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Linda Prospero’s pandoro cake & other festive food from our culinary community.

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How dense is dense?

Princetoniana wish list

Books by local authors

The adaptive reuse of the Masonic Temple on Maclean Street will add a little density to the in-town housing mix.

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From Ebay to Etsy to Nassau Street storefronts, mementos, souvenirs, and other Tiger-centric gift ideas.

Elaine Pagels on ‘Why Religion?’, Robert George and R. J. Snell on ‘The Path to Rome,’ and new life for an old political thriller.

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Early feedback on the new ‘smart’ parking meters; a downsized school bond referendum goes to the public; the final report on the Panera Bread shooting; and new rules for neighborhood zoning.

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Old building, new density

Renovations will start soon on the Masonic Lodge on Maclean Street, converting the old building into 10 in-town apartments, including two affordable dwelling units.

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Princetoniana wish list

In search of Princetoniana for the Tigers on your list? Try Ebay, Etsy, or an old-fashioned Nassau Street store.

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On the bookshelf

Elaine Pagels and co-authors Robert George and R.J. Snell follow different paths to discuss religious themes.

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Holidays at the chefs’ tables

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For the foodies in our community, festive, holiday treats include sette pesci, buche de noel, lechon and coquitos, and even some munchies for mensches. Our food writer translates.

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Pia de Jong The Echo columnist takes a trip to Duke Farms, the former estate of the infamous tobacco heiress, Doris Duke.

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To the editor: School referendum: Pro

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ovember’s hot topic could have been parking (the new meters arrived), the election of two newcomers to the Board of Education and the imminent vote on a scaled-down budget referendum, or the police (the final report on the Panera Bread shooting has been issued). But it turned out to be a subject normally so mundane that the board administering it is almost never covered by the local media (other than this newspaper). So herewith a news summary: Parking. With the onset of the new smart meters, Mayor Liz Lempert reported hearing from some people frustrated in attempts to use credit cards — Discover and American Express cards did not work initially, but that’s been fixed.

Possibly for that reason in the first few weeks far more people used coins in the meters than credit cards — so much so that at least one meter was overflowing with coins. But officials expect that ratio to reverse itself soon. And presumably more people will take advantage of the smart phone app at a fee of 35 cents for each parking transaction (though the app will eventually allow you to recover some of your unused meter time).

The system has also been tweaked to permit pre-payment beginning at 7 a.m., which is now possible at all meters except those that only allow 30 minutes. So if you are coming into town for an early morning coffee before a mid-morning meeting,

you can fill up your meter at 7, and then park your car from 9 to noon at a threehour meter (at a rate of $1.50 per hour).

The big difference in the new meters is that they charge more at most every location (though still less than the Palmer Square-managed garages). The public will deliver the final review of the meters (and the town promises to review the usage and charges in six months and then annually after that). The Echo also welcomes your feedback. E-mail hastings@ princetoninfo.com.

School votes: 1 down, 1 to go. With two newcomers elected to the school board, Daniel Dart and Brian McDonald, and only one of two incumbents reinstated, Betsy Baglio, the Princeton Public Schools now turns its attention to the referendum on Tuesday, December 11, to decide on a $27 million bond to provide safety, security, and HVAC upgrades to various schools and four additional classrooms at Princeton High School.

The bond is small fraction of the $130 million bond proposed earlier in the year, which attracted widespread opposition.

The scaled down version has supporters and opponents — see letters on page 4.

For those interested in more information, the board is hosting tours of the high school Saturdays, December 1 and 8, at 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. A “meet and greet” will be Tuesday, December 4, at 8:30 a.m. at the board office at 25 Valley Road.

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n Tuesday, December 11, Princeton voters will be asked to approve a $26.9 million referendum to fund critical updates at all six schools. I urge voters to say yes. If passed, the referendum would fund, among other things: Upgrades and expansion of HVAC systems. This would add air conditioning and ventilation to some 128 classrooms at the elementary and middle schools, and help prevent future mold outbreaks in wet summers such as the one we just weathered.

Electrical and mechanical updates so that our schools — the youngest of which was built in 1965 — could adequately accommodate today’s technology.

Security improvements to entrances — a sad, new necessity.

Pressing needs at the high school, including the addition of four classrooms, a redesign of the guidance office, an expanded fitness space, and a second distribution point for school lunches.

If approved, the bond would increase taxes by only $6.79 to $12.61 per $100,000 of assessed home value for the first three years, and then would drop substantially below current tax levels as old facility bonds are fully paid off in year four.

Let us end this contentious election season with a show of town unity and vote Yes together on December 11.

Nicole Pezold-Hancock See LEADING OFF, Page 6 Jefferson Road

The Panera shooting. When a 56-yearold Lawrenceville man, Scott L. Mielentz, was shot to death inside Panera Bread on Nassau Street on March 20, there was no question who shot him. It was the police, drawn into a four-hour standoff with Mielentz, who had a recent history of emotional problems.

But could the authorities have apprehended the victim without deadly force?

In a lengthy profile of Princeton police chief Nick Sutter published in the May issue of the Echo, the question was raised as an example of the challenges that can be faced by police even in a quiet town like Princeton. At the time Sutter said he was confident his officers had done what they could do save the man’s life. But he welcomed the state attorney general’s investigation, mandated in the event of a police shooting and organized independently of the normal state police chain of command.

That report, released in November, concluded that “the undisputed facts indicated the use of force was justified under the law. The investigation included numerous witness interviews, video of the shooting, forensic analysis of the scene, and other evidence.” Among other highlights: “Less than half an hour before Mielentz drew the gun in Panera, the Princeton Police received a 911 call” from a friend

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am in support of the referendum; as I was of the referendum back in 2001. My children benefited from the one in 2001 and I want the current students to benefit from this new one.

Once again, the student population is growing and the facilities need to be updated and enlarged. Why should other empty nesters support this referendum?

Because our children benefited from their schooling in the public schools and the next generation deserves to as well.

Jane M. Sheehan Mount Lucas Road

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e said we’d change the school board, and we did. In the most heated school board contest in living memory, we elected Daniel Dart, an outright critic of poorly planned spending. The Board of Education also heard the voice of the community in the close vote, with only a 4 percent difference between the highest and the lowest votes. We’ve changed the conversation. It’s now OK for all of us, even school board members, to ask hard questions, protest gag rules, and refuse to rubber-stamp take-it-or-leave-it plans.

Congratulations to the community!

Now let’s tell the whole truth: the $27 million bond for “critical fixes” includes millions for fencing, wrestling, elevators, concessions, backboards, acoustics, parking, dugouts, water fountains — all of them listed by school at www.prince­ tonk12.org/district/about_us/facilities_ referendum/projects.

PPS is gaming the democratic system.

Every week it e-mails school families to Let them ride buses support a publicly funded special election am always amazed at the number on December 11, when everyone else is of parents driving their children to least alert or likely to vote. No reminders school when the school district furto taxpayers, who must pay the $27 milnishes buses for everyone. If asked, I’m lion, pay off existing debt, anticipate ansure every parent behind the wheel of nual increases that now exceed the 2 peran enormous SUV would say they are cent cap, and pay the cost of the election. concerned about the environment. So Remember, the BoE still plans to ask why are there such long lines of cars at for many more millions next Christmas. the high school, middle, and grammar What alternatives get researched, and schools? Have you ever seen more than how will the PPS operating budget pay to two or three kids get off the bus? Somesustain the methods selected? What steps times the busses are empty! has the BoE taken to meet the promise I know, because I ride my bike to of community input, or to improve comwork every morning. The most frazmunication with the approximately 80 zled mothers, multi-texting, driving percent of voters who don’t have children and dropping off kids, are the ones that in school? threaten to kill me each morning. They Do not fall for the BoE’s “compromise.” drive 50 mph on residential streets and Don’t wait for December 11. Use a mail-in end up running stop signs, just to get ballot now to vote “no” before the holiday their special, privileged kids to school. rush. If you don’t get one automatically, or What an unrealistic set of expectayou can’t be here to vote in December, you tions. Can you imagine 2025 and a can download one at www.nj.gov/state/ world where we are allowed to drive elections/assets/pdf/forms-vote-by-mail/ vote-mail-ballot-mercer-english.pdf.

Mary Clurman truth. I am a proud graduate of PrincHarris Road eton High School. My mom taught in the then-PRS for more than 30 years. My dad For ‘common ground’ served as president of the school board. I oncerning the December 11 refer- and others were just against a financially endum, some possibly “overzealous” catastrophic $137 million referendum, persons have said that people like myself, proposed on the heels of the poorly exwho were against the original bloated, ill ecuted 2001 school referendum. conceived $137 million referendum, were If the now scaled down $27 million ref“against our kids,” “against public educa- erendum passes, I hope that there will be tion,” or even “terrorists.” an independent oversight committee of Nothing could be further from the the construction, which board members-

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gasoline automobiles to drop off kids at school, when a perfectly good public transportation system is in place? This is just another example of entitlement amongst the wealthy in Princeton.

In a recent New York Times feature Eduardo Garcia cites the non-use of school buses as a major issue for noise, gridlock, and greenhouse emissions: “According to a Department of Transportation estimate, 10 and 14 percent of car trips during morning rush hour nationwide are for school travel… Buses are better for the environment than everyone driving to school in cars.”

Maybe you start off slow, getting kids un-hooked from chauffeured rides to school one or two days a week.

Maybe they won’t be so popular that day at school, but they might learn to be a bit more conservative, resourceful, and a little bit humbler.

Anne Daniecki Holly House elect Daniel Dart, Brian McDonald, and others have suggested. I would volunteer to be on such a committee. I am not an expert on construction, but I am a fast learner and I know that you have to watch sub-contractors like a hawk.

Such a panel possibly could acknowledge our differences, and even find some common ground.

Adam Bierman Grover Avenue

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REAL ESTATE

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early three years ago, when a group of Princeton investors presented a plan for converting the old Masonic Temple building on Maclean Street into a multi-unit apartment building, concerns were raised at the Zoning Board about the effect the proposed residences would have on the density of the John-Witherspoon neighborhood of which it is a part.

