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ChuckAlek Independent Brewers invites the community to St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold for Charity on Saturday, March 15, from 5 to 9 p.m.
The event will feature a live band — the Jive Bombers — and will benefit three Ramona charities: the Friends of Ramona Unified Schools (FORUS) school roofing project, the Neighborhood Tatas Susan G. Komen 3-day Walk team, and Ramona Pony Baseball.
During the event Bisher's corned beef sandwiches will be for sale, as well as ChuckAlek's regular beer line-up. Sandwiches will be served up by the women on the Neighborhood CrossFit Tatas team.
Additionally, ChuckAlek bartender Lauren Guy has had a specialty beer brewed and is donating a keg to the event.
"Among other fundraising activities, all proceeds from this beer will go into the Pot of Gold to be split among the charities at the end of the night," said owner Marta Jankowska. "The community of Ramona has been so supportive of ChuckAlek, we want to give a little back by hosting this event and donating. Hopefully we can make it an annual tradition."
This is an all-ages, family friendly event, so come dressed in green and bring some "gold" to donate to a worthy cause, said Jankowska.
Local businesses or individuals interested in donating to the charity event or who may have general questions may email Jankowska at email@example.com or visit the website at www.chuckalek.com.
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FORT WORTH — Elio Mena-Lopez lay injured on Race Street with no one willing to help.Minutes earlier, police say the 20-year-old waiter was highly intoxicated when he tried to flag down a white, four-door car with a sunroof while walking in the 2700 block of Race Street about 4 a.m. June 16. His actions were caught on a video surveillance camera from a nearby bar.You can see him wave his arms, and he literally runs into the side of the passenger side of the vehicle, probably around the door frame, said traffic investigation Detective Lisa Sorrels.The driver of the car, possibly a Nissan, swerved after the collision but never stopped. Nor did at least four vehicles that passed by Mena-Lopez as he lay in the middle of the eastbound lane, just in front of Fuzzys Taco Shop.He is moving. He tried to get up a couple of times and fell back down, Sorrels said. I think the intoxication and some minor injuries he received in the contact with the first vehicle caused him to not have his faculties and not be able to get up and get out of the roadway.Three minutes later, the video shows a red pickup believed to be a 2002 Chevy double cab running over Mena-Lopez, Sorrels said.Like the others, that pickup driver kept going.Mena-Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene. Now, police are releasing images of the two vehicles involved in hopes that someone will help identify the drivers, who could face charges of failing to stop and render aid. Sorrels said had the first driver simply called 911 after the collision, Mena-Lopez might still be alive.We may have gotten there in time; the ambulance may have gotten there in time to give him some protection, Sorrels said.Hes not breathing anymoreMena-Lopez was a waiter at La Playa Maya on Fort Worths north side and had planned to return to college to become a nurse.There was no way not to get along with him once you got to know him, said his boyfriend, Cesar Tapia. You just connected with him.But the couple, who lived together on Race Street, had fought that Fathers Day weekend, leaving Mena-Lopez in a highly emotional state. Tapia said he had picked up Mena-Lopez, who was drunk, from a downtown bar late Saturday, then called 911 when Mena-Lopez jumped from his slow-moving car and scaled the Weatherford Street bridge as if he were going to jump.Tapia said he had talked Mena-Lopez back into the car, and the two returned to their apartment off Race Street. They grabbed something to eat but later fought again with both men eventually leaving the apartment on foot.Mena-Lopez ended up near Fuzzys.Bernice Barajas, 19, was returning home after an outing with friends when she heard a woman screaming for help and saw a man lying in the street. As I got closer, I recognized Elio. I live on Race Street. I recognized him because he was a neighbor, Barajas said. Barajas called 911 and talked to dispatchers as another woman tried to offer aid to Mena-Lopez.She was like, I can barely feel his pulse, Barajas said. The lady on the phone told her to start doing compressions. She began to do compressions, then she just started crying, Hes gone. Hes not breathing anymore. Theres no pulse.Someone ran over himTapia, meanwhile, had decided to drive to his mothers house to spend the night. As he walked to his car at the apartment, he noticed an ambulance driving by, but thought nothing of it.But after reaching his mothers house, a friend sent him a message via Facebook telling him it was an emergency and that he needed to call her.He called the friend, who quickly asked him where he was and if his boyfriend was with him. When he said no, his friend asked, By any chance was he wearing white and gray Vans? Im like yeah, Why, Whats wrong? Then she started crying.Barajas took the phone from her friend and delivered the tragic news to Tapia.Someone ran him over, and he just passed, she told him.Though neither driver stopped, Sorrels said both vehicles did drive back by the scene, indicating they knew they had hit someone.On the video, the white car can been seen slowly driving past the ambulance and onlookers, before turning south on Grace Street.Barajas said she was still on the scene when the red pickup sped past, prompting a paramedic to shout at the driver to slow down.They stepped on the brakes, then they took off even faster, Barajas said.A short time later, a woman came to the scene and told officials she had seen the same pickup run over Mena-Lopez. Police put out a broadcast and tracked the pickup, pulling the driver over at a gas station at Interstate 35W and Northeast 28th Street.Though the driver was arrested on an outstanding aggravated robbery warrant and his truck impounded, Sorrels said both he and a passenger who had been in the truck denied hitting anyone or even driving down Race Street that night.At this point, its his word against mine, Sorrels said. I suspect he did it but I cant prove it yet.Follow me homeMena-Lopez essentially had two families, both of which now mourn his loss.Though they were not related, Bettie Lykes loved Mena-Lopez as if he were her own son.Once the manager of the Cleburne mobile home park where Mena-Lopez had lived for a few years with his mother and stepfather, Lykes said she later took him into her home after he told her that his decision to come out as gay cost him his home. I said, Follow me home. Youve got your own bedroom. Your own bathroom. Life is good. Youre coming home with me, Lykes recalled.Lykes said she made sure Mena-Lopez finished high school.He lived with her until December when, then 20, he moved in with his boyfriend in an apartment less than two blocks from where he would later be killed.Lykes has taken in sons before.In 1972, the then-divorced mother with a 4-year-old son and 9-month-old daughter spotted a malnourished young boy doing small jobs at the Rockyfeller Hamburgers stand on North Main Street in Fort Worth. She took in the 11-year-old boy, Andy Foster, tried to get help for his alcoholic mother, and then later legally adopted the boy after his mother died of sclerosis of the liver when he was 15. Foster, a retired Air Force master sergeant, now works for Lockheed.You see, this is the way it is, honey. I only have to answer to one person in my life and when he asks me what did you do that night at the Rockyfeller Hamburger stand when that little boy was sitting there, Im not going to say I got in my car and went home. The God I know, that dog wont hunt with him, Lykes said.Foster said had Lykes not taken him in, he is certain that he would be in prison today.I ran the streets as I wanted, when I wanted, Foster said. She came along in my life at a very good time. She kicked me in the butt when I needed it and showed me determination and initiative, that you cant sit around and wait for the world to hand you something.That all those years later Lykes would open up her home to Mena-Lopez wasnt surprising, he said.Shed say, You werent born under my heart, you were born in my heart, Foster recalled. I could say the same thing about her and Elio. He was born in her heart as well.How could that be?Mena-Lopezs family said he was not kicked out of their house and that he left home on his accord.Family is family. We were here for him. He decided to go his own way without us, and we respected that, said his older sister, Mara Zamora. Aurora Juarez said her sons lifestyle had no bearing on her feelings about him.Hes my son. I loved him no matter what, Juarez said speaking in Spanish and crying as she spoke about her son. When he moved to Fort Worth, we helped him. He would call and ask for money for books, and Id send him the money.Aurora Juarez said that even though he lived in Fort Worth, he would still drive down to Mexia and go shopping or out to eat with family members.He was my baby, Juarez said. Theres no pain greater than losing a son at such a young age.Mena-Lopezs family chose to have his funeral for immediate family only.Lykes hosted her own memorial for Mena-Lopez in Cleburne. She also raised money for a mausoleum monument in his name at the Green Acres Cemetery in Cleburne.I have to have a place to go, Lykes said.Both wonder how anyone could leave Mena-Lopez on the street to die.You see people stopping when they hit a dog or animal, Juarez said. But they didnt stop to check on my son. How could that be? Staff writer Domingo Ramirez Jr. contributed to this report. Deanna Boyd, 817-390-7655
How you can help Police are trying to identify the drivers of two vehicles involved in an auto-pedestrian wreck that killed 20-year-old Elio Mena-Lopez on June 16. The first vehicle is described as a white, four-door car with a sunroof , possibly a Nissan. The second vehicle appeared to be a red 2002 Chevy double cab pickup. Anyone with information about the drivers' identities is asked to call Detective Lisa Sorrels at 817-392-4891 or Crime Stoppers at 817-469-TIPS (8477). Crime Stoppers offers reward money for information leading to an arrest.
