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Continental Drift: Lessons learned and unlearned from my time in the Eurozone
Every little boy has his first romantic crush. Don’t tell anyone, but mine was with food: mashed potatoes and gravy, to be specific. Mom used to tell the story of when the family was dining at the precursor of Mr.
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Point and Eat: Fishing for Your Dinner Online
Many readers of this magazine are new to Omaha and looking for a little culinary fun. Maybe you are a recent transplant or are here on business. Or maybe you’re doing the family thing, visiting Aunt Bessie and Uncle Ron,
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Popping Your Cork: Options Abound Across Omaha
“Wine is sunlight, held together by water.” Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) “Wine is bottled poetry. ” Robert Louis Stevenson “Up to the age of forty eating is beneficial. After forty, drinking.” The Talmud, 200BC Winter winds can be most annoying
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Omaha Dining: A 50 Year Retrospective
I have lived in Omaha for half a century. And as it turns out, this city and I have a lot in common. Both of us have grown up…and, um…out, in the past 50 years. And just as you probably
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