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(Last Updated On: March 3, 2023) NATIONAL BLUEBERRY POPOVER DAY What better way to start March 10th than with National Blueberry Popover Day? Popovers are airy rolls that puff up when baked, popping over the edge of the tin. They are light and crispy on the outside while the insides are warm and often hollow. They can be filled with custards, creams, and fruits for a sweet treat, especially blueberries. #BlueberryPopoverDay Popovers are similar to Yorkshire pudding and can also be served with savory combinations. Most popover recipes are made using mostly eggs, milk, flour and salt. When making popovers,...

I am proud to come to this city as the guest of your distinguished Mayor, who has symbolized throughout the world the fighting spirit of West Berlin. And I am proud -- And I am proud to visit the Federal Republic with your distinguished Chancellor who for so many years has committed Germany to democracy and freedom and progress, and to come here in the company of my fellow American, General Clay, who -- who has been in this city during its great moments of crisis and will come again if ever needed. Two thousand years ago, two thousand years...

Robert H. Lochner, who as John F. Kennedy's interpreter helped the president practice his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963, has died, his family said Monday. He was 84. A journalist by trade who helped revive free media in West Germany after World War II, Mr. Lochner died of a lung embolism early Sunday at his home in western Berlin, said his daughter Anita. Mr. Lochner was head of Radio in the American Sector, a radio station supported by the United States in West Berlin during Kennedy's triumphal visit to West Germany and the non-Communist half of the...