Thanksgiving is a time for friends and family to gather around a table of magnificent food. There’s a lot of pressure to deliver a Norman Rockwell masterpiece and it’s not always easy to know how. Cooking the turkey may be one of the most confusing and overwhelming parts of the Thanksgiving meal. FEMA estimates that 60{0d5dd585d9b39b579093aa9482eb8a5d8629194f7aeab9d63fd29672a0772753} of fires on Thanksgiving Day are cooking fires. There
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As fall fades into winter, the hours of daylight grow short, and darkness appears to reign. For millennia, people have been “racing against the dying of the light” by observing various festivals and religious holidays that center on light overcoming darkness. The Romans celebrated Saturnalia; the Celts, the Winter Solstice; the Jews, Hanukkah; and the Christians, Christmas. All of these observances have light as an
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It was a warm, bright morning on Memorial Day of 2014. The sky was unblemished, and the inhabitants of Windber filled the streets waiting for their annual Memorial Day parade. More people than in past parades squeezed together on sidewalks and lined the streets that surged with excitement. The parade would be different this year. Loud cracks of the snare drum snapped through the air,
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After coming to Pittsburgh, many people fall in love with our city and never want to leave. This seems to be true even after death! You may not know it, but Pittsburgh is packed with poltergeists. In 2007, The Associated Press and Ipsos conducted a poll and found that one in three people believe in ghosts. Had they asked Pittsburghers, they might have been surprised
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Thanksgiving can be a confusing and overwhelming time when it comes to cooking. You’re not alone when it comes to Thanksgiving cooking horror stories. One local Pittsburgher decided to cook their turkey using the brown bag method for the first time. This method involves cooking the turkey in a brown paper bag and claims a moist and delicious result. After some time in the oven,
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