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Sodium chloride — rock salt — is the cheapest and most common ice-melting chemical. Other chemical cousins, such as calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, and potassium chloride, are also used. Potassium chloride is somewhat less damaging to plants, but “it’s not benign,” Janoski said.

After finding herself wanting for a boxed waffle mix that met her high standards for breakfast, Erica Barrett launched a culinary brand from her hometown of Mobile, Alabama, with flavor-packed waffle mixes, bacon rubs and fried chicken mixes that can be found in major grocery stores and online. As she grew her business, appearances on “Shark Tank” and “The Profit” garnered national attention for Southern Culture Artisan Foods, and her most popular products are regularly sold out. But you can still get a taste at her seafood-focused restaurant, which opened in 2019. There, you’ll find deviled eggs topped with fried lobster, spring rolls filled with oxtail and shredded Gouda; and Parti Gras Pasta, studded with forkfuls of crawfish, lobster, shrimp and andouille sausage. Barrett is also planning to open a second location in Birmingham’s popular Pizitz Food Hall next year.

Kevin McCallister’s big brother Buzz McCallister (Devin D. Ratray), pictured here, will welcome one lucky family in the famous home to experience a McCallister Christmas for only $25 on a first-come, first-serve basis starting Dec. 7. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)

I assume that you and “Shelly” might have occasionally sniped about your brother, spouses, or in-laws over the years. There are probably times when you are relieved when somebody’s spouse has to stay home, and you have some solo time with your sibling.

By MARIA CHENG and HALELUYA HADERO A new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa is leading to a new round of travel restrictions just as many…

But during college, in 1987,he dove into a lake that was too shallow, severing his spinal cord. Even though he lost his ability to play piano or guitar, he played harmonica. And even though he could no longer paint with his arms, he learned through Paré to paint with his mouth.

You and your wife should tell her, “Your aunt and uncle let us know that they were so disappointed that you didn’t take the time to greet them at the wedding. This would have taken you two minutes, and it would have made them feel appreciated. We hope you will choose to make things right, by apologizing to them.”

Dear J: This woman dropped you abruptly and in the worst possible way, without providing any personal justification or explanation. This says a lot about her, because she had the option to part as friends, as painful as that might have been for both of you.

Amy Avila, a student nurse anesthetist, works on an intricate anatomy drawing of the brain that she creates while studying on Nov. 16, 2021, at her Highland Park home. The drawings have been used for coloring by hospital workers to reduce stress. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

“If everyone is vaccinated except the littlest kids and the littlest kids are all from the same family, and visiting with grandparents, that’s a reasonably safe situation,” she said. “It’s the mixing of unvaccinated, or partially unvaccinated with other families, that starts to amplify that risk.”