Edge

Ella Krichinsky of Dundalk was searching for a recipe for plain brown-edge cookies. Diane Hubbard of Baltimore responded with a recipe that appeared in The Sun a number of years ago. She says that her husband especially enjoyed these cookies. They're not fancy, but they are rich, buttery and just plain good. They brown beautifully on the edges and puff up some in the center. They would be terrific served with sorbet or fruit salad, or just eaten plain with a cup of tea or coffee. Brown-Edge Cookies Makes about 36 cookies 1/2 pound (2 sticks)

Edge really messed up this time. It appears as if his and Vickie Guerrero's glorious reign of terror on Smackdown is over - along with their relationship - because he was caught on tape making out with the wedding planner. Triple H crashed Edge and Guerrero's wedding reception Thursday night on Smackdown and revealed the hidden video of Edge putting the moves on Alicia Fox. I'm deeply saddened by this shocking development. Edge and Guerrero are an awesome heel act and they have been carrying Smackdown.

"Edge," a new PBS monthly cultural magazine, tries to be different. Which is fine. Programs shouldn't be on PBS unless they are different. There are plenty of other channels that will carry the same old stuff.But sometimes "Edge" tries a little too hard. In tomorrow night's premiere hour, which will be on Maryland Public Television, channels 22 and 67, at 10 o'clock, there's plenty of good stuff, but sometimes the show -- oh, go ahead and say it -- goes over the edge.Take the first piece, for example.

Here's some unusual truth-in-programming: "The purpose of television is to sell things." And, "it is not fundamentally an art medium."The statements are from, respectively, producers Dennis Potter ("The Singing Detective") and Steven Bochco ("L.A. Law," "Hill Street Blues," etc.), as heard in one of the more intriguing segments of tonight's edition of "Edge."The breezy cultural magazine show on PBS, hosted by Robert Krulwich, turns the attention of its fifth outing to the workings of media.

MINNEAPOLIS -- There will be some interesting matchups when the Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves open the World Series here tomorrow night.Here's a position-by-position look at the American League and National League champions:STARTING PITCHERS* TWINS -- There's nothing fancy about Minnesota's rotation. With a week's rest, the Twins are expected to go with their three JTC best starters, just as they did in the playoffs. That means Jack Morris, the most experienced of the postseason pitchers, could make three starts.

Don Matthews has already planted the seed. Into the fertile soil of his players' imaginations, he has dropped the first attitudinal directive.Living on the edge.It is deeper than a slogan, better than a marketing concept. For the coach of the CFL Colts, it is a philosophy -- for football and life.It is how he wants Baltimore's new Canadian Football League team to be.What starts as a mind-set blossoms into mayhem."I'd like the players to be daring, living on the edge, willing to take chances and make plays," says Matthews.

COLLEGE PARK -- Kelly Amonte scored two goals and added three assists as top-ranked Maryland edged No. 2 Princeton, 9-8, yesterday at Byrd Stadium. The Terps (14-0) won their 37th consecutive regular-season game.Liz Downing deflected a pass from Cathy Nelson with 10:07 remaining to put Maryland ahead 9-7. Princeton (12-2), which has eliminated Maryland from the past two NCAA tournaments, closed to within one on Abigail Gutstein's goal with just under eight minutes left.

It must have looked so good on paper.Take an action-adventure with psychological undertones set in the rugged magnificence of the Alaskan wilderness, rendered by the rapier-sharp writing of David Mamet and the assured hand of director Lee Tamahori. Add two actors with iron-clad bona fides and attach Bart the Bear (the most charismatic of his breed since Yogi), and boom: Box office and critical bouquets.But there's many a slip between the page and the stage, to which "The Edge," starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin, ploddingly attests.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Nothing to it.In fact, by halftime the outcome was essentially settled, as top-ranked Duke dismantled No. 7 St. John's en route to a 91-81 victory at the Greensboro Coliseum.To the delight of the sellout crowd of 15,781, Duke's victory gave the ACC a 6-2 edge in this year's ACC-Big East Challenge. Thus the event, which concludes this season after a three-year run, finished with each league winning 12 games overall. Last year, the Big East held a 6-2 edge. In 1989, each conference won four times.

Movie-goers off to see the new Mel Gibson movie "Edge of Darkness," a compressed two-hour version of the six-hour 1985 British TV miniseries, are likely to be doing so because their man Mel is back on the edge, on the boil and on the trigger after nearly eight years off as a top-line screen actor. ("Signs" was his most recent starring role.) But other factors work in this conflicted, still entertaining thriller's favor. Among them: Ray Winstone as assassin/fixer/philosopher of mysterious employ, who quietly becomes the most intriguing character, and co-writer William Monahan's fabulous way with vaguely threatening doublespeak.