You Can Still Feast and Keep Figure and Complexion
Hollywood columnist Arlene Dahl counsels balancing holiday indulgence with restraint. She urges pre-planning meals, choosing lighter fare at events, offering minus calorie toppings, and swapping rich drinks for cinnamon spiced juices to protect weight and complexion during the festive season.
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How to make six trumps in a spade contract
In a seven spade contract, South can gain a 13th trick by a dummy reversal. Cash a trump early, ruff clubs and enter dummy, verify 3-2 trumps, then ruff another club and use dummy's heart and diamonds to discard. This yields six trump tricks and four hearts, enabling the extra trick without a finesse.
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Frosted Date Ring Cake With Christmas Icicles
Lightly tart orange frosting drizzled as icicles over a date ring cake that becomes Christmassy with red and green candied cherries. Spiced with cinnamon and cloves, enriched with nut meats and chopped dates, plus rolled oats and brown sugar. Frosted Date Ring makes one cake ring. Y% cup shortening soft, % cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour, 1/4 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp soda, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp cloves, 1 1/4 cups buttermilk, 1/4 cup chopped nutmeats, 1/4 cup chopped dates, 1 1/4 cups rolled oats. Heat oven to 325 F. Beat shortening and sugar until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, heating after each. Stir in vanilla. Combine dry ingredients, add alternately with buttermilk. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into well greased 9 inch pan.
Bake a 2 quart ring mold with orange buttercream glaze
Bake in a 325 degree oven for 45 to 50 minutes. Loosen edges and cool 10 minutes before removing from the mold. Frost with Orange Butter Cream Frosting. Decorate with red and green candied cherries.
Kennedys Host White House Christmas Reception
President and Mrs Kennedy gave about 1200 White House and executive office staff a Merry Christmas greeting. They hosted a two hour reception and distributed a watercolor print as a gift, with a brief appearance by five year old Caroline.
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Kennedy Christmas decor brightens White House rooms
Mrs. Kennedy signs print gifts as the White House sparkles with cerise Empire decor. A 16 foot balsam tree lights the first floor while Caroline and John Jr. glimpse the tree. A Nativity scene and Italian figurines add to the festive display created for the holiday season.
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