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The F10 5 Series and F10 M5 LCI refresh models are coming soon, but spy photos have shown the external styling updates will be understated, with tweaks to the upper front fascia and headlight updates (sleeker looking and with optional full LED squared-off headlights), but the M5 will receive no changes to the lower front bumper design. Like the 5 Series, the F10 M5 will also receive light updates to its tail lights and lower rear bumper.
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GAINESVILLE — After a tumultuous week that included the firing of coach Will Muschamp, this was exactly what Florida needed.
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Where can I find Black Rice or Forbidden Rice in Los Angeles
- misterstimulation Sep 2, 2010 12:03 PM
Anyone know where I can find Black or Forbidden Rice anywhere in LA. Anywhere close to the Grove Mall or Fairfax and Wilshire would be great.
Oh.. I'm looking for the ingredient, not venues that serve black/forbidden rice dishes.
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You know, I've never seen it at TJs sadly.... And believe me, I would remember if I did... They have LOTS of Wild Rice though, which is also black...
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I have seen forbidden rice at my Irvine TJ's. But it's like a year ago, and you know how quickly items rotate out of stock if they don't move. Ask the manager at your local store.
Not that this will help the OP, because 99 Ranch doesn't have a store Mid City-ish, but I have seen it there. Maybe try one of the Korean supermarkets in K-town?
Chinese markets (you can try the 99 Ranch in the Valley if you don't want to trek to the SGV) have a dark colored rice which is a little less delicate, but also a lot cheaper than so-called forbidden rice. You can cook it mixed with standard brown or white rice (it will turn the color of the entire mixture a uniform dark color, so the resulting rice will all appear dark black-purple).
I've also seen it at Whole Foods on 3rd and Fairfax (as Dommy mentioned), and the korean supermarkets do carry a few varieties from short-grain glutinous black rice to a longer-grain wild rice type, though they are a good 10 min drive from the Grove area. HK Market on Western and 2nd, Kaju Market on Western and 5th, Plaza Market on Western and 9th in Koreatown Plaza, and Galleria Market on Western and Olympic should all carry it, as Koreans often mix it with short-grain sticky rice (a la will47) to make a purplish rice. And if I remember correctly, it should cost roughly $10 for a 2 or 3 lb bag, which is likely cheaper than what you might find at WF.
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I've been finding Forbidden Rice at the 99 cents only store on Washington in Culver City (about 1/2 mile west of Centinela). A buck for a pound. This is a long-but-small grained whilte rice with good flavor, but not overtly aromatic like Basmati. Is this what you mean?
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Whole Foods has it in the bulk foods area. It's in one of those tubes where you put the plastic bag under the spout. You can buy as much, or as little as you want.


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Finding a good wine pairing for cioppino is a challenge. Cioppino is essentially a stew made with tomatoes, wine and all kinds of seafood — but always a lot of shellfish. There's usually some celery and onion in there and plenty of garlic. Some restaurants add hot red pepper, others avoid that to emphasize the sweetness of the seafood.
Normally when we think of pairing wine with seafood, our mind goes to white wines. But, cioppino is a perfect example of why one needs to focus not on the protein but on the sauce when selecting wine. Scallops, crab and white fish could go with any number of wines. But, when you start throwing in a lot of tomatoes, plus garlic and hot pepper, the list of options shortens substantially. You can forget about Chardonnay and most other medium to full-bodied whites. They won't have the acidity to hold up to the cooked tomatoes and will have all the charm of a mouthful of mineral oil. There are white wines that do have a lot of acidity, but many of them have neutral flavor profiles. Those wines might work as palate cleansers with cioppino, but so does water. What should you choose?
Though the dish sounds like it comes from Italy, cioppino was actually "invented" by hungry San Francisco Italian-immigrant fishermen in the late 19th century. Not long thereafter, the dish moved from the fishing boats, where it was a fresh and easy one-pot lunch that warmed body and soul, to The City's restaurants, where on cold, foggy July days it is a fresh and easy one-pot lunch that warms body and soul. It is served throughout the Bay Area, but Tadich Grill considers it one of their specialities. They serve hundreds of bowls of the tangy fish stew daily. What better place to go for advice on cioppino pairings?
Tadich Grill, which started business in 1849 as wharf-side coffee kiosk, is a busy place. Having moved to its present location in the Financial District in 1969, it's become a lunchtime hangout for San Francisco's movers and shakers, a mecca for well-informed tourists and a destination for truckloads of fresh fish. Tadich Grill takes no reservations, but moves people through in a hurry. Hence, conversations with the waiters are brief. "Excuse me kind sir, what wine would you suggest for the cioppino? Perhaps a crisp Sauvignon Blanc?" "No," says the waiter. "Pinot or Zinfandel. You want more bread?" And away he trots.
Pinot or Zinfandel — that was unexpected. California serves up some rich Pinot Noir that still retains good acidity, so I could see where the waiter was coming from. Somehow though, it didn't sound quite right. Zinfandel on the other hand seemed a brilliant call. Zesty with bold flavors yet low enough in tannins to play nice with fish, Zinfandel blends are probably also the wines the Italian fishermen would have been drinking in the 1880's. The key, I decided, would be finding one that isn't too high in alcohol.
