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Ads with digital
enhancements
display a universal
play button or a
2-D barcode (right).
75 For Your Table: Mashed potatos
Basic mashed potatoes
get four flavorful upgrades.
BY HANA MEDINA
77 Wine Connection: Days of wine and cheese
Some tips on the best
complementary pairings.
BY ANNETTE ALVAREZ-PETERS
79 Blessed are the cheesemakers
BelGioioso puts the
“joy” in cheese.
BY MARIA BELLOS FISHER
DIGITAL
CONTENT
Readers will find dozens of digital
enhancements throughout this
magazine, including:
Alice Waters, page
51
UltraViolet, page
55
Just Dance, page
63
Stanley, page
67
For Your Table, page
75
BelGioioso cheese, page
79
Pulmonary Hypertension, page
93
Costco Services, page
108
INSIDE COSTCO
105 Costco Travel:
Las Vegas
Believe it or not,
Las Vegas can cater
to a multi-genera-tional family trip.
BY T. FOSTER JONES
108 Costco Services
A conversation with
Intuit president and
CEO Brad Smith.
BY STEVE FISHER
112 Buying Smart:
Costco’s jewelry
program
High-end diamonds
and precious gemstones are available
in the warehouse
and online.
BY SHERRIE NEWMAN
119 Services Update
120 Special Events
81 Putting the faux in haute cuisine
If you don’t have time to
make something fancy, you
can always fake it.
BY DEBORAH HERLAX ENOS
84 Pets as therapy Animals of all kinds are
helping people recover from
illness and injury.
BY WHITNEY HARROD MORRIS
Arts and
Entertainment
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SPECIAL SECTION
Debbie Macomber
36 Wimpy Kid
39
Burial Rites
43 JFK books
45
Nick Offerman
47 Ripley’s contest winner
49
Alice Waters
51 UltraViolet
55
Dexter
58 Video games
63
Plus, Book and Blu-ray Buyers’ Picks
90 Diabetes and tech Technology continues to help
diabetics manage their disease.
BY CHERYL ALKON
100 Bee colony collapse Bees are dying, and the loss of
these small insects has a big
impact on our food supply.
BY IRENE MIDDLEMAN THOMAS
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