Beautiful blooms
Sandy Parks deadheads the petunias in her Mother’s Day hanging basket at her Third Street home in Altoona on Tuesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
Yesteryear: May 20
Local history 50 years ago: May 20, 1976 Ardie Dillen of Altoona Enterprises, Blair County Commissioner John Gardner and State Sen. Robert Jubelirer participated in the groundbreaking of the William W. Ward Industrial Park in Greenfield Township near Claysburg. More than 1,000 jobs were expected to be created. 25 years ago: May 20, 2001 A 23-year-old Walt Disney artist visited Penn State Altoona from California for the Westsylvania Arts and Heritage Festival and drew many famous Disney characters for the students. Charter Communications sponsored the visit after adding the Disney ...
Greens, grains and fried egg
Eggs are better with carbs, and they’re particularly good with grains like rice, farro and quinoa, which can soak up a runny yolk. The herby-green grains here, from my cookbook, “Cook90,” are good for more than just breakfast, though — you could pair them with sauteed fish, skin-on ...
Bulgur salad inspired by tabbouleh
This hearty bulgur salad is inspired by tabbouleh. Tabbouleh is a refreshing Levantine salad primarily composed of nutty bulgur wheat, chopped garden vegetables and handfuls of leafy herbs. Bulgur is a nutritious cracked whole-wheat cereal grain. It’s a good source of protein, B vitamins, magnesium and iron, and it’s available as a fine, medium or coarse grain. It’s also thirsty, so it eagerly absorbs the liquids and aromatics that infuse this salad with deep flavor. The recipe relies on medium-grain bulgur to provide a satisfying, less mushy texture. Crumbled feta cheese and ...
Microgardening produces surprisingly big harvest
Short on space? Consider microgardening. Although the term might conjure thoughts of minuscule garden gnomes and fairies, the reality is quite the opposite. You can get a surprisingly high yield from a small space, even a windowsill or balcony, if you plant it right. One way to maximize your harvest is to grow plants that mature quickly, harvest them and then plant more. Microgreens — 2- to 3-inch seedlings of certain edible plants — are perfect candidates for such succession. They sprout quickly indoors in as little as a week, and are easy to grow. Just scatter seeds over ...
Today’s puzzles: May 19, 2026
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