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PERFECT MANHATTAN 2 ounces rye whiskey 1/2 ounce Carpano Antica sweet vermouth 1/2 ounce Noilly Prat dry vermouth Dash Urban Moonshine maple bitters Luxardo Marasca imported Italian cherries Stir whiskey, vermouths and bitters with ice in a cocktail shaker to blend. In a double rocks glass, rinse cubed ice for drink with Marasca cherry juice, and drain off excess. Add stirred drink and garnish with cherries. VELVET ROPE 2 ounces rye whiskey Dash orange bitters 1/2 ounce Velvet Falernum (a cane-based spiced liqueur)

It's still more than six weeks away but a sale next month at the Alderfer Auction Co. in Hatfield will offer an opportunity to buy Shaker furnishings at reasonable prices. More important, it will mark the start of a partnership between Alderfer and Aston "Tony" Macek, an Upstate New York auctioneer who specializes in Pennsylvania German and other American folk culture. Mergers are not as common in the auction world as they are in other lines of business. The last one of any note took place 10 years ago, when the Fine Arts Company of Philadelphia Inc., merged with the Samuel T. Freeman Co. The partnership between Alderfer and Macek will offer Macek a wider venue for his goods, putting him closer to the well-publicized community of country auctions and flea markets that runs westward from Philadelphia to Lancaster and beyond.

Regrets, we've had a few . . . And for this week's Daily News Regret, we look back to April 18, 1959. "Betta," a disheartened debutante, wrote to Daily News advice columnist "Dear Penny" with concerns over her volatile temperament. "Betta's" friends and family frequently told her that if she weren't so quick to lose her temper, she would have an easier time landing a man. Worried that she would have to resort to being a "yes-girl," the troubled young woman wrote a letter to Dear Penny for reassurance.

Try a few of these daring, exotic spins on the typical summer cocktail. Each recipe makes one cocktail. Note: You'll need ice to make these. TAVERN 17'S SHORE LEAVE 1 ounce Appleton's Rum 1/2 ounce Canton Ginger Liquor (can substitute ginger syrup) Juice of 1/2 lemon 2 to 3 dashes bitters Club soda Put ice in a pint-sized glass. Add rum, ginger liquor, lemon and bitters. Fill glass with club soda. Serve without shaking or stirring. Serves 1. CUCUMBER & MINT GIMLET 3 cucumber wheels 10 fresh mint leaves 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice 3 1/2 ounces Hendricks Gin In a Boston shaker, muddle cucumber wheels, mint leaves and lime juice.

I wasn't sure what the salt shaker was for at first. It came in the mail with a pepper shaker, and it had an I N.Y. logo on it. It was sent by an outfit called The Center for Consumer Freedom. With an ecru-colored gift card. "Congratulations!", it said, "You're now on the cutting edge of New York City culinary culture. " Then the card got down to business: It said that if New York Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden put in place his 10-year plan to remove 50 percent of the salt "from all restaurant meals," two things would happen.

Movie and TV memorabilia meister Jim Dubin predicts a lot of collectors will be struck with "Saturday Night Fever" this weekend at his collectibles extravaganza in South Jersey. Look for a lot of collectors to go ape, too, and blame both conditions on cameo appearances by film actresses Karen Lynn Gorney and Linda Harrison. Gorney portrayed "Stephanie" in the 1976 classic film "Saturday Night Fever," while Harrison played "Nova" in the original version of "Planet of the Apes" in 1968.

In Devon there's a Shaker candle stand and on Chestnut Street there are steamer trunks, but what is likely to be the weekend's most unusual auction will be the closeout sale at noon tomorrow at Between the Wars, an art deco emporium at 621 South St. After 18 months in operation, the store's proprietor, Michael Verker, who used to work at Captain Joe's surplus store on North Broad Street, is getting out of the retail business and selling the...

Dear Polly: An easy way to eliminate the fat in a can of soup (and lower the cholesterol) is to place the can in the refrigerator upside down overnight. To open the next day, turn the can right side up, open it, and pour out the contents. The excess fat, which has been solidified in the refrigerator, clings to the bottom of the can and can be thrown away. - C.H. Dear C.H.: Since my husband and I have gone on a stringent low-fat diet, your simple pointer is really helpful. I like to use canned chicken broth occasionally, but I'm appalled at how much fat is in the broth.