While Zinfandel used to be the daily drink of Italian farmers throughout the Sonoma and Napa regions, and that of their relatives in nearby cities, at some wineries it has become like sipping whiskey. With intense flavors, heavily influenced by oak, and full body from high-alcohol levels created with extra-ripe fruit and superhero yeasts, these Zins make an impact at tastings and can easily chase a cocktail. However, they also steamroll a plate of food. Plus, drinking high-alcohol wine with food that may have hot pepper in it is almost literally throwing fuel on a fire. Reviewing the Tadich wine list, I saw four good Zinfandels, but three of them struck me as better options for a grilled steak. I chose the fourth, the 2007 Storybook Mountain Zinfandel Mayacamas Range Napa Valley ($34 retail, $50 on the wine list).
The wine turned out to be perfect for the cioppino. Fresh, dark berry flavors parried the bright tomato and soft oak-derived chocolate married with the red pepper spice. Elegant and supple for a contemporary Zinfandel, the wine did not overwhelm the white fish, scallops, crab or mussels. Smooth on the palate, the Storybook went down easy and was enjoyed by all.
This was my first time at Tadich Grill and I was pleased with the experience. The prices are fair, even low for downtown San Francisco, and the portions quite large. Plenty of good San Francisco sourdough bread is provided for each table automatically too, so take care not to over-order. Dungeness crab leg cocktail and prawn cocktail appetizers were fresh tasting and included six pieces of the named seafood for $15.75 and $11.25 respectively. The Pacific Oysters Rockefeller ($19.00) also came with six pieces, but overflowed with the tasty cheesy-spinach topping and also included a huge tomato stuffed with same. That dish could easily serve as a main course. The "cup" of Boston Clam Chowder ($6.25) is thick, hearty and comes in bowl the size of a large coconut shell. I didn't see any "bowls" of the chowder ($7.25) but can only assume the portion is large enough to bathe in.
Speaking of main courses, at $26.25, the cioppino is one of the most expensive items on the menu. But it's loaded with clams, prawns, scallops, bay shrimp, Dungeness crab meat and white fish and comes with two pieces of garlic bread. You don't need an appetizer and I think it's a good value. At $17.75, the meat ravioi with meat sauce is a full plate too. Porterhouse steak was a special that evening for $21.75. It was wide enough to cover the whole plate but very thin and somewhat overcooked — ask for it rare.
And then there were the desserts. The Cheesecake ($7.25) was large but didn't strike us as a specialty or something made on site. However, the Mixed Berries ($7.00) was a heaping bowl of very fresh and flavorful fruit. It comes with a massive quantity of Zabaglione Sauce that was flavored with something that may have been Grand Marnier. It was very good and a single order could satisfy at least three people. The Chocolate Mousse ($8.25) was the prettiest dish I saw come out of the kitchen and, while big enough to share, can be tackled by one person. The rich, not quite fluffy chocolate, is served in a cylindrical mold made from artfully wrinkled leaves of frozen chocolate and topped with a dollop of whipped cream.
As mentioned above, Tadich Grill doesn't take reservations and that's a policy from which they don't waiver. However, they have a lot of tables, especially two- and four-tops, a large bar to make the wait pleasant, and move people in pretty quickly. They were able to seat my party, a group of 11, by putting together three four-tops, within about fifteen minutes and that was at 7:30 on a Saturday night.
Tadich Grill doesn't have a website to speak of, but they are located at 240 California Street in San Francisco. That's between Front St. and Battery St. They are open from lunchtime through 9:30pm, six days a week. They are closed on Sundays.
Storybook Mountain Vineyards is a Napa Valley winery whose 100% organic vineyard lies on the eastern slope of the Mayacamas Range. Their vineyards get direct morning sun but the harsh afternoon sun hits the vines at an angle, sparing them from its searing heat. Cool breezes come up from the San Pablo Bay to the south and over the mountains from the Russian River to the west. This keeps the average temperate for the vineyard about 10 degrees lower than for those on the valley floor. Clay soils and relatively high rainfall (due to moist air from the ocean reaching the dew point as it rises over the Mayacamas Range) allows the vineyards to be "dry farmed" for the most part. The site and weather allow Storybook to create concentrated, yet balanced, wine. Their offerings include very well-regarded Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon and Viognier varietals. NorCal Wine Highly Recommends the 2007 Storybook Mountain Zinfandel Mayacamas Range Napa Valley ($34, 14.6% alc.)
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Robert Mondavi Winery's Garden to Table Experience Offers Fun, Food and Hands-On Culinary Instruction
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- Written by Fred Swan
- Created on Monday, 19 July 2010 05:02
Robert Mondavi is perhaps the most revered figure in the modern history of California wines. His passion for high-quality wine, vision for what Napa Valley could offer, skills as a corporate leader and work as an ambassador of California wine around the world all played huge roles in the rise of Napa Valley as one top wine-producing regions of the world. But, revolutionary as Mondavi may have been in some respects, he was very traditional in his belief that food and wine should be served together — creating a harmonious meal and a daily celebration of family, friends and nature's gifts.
Robert Mondavi and his winery promoted this connection between food and wine in many ways over the years. The winery building, constructed in 1966, includes a private dining room called the Vineyard Room which has been used for a wide range of events related to the combination of food and wine. In 1976, Robert Mondavi Winery initiated a series of classes called the The Great Chefs of Robert Mondavi. The first culinary series offered by an American winery, it gave attendees the opportunity to learn from and cook side-by-side with famous chefs, including Julia Child, Alice Waters, Jacques Pepin, Paul Bocuse and Rick Bayless. Later, Robert Mondavi was a major benefactor of The American Center of Wine, Food and the Arts in Napa.
Nearly 35 years after founding The Great Chefs of Robert Mondavi, the winery continues to be a leader in promoting the culinary aspects of wine and wine country living. You can sign up for lunch in the Vineyard Room or garden, courses in pairing wine with food or special dinners featuring library wines dating back to the 1970's. For a more hands-on experience, reserve a spot in one of the winery's "Garden to Table" events.
The Garden to Table experience lasts four hours and includes time in the garden, helping Chef Jeff Mosher prepare a meal using fresh local ingredients, a walk through the vineyard, a brief tour of the winery and then a delicious meal outdoors. The Garden to Table experience costs $150 per person, each of whom also receives a Robert Mondavi Winery apron and a hard-bound book of recipes. Garden to Table will take place every Saturday this August. Attendance is limited and reservations go fast, so sign up soon.
The winery recently gave me a sneak preview of the program. I had a great time and am sure that you'll enjoy it too. My experience began as I and a handful of other journalists were greeted on the winery's patio by Margarit Mondavi, Chef Jeff Mosher and refreshing glasses of Robert Mondavi Winery Fumé Blanc.
We spent a few minutes chatting with our hosts and then strolled to the adjacent herb and produce garden. There, Chef Mosher talked about the winery's commitment to local ingredients and organic gardening. They create their own compost and even have a worm farm. After that, we armed ourselves with bowls and commenced harvesting herbs, lettuce, strawberries and edible flowers for our lunch.
