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Researchers say that the first study to attempt to gauge global visitation figures for protected areas reveals nature-based tourism has an economic value of hundreds of billions of dollars annually, and call for much greater investment in the conservation of protected areas in line with the values they sustain – both economically and ecologically.
UNEP-WCMC has been working closely with the UN-REDD National Joint Programme in Paraguay to develop maps which can be used as decision-support tools by the Paraguayan government when planning for REDD+.
Biodiversity, sustainable development and the law will be the focus of an expert seminar and international symposium taking place in Cambridge, 20-22 February 2015. Global environment leaders, academics and practitioners will share valuable insight on the past successes, current hurdles and potential future solutions to implementing international treaties on biodiversity. UNEP-WCMC are pleased to be involved in this exciting event.
UNEP-WCMC was among the 700 delegates from 270 governments, scientific organizations, civil society and the private sector who attended the Third Meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) held 12-17 January in Bonn, Germany.
UNEP-WCMC, Dutch Butterfly Conservation, GEO BON and EU BON recently convened a butterfly monitoring workshop which has catalysed the process for the development of a Global Butterfly Indicator to track changes in butterfly populations.
To mark the end of another three years of the collaboration between UNEP and WCMC, the UK charity, which provides support to the United Nations Environment Programme in the specialist field of biodiversity, the Executive Director of UNEP, Achim Steiner, established a senior Working Group from across UNEP to review the UNEP-WCMC's performance and make recommendations for its future.


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Thursday, October 17, 2013
Now that we've avoided a financial cataclysm, here's a suitable playlist for some of the swirling emotions of the past two weeks.
Late yesterday afternoon, once it looked certain we would dodge financial cataclysm, another wave of emotions rolled through. Although I'm glad we narrowly dodged a crisis, I am still frustrated. Rather than crack another pencil in two or aim a few more mental daggers at Capitol Hill, I've funneled five strong feelings into a music playlist — my five stages of congressional outrage, as it were.
Got any songs to soundtrack your shame, sorrow, relief or agitation? Let us know.
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There is No Such Thing as "Church"…Just Us In Faithful Relation To Each Other
As some kind of Christian most, if not all, of my life I have always taken for granted – even if at times "taking" it also meant wanting to "leave" it – something called the church. The very title of this blog, i.e., "the church and postmodern culture", assumes there is actually something "there" (a true Aristotelian... Read More
Boredom and the Possibility of Community
Several years ago, I had the privilege of serving as a Eucharistic minister in a small church community in upstate New York. I had come to the Episcopal Church as an adult after a childhood spent in evangelical congregations of varying degrees of fundamentalism. My mother was a converted Catholic and preferred the emphasis these churches placed on relationship over ritual. I came... Read More
Extended Review and some Possibilities for James K. A. Smith. Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works.
Introduction Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it. –P.J. O'Rourke As I read and re-read Jamie Smith, P.J. O'Rourke's quote seems rather apposite to my experience of that reading. I consider that being found dead with one of Smith's books open in my hands would be a great way to slip away from this life. The influence of Jamie... Read More
The Liturgical Turn: Toward a Theology of Birth / An Advent Meditation
Joseph. I've always found him extremely fascinating. I guess that's partly due to the fact that we're told so little about him. We know he was incredibly obedient to God. He was present for Mary's pregnancy, Jesus' birth and childhood, but once Jesus grows up, he's strangely absent. The traditional reason is that he simply passed away. ... Read More
The Liturgical Turn: Worshiping Among The Chaos
Earlier this week, David Gelernter posted a really good article over at Big Questions Online that caught my attention. It did so because I recently had a conversation with a friend of mine, who works as an aerodynamicist for a major NASCAR team, that centered on the relationship of entropy to eschatology. That is, if the world is subject to disorder and decay (Romans 8:20,... Read More
Ecclesiology as a Rival "Ascetic" of Desire
(I have edited this post realising my most of the content was pre-mature, and please forgive any consternation this causes. And apologies where the comments do not align with this truncated version) Within my PhD work I have ben trying to understand how capitalist markets affect Christian identity formation. Within the work of Bernd Wannenwetsch, William Cavanaugh,... Read More
Music in Worship: A Discussion
Since it's been rather quite around here lately, allow me to take advantage of open-source thinking and pose a couple questions. What is the role that music plays in worship? and…. Is there a difference between playing music in a worship setting as opposed to other settings? To elaborate a little: It is certainly the case that the church can gather for worship,... Read More


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Carla Gugino, center, portrays coach Cathy Rush in the movie story about the Mighty Macs of Immaculata. She's pictured with David Boreanaz, left, who plays Ed Rush, and director Tim Chambers.
Race to Witch Mountain co-stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Carla Gugino opted for a taxi ride to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate rather than a broom for Tuesday's promotional appearance.
The Watchmen gang gathers at the movie's Los Angeles premiere on Monday.
From left: Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Danny Woodburn, Carla Gugino, director Zack Snyder, Patrick Wilson, Malin Akerman and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.


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Great news. Love #NastyPig and #JockstrapCentral is great place to shop. There's a wiggle in my shorts!
