Last year, we started a free Cookie-A-Day e-mail newsletter. It was so popular we decided to bring it back this year. We're launching it Nov. 30 with all new cookies, from chewy, gingery toffee slices to delicate chocolate Mexican wedding cakes. There's also a delicious savory cookie that pairs well with beer and wine, and even a crunchy treat for your canine companion. Bake just one or two ... [read more]

The Hills star and her husband are spending their one-year anniversary of their elopement apartGet m[...] [read more]

Becoming Americans Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing Edited by Ilan Stavans (The Library of America; 724 pages; $40) Pete Hamill's foreword to "Becoming Americans" offers caveats for cliches brewing in the 85 essays, short stories, novel excerpts, poems,... [read more]

Should Seniors Have Big Weddings? Is It Wrong For A Grand-Mother To Have A Bigger Wedding Than Her Own Grand-Daughter? Is Anyone Ever 'Too Old' To Get Married? [read more]

10 new half-hour episodes will roll out early next year. [read more]

The tequila they gave Mayor Ray Nagin at the Mexican consulate in New Orleans must have packed quite a punch. Ted Jackson / The Times-PicayuneMayor Ray Nagin in 2008It was a glittering occasion, but Nagin appears to have forgotten all... [read more]

Dancers have been a part of Folk Fair since the event started more than 60 years ago. For some, it's a hobby. For others, it's a way to educate or learn about a heritage. And then there are the "lifers" -- the folks that have grown up and built lasting friendships -- and families -- through the Fair, which runs this weekend at State Fair Park's Wisconsin Expo Center. [read more]

Getting invited to a destination wedding is a bit of a mixed blessing. This month, OnMilwaukee.com Publisher Andy Tarnoff traveled to Mexico City for the nuptials of a college friend. While he never expected to take a vacation there, he's glad he went. Here's a recap. [read more]

Former light welterweight champion Billy Costello will put on an amateur boxing show Saturday at the Andy Murphy Neighborhood Arts Center in Kingston. [read more]

Soprano Elizabeth de Trejo, formerly Rachel Watkins, performs the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor. [read more]