When we'd filled the bowls, we headed into the kitchen. We received a quick orientation in the kitchen, were shown where to put scraps for composting and then began to wash and chip the herbs. Chef Mosher quickly blanched arugula and tarragon. Using the very useful VitaMax, he quickly whipped up a tasty arugula puree to go with our seafood course and sweetened tarragon cream for the strawberries. [It would have never occured to me to use tarragon in whipped cream, but it was excellent.] After we had honed our herb chopping chops and gotten the food prep off to a good start, we were whisked off for a tour of the winery and vineyard with senior wine educator, Inger Shiffler.
The Robert Mondavi Winery's To Kalon Vineyard is one of the most storied in Napa Valley and it comes with a great view of the Mayacamas. In the winery proper, substantially renovated as of 2001, you'll see something unique — 56 mammoth oak fermentation tanks. Specially made to Mondavi's specifications by Taransaud barrel-makers in Cognac and more porous than stainless steel, the tanks allow red wine to soften through natural micro-oxidation and tannins begin resolving during maceration and fermentation. This allows the wines to be ageworthy, yet still approachable when young. Unlike old fashioned wood fermentation tanks though, these are each equipped with a precise, high-tech cooling apparatus to allow the winemakers to very carefully control fermentation temperatures.
When our tour was complete, we headed back to the patio for lunch. There was just enough time to dive into a glass of Mondavi Sauvignon Blanc To Kalon Vineyard I-Block before the first course was served. It was a delicious lunch paired with delicious wines. I've listed our menu below. Of course, yours will be different due to the focus on fresh, local, seasonal ingredients.
The Menu
Seared Alaskan Halibut
Wild Arugula Purée, Garden Herb Salad
Meyer Lemon Beurre Blanc
2006 Robert Mondavi Winery Napa Valley Chardonnay Reserve
Pan-Roasted Niman Ranch Ribeye
Roasted Fingerling Potatoes with Green Garlic
King Trumpet Mushrooms, Baby Carrots, Broccoli Rabe
Bordelaise Sauce
2006 Robert Mondavi Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
Strawberry Shortcake Garden Fraise Des Bois
Garden Tarragon Cream
Strawberry Balasamic Sorbet
2009 Robert Mondavi Napa Valley Moscato D'Oro
Robert Mondavi Winery Cooking Class
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Experiencing Carnivale du Vin 2011
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- Written by Fred Swan
- Created on Wednesday, 16 November 2011 23:05
Carnivale du Vin is an annual event which centers around a chartity auction. The auction benefits the Emeril Lagasse Foundation which is focused on helping kids get vocational education and good mentoring. By my reckoning, this year's event raised well over $1 million.
The black-tie celebration took place on Nov. 12 in New Orleans. While a live auction was the centerpiece of the event, there was far more to the evening including a wine reception, an excellent dinner prepared by celebrity chefs, a silent auction and a concert.
The event was held in a huge ballroom at the New Orleans Convention Center. There was no mistaking the event for a typical convention gathering though. The greeters, one of whom is pictured above, were just the first sign that Carnivale du Vin would be a unique and festive event.
Once inside the hall, attendees were greeted by something completely different. This full-sized pig was a chocolate-covered cake by Sweet Southern Ladies Designer Cakes. Pork — real pork — was the theme of the food for the weekend's events.
While looking over the silent auction lots and meeting up with friends, attendees enjoyed a wine and ham reception. Five different cured hams were on offer: Prosciutto di Parma, La Quercia Domestic Prosciutto, Jamon Serrano, Prosciutto San Daniele and Jamon Iberico.
The ham was served on its own, but also as part of tapas-style dishes including grilled ham and cheese sandwiches and this focaccia.
There was an impressive table of cheeses too, but people really marvelled at this salumi spread.
The massive display of salumi was so impressive that even Mario Batali whipped out his iPhone to snap some photos.
The wine portion of the reception featured a special bottling of 2009 Kosta Brown Snoma Coast Pinot Noir with a custom, piggy label. Dan Kosta (above) was named 2011 Honorary Bacchus, essentially the chief honoree from the wine world. He was present at all of the weekend's events and contributed one of the top live auction lots.
Lot 16 was a Harvest Boot Camp with Kosta Brown. It started with one 5-liter and one 3-liter bottle of the 2009 Kosta Brown Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast. Then it got really interesting. There was a private flight for six to Sonoma County, accomodations at Hotel Healdsburg, and a two day harvest experience at Kosta Brown, hosted by both Dan Kosta and Emeril Lagasse. There will be vineyard tours, barrel tasting and a barbecue. The next day includes a harvest lunch, winemaking lessons from the Kosta Brown team followed by dinner prepared by Charlie Palmer... at his home. The final day concludes with a dinner at the home of Dan and Alli Kosta, cooked by Emeril Lagasse and served with a selection of Kosta Brown wines. This lot sold for just under $80,000.
Back to the reception... Ramona Nicholson (above) poured her 2007 Nicholson Ranch Cuvé Natalie Reserve Chardonnay. Lous Roederer Brut Premier Champagne was also available.
There were 138 different silent auction lots. They ranged from dining opportunities at top restaurants to kitchen equipment, home decor and bespoke stationery. The majority of the items were wine-related though, with a strong showing from California wineries. Lot 32 was a 9-liter bottle of 2008 Caymus Vineyards Special Selection Cabernet Sauvignon.
Emeril Lagasse met with guests throughout the reception. He's pictured here with Gary and Margarette Pisoni of Pisoni Vineyards.
With a big crowd and such good food and wine, it can be difficult to get people to take their seats for dinner. Getting everyone's attention is easy though, if you have the Roots of Music Marching Band on hand to play their way into the hall. After a couple of rousing tunes, they played the National Anthem, a pretty clear signal that the main event was about to begin.
The evening's first course was Angry Shrimp with White Bean Passatina made by Chef Michael Chiarello of Bottega in Napa Valley. It was delicious. I've found the recipe for it here at Chef Chiarello's NapaStyle website. I may try to make it myself. It was really good. Accompanying the dish was the 2009 Foxen Block UU Bien Nacido Vineyard Santa Maria Valley Chardonnay.
Next up were Agnolotti with Black Truffles and Pecorino di Fossa from chefs Mario Batali and Mark Ladner (Babbo, Lupa, Otto, Del Posto, Eataly). The delicious little pouches of pasta were served with 2005 Williams Selyem Westside Road Neighbors Russian River Valley Pinot Noir.
The final savory course was Maple-Black Peppercorn-Soaked Buffalo Tenderloin on Jalapeno Grits with a Tangle of Greens and Crispy Butternut Squash Taquito. It was made by acclaimed Southwestern-cuisiine chef Dean Fearing of The Ritz Carlton in Dallas. The buffalo was flavorful and amazingly tender. The taquito made me forget that I hate butternut squash. This dish was paired with 2005 Levy & McClellan Napa Valley Red Wine, an excellent Cabernet Sauvignon-based blend.
