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  Theme parks

  ‘Chima’ toys come to life in new Legoland ride

  Legoland Florida this week opened a new ride and related attractions based on Lego’s Legends of Chima toy line that ought to be a hit with the 2-12 crowd the Winter Haven theme park caters to.

• Carolyn Hax

  Carolyn Hax: Reader responds to help for abused wife

  While I’m away, readers give the advice.
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  Cook’s Corner

  Sugarcane chef has a sweet-sour way with brussels sprouts

  Executive Chef Timon Balloo kindly shared the recipe for this wonderful take on the much-maligned brussels sprout. I have always been fond of this “baby cabbage,” but only recently discovered how versatile it can be. It is great shredded in slaw, added to a stir-fry or quickly sautéed. In the Sugarcane version, a whisper of saltiness perfectly complements a wonderful sweet-sour balance with the sprouts and orange segments.
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  Dinner in Minutes

  Add fireworks to your holiday meal with Buffalo-style shrimp

  There will be fireworks at your table when you serve these sautéed shrimp cooked Buffalo-style. Buffalo wings originated at a bar in the New York city of the same name. The amount of hot pepper is up to your taste.

• Dear Abby

  Dear Abby: Mother-in-law’s nightly calls invade couple’s private time

  Dear Abby: My wife and I have been married 14 years. During that time her mother has called every single day.
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  Shortcut baking

  Ice cream bread an online hit

  A recipe for ice cream bread caught my eye on the Taste of Home website. Besides sounding interesting — and rating four stars out of five — the recipe made a mini-loaf, the perfect size for empty nesters.
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  Family favorites

  Elevate your lunch with classic egg salad

  I ate egg salad sandwiches with my Grandma Lilly at various department store tea rooms a mountain of years ago. I love them still, though the kind I build today look a lot less trimmed, pale and polished. They are open-faced, perhaps with a liner of leafy greens and herbs, and topped sometimes with a crackle of nuts or seeds.
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  You’re doing it wrong

  How to make better jam

  Most people I know buy jam when they want jam. This makes sense in the winter, when fresh peaches, cherries and berries are in short supply, and when jam is the easiest way to make those fruits a part of your life.
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  Celebrity chefs

  Weight loss and diabetes management help Art Smith reclaim his health

  Chef Art Smith doesn’t do small. Never has.
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  Summer grilling

  Think BBQ sauce, not meat, when mixing cocktails

  When it comes to food and drink pairings, most of us tend to be pretty old school. As in, red with beef, white with fish.
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  Spirits

  Jim and Jack get crafty: Iconic distillers creating daring new whiskeys

  For decades, consistency, not creativity, was required of America’s most iconic whiskey brands. They had their signature labels — Jim Beam’s white and Jack Daniel’s’ black — for which they made and sold a lot. And that was good enough.

• Kitchen Q&A

  It’s fine to cut lettuce; chickpeas freeze well

  There’s no reason not to cut lettuce. (You don’t have to wipe mushrooms one by one either.) While people used to think that cutting lettuce leaves with a metal knife would make them brown more quickly, we now know that’s not true.

• Jock Doc

  How Miami Heat players keep fit in off-season

  Each player has an exit physical where we determine if they have recovered from any injuries or significant orthopedic conditions that need further treatment over the summer.

• Plastic Surgery 101

  Love handles may lighten from fat-freezing procedure

  But ‘Coolsculpting’ is FDA approved only for certain body areas
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  ASPCA

  USDA photos used in fight over puppy mills

  The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is bolstering its campaign against puppy mills by showing photos of sick puppies and harsh kennel conditions taken by the federal agency that licenses commercial breeders.

• Beat the heat

  Tips for keeping cool and staying clear of heat-related illnesses

• Medicine

  C-section rates starting to stabilize

  Doctors who have been trying to stem the number of c-sections in recent years got good news last week, when new federal data showed that the rate of the procedure has started to level off.
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  Coping with autism at college

  College and universities are setting up programs to help high-functioning autistic students manage academic and social issues.
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  Fiction

  Sisters are identical, psychic — and very different in Curtis Sittenfeld’s new novel

  A woman tries to escape a sad childhood (and psychic powers), but her twin sister won’t let that happen.
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  A guide to aging well

  Staying healthy through the decades: an owner’s manual for women

  Exercise and proper diet are mainstays of a healthy life, but women face unique challenges.

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