The town planner, Lee Solow, commented at one of the Zoning Board hearings considering the proposal that the 10 units at the site would be the equivalent of 58 dwelling units per acre. Solow described the application as a “tough call” for the board. The increase in density, he was quoted as saying, “is a lot. It sounds like a lot.”

But, despite two opposing votes, by Steve Cohen and Harlan Tenenbaum, the project was approved. This fall the investors unveiled a rendering of how the completed building will look, and finalized plans for the 10unit project, which will include two affordable units and is expected to be ready for occupancy in about a year.

If a different approach had been followed at 30 Maclean Street, the building might have been torn down and replaced by two or three single family dwellings.

The building was originally an Elks lodge, built there in 1924 to replace a previous

structure that had burned down. The Masons purchased the building in the 1940s, called it Aaron Lodge No. 9, and owned it until the current partnership bought it in 2015. The residential conversion plan, according to a press statement, “will restore the exterior of the building in order to maintain and preserve its original character, while adding a new stair tower structure to one side. No change will be made to its height or scale, in keeping with the wishes of Princeton residents who largely prefer that the essential character of the neighborhood, recently designated a historic district, not be altered.” The sustainable design, by architect Joshua Zinder’s firm, JZA+D, calls for “energy-efficient mechanical systems and fixtures, in addition to bike parking, new trees and plantings, and an open patio area with seating.”

Zinder, one of the investors in the building along with real estate attorney Jared Witt and Trenton real estate developer Roland Pott, said “projects that celebrate historic structures and local architectural character while adapting underutilized buildings to new uses represent win-win scenarios for developers and residents. The Masonic Lodge at 30 Maclean Street is a beloved local icon. We take pride in giving it a second life.”

So how much density becomes too

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angle at his waist. . . . Witnesses reported that, as he had done before, Mielentz counted down from five. Mielentz began to raise the gun hesitantly as officers pleaded with him not to do it. He then raised the gun up so that it was pointing at the [police officers] and negotiators.”

Two state troopers, William Kerstetter and Joseph Trogani, then fired five rounds from their M4 rifles, fatally wounding Mielentz. The police determined that Mielentz was armed with a Crosman PFM BB pistol, although all officers on the scene “believed throughout the standoff that it was an actual firearm.”

Neighborhood zoning. In what turned out to be the hot topic of the month, Princeton Council voted unanimously to adopt new neighborhood residential zoning standards that would make new houses in Princeton look, well, like houses as opposed to industrial warehouses or space ships or appendages to multi-car garages that face the street — snout houses, as they are called.

And then, in what should be heartwarming news for anyone living on a small, nonconforming lot in town who might want to add a dormer to a second story bedroom or turn the unused space above the garage into another bedroom, Council approved an amendment that

One reason people reject density is that they don’t know what it looks like. Now we know what 58 units per acre looks like.

of Mielentz “who reported that Mielentz sent him a text message indicating that Mielentz was going to end his life. Efforts by the police to locate Mielentz were already underway when the 911 call from Panera was received. In addition, a female friend later told police that she received a text shortly after 9 a.m. that morning from Mielentz in which he indicated he was ready to ‘depart this life.’

Mielentz called that woman during the standoff and told her he wanted the police to shoot and kill him.

“A Princeton officer was the first police officer to arrive at Panera.” Mielentz “pointed his gun at her and she retreated without firing . . . Other Princeton police officers entered the rear of the restaurant and tried to talk to Mielentz, who responded by saying ‘Shoot me, just shoot me.’ Mielentz told the officers that he was in pain and that the government had cut off his OxyContin. He falsely claimed he was a Vietnam veteran and had killed 1,000 people during the war.” “ . . . The shooting occurred at 2:54 p.m.

In the final moments before the shooting, Mielentz walked out of the dining area he had occupied and faced the [SWAT team] members and negotiators while holding the gun pointed forward at a downward

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The architect’s rendering, above, shows how a neighborhood icon, the old Masonic Temple on Maclean Street, will become home to 10 apartments, including two affordable units. much? “A lot” is one way to look at 58 units per acre.

Another way is to compare it to other areas. Some neighborhoods in Manhattan, for example, are zoned to allow up to 425 units per acre. The Esplanade housing development on the banks of the Charles River in Cambridge has a density of 146 units per acre.

Closer to home, as part of the affordable housing response in Princeton, a three-acre site on Franklin Avenue may be developed with 80 units (with more than half affordable), with a resulting density of just under 27 units per acre. would enable such homeowners to make various alterations or enlargements without requiring zoning variances, “provided that all other bulk requirements” are complied with.

The underlying idea of the amendment is to promote affordable housing, encouraging improvements to the current housing stock without dragging owners through the always time-consuming and usually expensive (if you hire professionals to do the legwork) appeal process to obtain a zoning variance.

But that amendment turned out to be hot news. More than a dozen people showed up at the Council meeting, and most lamented the potential loss of zoning board review of impending projects, and the accompanying notification of neighbors that is part of the process. Part of the concern was that the amendment referred to any vacant lot as well as any existing permitted single-family dwelling on a non-conforming lot. Residents worried that the language would pave the way for more tear-downs and out-ofplace McMansions rising in their place.

Even though the new neighborhood standards would seem likely to discourage this, Council nonetheless modified the amendment to exclude the reference to vacant lots. It passed unanimously.

At meeting’s end Mayor Lempert noted

On lower Alexander Street, a 19-acre tract south of Princeton train station is expected to be zoned for 300 units, or 16 units per acre. At the Princeton Shopping Center 150 units (including 30 affordable units) are planned. The density is listed at 5.4 units per acre on the 28-acre site, but you can be sure that the 150 units will be clustered in one small area and not spread out across the parking lots or central courtyard of the center.

As the Cambridge, Massachusetts-

See REAL ESTATE, Page 11 that this is only part 1 of the zoning discussion. Council next will address ways to increase the stock of middle-range housing through the creation of “granny flats” and garage apartments in existing neighborhoods. Zoning — a trending topic — Richard K. Rein.

Public input sought

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rinceton Council will hold a public goal-setting meeting on Tuesday, December 4, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at Witherspoon Hall. The focus will be on sustainability, wellness, and inclusion and social justice. On Tuesday, December 11, a similar meeting will focus on user-friendly government.

In addition the town is accepting applications for vacancies on the Affordable Housing Commission, Environmental Commission, Planning Board, and Civil Rights Commission, among others. Applicants are encouraged to attend at least one meeting of the advisory body that they are interested in joining.

Applications are available at www. princetonnj.gov, where a complete list of boards, committees, and commissions, as well as meeting times are posted. Submit applications by Monday, December 10, for board positions starting in January.

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With a reputation for providing advanced care to patients with complex, neurological conditions affecting the brain and spine, Capital Institute for Neurosciences recently welcomed two new advanced specialists, Drs. Vernard Fennell and Varun Naragum, to the Institute’s Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center team. They join neurosurgeon Dr. Michael F. Stiefel in providing some of the latest techniques to care for stroke patients.

DR. VERNARD FENNELL is a dual fellowship trained neurosurgeon specializing in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, with additional expertise in microsurgery, skull base surgery, brain and spine tumors, spine trauma and reconstruction as well as epilepsy surgery. In addition to his clinical experience, Dr. Fennell has a strong background in research, including early contributions to the design of the new EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device, a next generation stent-retriever that safely removes blood clots from arteries in the brain that are causing a stroke.

“I’m thrilled to be part of an organization that is so passionate about innovation,” said Dr. Fennell, who soon after joining Capital Health became the first dual-trained neurosurgeon in New Jersey (and among the first in the country) to use the new FDA-approved EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device.

Dr. Fennell was also involved in some of the initial research on the device’s design.

DR. VARUN NARAGUM, an interventional neurologist and neurohospitalist, is board certified in neurology and vascular neurology and was fellowship trained in neurology, vascular neurology, and endovascular surgical neuroradiology. He uses minimally invasive neuroendovascular techniques to treat conditions like aneurysms, stroke, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), atherosclerosis, brain tumors, and head and neck tumors.

Neuroendovascular procedures access the brain using a small incision in the groin and a catheter that is threaded to the part of the brain being affected by vascular disease.

“Each case is unique, but those patients who are appropriate candidates for neuroendovascular procedures experience less pain, shorter hospital stays, and less risk of complications,” said Dr. Naragum. “Being able to offer advanced treatment like this demonstrates Capital Health’s commitment to being a leader in all aspects of neuroscience and stroke care.”

Visit capitalneuro.org to learn more about the Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center and the Capital Institute for Neurosciences.

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ADVANCED TESTING and SURGERY for PANCREATIC CANCER AVAILABLE at CAPITAL HEALTH Because pancreatic cancers and precancerous lesions are among the most challenging tumors to diagnose and effectively treat, Capital Health now offers the most advanced screening and treatment options as part of its Center for Digestive Health and Cancer Center, both located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell.

GI Surgery That’s a Cut Above the Norm A pancreaticoduodenectomy (commonly referred to as a Whipple operation) is a surgical procedure performed to treat cancers of the pancreas. The operation is complex, technically demanding, and not something typically offered in a community hospital setting.

a distal pancreatectomy is performed leaving the head intact,” said Dr. Doria, who has performed hundreds of Whipple procedures over his career.

The Whipple procedure requires the surgeon to disconnect and reconnect the pancreas and nearby digestive organs in Now, thanks to the recent arrival order to complete the surgery, which is of DR. CATALDO DORIA, why the procedure requires only the most medical director of the Capital skilled surgeon. In some cases, a minimally Health Cancer Center and invasive approach can be used in order surgeon who specializes in to reduce incision size, decrease pain and hepato-bilio-pancreatic diseases shorten recovery time. (benign conditions and cancers related “In the past, operations to treat pancreatic to the liver, pancreas, and bile duct), cancer meant that patients could expect procedures like the Whipple are being big incisions and long recovery times. performed routinely at Capital Health.

