I’ll get right to the best part: In 1945, Colorado farmer Lloyd Olsen was preparing to sell a chicken when he hit a snag. As Sy Montgomery explains in What the Chicken Knows, Olsen “failed to kill the rooster when his ax missed the bird’s carotid artery and left one ear and most of the
In 2009, Chicagoan Jane Bertch began establishing a culinary school business in Paris, which is raison d’être for her debut memoir. Readers who come for the food, know this: Puff pastry secrets are not disclosed, and the book’s title does not refer to butter. The author’s revelations deal with much broader issues, some of which
Did you hear the one about the Russian Jew from Minnesota who walked into a Chicago bar to sell the owner Swedish booze? Sure, it sounds like the set-up of a bad joke, but it’s a true story and one entertainingly told by journalist Josh Noel in Malört: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled
Republicans are signaling a quick confirmation process for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet in 2025.
President-elect Trump has chosen an ideologically diverse Cabinet for his second term by selecting an array of establishment and unconventional candidates for the top 15 posts.
Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94. Harris’ wife, Margaret Elliston, confirmed his death to The Associated Press. He had lived in New Mexico since 1976. “Fred Harris passed peacefully early this morning of natural causes.
The promotion of a three-star general who was part of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has been paused by Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, three sources familiar with the move confirmed to CBS News Saturday. Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue was slated to be promoted to a four-star rank and take command of the U.S. Army