Kevin Kautenburger makes sculpture that achieves a remarkable synthesis of indoors and outside, of domestic utility and the timeless rhythms of nature. Some pieces refer to furniture, but nothing in his exhibition at the Fleisher Art Memorial is truly functional. Cricket Wall could be a room divider, except that it's too low to serve as more than a symbolic barrier. The piece stands as a perfect example of Kautenburger's effort to evoke pastoralism through objects that are crafted like furniture - specifically, 19th-century Shaker furniture, which he cites as an influence.

Jennie Zecca wasn't the kind of woman to hold back if she had an opinion. Didn't matter if she was talking to Frank Rizzo or some other city mover and shaker. Married to Anthony Zecca, deputy mayor when Rizzo was mayor, Jennie amused Rizzo with some of her outspoken opinions on current affairs. Rizzo would kid his deputy about his wife, "but the mayor always enjoyed her gracious company and warmth," said her son, Mark Zecca. Jennie Zecca, daughter of Italian immigrants who was active in civic affairs, died Thursday.

YOUNG Involved Philadelphia was at times mistaken for a vanity project when Andrew Hohns and Troy Madres, two University of Pennsylvania graduates, started it in November 2000. Sure, Hohns was talking about running for mayor five months into the nascent organization's life. But, he and Madres had something bigger in mind for YIP. "The whole point was to get people to meet the so-called movers and shakers, and then begin to influence the way they thought," explained Hohns, 33, who is working for an investment firm while seeking his doctorate from Penn.

Among the many things money and power can't buy, apparently, is originality. Over the winter, Eli N. Avila, Gov. Corbett's secretary of health, got into a tiff at a diner called Roxy's over whether his eggs were fresh. To sharpen his point, he resorted to the trite and true "Do you know who I am?" Avila left Roxy's and filed a complaint against the place with Harrisburg's health department, which found only minor violations. None of them had to do with eggs. Avila has not commented on the incident, but his representatives have said he thought there was a legitimate health concern.

Who has the mojo to affect world events? Who makes the Earth spin? Justin Bieber , baby. And Blake Lively . And, of course, Oprah Winfrey . Those are just some of the monikers on this year's Time 100 list of the most influential folk in the galaxy ( www.time.com/time100 ). Sure, President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron made the cut, as did Prince William and Kate Middleton . So did far more important personages such as Matt Damon and Sting . In a sweet literary move, each person listed is praised by Another Famous Boldfacer . "He can be the glamorous celebrity, but look closely at photos of him on the red carpet: there is a kindness in his eyes," writes Dame Helen Mirren of Colin Firth , 50. Elisabeth Moss celebrates her Mad Men boss Matt Weiner , 45: "He is a true artist, a seeker of truth.

On Sunday nights, globe-trotting lawyer Joe Murphy gets his ballroom groove on. He hits the floor at Dance Haddonfield, a lively gathering of guys and gals who love to cha-cha-cha. Held in the handsome hall of Grace Church on Kings Highway East, Dance Haddonfield has become a community institution. Sort of like the man who founded it 11 years ago. "I tell people, if you'd asked me to design the perfect life for myself, it wouldn't be as good as the one I have," says Murphy, an unabashed Haddonfield booster whose multiple civic endeavors reflect his eclectic personal and professional interests.

Jennie Zecca wasn't the kind of woman to hold back if she had an opinion. Didn't matter if she was talking to Frank Rizzo or some other city mover and shaker. Married to Anthony Zecca, deputy mayor when Rizzo was mayor, Jennie amused Rizzo with some of her outspoken opinions on current affairs. Rizzo would kid his deputy about his wife, "but the mayor always enjoyed her gracious company and warmth," said her son, Mark Zecca. Jennie Zecca, daughter of Italian immigrants who was active in civic affairs, died Thursday.

PERFECT MANHATTAN 2 ounces rye whiskey 1/2 ounce Carpano Antica sweet vermouth 1/2 ounce Noilly Prat dry vermouth Dash Urban Moonshine maple bitters Luxardo Marasca imported Italian cherries Stir whiskey, vermouths and bitters with ice in a cocktail shaker to blend. In a double rocks glass, rinse cubed ice for drink with Marasca cherry juice, and drain off excess. Add stirred drink and garnish with cherries. VELVET ROPE 2 ounces rye whiskey Dash orange bitters 1/2 ounce Velvet Falernum (a cane-based spiced liqueur)

Don Elbaum. Beginning in 1981 when he struck a deal with the Tropicana to do monthly shows, Elbaum was a familiar and influential presence who put on approximately 175 fight cards during the 5-year run of his contract. A character's character, "The Bum" was as or more recognizable to ringsiders as some of the main-event fighters whose careers took off on his watch. - Bernard Fernandez