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Butter is to the Irish what olive oil is to the Italians. They cook almost everything with it and though they might occasionally be cowed into using a butter substitute like margarine, they would never think of insulting guests by offering it to them lest it bring shame upon the house.

Every Tuesday at 7:42 a.m. and 5:18 p.m., Tom Harte shares a few thoughts on food and shares recipes. A founder of “My Daddy’s Cheesecake,” a bakery/café in Cape Girardeau, a food columnist for The Southeast Missourian, and a cookbook author, he also blends his passion for food with his passion for classical music in his daily program, The Caffe Concerto.

understand, especially hearing from the industry and the people in the gulf coast that we need to get back to work as soon as possible is that something so profoundly significant happened, that life is not going to pick up where it was on april 19. and i think thats a very difficult thing for people to get used to. i was telling you fwfer that i grew up in the gulf coast, how manya, grand ilse. all of those places are people i know and there are people i know who have been affected and...

112th congress, and potentially a shift in the balance of power. lets look at some of the closings at 7:00 p.m. at six states now close -- georgia, indiana, kentucky, south carolina, vermont, virginia. two senate race is getting a lot of attention -- kentucky, where rand paul, the tea party candidate and republican nominee has 56% of the early voting. .com way -- jack conroy is not 44%. in indiana where senator dan was seeking to return, he is ahead of congressman brad ellsworth, 53%-4...

in a came that even democrats have running against their party leadership, we want to find out from you about speaker nancy pelosi and senate leader harry reid. today we want to focus on congressional leaders. is this a referendum on their democratic leadership? a number of related stories on this very issue beginning with the cover story of the national journal which paints a very different picture of congress starting next year. the headline, a very different place. inside the nation...

american community. it added to problems that a lot of neighborhoods had been facing long before the storm of this recession. long before this recession, there were black men and women throughout our cities and towns whod given up looking for a job, kids standing around on the corners without any prospects for the future. long before this recession, there were blocks full of shuttered stores that hadnt been open in generations. so, yes, this recession made matters much worse, but the a...

left as well. the house and the senate return this week. the senate will take up the defense authorization bill and language in that legislation on the militarys dont ask, dont tell policy. go to c-span.org to find out about our coverage on those events. front page of the "new york times" this morning, touching off debate, missouri tells judges the cost of sentences. we want to know from you this morning do you think judges should know the cost of a sentence before they give it out? ph...

"washington journal." here is the last word from dallas. caller: i want to thank c-span for being there for me. i listen to you every morning. i do not understand why you had someone on the right to represent -- to talk about the issues of shirley sherrod. wouldnt you have someone else beside him to give a more balanced view? host: we are focusing on the conference taking place, that is why we did that today. . also tomorrow morning, a round table discussion on race relations in americ...

you had to leave at noon and i will abide by that and not even ask my own question. i know that you understand as a former member of congress when bells ring, i speak for the chairman when i thank you both for very important testimony here today. the hearing is in recess until after the vote. >> thank you. you can see continuing coverage of the oil spill cleanup on the c-span networks. tonight, a kentucky senate candidate forum with republican rand paul and democratic attorney general ...

through the tutoring and mentoring of our students, and it through the choice that many of our students have three made through teach for america. we remain to -- committed to confronting the pressing issues. the united states secretary of education comes from a family of educators. his late father was a professor at the university of chicago. his mother has run a south side triggering program for inner- city children since 1961 -- tutoring program for inner-city students since 1961. h...