Cooking at Home with Jason: Easy as Silk Pie

This French Silk pie recipe is easy enough to impress any guests you may have — and delicious enough that you might not want to share.

Being a Jew in C-U: A Christmas Story

It is Christmas Eve, and the annual marathon of “A Christmas Story” is about to begin (7 p.m. local time, I believe). We all have our own Christmas story, even if we don’t celebrate the holiday.

Got Sugar? Chambanamoms First Annual Virtual Cookie Exchange

Every year I nearly kill myself baking at least 12 dozen cookies: Butter spritz, black-eyed Susans, candied almonds, cherry-poppyseed thumbprints and and chocolate-mint peekaboo bars are my standards, for starters.

Candlestick Lane Makes a Triumphant Return

The tradition of Urbana’s Candlestick Lane, otherwise known as Grant place, has been revived. After a year’s absence, the street will have its traditional lighting ceremony on Saturday evening, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m.

Being a Jew in C-U: December Dilemma, Part II

It’s a question that many Jewish parents struggle with – how to address Santa’s “discriminatory” practices on Christmas Eve. Does he not like us? Doesn’t he care? What if we leave cookies for him? Or a stocking? Or a shoe on our doorstep?

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