First, let me say that I think that Paul Levine is one of this country’s fine writers. Second, I’ve enjoyed all of the books in his Jake...

Schwäbin, Wikimedia Commons A casserole of scalloped potatoes goes well with most main dinner courses. Lately, I have been making a lot...

For The Madera Tribune Walter Thomas, shown here second from the left in the 1930s. At the time he was one-fifth of the Madera police...