Crosby Style Holiday Dinner Recipe Tradition
Kathryn Crosby describes a family holiday meal with regional ingredients and a light dessert. She notes their kitchen rituals, the value of shared stories, and adapting dishes to locales like Mexico or Texas. The recipe blends orange gelatin, vanilla ice cream, mandarin segments, and angel food cake to serve 12.
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Kathryn
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Bing
TV Vision
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Indiana Town Is Rich in Firsts
New Harmony Indiana, population under 1000, hosts the nations first kindergarten first trade school first free coed public school system first women’s club first free library and the site of the nations first geological survey. An $18 million restoration effort funded by state and private groups seeks to revive the town’s historic vitality and educate visitors about its early utopian heritage led by Jane Owen of Texas.
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Helen Elliot
Father Rapp
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Pennsylvania
Indiana
Robert Owen
Owen
England
Jane Owen
Texas
King George II Statue At Bowling Green Fell To Patriots
A July 1776 event saw the goldleafed two ton statue of King George II at New York’s Bowling Green toppled by a drunken Patriot crowd after the Declaration of Independence was read. The molten pieces were melted for wartime ammunition per World Almanac.
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Randolph Explodes After Battle With Yarmouth
On March 7 1778 the Continental frigate Randolph under Commodore Nicholas Biddle fought the British 64 gun ship Yarmouth off Barbados in the West Indies. The Randolph suffered catastrophic explosion killing all but four of 315 aboard, marking the era’s greatest single naval disaster until 1941 World Almanac notes.
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Administration Considers Changes In Robinson-Patman Act
Washington AP Ford administration weighing amendment or repeal of the Robinson-Patman Act to curb price discrimination by wholesalers and makers. Hearings December 8 10 with economists, lawyers and officials to inform possible legislative proposal. Critics warn small business could suffer and prices stay high.
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National Small Business Association
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