Want to learn how to make the best pie crust in the world? 

Do your homemade cookies turn out misshapen and burnt? 

Can you put a gourmet dinner on the table in less than 15 minutes? 

Interested in learning more about Italian cuisine? 

HRH Pat Condelli, The Cookie Queen, also known as "the practical Martha Stewart," teaches all the tricks of the trade in fun-filled classes at the Castle in New Kensington, Pa. 

Home Economist Pat Condelli 

Pat received her degree in Home Economics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has been teaching cooking, baking and home making since 1968. 

Choose one of the following classes or tell the Cookie Queen what you would like to bake or cook and she will plan a class specifically for you and your friends. 

Pat also is available for LIVE consultation on SKYPE. If you have a web cam, message Pat on the internet for a time for a live SKYPE consult on your computer. 

* Dough Re Mi - How to handle all types of doughs - yeast, phyllo, pizza, pie, biscuit. Hands on. Sampling. Take home something wonderful. 

* Hassle-Free Holidays -. Save time and your sanity with easy holiday recipes. Hands on. Sampling. Take home something scrumptious. 

* Kids Can Cook - Easy recipes. Lots of fun. Hands on. Sampling. Take home something to show your family what you made. Class limited to six children. 

* Cookies to Die For, Cry For, Lie For - Learn to make "professional-looking" cookies that taste fabulous. Men of all ages really love this class. Hands on. Sampling. Take home some goodies. 

* Yes, You CAN Make a Pie - Anyone can and I’ll teach you how. 

* Intro to Cooking for the Single Man -Basic cooking skills for guys. Prepare wonderful meals for you and your buddies. Food safety. Learn how to host a party. Hands on. Sampling. Something to take home. 

* Carry Me Back to Old Italia - Grand recipes from the North and South of Italy. Family-tested for generations. Hands on. Sampling. Something to take home. 

* Ethnic Cooking With American Flair - You’ll get a little bit of everything in this class - Italian, Greek, Polish, German, Mexican, Dutch, Indian, Chinese. Six sessions.$300. Come for dinner. We eat first. Then I’ll show you how to make it. And you can take some home for your family to taste. Class size limited to six students. 

All classes feature hands-on (not just watching me do it) experience. And everyone gets to take home something they themselves made. 

Most classes are just one 2-3-hour session. There are morning, afternoon, evening and weekend sessions available. 

Individual Classes: $40-$60 (depending on items being prepared), which includes recipes and something delicious to take home. 

To register for a class, phone the Cookie Queen at 724 339-0920 or E Mail: cookiequ@verizon.net 

I am not one who puts a lot of store in The Supremes.  And, no, I am not talking about the 50s singing group.  I am talking about the Supreme Court Judges.

One of them died last night - the notorious RGB - Ruth Bader Ginsberg - at the age of 87 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.  Sympathies to her family.

That being said - I am not too upset seeing her go because Ginsberg was also notoriously left wing liberal.  She voted in favor of everything I am against and against everything for which I am in favor.  So - sorry, not sorry.

But now there is the issue of replacing her on the highest court in the land.  I, of course, want to see an originalist on the court - someone who abides by the Constitution not one who wishes to interpret the Constitution to mean something which is progressive.  

I want our laws to reflect the original intent of our founders.

But appointing a Conservative to the bench does not mean we will get Conservative votes.  I will never forget the day that George W. Bush swore in Chief Justice John Roberts.  We popped champagne corks.  I actually cried tears of joy.  At last an “originalist” … or so we thought.  Most of his rulings up to this Supreme appointment had been conservative - but once on the bench Roberts turned into a raving left wing lunatic.  

I attribute this to the fact that while President Bush vetted Roberts himself he failed to vet the wife - a progressive.  Mr. Roberts has to go home each night and face liberal Mrs. Roberts - so how do you think a man who wants some “affection” is going to vote?  

And don’t tell me that his bedroom activities would not affect his vote.  SEX rules everything.  Sex and money.  And so my joy at his appointment soon turned into dismay and disgust.

I could go on and on listing all of his decidedly dopey decisions but that’s water over the damn.  A done deal.  We have to move forward.

And so President Trump now has the opportunity to appoint a third Supreme which is driving the Democrat loonies insane.  They are demanding that the appointment be made by the “next” person elected President because they think it is going to be the left wing lunatic Sleepy Creepy Neck-Sniffing Very Confused Hidin’ Joe Biden.

I would like to remind all the Dems that Donald Trump was elected to serve as President for FOUR years.  Not three years and eight months.  (Although Trump technically has not had ANY months of being able to be president thanks to the Dems constant attempt at a coup with the Russia BS, the Ukraine BS and a hundred other things they have tried to drum up to drum him out of office.)

One of the main reasons some people voted for Donald Trump instead of Hilary Clinton was his promise to appoint originalists to the Supreme Court.  And so President Trump has the absolute right and responsibility to name the next Supreme Court Justice and he must do it immediately.  We cannot have a split court going into the November election.

It may be that the court will have to umpire the contentious election because the Dems have insisted on cheating by mail-in vote and ballot harvesting.  Right now there are technically four conservative judges and four progressive moron Supremes.  If there is a tie - then what?  Are we going to have President Nancy Marie Antoinette (let them eat ice cream) Pelosi as president (but only when she is not getting her hair done in a salon closed by Covid restrictions but open to just her).  

This appointment must be made now and confirmed before the November election.

I strongly urge Mr. President to pick Barbara Lagoa.  Born in 1967, she is a United States Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prior to becoming a federal judge, she was the first Hispanic woman to be appointed as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Florida.

You may remember her as one of a dozen pro bono lawyers who represented the Miami family of Elián González in 2000.

Then I want to see if the left would dare try to destroy a Latina Woman like they tried to destroy Brett Kavanaugh.