Today, we can aggressively treat cancers “Deciding on the appropriate surgical and other lesions of the pancreas using treatment for cancer of the pancreas is minimally invasive techniques proven largely based on the location of the tumor. to reduce recovery time while providing Tumors located in the head and neck equivalent outcomes to traditional open of the pancreas require removal of the surgery,” said Dr. Doria. head of the pancreas as well as portions To make an appointment with of the duodenum, bile duct, gallbladder DR. DORIA, call 609.537.6000 or and lymph nodes. For tumors located visit capitalsurgical.org to learn more. in the body and tail of the pancreas,

OBESE people have a 20% increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer compared to people who are of normal weight DIET high in red and processed meats is thought to increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer

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FAMILY HISTORY: 2 – 3 times increased risk if a first-degree relative (parent, sibling or child), is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

Minimally Invasive Screening Options, Accurate Results Led by DR. JASON ROGART, director of Interventional Gastroenterology & Therapeutic Endoscopy, Capital Health’s Pancreas Screening Program aims to identify early precancerous lesions before they turn into cancer. While screening the general population for pancreatic cancer is not recommended, there are high risk groups who should consider screening.

“In addition to family history concerns, adults older than age 45 are at greater risk, as are those who are overweight or have diabetes,” said Dr. Rogart.

“Men and African Americans are also diagnosed more frequently, and controllable risk factors like smoking and heavy alcohol use can increase the risk very significantly.”

Providers at Capital Health have specialized training, including subspecialty fellowships, in the field of pancreatic cancer and can recommend a plan and tests based on an individual’s personal risk factors and a comprehensive medical history review.

Options May Include: … Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS): EUS is the most accurate test for identifying and diagnosing pancreatic cancer and pre-cancerous cysts. During the procedure, a sample of suspicious tissue or a cyst may be obtained as an alternative to exploratory surgery or other invasive testing. … Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) … Computed Tomography (CT) Scan

To make an appointment with DR. ROGART, call 609.537.5000 or visit capitalhealthGI.org to learn more.

Helping CHRONIC WOUNDS Heal Faster For those with diabetes or poor circulation, an injury or wound to the legs and feet can be slow to heal.

For almost 30 years, residents in Mercer and adjacent counties have relied on Capital Health’s certified wound care team of physicians and nurses to provide comprehensive health care for patients with chronic wounds and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for those with qualifying conditions.

“Wound care is unique in that there is no official specialization like other fields of medicine. Treating complex wounds takes a multidisciplinary approach to cover all facets of diagnosis and treatment, and at Capital Health, each patient benefits from our collaborative expertise to receive personalized evaluation and treatment based on the latest best practices,” said DR. DANIEL LEE, director of the Vascular Laboratory and former director of the Center for Wound Management at Capital Health.

Using the team approach, each patient’s needs are assessed and a plan of care is implemented and shared with each

patient’s referring physician. Treatment options can include wound debridement, growth factor application, lymphedema compression therapy, wound coverage with skin substitutes, skin grafts and flaps, endovascular revascularization procedures, as well as hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatments.

blood to carry more oxygen to a wound site or injured tissue and speed up the healing process,” said DR. MANISH GUGNANI, former director of the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at Capital Health.

As the first established wound care program in Mercer and Bucks counties, Capital Health was also one of the first programs in the region to introduce hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), a well-established additional treatment to help those with diabetic wounds or ulcers heal faster.

Capital Health’s Center for Wound Management & Hyperbaric Medicine, located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, treats all wounds that have not shown signs of healing, including: … Acute burns … Arterial and venous ulcers

Diabetes can cause nerve disease or neuropathy that causes a loss of sensation in the feet and legs, causing severe wounds to go unnoticed for long periods of time.

The delay in recognition of a wound can make very treatable wounds more complex and exposed to infection.

“HBOT provides more oxygen-rich blood to complex wounds, which helps increase the rate of healing for complex wounds and decrease the chance of infection. It involves breathing 100 percent oxygen in a pressurized chamber, which enables the

MEET OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR Capital Health’s Center for Wound Management & Hyperbaric Medicine recently welcomed a new medical director, DR. FREDERICK SAILES, a surgeon and a certified wound specialist physician (CWSP) with hyperbaric oxygen therapy certification.

Dr. Sailes completed his residency in general surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA and completed his fellowship training in hand surgery and plastic surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. “I’m honored to join my esteemed colleagues here at Capital Health, whose level of commitment to patient care in our region is unmatched when it comes to helping those who have exhausted all other resources to help heal their chronic wounds. I look forward to joining the multidisciplinary team in continuing to expand our wound management services to patients and referring physicians,” said Dr. Sailes.

WHAT WE TREAT

… Pressure ulcers (bed sores) … Chronic osteomyelitis (bone infection) … Slow-healing wounds due to diabetes … Hearing loss due to inner ear damage … Necrotizing fasciitis (a bacterial infection) … Soft tissue radiation injuries (a side effect of radiation therapy) … Wound complications after surgery … Trauma-induced wounds

MEET OUR TEAM WOUND CARE

HYPERBARIC MEDICINE

PATRICK AUFIERO, MD Board Certified – Infectious Disease

HARI BRUNDAVANAM, MD Board Certified – Critical Care Medicine

ROBERT GUNTHER, DPM Board Certified – Podiatric Surgery DANIEL J. LEE, MD Director, Vascular Laboratory Double Board Certified – Vascular & General Surgery STEVEN A. MAFFEI, DPM Board Certified – Podiatric Orthopaedic Surgery

MANISH GUGNANI, MD, FCCP Board Certified – Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine STEPHEN TIEKU, MD Board Certified – Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Disease

MARC WHITMAN, MD Board Certified – Infectious Disease

Visit capitalhealth.org/wounds or call 609.537.7457 for more information.

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MEDICAL GROUP

A GROWING TEAM OF SPECIALISTS

JOHN D. TYDINGS, MD, ORTHOPAEDIC SPINE SURGERY, CAPITAL INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCES

Dr. Tydings is a board certified, fellowship trained orthopaedic spine surgeon with nearly three decades of experience treating patients with any of the full range of spine conditions. He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College in Albany, New York. He completed his internship and residency in orthopaedic surgery at the Albany Medical Center and was fellowship trained in spine surgery at the K.D. Leatherman Spine Center in Louisville, Kentucky. To schedule an appointment, call 609.537.7300.

RIM AL-BEZEM, MD, FACC, CAPITAL HEALTH – HEART CARE SPECIALISTS STARTING JANUARY 2019

Dr. Rim Al-Bezem is board certified in cardiovascular computed tomography, nuclear cardiology, adult transthoracic plus transesophageal echocardiography, cardiovascular disease, and internal medicine. She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at SUNY Health Science Center in Brooklyn, NY, where she also completed fellowship training in cardiovascular diseases. She received her medical degree from Damascus University in Syria. Starting in January, Dr. Al-Bezem will be opening a new Heart Care Specialists location in Columbus, NJ (Homestead II Plaza Shopping Center, 23203 Columbus Road, Suite I, Columbus, NJ 08022). To schedule an appointment, call 609.303.4838.

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REAL ESTATE, continued from page 6 based Lincoln Institute of Land Policy states in a web-based toolkit devoted to visualizing density: “If there’s one thing Americans hate more than sprawl, it’s density. This is evident in the public planning process as regulations are written and projects are reviewed. Across the country, efforts to increase density have met with stiff resistance. One reason people reject density is that they don’t know much about it — what it looks like, how to build it, or whether it’s something they can call home.”

In the case of the adaptive reuse of the Masonic Temple, the question of what it would look like has already been answered: It will pretty much look like the building that has been on the site for nearly a century.

Along with density, the zoning hearing for the Maclean Street building considered parking issues. The zoning ordinance requires 1.5 parking spaces per unit, or 15 for the entire project. The project was approved with 11 spaces, including a handicapped space. As Zinder said at the time of the application, “We are hoping that not all residents will have cars.”

At a neighborhood meeting about the project, held prior to the zoning review, one neighbor who had moved to Prince­ ton from New York speculated that there would be people happy to rent so close to the center of town, where a car would not be needed. The success of the Masonic Lodge residences may be more ammunition for those who favor a new zoning code not predicated on parking.

ML7 Construction & Design of Princeton will serve as general contractor. A firm associated with Jared Witt, J3 Management of Kingston, will be rental manager. Berkshire Bank is providing the financing.

Recent transactions

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he following listings of residential home sales are based on public records and tax files. The number in parentheses after the closing price indicates the amount it was above or below the original listing price.

106 Moore Street. Seller: Scott and Larissa Kelsey. Buyer: Kimberlee Phelan.

Two-story Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,295,000.

15 Oakland Street. Seller: John and Nancy Lemmo. Buyer: Eric and Heather Ishikawa. Three-story Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $695,000 (-$4,000).

63 Van Dyke Road. Seller: Van Dyke Property. Buyer: Roger and Nataliya Dashevsky. Two-story single-family. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $750,000.

258 Mercer Street. Seller: Kim Schlott.

Buyer: Matthew Feuer and Carol Blum.

Two-story Traditional. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $1,475,000 (-$20,00).

72 Elm Road. Seller: Gregory and Kimberly Bozeman. Buyer: Benjamin Short and Danelle Devenport. Threestory Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,345,000 (-$130,000).

1 Markham Road Unit #3E. Seller: Spencer and Joy Reynolds. Buyer: James Gaither III. Condo. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $600,000 (-$50,000).

430 Nassau Street. Seller: Walter Greenblatt and Elyssa Herman. Buyer: Claus and Mette Holmelund. 2.5-story Contemporary in Littlebrook. 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,242,500 (-$242,500).

COME TO AN INFO SESSION 21 Bank Street. Seller: Princeton C&X Realty LLC. Buyer: Olaf Honerkamp.

December 6 at 10:00 A.M. Three-story twin/semi. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 December 10 at 5:30 P.M. baths. $900,000 (-$299,500).

January 7 at 5:30 P.M. 122 Gallup Road. Seller: David and Frances Ertel. Buyer: Mara Olmstead.

January 8 at 10:00 A.M. Two-story Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $1,170,000 (-$180,000).

WINTER 2019 TRAINING: 19 Hageman Lane. Seller: Jeffrey and January 14TH - January 18TH , 9 AM - 4:30 PM Elizabeth Sands. Buyer: HH Keystone 1450 Parkside Ave , #22 Ewing, NJ 08638.

