Diner’s Journal Blog: Milk Thistle Farm Has Closed

ABU DHABI |
Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:14am EST

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – A series of accurate strikes and a deadly touch with the putter helped Tiger Woods to move within sight of his first victory in a full-field event for more than two years at the Abu Dhabi Championship on Saturday.

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – A series of accurate strikes and a deadly touch

By Peter Rutherford

MELBOURNE |
Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:34am EST

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka sank to her knees in disbelieving triumph after winning her first grand slam singles title with a one-sided victory over Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final on Saturday.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka sank to her knees in disbelieving triumph after winning her first grand slam

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE |
Sat Jan 28, 2012 7:52am EST

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek upset Bob and Mike Bryan 7-6 6-2 to win the Australian Open doubles title on Saturday and foil the American twins’ bid for a record 12th grand slam crown.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek upset Bob and Mike Bryan 7-6 6-2

ST MORITZ, Switzerland |
Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:04am EST

ST MORITZ, Switzerland (Reuters) – American Lindsey Vonn won a women’s Alpine ski World Cup downhill on Saturday.

ST MORITZ, Switzerland (Reuters) – American Lindsey Vonn won a women’s Alpine ski World Cup downhill on Saturday.

Germany’s Maria Hoefl-Riesch was second and Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather was third.

Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:28am EST

(Reuters) – The streaking Denver Nuggets capitalized on a slow start by the visiting Toronto Raptors and led wire-to-wire in a 96-81 win at the Pepsi Center Friday.

(Reuters) – The streaking Denver Nuggets capitalized on a slow start by the visiting Toronto Raptors and led wire-to-wire in a 96-81 win at the Pepsi Center Friday.

The surprising Nuggets (14-5) have

By Ian Ransom

MELBOURNE |
Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:03am EST

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – All the top three’s charitable talk of new challengers ready to end their grand slam hegemony at the Australian Open has come to nothing and the top two seeds Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will contest their third consecutive major final on Sunday.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – All the top

Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:11pm EST

(Reuters) – The United States women’s soccer team booked their spot in the London Olympics with a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament on Friday.

(Reuters) – The United States women’s soccer team booked their spot in the London Olympics with a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in the semi-finals of the CONCACAF

I HAD the thought that chicken wings would be nice to make in honor of the Chinese New Year, so I pitched the idea to my editor. If wings are too banal or plebeian, it could always be thighs, I offered. The editor replied: wings absolutely, everyone loves wings! But, he said, why not something for the Super Bowl? Perhaps, I ventured, these wings could be multipurpose.

Off I

MIAMI, JAN 27 – MIAMI |
Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:12am EST

MIAMI, JAN 27 – MIAMI (Reuters) – The Miami Heat have won eight of their nine games without Dwyane Wade but after he returned with 28 points in Friday’s victory over the New York Knicks, the face of the franchise laughed off the idea the team could get by without him.

MIAMI, JAN