Ideas for new dishes "always come to me from outside the kitchen, in a museum, a walk in the woods, by the side of the pool, " Ms. Crenn said.

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Walk by the Latter-day Saints church on the Upper East Side of New York, and you will see only images of Jesus and scenes from the Gospels, even if the Mormon Jesus looks more corn-fed and burly than the gaunt, ascetic one in the Protestant church around the corner.

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Walk into any Best Buy or Verizon store and you'll see their smartphones and tablets side by side.

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She decided to walk the 40 miles back to her home town along the motorway but was picked up by the side of the road by a man who took her to Manchester.

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Born in New York City 48 years ago, he was adopted by relatives who raised him in their walk-up flat on Chicago's tough South Side.

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