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Mark Halperin, political director for ABC News and editor of the political newsletter, The Note
- discusses Bush and Cheney's counter attacks over criticism over the war, Bob Woodward's testimony over the Plame case and the Patriot Act

» The Note (ABC News)

Mike Leigh, filmmaker, playwright, and author of Abigail's Party, now running at The New Group Theater
- explains theater's curious power to tell us about ourselves

» Abigail's Party at The New Group
» Mike Leigh (IMDB)

Robert Hayes, president of the Medicare Rights Center
and
Katharine Hsiao, staff attorney at the National Senior Citizens Law Center a non-profit advocacy agency that promotes the independence and well-being of low-income elderly individuals and persons with disabilities
- on the medicare and prescription changes

» ...

Nikki Silva, radio producer and co-author,
and
Davia Nelson, radio producer and co-author, Hidden Kitchens : Stories, Recipes, and More from NPR's The Kitchen Sisters (Rodale Books, 2005)
- how communities come together through food

» The Kitchen Sisters

BL's interview with the Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, led to a conversation in the hallway outside our studio about Diamond District resturants and the Dublin Coddle recipe which grandma took with her to the grave.

Anyone out there got a good hand-me-down formula for Dublin Coddle? Share it, or any other recipes from the ancestors.

Email:
Subject: jamaican fruitcake
Just heard this caller inquiring about this -- there is a recipe for what sounds like exactly this cake -- a rich, black caribbean fruitcake -- in Laurie Colwin's book, Home Cooking (from 1988). I've always wanted to make it. :)
-JF

Check out From The Desk of Patrick J. Fitzgerald for a highly irreverent, first-person take on the US Attorney's being named one of People Magaine's "sexiest".

Bloomberg and Pataki tap top associates for the LMDC (NY Daily News)

Seifman: appointees set stage for Gov-Mayor showdown (NY Post)

Bob Woodward disclosure throws CIA leak case into tailspin (LA Times)

Woodward apologizes to Wapo for keeping secret (Washington Post)

Cheney lashes out at ...