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Every year Nasty Pig introduces new jockstrap designs, and this year's are better than ever and they're now at Jockstrap Central.
Not only have they introduced the fashion forward fetish friendly Covert Jocks, but they're spoiling us rotten by introducing new colors for their best selling classic Core Jock range. Here are the details:
The Covert is last year's Systematic Jock's stealthier and more subtle younger brother.
Sure you'll still stand out with this jock's stunning contrasting cage-like pouch detailing, but wearing this is like belonging to a club with a secret hand shake – only the cool kids have it all figured out.
The pouch is essentially a heavy duty black ribbed cotton pouch with big bold raised stripes forming a lattice like cage extending from the two center vertical stripes.
As far as comfort goes, Nasty Pig's got you covered with a second inner panel of their super soft ribbed cotton.
Finishing off this stunning design: Two 3/4 inch leg straps with matching centered striping and a mind blowing one and one quarter inch waistband. From afar, it's simply a fashion forward waistband complete with complimentary racing stripe detailing, but get them up close (and trust us, they will want to get up close) and all will be revealed – a tone on tone "Nasty Pig" repeated from front to back indicates your exclusive membership.
Originally available in black or white, Nasty Pig is spicing up your life with these new for 2013 colored versions of their classic jockstraps.
The original NP Core Jocks are by far Jockstrap Central's best selling jock of all time and these new ones will certainly continue that tradition
It's the simplest take on the essential classic jock featuring a lower rise and narrower elastic than other "traditional" jocks. With a soft comfort ribbed cotton pouch and matching 3/4 inch leg strap.
Finally, on the waistband, the Nasty Pig logo is front and center, and their name goes all the way around the waist, so you'll be recognized as a Nasty Pig from every angle. It's a status symbol and it's also a lifestyle – be a part of it!
Jockstrap Central waited for the new Nasty Pig jock to debut their latest model Trevor – a construction worker covered in Tattoos with a killer body.
He's definitely not someone you'd like to meat in a dark alley (come to think of it, maybe you would!)
Here is a taste of the entire photo shoot for the collection. Check out the entire photo spread on our Facebook page.
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Keepers: Two Home Cooks Share Their Tried-and-True Weeknight Recipes and the Secrets to Happiness in the Kitchen by Kathy Brennan and Caroline Campion
The two have a real gift for knocking out flavorful, family-friendly food quickly, and what these recipes may lack in newness, they make up for in shortcuts, tips, and sheer practicality.
Skillet lasagna
It's a sloppy, beautiful one-pot mess that doesn't look a lot like the architectural pan lasagna we know and love, but it tastes every bit as good.
Keys to the Kitchen: The Essential Reference for Becoming a More Accomplished, Adventurous Cook by Aida Mollenkamp
In the end, "Keys to the Kitchen" may not be an essential addition to shelves already overstocked with cookbooks. But it's a very good place to start.
Gingered parsnips with toasted almonds
Best of all are parsnips with toasted almonds, roasted with a maple glaze, buttered and gingered and strewn with nuts. They're the kind of side dish that ends up stealing the supper table show.
Burma: Rivers of Flavor by Naomi Duguid
...Duguid's thoughtful efforts to capture the taste of the country more than satisfy homebound, curious palates.
Shrimp salad
Cool, crisp, and a flash to put together. The shrimp slices have plenty of exposed surface area to pick up flavors, and I never tire of the endless spectrum of ways fish sauce and lime...go together.
Asian Tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home by Andrea Nguyen
...welcome to the world of bean curd, ever so much more savory and varied than you thought.
Panfried tofu with mushroom and spicy sesame sauce (Dubu jeon)
I don't know how it is that those predictable ingredients – soy, sesame, garlic, scallions – can constantly offer flavorful surprises. Yet they do.
The Fresh Egg Cookbook: From Chicken to Kitchen, Recipes for Using Eggs from Farmers' Markets, Local Farms, and Your Own Backyard by Jennifer Trainer Thompson
I call them "chicken romances." Part memoirs, part cookbooks, they're the stories of backyard chickens raised by amateurs like you and me. This year's is an easy one to love...
Scrambled eggs, Indian-style
It's full of interesting, complementary flavors that keep bouncing off each other from the first bite to the last. In fact, the whole experience is over all too soon.
Crispy pomegranate molasses chicken wings
Do not Skip the Dip. When the crisp, sweet, spiced wing meets the cool, tart, creamy dip, sparks fly.
Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones: 90 Recipes for Making Your Own Ice Cream and Frozen Treats from Bi-Rite Creamery by Kris Hoogerhyde and Anne Walker and Dabney Gough
There is no bacon ice cream here, no beer or vodka ice cream, no celery sorbet. So thrill-seekers, seek elsewhere. Everybody else, jump right in.
Buttermilk ice cream
This is ultra-premium, private-jet-class velvet–caused by the protein-disassembling acids of buttermilk...It lingers in a soft cool mass on your tongue for a moment, and then it's gone.
The Fresh & Green Table: Delicious Ideas for Bringing Vegetables into Every Meal by Susie Middleton
...the point is that these recipes work beautifully as written. That they can tolerate a bit of variation and common sense is a feature rather than a fault.
