Dear Abby guidance on godparents and social manners
Letter discussion advises a godparent on expectations and financial obligations, noting no legal requirement to fund college or cars. It urges communicating with parents about their expectations and suggests godparents typically give gifts and spiritual guidance rather than monetary support. The column also responds to questions about hospital jargon, recognition of familiar faces, and drinking culture, offering practical, nonjudgmental counsel.
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Abby
Grandma
D.C
Jewish High Holidays Feature Traditions and Recipes
A feature describes Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur customs including symbolic foods like apples with honey and sweet loaves. It highlights how generations preserve or adapt recipes from Georgia and Sephardic origins, noting cooks Natasha Shkolnikov and Rachel Bortnick and author Joan Nathan.
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Natasha Shkolnikov
Soviet Georgia
Joan Nathan
America
Knopf
Rachel Bortnick
United States
Sandy Frysh
South Africa
Brenda Brand
TV Food Network Debuts Wins Viewers But Feeds Repeats
A reader recalls eight hours of watching the TV Food Network noting 17 million viewers since its 1998 debut and praising hosts like Anne Willan on Chef du Jour while critiquing the heavy repetition of ads and the mix of programs from cooking how-tos to game shows.
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TV Food Network
Alaska
America
Food Network
Julia Child
Church Street
P.O. Box
New York
N.Y
Foodtv
Glad
Glad the
Anne Wulan
Julia
Willan
Debbi
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Scarsdale
Los Angeles
Calif
Abigail van Buren Sea
Southwest
Shkolnikov
Bortnick
Spain
Frysh
Brand
Srenda
Gazpacho
Natasha
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