Investment. Two-story Colonial. 6 bedrooms, 7.5 baths. $2,800,000 (-$195,000).

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children is a non-profit organization 446 Nassau Street. Seller: Ying Tang committed to speaking up in court for the best interests of children who have been removed and Yong Liu. Buyer: Umang Vohra and from their families because of abuse or neglect and placed in the foster care system.

Deepa Rau. Two-story Colonial. 5 bed*Must attend an info session before attending the training session. rooms, 4.5 baths. $1,300,000 (-$99,000).

465 Christopher Drive. Seller: Anish Sheth and Shilpa Pai. Buyer: Gurnam For more info: contact Jill Duffy, 609-434-0050 or jduffy@casamercer.org.

Bedi and Tejinder Kaur. Two-story ColoPlease visit our website: www.casamb.org nial in Ettl Farm. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,362,500 (-$87,500).

61 Autumn Hill Road. Seller: Jospeh and Carolyn Franklin. Buyer: Michael and Audrey Smerkanich. 1-story Contemporary in Littlebrook. 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $865,000 (-$24,000).

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81 Harris Road. Seller: Lucas and Portia McGee. Buyer: Driss Youssoufi and Cindy Jaquet. Split-level. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $880,000 ($111,000).

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n the spirit of the season, here’s an experiment in holiday shopping: Where is the happy medium between “shop local” and buying all of your gifts on Amazon.com? What do you do if you want a gift that screams “Princeton” — but you also don’t want to leave the comforts of your soft, warm couch?

First up, a visit to the online auction site Ebay.com, formerly headed, appropriately enough, by Princeton University alumna Meg Whitman. This is the place for collectors and fans to find second-hand items to fit niche hobbies and interests

— a true repository of one man’s trash being another man’s treasure. A search for “Princeton” in early November yielded thousands of results, many of which are variations on the Princeton amplifier and other musical accessories manufactured

by Fender under the Princeton name in the mid-20th century. They are some of the higher-ticket items available, but bear no relation to the town.

But a number of the other more expensive items available at the time of our search represent unique pieces of Princeton history. The single most expensive item on the site — listed with a “buy it now” price of a whopping $12,000 — is

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From left, the ‘Nude Ladies’ print by Gregorio Prestopino and Joe Brown’s sculptures ‘Monument to Freedom of Expression — Detail’ and ‘Pieta, 1944 A.D.’ the sculpture “Pieta, 1944 A.D.” by Joe Brown. The 11-inch square bronze sculpture depicts a referee cradling a fallen boxer and is emblematic of the artist’s dual career. Brown was a legend at Princeton University, where he served both as the boxing coach beginning in 1938 and later as a professor of art from 1962 to 1977.

Another Princetonian who mixed art and sport is Frank Stella, a 1958 Princeton

alumnus who was part of the wrestling team as an undergraduate while also honing his skills as an artist. He is now known worldwide for his sculptures, paintings, and prints, but his Princeton days are reflected on Ebay in the form of a poster he designed in 1997 for the Princeton wrestling team. A signed print of that poster is offered at $4,500.

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stopino, who lived in both Princeton and are old prints of buildings 1 and — a From December – maps 24, 2014 at the left:gallery A program from the 1922 Princeton-Harvard football game Roosevelt before his death in 1984. On framed 1836 view of Nassau Hall was list- (Princeton won, 10-3, at Harvard Stadium); a print of the Princeton campus auction is a signed 1968 lithograph titled ed at $125 — as well as funky trinkets that from 1836; and a turn-of-the-century Princeton football-themed pillow cover.

“Nude Ladies.” The buy-it-now price? were likely acquired at a past Reunions $4,975. celebration or purchased years ago at the inch tall piece is listed for $9,500. Also to $30 range.

Of course, most shoppers don’t have U-Store. Recent search results included a outside of most people’s holiday shopping For the philatelist in your life multiple $5,000 lying around to spend on their fa- tiger watch fob, a Princeton-themed Gerbudgets is a first edition of “The Bluest sellers are offering sheets of the threevorite uncle. If that uncle happens to be a man-style beer stein, various class rings, Eye,” the 1970 debut novel by Toni Morri- cent stamps created in 1956 in honor of fan of Princeton sports, they would be in and vintage Princeton shield cufflinks. son, a Nobel laureate and emerita profes- the 200th anniversary of Nassau Hall for luck. A wide range of Princeton athleticshe second stophits in athe experiment was sor of creative writing at Princeton. Cost? under $10.

Yankees captain Derek Jeter related apparel and other paraphernalia Also in the vintage category is a Etsy.com, repository for one-of-a- $2,500. Rangers Martin st. Louis scores winning in his lastagame at is available. A No. 42 football jersey walk for off single goal against Canadians Dustin Tokarski (The cheapest item on Etsy — not rec- turn-of-the-century Princeton footballcreativity featuring handmade and Yankeeskind Stadium Prince­ton’s Heisman Trophy winner Dick ommended as a gift to anyone — is an themed pillow cover. The seller notes that Kazmaier can be had for $49.99. All man- vintage items.

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But most of the Etsy items are more modern creations. Black and orange-hued prints with a map of the town of Princeton are available for $25 each. There are multiple paintings and photographs depicting Princeton landmarks such as Nassau Hall, various university eating clubs, the Princeton Theological Seminary, and others.

Copies of a commemorative poster created for the March 2018 McCarter Theater concert by Blues Traveler — which had its beginnings at Princeton High School — are on sale for $40.

The results are pretty overwhelming: a little digging in the wide world of ecommerce uncovers a treasure trove of orange, black, and tigers. Of course if you 12/1 & 2 • Princeton Dance Festival can’t find the perfect Princeton present there or lack the patience to sift through Saturday December 1 the thousands of results, there’s always the old-fashioned way: shop local.

Sauce for the Goose Holiday Market, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North or those who do take the traditional Harrison Street. www.artscouncilofprince­ 12/1 & 2 • Westminster Opera Theater’s ‘Die Zauberflote’ shopping route, there are several spots ton.org. Ceramics, glassware, ornaments, downtown for authentic Princeton merjewelry, textiles, and other forms of fine arts www.princetontourcompany.com.

Ride 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. Create a chandise. Landau, at 102 Nassau Street, as and crafts.

Also December 2.

10 a.m. gingerbread holiday house to take home. $35 through the neighborhoods of Grover Cleve­ well as a U-Store, 114 Nassau Street, carry per house. Register. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. land, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Carnegie, Al­ university apparel and other trinkets.

Winter Wonder Run, Institute Woods, 1 Labyrinth Books, at 122 Nassau Street, Einstein Drive. www.princetonac.org. 6K run bert Einstein, Toni Morrison, and more. Every Cookies with Santa, Princeton Shophas Princeton notecards. And Home- on natural surface trails. Register. 10 a.m. hour until 4 p.m. $18. Register. 11 a.m. ping Center, 301 North Harrison Street. stead Princeton, at 43 Hulfish Street, has Gingerbread House Workshop, Morven www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Free, fami­ Holiday Trolley Tours, Princeton Tour Prince­ ton and New Jersey-themed pilMuseum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, ly-friendly event. Noon to 2 p.m.

Company, Palmer Square, 29 Hulfish Street. lows, dishes, and other items.

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APPENING 12/2 • ‘Ten Crucial Days’ Panel Discussion at Morven Princeton Dance Festival, Lewis Center for the Arts, Berlind Theater at McCarter, 91 University Place. arts.princeton.edu. Rep­ ertory works by Robert Battle and the pre­ miere of new works by choreographers Mar­ guerite Hemmings, Malcolm Low, and Abby Zbikowski. $12. Also December 2 at 1 p.m. 2 and 8 p.m.

12/8 • David McConnell, Voices Chorale

12/2 • Natale con le Zampogne

co. Cocktails, dinner, and dancing. PNC Bank Sunday Book Brunch, Princeton Public and Mel Leipzig will be honored. $250. Regis­ Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924ter. 6:30 p.m.

9529. Idra Novy discusses and signs copies of Sound the Gongs: A Sound Bath, Princ- her new novel, “Those Who Knew.” Tea and eton Integral Yoga Community Center, pastries served. 11 a.m.

301 North Harrison Street, 609-454-3140.

Degas: Passion for Perfection, Princwww.iyccprinceton.org. Himalayan sing­ eton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. ing bowls, Native American flute, and other www.princetongardentheatre.org. $14.

A Christmas Carol Family Filibuster world percussion instruments. $30. Register. 12:30 p.m.

Read-Aloud, Princeton Public Library, 65 7 p.m.

Soldiers and Civilians in Princeton DurWitherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.

Princeton Hockey, Hobey Baker Rink, ing the Ten Crucial Days, Morven Museum princetonlibrary.org. Individuals, families, Princeton University. www.goprinceton­ and Gardens, 55 Stockton Street. www.mor­ book clubs, and other groups read the novella tigers.com. Quinnipiac. 7 p.m. ven.org. Larry Kidder, Don N. Hagist, and Jo­ in its entirety. Register. 2 p.m.

Die Zauberflote, Westminster Choir seph Seymour talk with moderator Glenn F. See Amid the Winter’s Snow, Westmin- College, Robert L. Annis Playhouse, Walnut Williams. $15. Register. 1:30 p.m. ster Choir College, Bristol Chapel, Walnut Lane, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu/arts.

Eating Clubs Open House, Princeton Lane, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu/arts. Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” presented by University. www.princetonprospectfounda­ Westminster Concert Bell Choir conducted Westminster Opera Theater. $25. 7:30 p.m. tion.org. Free access to Cap and Gown Club,

by Kathleen Ebling Shaw. $25. 4 p.m.

Zoe Keating, Institute for Advanced Charter Club, Cloister Inn, Cottage Club, Ter­ Chai with Rumi Poetry Circle, Princeton Study, Wolfensohn Hall, Einstein Drive, race Club, and Tiger Inn. 1:30 p.m.

Integral Yoga Community Center, 301 609-734-8000. www.ias.edu. Canadian-born Quartet 212, Princeton University ConNorth Harrison Street, 609-454-3140. www. American composer, cellist, and “one person certs, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton iyccprinceton.org. Poetry discussion plus au­ orchestra.” Part of the 2018-19 Edward T. University, 609-258-2800. www.princeto­ thentic, homemade aromatic spiced chai tea. Cone Concert Series. Free. Register. 8 p.m. nuniversityconcerts.org. Metropolitan Op­ Register. 4 p.m.

