How to Cook Perfect Pasta

Pasta secrets...

Molto buono.

Are you cooking pasta the best way?

Missy Robbins of Lilia, a "pasta destination" in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood has earned high praise for pasta dishes, Kate Krader reports on bloomberg. com.

How does Robbins do it?

For her tips on creating the perfect pasta: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-13/nine-ways-you-re-cooking-pasta-wrong

Photo: Giphy.

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Why Buying a House is Harder Today Than in the Past

Changing times and requirements...

To understand just how unaffordable owning a home can be in American cities today, look at the case of a teacher in San Francisco seeking his or her first house, Patrick Sisson reports on curbed.com.

Educators in the City by the Bay earn a median salary of $72,340.  But, according to a new Trulia report, they can afford less than one percent of the homes currently on the market, Sisson wrote.

For an overview on how the nation's housing market has changed since the 1950s: https://www.curbed.com/2018/4/10/17219786/buying-a-house-mortgage-government-gi-bill

Photo: Giphy.

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Warning: Avoid Romaine Lettuce Again

New E. coli outbreak...

A new outbreak of E. coli in 11 states has been linked by government investigators to bagged, chopped romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Ariz., Jesse Hirsch reports on consumerreports.org.

Consumer reports is recommending -- for the second time since January -- that consumers avoid all romaine lettuce for now, Hirsch wrote.

For more: https://www.consumerreports.org/e-coli/avoid-eating-romaine-lettuce-again-consumer-reports-says/

Photo: consumerreports.org.

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A Strange Syndrome Makes People Think Loved Ones are Impostors

Dementia delusions...

On a beautiful autumn afternoon in New York's Central Park, Carol Berman had the horrifying realization that her husband of 40 years no longer recognized her as his wife, Meeri Kim reports on washingtonpost.com.

In his eyes, she wasn't the real Carol but rather some strange woman pretending to be Carol -- effectively an impostor, Kim wrote.

For more on a strange syndrome that prompts people to believe that loved ones have been replaced by identical  duplicates of themselves: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/this-strange-syndrome-causes-people-to-think-their-loved-ones-have-been-replaced-by-identical-impostors/2018/04/06/0091f168-1be6-11e8-9de1-147dd2df3829_story.html?utm_term=.47d2e80877af

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Smile: Enjoy Your New Week

Fun...

Typewriter habits can be hard to break.

Fun videos to start your new week:

-- Ring: Spotlight cam: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wrvL/ring-spotlight-cam-bill-featuring-shaquille-oneal

-- Sling TV:  Picky with the playlist: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/w_03/sling-picky-with-the-playlist-featuring-danny-trejo

-- Sling TV: Stop paying evil cable companies: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AMzz/sling-stop-paying-evil-cable-companies-featuring-danny-trejo

-- Icy Pain: Shaq vs. Pain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1zsD9UWREI

-- GEICO: Oregon Trail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHnpp_GhINI

-- Mass Mutual: I'll Stand by You (extended version):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bq_H1ci9ec

Photo: Buzzfeed.

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Musical Moments: Beethoven, Symphony No. 9

Terrific...

Musical Moments features music and artists I've enjoyed over the years.

Today's selection is a terrific rendition of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lNaajK3Scc

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Darien Sees an Uptick in Real Estate Sales

Weekly update...

Darien saw an uptick in residential real estate sales in the week ending today.

Results, according to the Darien MLS, were:

-- Eight new listings of property for sale;

-- 12 price changes;

-- 11 accepted offers;

-- No properties going under contract, and

-- Seven closings.

For more:

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Musical Moments: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9