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As usual, the Prefontaine Classic is the best track meet there is. Everything is fast.

Cooking for two has never been easier By Kim Davaz There is no challenge too large or too small for the America’s Test Kitchen crew. In “Cooking for Two 2009: The Years’ Best Recipes Cut Down to Size,” they’ve begun a new annual cookbook to make life easier (and more delicious) for those who want to cook for two. Cooking for two, especially if you’ve been used to cooking for more, can be a challenge. How much to buy? What about leftovers? Relax. The America’s Test Kitchen crew has figured this all out. The “Smart Shoppers Guide” at the beginning gives…

My younger daughter, Claire Reed Davaz McGowan is almost 28-years-old and she’s had home delivery of a daily newspaper for her entire life, until last week. The first paper she read was the Missoulian, as a little Montana kid. Yeah, maybe it was the comics in the beginning, but newspapers started to matter to her at an early age. She grew up in Eugene reading The Register-Guard. (Full disclosure: I’m the paper’s deputy managing editor). When she left home at 17 to go to the University of Oregon, I covered the cost of her subscription to The Register-Guard because reading a…

Sit on the patio when reading ‘Hot and Spicy’ By Kim Davaz I don’t often want to rush the changing seasons. I actually like our cold, wet winters as much as the gorgeous springs, warm summers and glorious falls. While reading “Mediterranean Hot and Spicy: Healthy, Fast and Zesty Recipes From Southern Italy, Greece, Spain, the Middle East and North Africa” by Aglaia Kremezi during a particularly wet spell, I was tempted to eat outside, and started to wish for warmer evenings. You can, of course, eat the foods from “Mediterranean Hot and Spicy” indoors, but they are made to be…

Contact the insurance company to learn that scooters aren’t covered for towing. Call Ray’s Towing to arrange for the $75 tow downtown to get the tire replaced. Learn that it might be wise to get AAA Premier in case it happens again. Go back downtown to pick it up Pay $112.74 for a new tire with installation.