Opening Celebration: A Conversation era Orchestra members David Chan, Rafael Princeton Men’s Basketball, Jadwin About Art, Education & Social Change Figueroa, Catherine Ro and Dov Scheindlin, Gymnasium, Princeton University. George in Latin America, Princeton University join opera star Emily D’Angelo. Post-concert Washington. 4 p.m.

Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton discussion between Gustavo Dudamel and Advent Jazz Vespers Service, Nassau University, 609-258-9220. www.princeto­ Deborah Bordaof the New York Philharmon­ Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. nuniversityconcerts.org. Conversation be­ ic. Preview at 1 p.m. by El Sistema students www.nassauchurch.org. Led by jazz bassist tween new conductor-in-residence Gustavo from Boston String Academy. 2 p.m. and composer Ike Sturm and his ensemble. Dudamel and musicologist and Princeton Princeton Women’s Basketball, Jadwin Free will offering benefiting Arm in Arm will alumnus Don Michael Randel followed by a Gymnasium, Princeton University. www.go­ performance by Afro-Venezuelan folk music princetontigers.com. Davidson. 2 p.m. be collected. 5 p.m. singer Betsayda Machado. Free. Tickets re­ The Princeton Singers: A Rose in Advent Concert, Princeton University quired. 8 p.m.

Winter, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Chapel, Princeton University. music.princ­ 1-800-838-3006. www.princetonsingers.org. eton.edu. Featuring the music of Johann Se­ Sunday December 2 Christmas music and readings by candlelight. bastian Bach. Free. 2:30 p.m.

Hanukkah begins at sundown. $25. 6 p.m.

See Amid the Winter’s Snow, WestminBreakfast with Santa, Nassau Inn, 10 ster Choir College, Bristol Chapel, Walnut Legacy of Giving: the New Jersey State Museum Foundation at 50, Jasna Polana, Palmer Square. www.nassauinn.com. Enjoy Lane, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu/arts.

4519 Province Line Road, 609-394-5310. a meal, a meeting with Santa, and a family Westminster Concert Bell Choir conducted www.njstatemuseumfoundation.givecloud. photo. Register. 9 a.m. and noon.

by Kathleen Ebling Shaw. $25. 4 p.m.

Awakening the Chakras, Princeton Integral Yoga Community Center, 301 North Harrison Street, 609-454-3140. www. iyccprinceton.org. Use asanas, visualization, sound, and breath to discover the body’s seven chakras. $50. Register. 4 p.m.

Traditional Music of Southern Italy, Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street, 609924-9713. www.dorotheashouse.org. “Natale con le Zampogne” (Christmas with Bagpipes) features traditional Christmas tunes per­ formed during a lecture with historical refer­ ences by Charlie Rutan and Antonello DiMat­ teo of Zampognari di Filadelfia. 6 p.m.

Monday December 3 Continuing Conversations on Race, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonli­ brary.org. Members of Not in Our Town facili­ tate discussions of race-related issues. 7 p.m.

Jazz Vocal Improvisation Ensemble, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-258-9220. music.princeton.edu. Free.

7:30 p.m.

Tuesday December 4 STEAM: This Year in Innovation, Anne Reid Art Gallery, Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, 609-924-6700 ext. 1280. www.pds.org. Reception for the exhibition featuring the work of PDS students enrolled in STEAM courses at the school. Running through Jan. 11, 2019. 12:30 p.m.

Colonial Christmas Tea with Annis Boudinot Stockton, Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. Costumed reeanctor Alisa Dupuy presents Christmas stories and po­ etry, plus a three-course holiday tea in the Stockton Education Center. $35. Register. 2 p.m.

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12/13 • Martin Frost at Richardson

12/7 & 8 • An Evening of Readings and Carols at Princeton Chapel

12/10 • Community Messiah Sing

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Indigenous Communities and Climate Change, Princeton Public Library, 65 With­ erspoon Street, 609-924-9529. Panel discus­ sion featuring Candis Callison, Tanya Talaga, and Kyle Whyte. 7 p.m.

Make Better Pictures with Your iPhone, Princeton Photo Workshop, 20 Library Place, 609-921-3519. www.princeton­ digitalphotoworkshop.com. Frank Veronsky instructs. $59. Register. 10 a.m.

Shop for Local Homeless Families, Concert, Princeton University OrchesHomeFront, Metropolis, Princeton Shop­ tra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton Uni­ Princeton University LGBTQIA Student ping Center, 301 North Narrison Street, 609- versity. orchestra.princeton.edu. Music of Panel: Building Solidarity through Story989-9417, Ext. 103. 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Copland, de Falla, and Debussy. Also Decem­ telling, Princeton Public Library, 65 With­ Patricia O’Toole, Princeton Public Li- ber 7. 7:30 p.m. erspoon Street, 609-924-9529. A panel of LGBTQIA Princeton students reflect on their brary, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924- Friday December 7 journeys to understanding their gender and 9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. The author Pearl Harbor Day discusses her biography of Woodrow Wilson. sexuality. 6 p.m.

7 p.m.

Enlightened Readers Book Club, PrincThe Moralist: A Presentation on WoodLearning to Love, Fellowship in Prayer, eton Integral Yoga Community Center, row Wilson by Patricia O’Toole, Robert Carr, , 609-924-9529 ext. 1280. www.princ­ 291 Witherspoon Street. www.philapath­ 301 North Harrison Street, 609-454-3140. work.org. Free discussion group based on www.iyccprinceton.org. “The Blood of Flow­ etonlibrary.org. $150. Register. 6 p.m. the spiritual teachings of Pathwork. Email to ers” by Anita Amirrezvani. Register. 1 p.m.

A Christmas Carol, McCarter Theater, adpathwork@gmail.com to register. 7 p.m.

C.K. Williams Emerging Writers Series, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.

Princeton Men’s Basketball, Jadwin Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609mccarter.org. Follow Ebenezer Scrooge on a magical journey through Christmas past, Gymnasium, Princeton University. www. 497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. With present, and future. Through December 29. goprincetontigers.com. Saint Joseph’s. 7 p.m. author Julian Talamantez Brolaski and Princ­ eton University students. 6 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

Gremlins, Princeton Garden Theatre, Princeton University A Capella Holiday Imitatio, Early Music Princeton, Taplin 160 Nassau Street. www.princetongarden­ Jam and Toy Drive, Palmer Square. www.

Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University, theatre.org. Restoration of the 1984 classic. palmersquare.com.

Bring an new unwrapped 7:30 p.m.

609-258-9220. music.princeton.edu. Ensem­ toy to be donated to a local charity. 6:30 ble performs rare programmatic pieces from Jazz at Princeton University Small p.m. the Baroque era. Free. 8 p.m.

Groups I and A, Taplin Auditorium, Princ­ Princeton Hockey, Hobey Baker Rink, eton University, 609-258-9220. music.princ­ Wednesday December 5 Princeton University. www.goprinceton­ eton.edu. Free. 7:30 p.m. tigers.com. Arizona State. 7 p.m.

Festival of Trees, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www.mor­ Thursday December 6 Shamanic Sound Healing Nada Yoga ven.org. A juried collection of trees and man­ Afternoon Concert, Princeton Univer- Workshop, Princeton Integral Yoga Comtles displayed throughout the museum’s gal­ sity Chapel, Princeton University. music. munity Center, 301 North Harrison Street, leries featuring trees inspired by 18th through princeton.edu. Free. 12:30 p.m.

609-454-3140. www.iyccprinceton.org.

20th century decor. Docents available to Grammy nominee Dalien presents. $30. Reg­ Mary and the Witch’s Flower, Princanswer questions. Continues Wednesdays ister. 7:30 p.m. through Sundays through January 6, 2019. 10 eton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street.

An Evening of Readings and Carols, www.princetongardentheatre.org. Mary dis­ a.m. to 4 p.m. covers a flower that grants magical powers Westminster Choir College, Princeton Uni­ Topics & Trends in Education, Lewis for one night. 5:30 p.m. versity Chapel, 609-921-2663. www.rider.

School of Princeton, 53 Bayard Lane, 609edu/arts. Holiday music for choir, organ, and Menorah Lighting, Mediterra Restau924-8120. www.lewisschool.org. Seminar on brass. $40 to $70. Also December 8. 8 p.m. rant, 29 Hulfish Street. www.palmersquare.

“Dyslexia: Unwrapping the Gift.” Register. 1 com. Menorah lighting featuring holiday to 2:30 p.m.

Saturday December 8 food and live music. 5:30 p.m.

IAS Film Series: Crisis and Critique, Morning with Santa, Morven Museum Junctures in Women’s Leadership: The Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, 609-924Study, 1 Einstein Drive. www.library.ias.edu. Arts, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 8144. www.morven.org. Stories, songs, Films exploring the discourse on crisis, fol­ 609-497-1600. Judith Brodsky and Ferris dance, and a craft, plus a visit with Santa. $30 Olin. 6 p.m. lowed by discussion. Free. Register. 4 p.m. per family. Register. 9:30 and 11 a.m.

Shabbat Katan, The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. www.thejew­ ishcenter.org. Stories, prayers, songs, a brief Torah reading, and lunch for preschool and Kindergarten-aged children and their fami­ lies. 11 a.m.

The Jewish Political Tradition, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-4971600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Michael Walzer in conversation with Martha Himmel­ farb and Bob Goldenberg. 6 p.m.

Drink Beer, Think Beer: Getting to the Bottom of Every Pint, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. www. labyrinthbooks.com. John Holl provides a complete guide to beer today. 6 p.m.

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Holiday Trolley Tours, Princeton Tour Company, Palmer Square, 29 Hulfish Street. www.princetontourcompany.com.

Ride through the neighborhoods of Grover Cleve­ land, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Carnegie, Al­ bert Einstein, Toni Morrison, and more. Every hour until 4 p.m. $18. Register. 11 a.m.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Meeting, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, 609-2402425. citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/ NJ_Princeton. Grassroots advocacy organi­ zation. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Sixth International Symposium on the Music of Africa, Department of Music, Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton Uni­ versity. music.princeton.edu. Lectures, dem­ onstrations, and a performance by the Dafra Kura Band with the African Music Ensemble.

