Mable Hoffman dies at 88; slow-cooker pioneer wrote ‘Crockery Cookery’ – Los Angeles Times
Food stylist and home economist Mable Hoffman had been married a good 30 years when a wedding gift caused her career to take an aromatic detour. The recipients of that early 1970s present — a Crock-Pot — were newlyweds unsure of what to do with the

Wild Adventures opens new season March 6 – Valdosta Daily Times
Whirling Wildcats (a scrambler ride) and Viking Voyage (a five-story family coaster) are named after the local high school football teams. “We’re really happy to pay honor to the local community because Wild Adventures is Valdosta’s homegrown

Antarctica calling – StarPhoenix
Love is in the air for the 100,000 pairs of Chinstrap penguins at Bailey Head on Deception Island. It’s November — courting time — and they’ve returned from the sea to woo and breed. They puff out their chests and, bills pointed skyward, squawk for