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How Supermarkets Changed Us
“Now That You’re Gone Never known such unhappiness Never thought it would be like this What will I do now that you’re gone?” Like so many long term relationships, we took supermarkets for granted....
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How Supermarkets Changed Us Pt II
If supermarkets are a showcase for the American way of life, the profusion of colorful packages and containers are the glitzy showgirls winking, shouting, and seducing us to select only them. Each...
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Talking Turkey -TV Dinners and Thanksgiving
After 67 years, Swanson’s TV dinners may finally be making their rightful appearance as a place of honor at the 2020 Thanksgiving holiday table. For most of us, this year’s Thanksgiving dinner will be...
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A Bitter Sweet Passover Remembering My Mother
It was another bittersweet Passover. Just like the holiday itself, the period around Passover is forever tied in with my mother Betty not only for the beautiful Jewish rituals lovingly passed down but...
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How Thanksgiving Leftovers Created the TV Dinner
Thanksgiving and leftovers go together. For many, it’s their favorite part of Thanksgiving. Days of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce combined together in all sorts of configurations keep the...
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Gas Stoves- Whats Cooking?
The reactionary gasbags are at it again. With great indignation they are whining “First the Feds came for our guns. Next, they came for our God. Now they are coming for our gas stoves! Holy Rachel...
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My First National Potato Chip Day- Something To Chew On
Bert Lahr for Lays Potato Chips. Vintage ad Americans are crazy for potato chips, so it’s not crazy at all that today we celebrate National Potato Chip Day! And why not? They’re crunchy They are...
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Sno-Cones and Snow-Balls
Snow cones are not just for summer. Watching my dog Moe eagerly nibble the freshly fallen snow, a readily available frozen treat that miraculously turned to water conjured up snowy childhood memories....
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The Partys Over For Tupperware
Tupperware, the Queen of plastic containers has been dethroned marking an end to a post-war suburban success story The famous “burp” heard round’ the world has been silenced. Tupperware has filed for...
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America Deserves A Break From Donald Trump Today
The newest clown for McDonald’s -Donald “Ronald McDonald ” Trump Trump may not have served up some Whoppers on Sunday, but you can bet there were plenty of lies served up with those fries he was...
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