Register to horgan@princeton.edu. Free. 1 to 6 p.m.

Young Patriot’s Day Celebration of Authors, Princeton Friends School, 470 Quaker Road, 609-389-5657. www.pbs1777. org. Authors Trinka Hakes Noble, Wil Mara, and Rob Skead present. $5. Register. 2 p.m.

The Snow Queen, Princeton High School Performing Arts Center, 16 Walnut Lane. www.princetonyouthballet.org. The ballet based on the story that inspired “Fro­ zen.” $18 and up. Register. Also December 9.

4 p.m.

Voices Chorale, Trinity Episcopal Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.voicescho­ ralenj.org. “The Winter’s Night.” 4 p.m.

Princeton Hockey, Hobey Baker Rink, Princeton University. www.goprinceton­ tigers.com. Arizona State. 7 p.m.

12/13 • Maxine Susman at Greenway

12/14 • Elijah Wald

12/15 • Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops

thems, and congregational carols. Free. Reg­ Princeton Women’s Basketball, Jadwin 9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Hayden Wednesday December 12 ister. 3:30 and 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

Gymnasium, Princeton University. www.go­ Saunier and Mimi Danson read from their Carols of Many Nations, Miller Chapel, works, followed by an open-mic session. 7 princetontigers.com. Quinnipiac. 7 p.m.

Princeton Theological Seminary, 609-430p.m.

See EVENTS, Page 18 Happy Holidays! From Broadway & 2771. www.ptsem.edu. Readings, choral an­ Meetings, PFLAG Princeton, Trinity Hollywood, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. www. Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.pflagprinc­ artscouncilofprinceton.org. Lawrence High eton.org. Support group for families and School and Princeton University alumna Ka­ friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender tie Welsh performs an educational cabaret. and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. Peer-facili­ tated discussion and information sharing in $15. Register via Eventbrite. 7:30 p.m. a safe, confidential, non-judgmental setting.

Heart and Solar Plexus Chakra Work7 p.m. shop and Community Concerto, Princeton Messiah Sing, Princeton University Integral Yoga Community Center, 301 North Harrison Street, 609-454-3140. www. Chapel, Princeton University. music.prince­ iyccprinceton.org. Grammy nominee Dalien ton.edu. Community sing with organ, strings, and trumpet. Bring a score or borrow one at presents. $25. Register. 7:30 p.m. the door. $5. 7:30 p.m.

Sunday December 9

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So Percussion, Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University. music.princeton.edu.

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Pre-Holiday De-Stress Health and Wellness Day, Princeton Integral Yoga Community Center, 301 North Harrison Street, 609-454-3140. www.iyccprinceton. org. Health, exercise, healing, yoga and bal­ Tuesday December 11 anced diet education until 8 p.m. Register. 8 Princeton Chamber, Springdale Golf Cen­ a.m. ter, 609-924-1776. www.princetonchamber.

The Importance of Being Earnest, org. Holiday networking. $60, $25 members.

Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau 5 to 7 p.m.

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Book Signing, Johnson Education Cenactivity with playtime and exercise Golden Paws Ad Content for RobbinsvilleFun Advance Maypackages 2018 Anniversary Issue The Classic Spring Theatre Company produc­ ter, 1 Preservation Place, 609-924-4646.

A selection of luxurious accommodations tion. $18. 12:30 p.m. www.drgreenway.org. Elaine Buck and Bev­

• A trained and caring pet care team to pamper your pet Glee Club Presents, Princeton Universi- erly Mills share stories and read from their ty Glee Club, Richardson Auditorium, Princ­ new book “If These Stones Could Talk.” Call Full service grooming to go home relaxed and refreshed eton University. music.princeton.edu. Out of or send an email to rsvp@drgreenway.org to the Deep: Russian Choral Music & the Basso register. 6 p.m.

Profundo. $15. 3 p.m.

“Where We Treat Your Pets Like Gold.”Fred McDarrah: New York Scenes, LabFall Concert, Westminster Choir Col- yrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-4971600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. lege, Summer Bristol Chapel, Walnutare Lane, 609-921vacations around the corner…

Have you made your With pet’sSean vacation plans yet?

2663. www.rider.edu/arts. Westminster Chi­ Wilentz and friends. 6 p.m. nese Music Ensemble conducted by Wang Open Archive: Segregation in PrincGuowei. Free. 3 p.m. eton, Princeton Public Library, 65 With­  Fun activity packages with playtime and exercise erspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www.princ­ Monday December 10  A selection of luxurious accommodations etonlibrary.org. Interact with artifacts and Last night Hanukkah. documents from the Historical Society of A oftrained and caring pet care team to pamper your pet Princeton’s collection.

6:30 p.m.  Full Society: service grooming go home relaxed and refreshed Rethinking Challengesto and Hopes for the 21st Century, Princeton Princeton University Sinfonia, Richard­ Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609- son Auditorium, Princeton University. music.

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Fleurbay presents highlights and key find­ Princeton Macintosh Users Group, ings from “A Manifesto Social Progress.” 6:30 Stuart Hall, Room 6, Princeton Theological p.m.

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It’s a Wonderful Life, Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. www.princeton­ Thursday December 13 gardentheatre.org. With live music by harpist Poetry Workshop, D&R Greenway Land Andre Tarantiles. 7 p.m.

Trust, 1 Preservation Place, 609-924-4646.

Candlelight Service of Lessons and Car- www.drgreenway.org. Poet and writing in­ ols, Princeton University Chapel, Prince­ structor Maxine Susman helps participants ton University. music.princeton.edu. Featur­ of all levels draw on sample nature poems ing the Chapel Choir, Glee Club, and a capella and from the ongoing art exhibit “Lovely As a Tree” to write and share original poems or a groups. Free. 7:30 p.m. short personal essay. Register. Free. 5:30 to Holiday Sing-Along, Westminster 7:30 p.m.

Choir College, Robert L. Annis Playhouse, Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Walnut Lane, 609-921-2663. www.rider.edu/ arts. Westminster Community Orchestra Nature in Cold War America, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. conducted by Ruth Ochs. 7:30 p.m. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Erika Milam and So Percussion, Taplin Auditorium, Miguel Centeno in conversation. 6 p.m.

Princeton University. music.princeton.edu/.

Black Voices Book Group, Princeton New works by Princeton University students Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609and faculty. 8 p.m.

924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. “Swing Time” by Zadie Smith. 7 p.m.

Dan Rodgers, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nas­ sau Street, 609-497-1600. www.labyrinth­ books.com. “As a City on a Hill: The Story of America’s Most Famous Lay Sermon.” 6 p.m.

Understanding Hemp-Derived CBD, Whole Earth Center, 360 Nassau Street, 609-924-7429. www.wholeearthcenter.com.

Robert Genco from CV Sciences discusses the discovery of CBD, how it interacts with the body, and the potential benefits of CBD for human health. Free. Register. 6:30 p.m.

OnStage Seniors, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-9248777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Docu­ mentary theater performances by ensemble members over 55 years of age. Free. 7 p.m.

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Martin Frost and Henrik Mawe, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Audi­ torium, Princeton University, 609-258-2800. www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org. Music for clarinet and piano. 8 p.m.

Saturday December 15 Jammin’ with Santa, Princeton High School, 151 Moore Street. www.princeton­ jazz.org. Arts, crafts, games, and holiday mu­ sic, benefitting Trenton Music Makers. $10.

10 a.m.

Soul-Filled Bowls Fundraiser, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Purchase handmade bowls by local ceramic artists for $25. Enjoy a courtesy bowl of soup from the Blawenburg Cafe and The Salad and Smoothie Market, with bread provided by Brick Farm Market. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Holiday Trolley Tours, Princeton Tour Company, Palmer Square, 29 Hulfish Street. www.princetontourcompany.com.

Every hour until 4 p.m. $18. Register. 11 a.m.

Clear the Studio Benefit Exhibition, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. Charles David Viera has donated over 30 artworks to offer to the public for sale. Noon to 4 p.m.

Holiday POPS!, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princ­ Friday December 14 eton University, 609-497-0020. www.

Big Band Dance, Princeton High School, princetonsymphony.org. The Princeton High 151 Moore Street. www.princetonjazz.org. School choir joins the orchestra for an after­ Princeton High School bands perform. Re­ noon of festive music. $10-$55. 3 and 6 p.m. freshments served. $5-$10. 7 p.m.

Princeton Women’s Basketball, Jadwin Elijah Wald, Princeton Folk Music Soci- Gymnasium, Princeton University. www.go­ ety, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut princetontigers.com. Marist. 5 p.m.

Lane, 609-799-0944. $20. 7:30 p.m.

The Hot Sardines, McCarter Theater, Community Satsang Gathering, Prince- 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www. ton Integral Yoga Community Center, 301 mccarter.org. Holiday tunes featuring brass, North Harrison Street, 609-454-3140. www. rhythm, tap dancing, and more. 8 p.m. iyccprinceton.org. Kirtan chanting session followed by discussion, Q&A, meditation, and Sunday December 16 healthy snacks. Register. 7:30 p.m.

Holiday in Brass, Princeton Brass Band, Folk Dance, Princeton Folk Dance, Su­ Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, zanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, 609-258-9220. With British cornet soloist 609-912-1272. www.princetonfolkdance. Tom Hutchinson. $15. 2 p.m. org. Beginners welcome. Lesson followed by Family Krav Maga, The Jewish Center dance. No partner needed. $5. 8 to 11 p.m.

Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. www.thejew­ Handel’s Messiah, New Jersey Sym- ishcenter.org. Learn self defense moves, led phony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, by David Kahn. $18. Register to sdiamond­ Princeton University. www.njsymphony.org. stein@thejewsihcenter.org. 2 p.m.

8 p.m.

Choral Reading of Handel’s Messiah, The Hot Sardines, McCarter Theater, Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www. UU Congregation of Princeton, Cherry Hill mccarter.org. Holiday tunes featuring brass, Road. Choral singers welcome. Scores pro­ rhythm, tap dancing, and more. 8 p.m. vided. $10. 4 p.m.

