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Sharon Chmielarz has been published in literary magazines nationwide. Chmielarz has published travel memoirs and three children's picture books. An...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
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First, building on a collaborative research project conducted by the NIH and AARP, Dr. John Whyte gives several weight loss plans and advises diet ...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
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Paul J. Hintersteiner, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, describes food shopping and home cooking during his childhood in Yorkville's large German ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 01:14
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Bonnie Sue Pokorny, 66, of Forest Hills, Queens, recalls her grandmother's stuffed cabbage. It's a dish she loves, but it's too difficult for her t...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Debra Klaber, 60, of Washington Heights, Manhattan, recalls her mother's Eastern European baking traditions -- which she has passed down to her dau...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: :48
  • Purchases: 1
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Nurys Ortiz, 58, of Washington Heights, left the Dominican Republic ("DR") to work in a NYC factory when she was 17 years old. Ortiz started cooki...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Nancy Soong, 90, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the foods of her childhood in Hong Kong.

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Olga Colon, 86, of Manhattan's Lower East Side, arrived in New York City -- from Puerto Rico -- when she was 18 years old. Over the years Colon ma...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Christina Lam, 68, of Chinatown, Manhattan, grew up in Hong Kong and moved to New York to work in a garment factory on East Broadway. She recalls h...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Monte Malach, 85, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, remembers a time when soda fountains occupied any busy street corner in New York City.

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Generational discoussion on comfort foods we all enjoy

  • Added: Nov 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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Vitamin D is credited with everything from lowering blood pressure, preventing heart disease and cancer and famously for preventing falls in the el...

  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Dominic Chianese and Kathleen Chalfant
Former Sopranos star, Dominic Chianese aka Uncle Junior joins Robin Milling for lunch and conversation at Eisenberg's Sandwich Shop in New York City.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 30:03
Caption: Marvin McQuaid showing off the pantry, Credit: Jasmyn Belcher
What one couple is doing to help people keep their pets during these tough economic times.

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
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A generational discussion on various aspects of Home Remedies

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you don't ask, you won't get it

  • Added: Dec 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:28
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A vain commentary on weight loss

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 01:18
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"I'm going to my J-O-Y, not my J-O-B."

  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
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Unlike most Italian Americans, Moe Albanese never left Little Italy. Born on Elizabeth Street in 1925, Moe grew up on this street and helped his p...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2007
  • Length: 15:57
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A handyman at a girl's school is called upon for some unusual tasks.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 01:47
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Francisco Mena recounts his experiences as a private chef in Vegas

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 01:45
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Lessons to help a husband be more independent in retirement, including how to use a George Foreman grill.

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  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 1
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A march through a dozen ways to enjoy an egg.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
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Seniors receive produce from local farmers

  • Added: Aug 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:38