SPORTS
June 6, 1992
I see Darryl Strawberry is at home collecting his 4 mil while his teammates carry the ball. He shouldn't have called his book "Straw," he should have called it "Shortcake." DON KUMFERMAN Ridgecrest
REAL ESTATE
January 3, 1993
For dedicated gardeners, here are suggestions from the California Assn. of Nurserymen on what to do in the garden this week: * Prepare your planting beds for roses, fruit and shade trees, cane berries and deciduous shrubs now available in bare-root form. * Think strawberry shortcake and fresh strawberry jam. Plant bare-root strawberries now for spring harvest. Consider planting in a raised bed, hanging basket, a barrel or an attractive strawberry jar.
FOOD
March 23, 2012 | By David Karp, Special to the Los Angeles Times
"Oh, strawberries don't taste as they used to," wrote John Steinbeck in "East of Eden. " Never mind that the chapter was set a century ago; many foodies believe that industrial varieties and practices have degraded the flavor of modern strawberries. This spring we have an opportunity to test that hypothesis, as Harry's Berries has resumed growing the Chandler variety, a longtime favorite at farmers markets for its tender, juicy flesh and classic strawberry flavor. "It reminds me of what strawberries used to taste like when I was a kid," says Kris Gean, 32, scion of the Harry's Berries dynasty.
ENTERTAINMENT
May 9, 1986 | L. N. HALLIBURTON
Alice B. Toklas wrote that it was impossible to gauge how many persons a recipe would serve. You'd have to know what they'd been doing, what else they'd eaten--in other words, just how hungry they were. Similarly, we tend to consider menus and environments as faits accomplis , forgetting that they take on different looks depending on our sensibilities and the time of day.
ENTERTAINMENT
June 27, 2012 | By Rene Lynch
The leg-pulling on "MasterChef" -- while always entertaining -- hit a new low when chef Gordon Ramsay punked hometown favorite Felix Fang. Felix, who needs to cut back on the breathless, plush-lipped histrionics, was on the chopping block along with Scott Little after a dessert debacle. It's unlikely that anyone, not even Scott, thought Felix would be going home. That was, until the chef launched into what appears to be his routine sendoff for departing players: "Felix, it's time to say goodbye…to Scott.
SPORTS
June 5, 1986 | SARAH SMITH, Times Staff Writer
For the past five years, softball fans in north Orange County wondered if the world's newest pitching machine was being test marketed in their neighborhood under the brand name "Michele Granger." When they first saw her, the pixie look and curly chestnut ponytails were just camouflage for a 50-m.p.h. fastball. Rest assured, Placentia's Bob-ette Leagues had never witnessed anything like it.