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On the bookshelf: Religion in the spotlight

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laine Pagels, a professor of religion at the children to live in Princeton, since Princeton University since 1982, has now I’d be supporting the three of us been known throughout her career for alone, and, I hoped, somehow, find the writing books that appeal to academic resources to forge a new life.

The next January, in 1989, the New and lay audiences. Her latest, a memoir titled “Why Religion? A Personal Story,” York Academy of Sciences’ annual dinblends an often tragic autobiography with ner was to be held at the Museum of her concurrent exploration of early Chris- Natural History. Especially since Heinz tianity and its enduring influences on would not be there, his colleagues exmodern society — including its effects on pected me to come. A year earlier, he had invited his respected senior colhow we approach death and grief.

Pagels, raised in California by non-re- league, the physicist Freeman Dyson, ligious parents — her father was an emi- to be the speaker. Walking alone to that nent botanist at Stanford — had her first dinner . . . felt nearly impossible; crying religious experience at a Billy Graham uncontrollably, I almost turned back rally, which led to a temporary foray into home. . . . I was relieved to be seated evangelical Christianity that ended after a next to the speaker, having deeply apJewish friend was killed in a car accident. preciated his kindness, as the father of Still fascinated by the New Testament, six children, during Mark’s illness. As she studied at Stanford and earned a PhD we talked over dinner, he suggested in religion in 1970 at Harvard, where she that I . . . come as a visitor to the Inmet her future husband, theoretical phys- stitute for Advanced Study. Since often icist Heinz Pagels. Their son, Mark, was I felt exhausted, depleted of the energy was diagnosed with a lung disease at age that teaching requires, I was grateful for two that would take his life in 1987. The his suggestion, but since membership following summer, in Colorado, Heinz in the Institute is a privilege that its facfell to his death during a day hike with ulty offers on the basis of prospective a friend. This series of events led Pagels research, I didn’t want to be there simto move with her two adopted children, ply because kind friends might suggest Sarah and David, to Princeton, where she it. So I applied to the Institute’s School of Historical Studies, proposing as my has lived since. From the book: project the research that would lead to What I had to do next, since my my book, ‘The Origin of Satan.’” salary alone could not pay the mort“Why Religion? A Personal Story,” gage for our apartment in New York, was to put it on the market and takes Ecco, $27.99.

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by Robert P. George and R. J. Snell, is all about the paths people have taken to arrive at their Catholic faith.

George, a lifelong Catholic, is a Prince­ ton professor of politics. Snell, who directs the Center on the University and Intellectual Life at the Stockton Street-based conservative think tank, the Witherspoon Institute, came to Catholicism while earning his master’s degree at Boston College.

Through a series of interviews, Snell and George tell the conversion stories of 16 people who are prominent in their fields.

“For many, although certainly not all, converts entering the Catholic Church as adults, whether from another Christian community, another religion, or no faith at all, the Catholic intellectual tradition was experienced as part of the struggle to come home,” the authors write. “Some turned to the Patristics for guidance, others to the Scholastics, yet others to the mystical or spiritual authors. For some, no one period or figure stands out as much as the entire ‘symphony’ of truth found in the Catholic traditions of music, poetry, art, theology, and moral philosophy.”

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ongtime followers of the literary set in town will recognize Fletcher Knebel’s name not only as the political columnist and author of “Seven Days in May,” the 1962 bestseller about an attempted rightwing military coup, but also as one star in a constellation of big league writers who lived in Princeton in the 1970s and early 1980s. They were all bright lights, profiled in the New York Times on May 20, 1983. (Among those still remaining are John McPhee and Joyce Carol Oates, who will read from her new book, “Hazards of Time Travel: a Novel,” on Tuesday, December 18, at Labyrinth Books.)

Meanwhile another book by Knebel, who died in year 1993 at the age of 81, is drawing renewed attention. It is his 1965 “Night of Camp David,” described at the time in a New York Times review as “too plausible for comfort.” The plot includes a young senator who discovers the an apparently deranged president at Camp David, ranting about the media, political enemies, imaginary plots, and arranging “a high-level conference with the Soviet premiere that could damage our national security,” according to a Times review.

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Christmas at the chefs’ tables

Family tradition: Food blogger Linda Prospero is joined in the kitchen by her 97-year-old father, Frank, and her husband, Ron DeCicco.

The extended family can count on a Feast of the Seven Fishes and – no doubt – some homemade pandoro.

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s a first-generation Italian American, Linda Prospero has embraced family holiday tradition her whole life. For many Italian Americans, Christmas Eve is the day of the Festa dei Sette Pesci, or Feast of the Seven Fishes, an adaptation of an Italian tradition known simply as La Vigilia — the Vigil.

“When I was growing up my parents always had a huge Christmas Eve feast,” she says. “I don’t even remember that they called it the Seven Fishes. It was just a plethora of dishes on our table,” she says.

There was always pasta with squid or crabs, and lots of fried fish, including smelt and baccala, also known as salt cod.

Each year her parents would go to Philadelphia’s 9th Street Italian Market, which is still there today, to buy their seafood.

And some years there were surprises, like the year her brother, on leave from the Navy, brought freshly caught conch home with him.

Today Prospero, a Scott Lane resident, is an accomplished home cook and, since 2008, the blogger behind the website Ciao Chow Linda. The former journalist started the blog in 2008 after she spent a regenerative year in Italy “off of the treadmill.” Over the past decade she has made hundreds of recipes to share on her site (www.ciaochowlinda.com) and on Instagram, often with entertaining reminiscences or snippets of the history behind the things she makes. Around this time of year, her posts often have a holiday angle to them. Just about any recipe she has ever made for Christmastime, including desserts, can be found on the blog.

Prospero, now 68, grew up in Ambler, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia’s northern suburbs. Her mother was from the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, her father from Calabria. She remembers one year her grandfather, who lived with the family, insisted that eels be part of the Christmas Eve feast. So her parents came home from the market with a supply of the live, squirming fish.

Her grandfather usually did his cooking in a second kitchen in the basement — “typical Italian-American family,” Prospero says. “My mother relegated him to the basement kitchen because he would like to cook pig’s ears and pig’s tails and she did not want to tolerate that in her kitchen,” she says.

But on that day, instead of taking the eels to his basement kitchen, her grandfather went straight into the main kitchen and proceded to kill them there. “The room had these white curtains and they were covered with blood,” Prospero says.

“My mother was irate.”

In those days, Prospero knew the holiday tradition as a participant — but not as a cook. In a post from 2010, she wrote that when she was dating her first husband, Rich, she “didn’t know a sieve from a spatula.” After they were married, she wrote, she had a daily reason for improving her culinary skills.

Over the years she gained confidence in the kitchen, and after the death of her

mother and motherin-law, she took over responsibility for planning and preparing the dinner. She also made it more her own, reducing the amount of fried fish dishes in favor of dishes like octopus salad or seafood risotto.

Prospero was married to Rich for 40 years. An engineer with Univac and later Johnson and Johnson, he was also a first-generation Italian American.

They moved to Princeton from South Brunswick in 1990, raising a son, Michael, and a daughter, Christina, who both attended Princeton High.

In 2006, Linda decided to take a leave of absence from her job as a reporter for Reuters. Rich had already retired from J&J. They spent six months in Italy, af-

ter which she quit her job and they stayed another six months. During the time she was there, she took temporary employment doing English-language coverage of the Turin Olympics for a local newspaper.

A few years later, after returning stateside, she was inspired by her niece who had moved to Paris and started a blog about her experiences there. “I thought, I wish I had thought to do that the year I was in Italy,” Prospero says. “I love to cook, I love to write, I love to take photographs. That was the impetus for creating the blog.”

The recipes she uses can come from anywhere, although she has a particular fondness for Lidia Bastianich, the New York chef who has become well known through her cooking shows on public

Linda Prospero’s Stuffed Squid Ingredients: 15 – 20 squid, medium size – cleaned 6 cups of diced, sturdy white bread, trimmed of crusts 1/3 cup chopped parsley 1/2 cup white raisins, soaked in water for about 1/2 hour 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts 3 eggs, lightly beaten 1/4 cup milk, or more if needed salt and pepper to taste Instructions: Buy the squid already cleaned, but rinse them under water and remove any cartilage that still might be left in the body. It will pull out easily and look like a strip of milky, translucent plastic. If you want, trim the wide end of the squid for a more even look.

Place all the filling ingredients in a bowl and mix until you have a moist consistency. Stuff the bodies of the squid, but don’t fill them completely since the squid will shrink during cooking.

Place a layer of tomato sauce on the bottom of a casserole and lay the squid on the sauce. Cover squid with more sauce.

Bake at 350 for about 20-25 minutes. If you make this ahead of time and refrigerate, be sure to take out of the refrigerator and bring to room temperature before baking. If you bake these

television. In 2008, posting the recipe for her mother-in-law’s stuffed squid, which today is always a feature of her Christmas Eve dinners, she wrote about how it had been passed down to her by her motherin-law, and how after the death of her mother and mother-in-law some years before, the responsibility for hosting the feast had fallen to her. And she in turn has been preparing the next generation to take the mantle. Son Michael, for instance, is the one who makes the stuffed squid these days.

Although Rich Prospero died in 2010, Linda has remarried and maintained the holiday traditions. Husband Ron DeCicco has two sons of his own. Though he is also Italian American, he did not have a strong family tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes. “He’s happy to take part in it now,” she says.

Prospero expects about 15 for the feast this year, including her father, now 97, and his second wife, to whom he has been married nearly 30 years. Christina, who lives in London, plans to be there along with her boyfriend, and Michael and his wife will be there with their newborn.

Also planning to be there is one of DeCicco’s two sons, as well as his wife and children. (DeCicco’s other son lives in New Orleans.)

The menu will be similar to the one she had in 2016, which was as follows: Prosecco; cold shrimp with cocktail sauce; oysters with mignonette sauce; fried smelts; fried squid in tomato sauce; latkes; baccala mantecato; homemade fettucine with shrimp, scallops, squid, and

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much longer than 1/2 hour, the squid will be tough and chewy.

