Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It's crude. It's vulgar. It's ignored by the Emmys and dismissed by most critics. And it's the longest running sitcom on TV. "Married . . . With Children" debuted nine...

On the Edge: The Clinton Presidency By Elizabeth Drew Simon & Schuster, 463 pages, $24 There are only two qualifications for president in the Constitution-age and citizenship. There's no mention...

For Keeps: 30 Years at the Movies By Pauline Kael Dutton, 1,291 pages, $34.95 Superstar film critic Pauline Kael is famous for taking on the sacred cows of the cinema....

Call me a backcountry neophyte, but I never dreamed a $100-a-night lodge would lack running water. After trekking 9 miles in the Canadian Rockies to reach a spot where cars...

All woks are not created equal. And they have their advantages and disadvantages. A wok can have a round bottom, which requires a ring to set it in on the...

Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace By Michelle Slatalla and Joshua Quittner HarperCollins, 225 pages, $23 All of us travel the "information superhighway" just by picking up the...

Talk about your triple threats. TV's biggest event come May should be CBS' "Buffalo Girls"-a mini-series based on a great book by a great author, Larry McMurtry, about a great...

Did Michael Moriarty quit "Law and Order," or was he fired? Moriarty says "fired"-but, he admits, it all depends on how you look at things. "If you think (former White...

Gale Lemack of Pittsburgh savored her "last supper." Homemade lasagna, the tender pasta dripping with rich cheese and sauce. Thick wedges of Italian bread, loaded with butter. Salad with "the...

Twenty ways your microwave can help with the holiday baking: 1. Soften a stick of butter, using the low (30 percent) power setting, check every 30 seconds. 2. Clarify butter....