired Sunday during the Super Bowl preshow. “Yeah it is,” Trump told Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier when asked whether his talk of annexing Canada is “a real…
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By MARIA CHENG, Associated Press Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American support of the biggest AIDS program is dropped, warning that millions of people could die and more resistant strains of…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week. “Any steel coming into the United…
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