Going Places

Going Places
The Pokémen, from left Noah Schifrin, Zach Lorelli, Alex Park, and Duke Greene, won Montclair High School’s Battle of the Band this past year. The four MHS sophomores will be playing their first New York City gig on Saturday, July 2, at the City Winery, 155 Varick St., New York City. They’ll be one of several teenage bands performing, beginning at 6 p.m. The Pokémen are in the studio recording …

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Artichokes: Going global

Artichokes: Going global
Like many readers, I suspect, I travelled to Mediterranean parts this summer, finding myself yet again in a food market staring wistfully at the baskets full of spiky green globe artichokes. While locals cheerfully stuffed two or three in their bags, as naturally as an English person might purchase a potato or some broccoli, I was left once again to wonder at the mysteries of this giant edible …

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