Dessert was prepared by "Mr. Chocolate," Master Pastry Chef Jaques Torres of New York City. The dish is called La Fontaine. It seemed to be a cake filled with hot chocolate ganache. (And in fact it was. I found the recipe for it here at FoodNetwork.com.) The chocolate was hot enough to melt my the white chocolate piggy's chef's toque as the plate was being carried to the table. So I had to eat the chocolate to prevent further damage. The dessert wine was a 1995 Au Bon Climat "Emeril's Roots" Aleatico.
After dessert came the live auction. To get the audience warmed up, Mario Batali auctioned off his trademark orange Crocs. The ones he was wearing. The tuxedo crowd was oddly hesitant to swap their black slippers for day-glo clogs, but Michael Chiarello came to the rescue. He paid $5,000 for Batali's footgear and the raising of funds had begun.
The first official lot was a 3-liter bottle of 2002 Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne. There were 19 live auction lots in all, the final being a trip for four to Cabo San Lucas to join in Emeril's annual birthday extravaganza. It includes dinner made by Emeril at Sammy Hagar's house and then VIP seating at the next night's Sammy Hagar concert at the Cabo Wabo Cantina club. Like the Kosta Brown lot, the birthday bash went for nearly $80,000.
But the night wasn't over. Glenn Frey (The Eagles) capped things off with an excellent 90-minute set.
Our coverage of the preceeding 2011 event, Boudin and Beer is here.
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Lotus of Siam - A Delicious Value for Food and Wine in Las Vegas
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- Written by Fred Swan
- Created on Friday, 19 November 2010 22:51
Over the years, as the Las Vegas restaurant scene has changed, so have the wine lists. Steakhouses, with their big collections of full-bodied reds, have been joined by countless authentic French, Italian and Asian restaurants which call for different directions in wine. And, whereas the wine lists used to be heavily-weighted toward trophy wines for the expense account crowd, many restaurants now offer very good selections of excellent yet affordable wines. That said, since the typical markup in Las Vegas restaurants is 3x retail, most wines on the better lists come in at or above $100 per bottle. By the glass is certainly an option, but expect to pay at least $15 for something decent. Moving "off the Strip" can get you better prices, but there is usually — but not always — a corresponding drop in quality.
Perhaps the best off-the-Strip option in Las Vegas is Lotus of Siam. Nearly every big city in the United States has a restaurant called "Lotus of Siam." Few, if any, hold a candle to the one in Las Vegas. It is a destination restaurant, though not because of a famous chef, beautiful decor or a see-and-be-seen aura. Frankly, it doesn't have any of that. It's hidden away in a very quiet strip mall that was nearly vacant last Friday night and it's table settings are paper place mats, not white linen. What this Lotus of Siam does have is the best Thai food I've ever eaten, very reasonable prices and a tremendous wine list. The list is strongest in Riesling, particularly German, since those wines go so well with the food. However, there are hundreds of other wines available, including many from California.
The Wine
Lotus of Siam offers roughly thirty wines by the glass. Most of them are stored in an auto-dispensing system with gas to keep the wine fresh. While a couple by-the-glass choices at Lotus of Siam aren't much of a surprise, such as 2007 Kendalll-Jackson Chardonnay ($6.50), most are. Among the reds are the delicious 2007 Siduri Keefer Ranch Pinot Noir ($17) and 2006 Showket Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon ($19). There's also old vine Grenache from Minervois ($14), Cabernet Franc from Chinon ($14) and a Brunello di Montalcino ($14). The most expensive glass is the 2007 Domaine de Marcoux Chateauneuf-du-Pape ($22) — an excellent wine with a release price of $71 per bottle. There are nearly twenty half-bottles available too, including offerings from Spring Mountain Vineyard, Pride Mountain, Storybook Mountain, Parallel and Viader. At just $22, the Bonny Doon Le Cigare Volant 2004 is an excellent choice for the budget-conscious.
The list of full-sized bottles at Lotus of Siam runs 41 pages. It is full of icons, such as 1990 Krug Brut Champagne which is reasonably priced at $350, but also nice surprises such as the 2004 Gruet Blanc de Blancs, New Mexico ($40). If the gaming tables are very good to you, you might spring for the 2000 Lafite Rothschild ($1050). But the smart money is on 2005 Pontet-Canet ($150) or 2005 Clos du Marquis ($95). There are three pages of fine red Burgundy and verticals of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, such as Le Vieux Donjon, Clos des Papes, Chateau de Beaucastel and Domaine du Pegau.
The list of California reds is extensive and tends toward toward big names and full-body: Colgin Estate, Turley, Shafer Hillside Select, Sine Qua Non, Carter, etc. However, there are plenty of wines that tend to be more delicate in style such as Pinot Noir from Mount Eden, Calera, Sand Hill Durell Vineyard (now Dunstan) and Littorai. The most expensive California red on the list is a 2001 Harlan Estate ($795) but the majority of wines are substantially less. The Talbott Sleepy Hollow Vineyard Pinot Noir is a nice bottle and just $35. There are a few good back vintages too, like the 1993 Ridge Monte Bello Cabernet Sauvignon ($175).
The list of California whites is much shorter, less than a page. It also offers good options though, from 2008 Handley Pinot Gris Anderson Valley ($30) to Alban Estate Roussanne ($60) and 2004 Mount Eden Estate Chardonnay ($68) on up to 2006 Kongsgaard "The Judge" Chardonnay ($235).
We had gone to Lotus of Siam for Thai food and German Riesling though, so that's what we ordered. We tried two wines there: 2007 Jos. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett ($55) and then the 2008 Egon Muller Scharhofberger Kabinett ($75). Both wines were very good, the latter being just off-dry with more mineral, green apple and citrus. The Prum was substantially sweeter with more body and a lot of tangy stone fruit and floral notes. I thought it to be the best of the two. Both went very well with the food, though I would recommend the Jos. Prum over the Muller with rich curries and spicy dishes. In retrospect, it would have been interesting to try the Jos. Prum side by side with the 2007 Dr. Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr ($42). Oh well.
The Food
While not as long as the wine list, the menu is also extensive. There are nearly 150 main dishes to choose from. We tried quite a few things. Our favorite starter was Moo Dad Deaw ($8.95) which the menu describes as a Thai-style pork jerky. Essentially, it's thoroughly marinated strips of pork that are quickly deep fried and served with a slightly spicy sauce. It was chewy, yet somehow still tender, and very flavorful. The sauce was nice, but not entirely necessary.
One of the specialties at Lotus of Siam is Northern Thai cuisine. We tried two of those dishes. The Sai Qua (Northern-Style sausage, $8.95) was very good. It comes one to an order, grilled and cut into quarter-inch thick slices on the bias. It's a pork sausage with herbs and spices. It was a bit dry, but had great flavor. Think of the rich, slightly sweet, red sauce from really good Pad Thai blended with pork and stuffed into a sausage casing.
