Still waiting for a Birkin bag? Check out a So Kelly

PARIS -- What would you do for a Birkin bag? Even the world's richest women beg, steal or borrow to lay their hands on the elusive handbag made by Hermes, which officially has a waiting list of two to three years.

Recipes, blogs and food news draw cooks to Internet

Recipes have long been a family affair. Mothers would pass down to daughters well-thumbed cookbooks, dog-eared file cards, yellowed newspaper clippings and magazine columns folded just-so to fit snug in a squat wooden box.

FDA to probe how soft cheese is made

GREENSBORO, Vt. -- The path from cow to cheese is short at Jasper Hill Farm. So short, in fact, that the first gallons of warm, fresh milk already are being curdled into cheese before the last of the small herd of Ayrshire cows has even been milked.

SUSAN SELASKY

Bag, freeze ripe bananas

QUESTION: How should I freeze overripe bananas? Do you simply put them in plastic bags? -- Peggy Moon, Sterling Heights ANSWER: Freezing overripe bananas to use in quick breads, muffins or smoothies or to eat frozen makes sense.

DINNER TONIGHT

Italian flavors liven chicken with penne

This pasta dish features Italian flavors, but I'm sure many would point out that Italians don't put chicken in their pasta dishes. Instead, they would serve it as a second course.

Disney World to make Animal Kingdom ride safer

ORLANDO — Walt Disney World plans to make safety changes to an Animal Kingdom roller coaster in response to the death last year of an employee after she was struck by one of the ride’s cars.

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What's going on

Macy's and CosmoGirl magazine are hosting a free prom fashion event from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at Macy's at Twelve Oaks in Novi.

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Lasting love has no secrets

Playing footsie in bed. Attending church on Sundays. Sweet kisses and hand-holding. Patience. Acceptance. Honesty. And, always love. These are the little things that make a marriage last.

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FDA to probe how soft cheese is made

GREENSBORO, Vt. -- The path from cow to cheese is short at Jasper Hill Farm. So short, in fact, that the first gallons of warm, fresh milk already are being curdled into cheese before the last of the small herd of Ayrshire cows has even been milked.

• SUSAN SELASKY: Bag, freeze ripe bananas  
• DINNER TONIGHT: Italian flavors liven chicken with penne  
• Food calendar  
• TASTE TEST: Hostess 100 Calorie Packs cupcakes and muffins  
• Swiss Chard, Leek and Goat Cheese Tart  
• Quick bites: New stuff  
• Penne with Chicken, Mushrooms, Olives and Spinach  
• Pan-Seared Scallops  
• Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Breasts  
• Banana Walnut Bread  
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Experts debate drop in computer injuries

NEW YORK — With the personal computing boom of the 1990s came thousands of “repetitive stress injuries” or “repetitive strain injuries.” RSI became the hip medical acronym of the keyboard era, with subset carpal tunnel syndrome the diagnosis of the day.

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Help me make my garden grow

There always have been green-thumb mentors. In Mary Caulfield's case, it's been her next-door neighbor, Norma Gladden. Gladden showed her when and how to prune. She shared her plants, like bearded irises and daylilies.

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Fake memoir of gangbanging, drug dealing yanked

NEW YORK — A memoir by a white woman who claimed she was raised in poverty by a black foster mother and sold drugs for a gang in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood has turned out to be pure fiction, a newspaper report says.

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• Still waiting for a Birkin bag? Check out a So Kelly  
• Recipes, blogs and food news draw cooks to Internet  
• FDA to probe how soft cheese is made  
• SUSAN SELASKY: Bag, freeze ripe bananas  
• DINNER TONIGHT: Italian flavors liven chicken with penne  
• Fake memoir of gangbanging, drug dealing yanked  
• Disney World to make Animal Kingdom ride safer  
• What's going on  
• Pan-Seared Scallops  
• Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Breasts  
• Swiss Chard, Leek and Goat Cheese Tart  
• Quick bites: New stuff  
• TASTE TEST: Hostess 100 Calorie Packs cupcakes and muffins  
• Banana Walnut Bread  
• Food calendar  
• Penne with Chicken, Mushrooms, Olives and Spinach