In a world where "quick and easy" has come to mean processed, pre-packaged and often expensive, many of us are looking to go back to the basics for better nutrition and economy. With chapters dedicated to leftovers, soups & casseroles you will be sure to learn that the key to more frugal and nutritious meals is not magical recipes, but rather the application of a little time and planning. Recipes like Sausage & Lentil Soup, Reuben Casserole and Skillet Chili are wallet friendly and will become family favorites!

In this lively and amusing documentary, producer Rick Sebak and his team travel from Moundsville, West Virginia (home of the Grave Creek Mound and the Official Marx Toy Museum) to Vandergrift, Pennsylvania (with its curved streets and great used bookstore) to Fredericktown (where the old ferry boat still crosses the Monongahela.) You'll learn about archeologists in Verona, an old family farmhouse beside the Ohio river, a hundred year old hot dog place in Brownsville, and several spots in between. In Springdale, you'll visit the Rachel Carson Homestead and then go back for the annual Sustainable Feast there.

 In HOUSES AROUND HERE, you'll see ordinary houses as well as to extraordinary dwellings. You'll travel up to Chatham Village on Mount Washington, check out some cool old castles in Aspinwall, and find out about the history of Swift Homes that were so successful in the 1950s. You'll look at some old company towns, including Marianna, PA. Near Prosperity, and stop in at Moon Lorn, an odd sort of country cottage built by the artist Malcolm Parcell, and you'll visit Henry Clay Frick’s mansion called "Clayton" to see what we can see. In and around Pittsburgh, the variety of houses, their old charms and their modern quirks, help make this area an interesting, affordable and familiar place to call home.

This somewhat zany travelogue is full of surprising places, friendly people, and lots of unforgettable roadside attractions. Ride along the Lincoln Highway, have breakfast at Lee's Diner in York! Go underground on the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour near Scranton! Throw bread to the huge carp at the Linesville Spillway! Check out the Kinzua Bridge near Mt. Jewett! You'll never forget the Tom Mix Birthplace Park near Driftwood! Visit the Shoe House, Reptiland, a great old gas station, and some classic tourist cabins! THE PENNSYLVANIA ROAD SHOW is a wonderful tour of this uncommon commonwealth.

For 250 years Pittsburgh has been home to Engineers, Innovators and Pioneers! Look at Fort Pitt! John Roebling! George Ferris & His Wheel! Westinghouse and all his Companies! The Steel Industry! Mine Safty Applianceis! Shipport! The Civic Arena! And now we've got CMU's Robotic Institute! Entertainment Technology Center! Pitt's Vacine Center! UPMC's McGowan Center! Watch amazing local engineers care for our city (and Region!) of Bridges along with Young and Energetic Students with their Chain-Reaction Contraptions!

Here are two much loved early programs. Together these programs help explain the charm of Pittsburgh, its geography, its landmarks, its important engineering history and its unpredictable people

In the dangerous days of World War II, there were few roles more glamorous - and dangerous - than that of the fighter pilot. And while the rest of the country lined up to do battle, African Americans were no different. They wanted to show their patriotism by taking to the skies, fighting the enemy and protecting their country. This program tells the story of the brave men who battled in the air and on the ground.

Season by Season with Chris Finnemore captures 76 recipes published over three years in the pages of Pittsburgh magazine. Organized by spring, summer, fall and winter, this collection includes 36 months of recipes along with charming personal reflections from Chris. A must-have for Chris Fennimore fans and cooks everywhere.

In 1971, Chris, Boone and Perry were just three average American guys, serving their country in Vietnam. Though painful and destructive, the conflict would forge a friendship that would always connect them. Then Chris met the Friends of Danang, a humanitarian organization made up of veterans dedicated to helping the sick and poor children of Vietnam's city of Danang. Together, they rediscover a land and a people they never thought they'd see again. Funny, touching and real, "In Country" is a story of hope and healing.

The heyday of Pittsburgh's Hill District lasted from the 1930's through the 1950's, and this eloquent documentary recaptures it all... the music clubs that attracted both black and white, the best Negro League baseball teams in America, the church picnics and family businesses that comprised the essence of life in this vibrant neighborhood.