The Kang-ka-Noon (spicy jack fruit curry, $9.95) was good, but less exciting than some of the other dishes. The flavor and texture of young jack fruit is similar to that of artichoke heart. There's nothing wrong with that, but it is subtle and the curry broth was thin and soupy rather than thick and rich. The other dishes were bursting with flavor and the Kang-ka-Noon was simply overwhelmed.
One of those more powerful items was the Crispy Duck with Chu-Chee (Thai red curry sauce, $19.95). There was more crispy duck skin than duck meat, but that didn't disappoint most of us. While duck skin isn't diet food, it's packed with flavor. One of my dinner partners found the meat a bit too fatty; for the rest of us it was just ducky. And we all loved the creamy red curry sauce. It was a perfect complement to the duck, was nicely off-set by the wine and, if there had been more sauce, we would have been eating it with a spoon.
The standout dish of the night was Sea Bass Som Thum (sea bass with Thai papaya salad, $23.95, pictured above). The salad was very good: fresh, crisp and with the sweet, savory, tangy, spicy dressing that Thai salads are known for. The sea bass itself was ridiculous. Almost two inches thick and cooked through, yet extremely moist — almost creamy. It was so sweet, flavorful and obviously fresh that I wouldn't have been surprised to see a fisherman leaving through the back door.
There a lot of great restaurants in Las Vegas. The day after our visit to Lotus of Siam we ate at Pierre Gagniere's Twist in the new Mandarin Oriental Hotel. But you don't need to go all out like that to have a tremendous food and wine experience. If you like Thai food, or are willing to give it another try, head over to Lotus of Siam.
Lotus of Siam is located at 953 E. Sahara Ave., Suite A5, Las Vegas, NV 89104 - (707) 735-3033. They are open for lunch on weekdays only, from 11:30 to 2:00. Dinner is available daily from 5:30 to 9:30 (until 10:00 on Friday and Saturday). Dinner reservations are recommended. Dress is casual.
We paid full price for our meal and wine and were not compensated in any way by the restaurant for this article.
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Matthew Stamp of The French Laundry Wins Top Sommelier Award
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- Written by Fred Swan
- Created on Monday, 02 August 2010 06:23
After grueling qualifying and regional competitions, the 2010 TOP|SOMM US Sommelier Championship finals were held today in San Francisco. Ten of this country's best sommeliers were put to the test by eight judges, each a Master Sommelier. The challenges included written exams in essay format; characterizing and identifying seven wines in a 25-minute blind tasting and three service challenges: food and wine pairing, champagne service, and decanting. Curveballs were thrown in each challenge — the decanting service involved 38-year old wines with disintegrating corks.
The competitors were all kept in suspense as to the results until tonight's celebratory dinner at the Hotel Monaco in San Francisco. Master Sommerlier Fred Dame of Foster's Wine Estates and president of the Guild of Sommeliers was one of the judges and also acted as emcee for the ceremony.
The first award presented was for Best New Sommelier. This honor goes to the sommelier under 32 years of age who had the best score in the final competition. The winner for 2010 was Jason Heller of REDD in Yountville, CA. Prior to working at REDD, Heller was responsible for the beverage program at Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bistro, also in Yountville. In 2009, he was dubbed Best New Sommelier by Wine and Spirits Magazine. Jason Heller also turned out to have the second best score in the overall competition.
The next award went to the third place finisher in the overall competition, Michael Meagher. Presently working at Vineyard Road, an importer and distributor in Waltham, Massachusetts, Meagher is a Master Sommelier Candidate and won the 2010 Chaine des Rotisseurs Best Young Sommelier competition. In addition to his studies in wine, which include a master's thesis on wines under screwcap that has since been published by the Journal of Culinary Science and Technology, Meagher studied cooking at the Culinary institute of America and was in the Masters Degree program for Gastronomy at the University of Adelaide in Australia.
The final and top award was earned by Matthew Stamp, recently of The French Laundry in Yountville, California. Immediately prior to The French Laundry, Stamp was at the Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant in Forestville, CA. He preceded that with nine years at V. Mertz Restaurant in Omaha, Nebraska. He has a CWS certification from the Society of Wine Educators and received the Rudd Scholarship for best-in-class performance while earning his Advanced Certification from the Court of Master Sommeliers.
Richard Arnold (winemaker, Robert Mondavi Winery), Jason Heller, Matthew Stamp & Michael Meagher
The remaining finalists in the 2010 TOP|SOMM US Sommelier Championship were:
Yannick Benjamin, Le Duc, New York, NY
Ian Cauble, The Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay, CA
Chris Dillman, Sage American Bistro, Columbus, OH
Eric Hastings, Eddie V's Prime Seafood, Houston, TX
Brian McClintic, Montagna, Aspen, CO
Inez Ribustello, On the Square, Tarboro, NC
Dustin Wilson, The Little Nell, Aspen, CO
At a dinner for nearly 30 Master Sommeliers, the wine needs to be good. Event sponsors Iron Horse Vineyards and Robert Mondavi Winery did not disappoint. The pre-dinner reception featured passed hors d'oeuvres and two very fine sparkling wines from Iron Horse:
1996 Iron Horse Joy!, Very Highly Recommended, $160/1.5L (13% alc.)
1996 Iron Horse Joy! Rosé, Very Highly Recommended, $NA
As the award given to the US Sommelier Championship winner is called The Robert Mondavi Trophy, it was fitting that Robert Mondavi Winery provided the wines for dinner. The five wines served were:
2006 Robert Mondavi Winery Chardonnay Reserve - Highly Recommended, $40 (14.3% alc.)
2007 Robert Mondavi Winery Sauvignon Blanc I-Block, To Kalon Vineyard, Very Highly Recommended, $75 (14.7% alc.)
1990 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, Very Highly Recommended, $NA (13.5% alc.)
2006 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, Very Highly Recommended, $135 (15.5% alc.)
1999 Robert Mondavi Winery Botrytis Sauvignon Blanc, Highly Recommended, $40 (~11.5% alc., ~20% RS)
I recently reviewed the 2006 Robert Mondavi Winery Sauvignon Blanc I-Block, To Kalon Vineyard. While the 2006 has already picked up complexity and hints of nut, the 2007 is a focused study in deliciously fresh peaches, both white- and orange-fleshed. It will age well, but is nearly irresistable now.
The 1990 RMW Reserve Cabernet has held up extremely well. Still a very dark ruby in the glass with just a bit of garnet at the rim, it offers stewed black cherry and prune with accents of dried herb, earth, leather and pencil lead. The wine's texture is almost creamy and still shows plenty of sweet and softly powdery tannins.
The 2006 RMW Reserve Cabernet, which had been decanted, was opaquely ruby with pigmented legs and a bold nose of cherry, plum and cigar box. It's a full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon, yet not at all over the top. Oak and alcohol, fruit and powdery tannins are all in balance. Flavors include cocoa, black cherry, vanilla and sweet oak. This is a wine that will last for many years to come but can easily be enjoyed right now.