Tomato sauce: Use your own recipe, or follow mine, which is about double what you’ll need for the squid recipe. Use the rest another time – for pasta, or pizza or whatever you like.

Ingredients: 1 large can (28 oz) San Marzano tomatoes 1 large can (28 oz.) tomato puree 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 large onion, chopped 1 carrot, finely minced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup red or white wine salt, pepper 1 T. dried basil 1 t. red pepper flakes (or more, if you like your sauce spicy) Instructions: Place the olive oil in a large pot, and add the onions and carrots. Saute until soft, then add the garlic and saute a couple more minutes. Break up the whole tomatoes with your fingers, or using a food processor, but leave some texture. Do not break them up so much that the sauce becomes smooth.

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One might notice the inclusion in the menu of latkes, the traditional hanukkah dish of fried potato cakes. It’s a nod to flame Prospero’sRed daughter-in-law, who is Jewish. One recent year, she says, they took the baccala mantecato, which is a dish in which the cod is turned into a spreadable paste, and matched it up with the latkes, in a new dish they called baccalatkes. “Actually it’s a great combo,” Prospero says.

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Like most, the one that the Nassau Club Red flamewith leaves and funserves is embellished gi and other forest finds — all made out of sugar.

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Witherspoon Grill executive chef Alex de Casenave, coquito in hand, recalls holiday traditions that are a blend of his Puerto Rican and Cuban roots.

The recipe at right reflects the Puerto Rican heritage of the Princeton Echo’s Maria Morales. because my mother’s family is Cuban and my dad’s side is Puerto Rican, so I had this mix of the two cultures,” he says.

De Casenave and his family may live in New Jersey now, but that hasn’t prevented them from maintaining their holiday tradition. The chef and his family still get together every Christmas Eve for lechon with all the fixings.

Another Christmas tradition in Puerto Rico is the coquito, a drink that literally translates as “little coconut” and which is sometimes called Puerto Rican eggnog.

There are variations found throughout the Caribbean and Latin America that feature some combination of evaporated milk, condensed milk, coconut cream, egg yolks, spices, and rum. De Casenave remembers his mother, Mercedes, making coquitos every year — with a twist.

“My mom being a creative type, switched the rum to brandy, that being the Cuban part for us, and she would add chocolate syrup to it,” de Casenave says.

Mercedes, who worked for many years as a label translator for Bristol-Myers Squibb, would make the coquitos, bottle them, and give them to people as gifts. For kids, she made a virgin version. That coquito tradition lives on today. Only now, de Casenave’s mother makes enough so that he can give it away to his friends and co-workers as well.

De Casenave, 30, lived in San Juan until the family moved north. After graduating from Lawrence High, he attended William Paterson University to study finance.

Unfortunately, his studies coincided with the Great Recession of 2008, and finance no longer looked like a great career option.

So he moved back home and enrolled in the lauded culinary program at Mercer County Community College. He worked

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De Casenave says he looks forward to getting off early every Christmas Eve and celebrating the holiday — and lechon — with family. They eat dinner at 10 p.m., then at midnight they drink coquitos and open presents.

And as they celebrate, de Casenave can think about the many friends and coworkers who get to enjoy his family’s coquito tradition along with him. “It’s a little piece of home I get to share with friends on a cold day,” de Casenave says.

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HOLIDAY TRADITIONS, from page 23 their health by changing the way they cook and eat. Through her programs she and her facilitators work with people to understand the way they eat and the way that eating makes them feel — and how changing eating habits can affects health issues like diabetes, anxiety, cognitive loss, and mood swings, possibly in ways different from what they have come to believe (www.thesuppersprogram.org).

Mullen says personally she looks to cook, eat, and share the holiday foods that don’t lead to a need for New Year’s resolutions. “Our traditions at Suppers are all around enjoying the holidays to the fullest extent possible without going into the old drinking and eating habits that created your health problems to begin with,” she says. Pressed, she says if there is one thing she serves to holiday guests every year, it is roasted brussel sprouts. “Roast them at high heat with kosher salt, and when they caramelize, they sweeten,” she says.

Suppers has hundreds of recipes to help people get through the season. Like a “Christmas in a bowl” wild rice salad with pomegranate, or roasted vegetable soup with butternut squash, apples, and, if you’d like, roasted chicken (vegans can opt for roasted cauliflower instead).

Learning to listen to one’s body and to make meaningful changes to one’s eating habits is a difficult enough task any day of the year. But Mullen knows that the challenge becomes that much greater during the holidays, when so many traditions revolve around food and drink — lots of food and drink.

ber, many Suppers meetings are oriented toward sharing delicious recipes for holiday side dishes and desserts “that taste so good you don’t have to apologize that they’re ‘healthy,’” Mullen says. “It’s our daily practice to make the delicious food and the healthy food all the same food, and at the holidays we kick it up a notch.”

Dorothy Mullen’s Christmas in a Bowl (Holiday Wild Rice Salad) Ingredients 1⁄2 cup dry wild rice 1 celery rib (finely diced) 1 large pomegranate 1 cup diced cucumber (not the seeds, just the flesh) 1 cup chopped parsley 1 lemon (juiced) 1 drizzle olive oil 1⁄2 teaspoon sea salt (more or less to taste)

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Yields: 6 servings Instructions: Cook the wild rice according to the directions for al dente, about 50 minutes. Seed the pomegranate (here’s the best way to do it). Combine the rice and seeds with the celery, cucumber and parsley. Dress with lemon juice and a drizzle of olive oil. Salt to taste.

“Holidays are a challenge when people want to celebrate but their holiday traditions make them feel sick,” Mullen says.

“At Suppers, we see it across religions, ethnicity, and age groups.”

Mullen says there can be serious challenges to socializing once you have to manage blood sugar or you’re concerned about advancing

cognitive losses or inflammatory conditions.

Cookies, pies, and sweet potatoes laced with brown sugar or the latkes, kugel, and challah attach to consequences like high blood sugars, brain fog, and even the pull back into addictive eating patterns.

Mullen and her staff know that few people want to be the person at the holiday party who brings something good for you. So in Decem-

tradition that has started up in recent years at the Jewish Center in Princeton has grown considerably in recent years. It’s called Munchies for Mensches, and it was started by member Barbara Schwartz in 2009.

At the time, Schwartz was a teacher at the Jewish Center. Before that she had been at Congregation B’Nai Tikvah in North Brunswick, where she was a volunteer for a program called Goodies for the Good Guys. Each year members of the congregation would bake or buy baked goods and candy to be assembled on trays and distributed to police officers, firefighters, and hospital personnel who were working on Christmas Day. After leaving B’Nai Tikvah, Schwartz and her family continued to do their own, scaled-down version of it. In 2009 Schwartz had the idea to get other members of the Jewish Center involved. Volunteers assemble the trays, wrap them in cellophane, write up nice cards, and deliver them throughout the Princeton area.

“Picture long tables with cookies on the tray, an assembly line,” she says.

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While Schwartz is still a member of the Jewish Center, she is no longer a teacher there. Today she works as synagogue ad-

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PARTING SHOT

If you’re up, get me a Camel

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mericans like to say that behind every great fortune is a great crime. But that is hard for me to imagine as I walk through the bucolic Duke Farms on this sunny autumn day.

My guide is my gardener, William. He grew up near this 2,000-acre estate in Somerset County and became fascinated by its bountiful trees and plantings. And he was equally fascinated by Doris Duke, the remarkable, star-crossed woman who inherited this extraordinary place. She led a life filled with money and all the misfortunes it can bring.

Doris was the only child of the exorbitantly wealthy tobacco manufacturer James Buchanan Duke, the philanthropic maker of Lucky Strikes and Camel for whom Duke University is named. When he died in 1925, the bulk of his estate went to the 12-year-old Doris, whom everyone then named “the richest girl in the world.”

As an American Marie Antoinette, Doris led an incredibly luxurious life in a country then suffering under the Great Depression. But it did not hinder her. She became a championship surfer, dancer, singer, and foreign correspondent.

Just before his death, her father told her to trust no one. His warning turned out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Doris avoided people and mistrusted everyone. Her first marriage ended in a lengthy lawsuit.

Of course, it was over money. When she married for the second time to the Dominican playboy-diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa, the federal government imposed conditions on the marriage to make sure her money would remain in her control under all circumstances. It was a wise decision, since the marriage would last only a year.

People continued to chase her money.

A 35-year-old Hare Krishna adherent named Chandi Gail Heffner told Doris that she was the incarnation of her daughter Arden, her only child, who had died

As fascinating as the Duke Farms property itself is the life of the woman for whom it is named, Doris Duke. shortly after birth. At 75, Doris adopted the woman, which she later described as “the greatest mistake I ever made.” Later, her Irish butler, Bernard Lafferty, took complete control of her life until her death.

William knows well the way around the now-demolished mansion on the estate. “Sometimes I saw her driving,” he

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The wildest stories circulated about her.

She had bought a B-25 bomber for her personal use and furnished it luxuriously inside.

There was also a complete Thai village she owned. But the most beautiful of her indulgences were the exotic animals that she kept at Duke Farms. “What should we do with the camels?” her staff wailed when a hurricane was forecast. “Oh, put them in the living room,” she replied.

William has to chuckle again.

At the top of a hill we stop and marvel at a pastoral view that spreads out before us like a Botticelli landscape. Rolling hills, nine lakes, miles of stone walls, a meandering river in the distance. “All laid out,” says William, “every hill.”

Doris died at the age of 80, soon after a facelift. She appointed her butler the executor of her estate of $1.2 billion, including her camels and her dog. Later, the butler was accused of having played a suspicious role in her death.

“You have to see this,” William says. He

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takes me to a lawn where Doris’ menagerie is buried. He points to two marble headstones on which images of camels have been carved. One for Baby and one for Princess.

Her only real friends.

If you visit Duke Farms: From midMarch to early November, the Orientation Center and Duke Farms are Thursday through Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. After November, hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. Duke Farms is closed on Wednesdays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Pia de Jong is a Dutch writer who lives in Princeton. Her bestselling memoir, “Charlotte,” was published in 2017 in the U.S. She can be contacted at piadejong.com.

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