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Update — 11:45 a.m. Mon., April 12: Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced that effective Tues., April 13, all Pennsylvanians 16 and older will be eligible...
Kimberly Rooney 高小荣 Tofu dandan noodles The pandemic forced a shift in many people’s relationships to food — ordering in rather than going out to eat, cooking more often, or, in some cases, simply learning to cook. For me, the pandemic represented an opportunity to improve my repertoire of tofu recipes. A little more than a year later, I’ve expanded my list of go-to tofu recipes, but for more concrete advice, I talked to Alex VanL...
When told his latest novel, Klara and the Sun (Knopf), lingers long after its final pages, he wants to know why. Why do some books linger, he asks, and why do some, even if they are enjoyable, fade away? “Sometimes books that you don’t even think are that good when you are reading them, they just stay with you for years and years,” Ishiguro says. “For a long time, I’ve been trying to crack this. I’ve been trying to figure out what is the magic formula, if there is one. Because if I could figure this out, this would help me a lot.”
Image: Kraft-Heinz, Inc. April Fools' Day Cravy ad by Heinz It's understandable that a lot of people just don't feel like breaking out the April Fools' Day pranks this year. Frankly, the last 12 months have felt like one long, especially mean prank. But some Pittsburghers are getting into the spirit and providing some much-needed levity with fake products, outrageous photoshop jobs, and other ways to make ya look. The nonprofit Riverlife ...
Image courtesy of Amtrak Proposed Amtrak routes in Pennsylvania as part of its Vision 2035 plan. Dark blue is existing service, orange is enhanced service, and light blue is new service. On March 31, passenger train provider Amtrak released its 2035 Vision plan to expand and improve rail service throughout America, including more than 30 new routes and improving service on more than 20 existing routes. And Pennsylvania is getting a lot of train...