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Welcome to my little place on the web! I've been a dealer for over 10 years and I have many satisfied customers. My inventory includes vintage toys, glass, porcelain, vintage costume jewelry, and my specialty - Postcards! Mooncat (our Maine Coon) says come on in and explore!
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Easter Greetings Girl in Carriage w Chickens Postcard Used with no postmark. Small edge wear otherwise VG, gel.
1950 Hal-Sam Toy Company 'American Logs' Set Hard to find! Appears complete - see pic for pieces included. The box is good showing normal wear on edges and cor...
Winsch Silk Inset Easter 1910 Postcard Has an actual silk inset in the postcard of a cross Used with later postmark of 1921. Small edge wear, small cancel on ...
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#TBT to a pic of my late wife Judy, a great mom. This Mother's Day, women deserve #EqualPay & affordable child care pic.twitter.com/1l0OvAOKPI
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A #MothersDay #TBT: @RepLindaSanchez & me with our inpsiring and incredible mother Maria pic.twitter.com/gGAkk9Hrja
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You always prepared me to be the best man possible and you will always be with me. Thank you, Mom. All my love pic.twitter.com/3M18cgmEza
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In honor of Mother's Day, a recent #TBT with Mother, my sister, and my daughter. pic.twitter.com/QetIVuIANy
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Pronunciation: /ˈɑːkjəpaɪ; ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/
Translation of occupy in Spanish:
transitive verb/verbo transitivo (-pies, -pying, -pied)
- 1 1.1 [offices/site/compartment/position] ocupar this seat is occupied este asiento está ocupadoExample sentences1.2 [post/rank] ocupar
Example sentences
- Many catering businesses occupy old buildings and ventilation systems are often adapted to fit around the structure.
- Fewer than half the shops were occupied by the same businesses that they had housed 10 years ago.
- Only 30 of the road's 127 houses are occupied and five tenants live in the row likely to be demolished.
- There is a Manning Clark Professor at ANU who, as I understand it, simply occupies Manning's old job.
- All the top jobs were occupied by whites before independence.
- With Merkel now occupying the chancellery, the circle is complete.
- 2 [country/town/factory/premises] ocupar occupying forces fuerzas (feminine plural) de ocupaciónExample sentences
Example sentences
- The US military will continue to occupy the country, exercising powers amounting to martial law.
- How can you be a sovereign nation while your country is occupied by the military of another nation?
- In the countries occupied by the Red Army at that time, vicious purges took place against religious leaders of all faiths.
- Workers occupied the factory in protest over the dismissal of 250 of the company's 500-strong workforce.
- As part of their protest, workers occupied the factory roof.
- The workers occupied the factory after a protest stoppage on January 26 in support of a 300 rupees pay increase owing to them since last year.
- 3 [space/attention] ocupar; [time] llevar, ocupar the meeting occupied the entire day la reunión les ( or nos etc) llevó or ocupó todo el día it doesn't occupy much space no ocupa mucho espacio it's important to keep your mind occupied es importante mantener la mente ocupada she was occupied with her accounts estaba ocupada con sus cuentas to keep sb occupied mantener* a algn ocupado that should keep them occupied! ¡eso los mantendrá ocupados! writing that letter kept me occupied all afternoon escribir esa carta me tuvo ocupada toda la tarde to occupy oneself ocupar el tiempo, entretenerse* I occupied myself by reading a newspaper ocupé el tiempo or me entretuve leyendo un periódicoExample sentences
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- Fluid fills the space normally occupied by air in the middle ear.
- The congregation had to negotiate dangerous steep stairs and fill the space not occupied by a spinning wheel and furniture.
- These are hollow casts that partially fill the space once occupied by the original crystals of anhydrite.
- That seems to be the key question occupying the minds of economists at the moment.
- That question was to occupy my mind for some years, before I could finally come up with something.
- These are the kind of pointless questions that occupy the mind when you have nothing better to do.
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Zarzuela is a musical drama consisting of alternating passages of dialogue, songs, choruses, and dancing, that originated in Spain in the seventeenth century. Its name comes from the Zarzuela palace, Madrid. It is also popular in Latin America.
Zarzuela declined in the eighteenth century but revived in the early nineteenth century. The revived zarzuela dealt with more popular themes and was called género chico. A more serious version developed, known as género grande.
Zarzuela is a musical drama consisting of alternating passages of dialogue, songs, choruses, and dancing, that originated in Spain in the seventeenth century. Its name comes from the Zarzuela palace, Madrid. It is also popular in Latin America.


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text: First the hard stuff. There was no water on site, so we had to bring our own in. I brought in ten gallons, Randall brought about that much. Dishwashing was... not my usual setup, but it sort of worked. The second stove did not arrive. I had a couple of minutes of blind panic, then I recovered and re-worked the schedule for dinner prep and it mostly worked. Sorta. It turned out that Their Highnesses of the Summits, who were to have been guests, were in court at the time we began serving. (I found this out about an hour ahead of time.) So their dishes were sent out by runner. I don't know if things got there warm enough, but they got there. Among the things I forgot- the broth. This made several dishes difficult. We adapted. The food was conjecturably Frankish, roughly Carolingian era. I found huge lists of what plants they were growing and what livestock they raised in a number of cartularies from Charlemagne's reign, and I tried to use foods only from that list, adjusted as per what is available seasonally. I also poked through my copy of Anthimus- he doesn't have recipes, per se, but general guidelines for food preparation. He's a couple hundred years early, but still useful, in my opinion. The menu consisted of: Soup course- A cabbage soup First main course: frumenty, roast beef, and a fennel/carrot/leek dish Second main course: a chicken dish with sauteed onions, blackeyed peas, and salad Dessert course: apple pastry, ypocras and wafers The cabbage soup should have been done in broth, which I'd forgotten, so we added a bit of the bacon grease from breakfast (never throw it away in camp- it is too useful!), some spices, and a half-bottle of beer. It was actually pretty good! The frumenty also should have been done in broth, but I put some saffron in with the milk and eggs, and that actually came out really good. Bright yellow. The roast beef was good. Slightly drier than I like, but I was having a bit of trouble with the grill, keeping the heat even. Flavor was really nice- I'd poked it all over and then marinated it in red wine with lots of garlic, a bit of pepper and ginger, and some caraway. The fennel/carrot/leek dish was sort of a re-run from the Egils menu. At Egils it was fennel/carrot/parsnips, but parsnips are not really in season, so I used leeks. I was not as happy with it as I was in May, but it was still tasty. Part of the difference may be because in May we cooked it with chicken broth, and we had none this time. So I may give that one another chance. The chicken dish had originally been slated to be a boiled chicken (in broth with wine) but that takes a lot of water, so I did sort of a saupiquet-like thing, with sauteed onions, white wine, and some spices. Again, should have had broth. The black-eyed peas had salt pork in them, a little parsley, and a little mustard greens. Again, no broth. The salad was mixed greens, parsley, sage, and some watercress, with oil and vinegar to dress. The pastry for dessert was... ok, not *exactly* period, but. The apples I cooked in spices and sugar. I'd forgotten square pans, so I laid the sections of puff pastry (the not-period part) in them, smeared the apples on the pastry, and then folded the corners over. It worked ok. Slit the pastry, popped it in the oven. The bottom was a little dark, but it was very tasty. Next time I attempt something like that, I might try a sweet yeast dough. The bread dough I used last May didn't work so good, but a thinner sweet dough might. The ypocras was good, and as the Romans did spiced wine, I think that it is plausible that the Franks did. The wafers probably weren't appropriate to the 8th c., but I need to look through the roman sources more. The cookies were, however, tasty. Overall, not my best experience, but not too bad. I plan on trying again next tourney season. Questions and comments are welcome! Liutgard -- "It is our choices Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -Albus Dumbledore ~~~Follow my Queenly perambulations at: http://slugcrossings.blogspot.com/


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Ailing BlackBerry has received a new vote of confidence from the US Department of Defense, which has reaffirmed its commitment to the Canadian firm's platform for a major mobile communications initiative due to launch this year. According to a press release issued by the DoD's Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) last week …
At last
They can hold their heads high again and get back to being successful again. I wish them success in what they do. Go for it Blackberry. I prefer their devices over the others out there. My choice. I value my privacy. Perhaps it is time for a 10" tablet running Blackberry 10 OS.
