Nashville, Whiskey, Cash and Cotton Candy
My first country music performance was at a 4th of July picnic in the 70's. My friend Nicole's family was throwing the party and their...
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Susan Welsh
- Oct 11, 2017
- 2 min
Tom Petty, Turkey Loaf and Hometown Blues
The first Tom Petty songs I fell for were the ones from his debut album. I listened to "Hometown Blues" and "Breakdown" over and over...
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Susan Welsh
- Oct 3, 2017
- 2 min
Visions of sugar plums dance in my head. . .
I was imprinted in childhood with the essence of my ancestors' homeland as I watched my grandmother roll, knead, sugar and ice a variety...
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Susan Welsh
- Sep 25, 2017
- 2 min
Cookies for breakfast!
In the pantheon of manufactured cookies, many have uniquely interesting histories. As a long-time fan of the Margherite, those ridged...
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Susan Welsh
- Sep 5, 2017
- 3 min
Nature's first green is Ginger Gold. .
The Ginger Gold is a "niche" apple, miraculously propagated by Clyde Harvey on his farm in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in...
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Susan Welsh
- Aug 23, 2017
- 2 min
Sugar, salt, and the Jersey Shore
Summers at the shore have always tasted of salt and sugar--the saline lick on your lips from ocean spray, snowy powdered sugar atop crumb...
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Susan Welsh
- Aug 4, 2017
- 2 min
One dollar and the legacy of America's favorite cookie
In 1939 two iconic movies made their debut. While The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind were buzzing at the box office, Trenton's own...
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Susan Welsh
- Jul 24, 2017
- 1 min
One word. Tequila!
This is one beverage I imbibe lightly and rarely consume. My wife-- well that's a different story. . .she's a true connoisseur and...
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Susan Welsh
- Jul 18, 2017
- 3 min
The emperor of ice cream--a journey through poems, politics, and ice cream. . .
In 1982 I read Wallace Steven's poem, "The Emperor of Ice Cream" for the first time. I didn't entirely understand it, but appreciated...
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Susan Welsh
- Jul 2, 2017
- 2 min
"Nostalgia. It's delicate, but potent."
Watch this video from Mad Men capture the essence of nostalgia. . . In one of the greatest monologues, in one of the most brilliant ...
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Susan Welsh
- Jun 29, 2017
- 2 min
Best Beach Party Ever!
Tonight is television gold for me with the reboot of ABC's Battle of the Network Stars --a bygone, biannual event, filmed on the stunning...
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Susan Welsh
- Jun 27, 2017
- 2 min
The apple of July (baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. . .)
As we approach the month of July my mother will inevitably call me and ask if I'm free to help her core apples, turn the crank on the...
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Susan Welsh
- Jun 17, 2017
- 2 min
My Father's Day Abecedarius
My Dad, circa 1974, Avalon NJ Yesterday I spent an hour in the local card shop and walked out with nothing. I was looking for a Father's...
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Susan Welsh
- Jun 9, 2017
- 2 min
Ritz and Roll
When I was a kid we called it icebox cake, but it's also referred to as Zebra Cake or, officially, Nabisco Chocolate Refrigerator Roll. ...
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Susan Welsh
- Jun 7, 2017
- 2 min
From Parthenon to Pantheon
Standing at the foot of the moonlit Parthenon after midnight is enchanting, otherworldly. The gravitas of historical blood, battle and...
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Susan Welsh
- Jun 6, 2017
- 3 min
Let them eat pie. . .
Today we e-filed our marriage license application. Next month we will take our vows, and in September we will eat pie at the...
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Susan Welsh
- May 25, 2017
- 2 min
ALOHA SPIRIT
Hawaii is a paradise of azure and turquoise blues juxtaposed against deep majestic jade and jungle greens. All this rich, vibrant color...
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Susan Welsh
- May 13, 2017
- 3 min
From Hollywood
You can still hear those familiar jazz notes as Carson emerges from behind the multi-colorered curtain every night, thanks to syndication...
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Susan Welsh
- May 2, 2017
- 2 min
Una michelada por favor
If you're a beer drinker who doesn't know what a Michelada is, make it your business to become familiar with this cerveza preparada, one...
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By Susan Welsh
- Apr 25, 2017
- 2 min
Of Mai Tais and Madmen
It's likely that my love of Tiki bars was instilled at an early age-- somewhere between my mother's fond recollections of having...
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