Re: At last
Or the OS 10 update for the Playbook, which they dangled in front of our noses, carrot stylee, then snatched away, after hooking us in with their lies.
It's a lovely piece of kit all the same.
Sniff. :o(
Will they remain locked down? Or will they have a new and improved backdoor so the employees and military types can be monitored? I'm thinking Manning and a few others here and the lesson the government has learned about "unsupervised" access.
it seems surprising that blackberry's salvation will come not in the form of a viable competitor to iOS and Android, or even from their messenger offerings, but rather because blackberry is the only actually secure mobile OS.
I wouldn't be so sure about that
Sure they put in a lot of effort to make it appear like a secure system. However your mail still needs to go through a backend server running with high privileges. It did have security critical bugs in the past, and since it needs to decode all e-mail it's likely it will have them again in the future.
Blackberry's chance would be to open up their protocols so others could also write backend servers, and ideally to provide a greatly simplified open source version of their operating system. The Pentagon might in fact have both internally.
So currently I wouldn't trust Blackberry from a security standpoint, particularly since they had an issue with sending IMAP and POP3 passwords to a server in Canada.
Not enough
Surely this business, although very welcome, is not enough to save Blackberry in it's current loss-making state?
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School officials take heat for Latin Academy moving plan
Aug. 25, 2011
The first of several meetings to discuss moving Boston Latin Academy from Dorchester to Hyde Park was marked by the outcry of the nearly 200 attendees, most of whom expressed displeasure with the proposal.
Monday night's meeting at the BLA auditorium on Townsend Street brought together school officials with parents, teachers, and alumni to talk about Superintendent Carol Johnson's idea of moving the BLA to the Hyde Park Education Complex on Metropolitan Avenue. The proposal would also mena moving the Boston Arts Academy into the Townsend Street building; it currently shares space with Fenway High School in a building on Ipswich Street.
School officials maintain that the move would make sense, as the up-to-date Hyde Park location would meet the needs of BLA given that its current location is in need of extensive maintenance, said Lee Maguire, a Boston Public Schools spokesman.
But some parents and teachers say that the move will hurt the institutional integrity of the Academy and will add an extra burden to students traveling from more peripheral neighborhoods like Charlestown and East Boston.
Richard Sullivan, assistant headmaster at BLA, said that moving the school would make it difficult for the institution to connect with its alumni and community.
"People will think, 'My school is gone, it's in Hyde Park,' " said Sullivan, who has been at BLA in two locations over 38 years.
In fact, BLA has led a nomadic life since its founding in 1877 in the South End as the Girls Latin School. There was a move to Huntington Avenue in 1907 and then to Codman Square in Dorchester in 1955. The school then relocated back to the Fenway area in 1981, this time to Ipswich Street, before settling on its current site 10 years later.
"You have people from Codman Square today who feel that this is not their school," Sullivan said. "The same thing's going to happen if we move again."
Many parents and other meeting attendees became vocal when the issue of transportation was raised. In a presentation given to the audience, academic superintendent Linda Cabral presented information from the MBTA Trip Planner that said the Hyde Park move would shorten the travel time for half of BLA students while students from East Boston would need to spend an additional 10 minutes in commute each morning and students from Brighton would need an additional 15 minutes.
Sullivan objected. "Our demographics are changing every year," he said. "Sooner or later, you'll see that we have no students from East Boston or Charlestown because they don't want to make the commute."
Mary Ann Saunders Narin of Roslindale, a parent of a 2008 student, said that the school's current location in Dorchester adds an important element of community and diversity to the institution. "You cannot underestimate the value of this location," she said.
During a heated question-and-answer segment, one outspoken Dorchester resident, Carla Stovell, stormed down the aisle and pointed her finger at school officials, accusing BPS of neglecting the current Townsend Street building and of basing the decision on racial prejudice.
"We're too black for you. We're too Asian for you. We're too Latino for you," she said.
Stovell was finally calmed down by members of the presenting panel, which also included deputy superintendent Michael Goar, assistant superintendent Michelle Brooks, and assistant CFO Samuel Depina.
During the back-and-forth period, three members of the audience submitted notes to the moderators stating their approval of the proposal.
For his part, Maguire, the spokesman, said, "We're glad there is a conversation going. This is only a proposal at this point."
There is one more meeting scheduled to discuss the proposal, on Aug. 31 at 6:30 p.m. A group of Boston Latin Academy teachers will also be holding a meeting next Tuesday at 6 p.m. Those interested in the situation can also attend the School Committee meeting on Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. at 26 Court Street.
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In its bid to address fuel scarcity experienced across the country, the Federal Government has approved and released supplementary first quarter, as well as second quarter allocations for the importation of Premium Motor Spirit by oil marketers.
The approval was given by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke.
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, in a statement which was signed by its spokesperson, Mr. Lanre Oladele, said the approval was widely applauded by stakeholders as it caught most of them by surprise.
According to PPPRA, the approval was announced during the week.
Confirming the ministerial pronouncement, a PPPRA source said the approval was to further assist in providing additional imports to supplement the current level of importation into the system.
This, the source said was with the aim of improving the national PMS supply situation and stock build-up.
An oil marketer observed that this was the first time such an approval would be done way-ahead of any anticipated quarterly allocation.
The marketer who pleaded not to be named, said the gesture would enable all importers ample time to conclude their purchases and also bring same into the Nigerian market.
PPPRA commended the minister and charged marketers to take advantage of both the first quarter supplementary PMS allocation, as well as the early release of the second quarter allocation to bring in their products.
The agency, in the statement, promised to ensure prompt processing of documents for all imported products.
Nigeria has been faced with fuel scarcity for months. Marketers had blamed the development on the non-release of fuel import allocation by the Federal Government, as well as the delay in the payment of subsidy claims.