Crispy red potato patties with warm Asian slaw and limey sauce
The slaw is great, and it makes you feel good about yourself. But it was the crispy little bits of potato, perfect for dipping in limey sauce, that we were all fighting over in the end.
Cindy's Supper Club: Meals from Around the World to Share with Family and Friends by Cindy Pawlcyn
A few of the dishes introduced me to new geographies of taste, allowing me to share in Pawlcyn's enthusiastic open-mindedness about the world's many flavors. Isn't that worth a little extra chopping?
Classic Georgian "pressed" chicken with walnut and beet sauces
...it was the sauces that really lit my chandelier. I kept going back and forth between the two, trying one, and then the other, and then both, in a glorious state of indecision.
Wild About Greens: 125 Delectable Vegan Recipes for Kale, Collards, Arugula, Bok Choy, and Other Leafy Veggies Everyone Loves by Nava Atlas
I was persuaded that there really is something new to be said about greens. Atlas's bold, liberal way with vegan ingredients ensures that even the most jaded palate can find something to like.
Asian-flavored kale and napa cabbage slaw
...one of those salads that pretty much goes with anything, and it's super-fast to make. The carrots and the sprouts and the seeds keep it crunchy and textural, and there's none of the bitter taste..
Susan Feniger's Street Food: Irresistibly Crispy, Creamy, Crunchy, Spicy, Sticky, Sweet Recipes by Susan Feniger and Kajsa Alger and Liz Lachman
Matzo candy with caramel, chocolate, and halva
It's just about the easiest dessert I know how to make, too, a making-the-best-of-what-you-have-on-hand kind of dessert – which seems somehow to true to matzo's Exodus roots.
Grain Mains: 101 Surprising and Satisfying Whole Grain Recipes for Every Meal of the Day by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough
...may not...be the whole-grains cookbook that will change your life, assure your longevity, and hand you the keys to the heaven of righteous eaters. But at the moment, I can't think of a better one.
Roasted corn and shrimp "ceviche"
...totally unprepared for the blast of flavor the shrimp picked up from what are...some pretty predictable ingredients: lime, red onion, cilantro. The radish & jalapeño contributed a lively bite...
The Sprouted Kitchen: A Tastier Take on Whole Foods by Sara Forte
For the Fortes... eating naturally has a style and a gentle hedonism unanticipated by the oat-eaters of 50 years ago. You could almost forget that it's good for you.
Brussel leaf and baby spinach sauté
...the leaves are both tender and substantial enough to hold their shape a bit, a counterpoint to the wilty spinach. And best of all, there are Marcona almonds.
Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere by Dorie Greenspan
Greenspan's style is to test exhaustively: terribly hard on herself, but a boon to others. She offers meticulous instructions on what to watch, listen and smell for....
The Backyard Bartender: 55 Cool Summer Cocktails by Nicole Aloni
The Backyard Bartender also takes the trouble to offer a selection of non-alcoholic drinks, as well as crowd-pleasers like sangrias and punches.
Flour: Spectacular Recipes from Boston's Flour Bakery + Cafe by Joanne Chang and Christie Matheson
It's hard to believe that Flour is Chang's first book, because the level of mastery, precision and experience in it make it feel like the work of someone who's been showing new bakers the light...
Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen by Leela Punyaratabandhu
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: ...seems to pull it off, coming up with recipes that are weeknight-doable yet electric with ingredients you can just about find...Shortcuts or not, they're delicious.
A Mouthful of Stars: A Constellation of Favorite Recipes from My World Travels by Kim Sunee
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: Here we have this year's Armchair Travel book...It may not always be fun to tag along on someone else's adventures, but...the journey is gorgeously illustrated and designed,
The Better Bean Cookbook: More Than 160 Modern Recipes for Beans, Chickpeas, and Lentils to Tempt Meat-Eaters and Vegetarians Alike by Jenny Chandler
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: Here at last is a bean book that's more tempting than earnest, brimming with cosmopolitan flavors and vivid photography. Forget about your hippie-era three-bean dip...
Vegetarian for a New Generation: Seasonal Vegetable Dishes for Vegetarians, Vegans, and the Rest of Us by Liana Krissoff
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: ...there are some surprising, wickedly effective flavor combinations just waiting to be discovered...Kassoff never lets comfort devolve into boredom.
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Vegetable Cookbook: 100 Delicious Heritage Recipes from the Farm and Garden by Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Sandy Gluck
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: It's not vegetarian and heirloom vegetables are not actually required — for Beekman 1802 is all about the joys of the harvest, minus the backache from weeding...
Fruitful: Four Seasons of Fresh Fruit Recipes by Brian Nicholson and Sarah Huck
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: ...no seasonal table is complete without the sweetest offerings of vine and tree and bush — ripe and full of promise, and passing all too fast.
The Family Cooks: 100+ Recipes Guaranteed to Get Your Family Craving Food That's Simple, Tasty, and Incredibly Good for You by Laurie David and Kirstin Uhrenholdt
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: ...keeps a close eye on the kid-friendly spectrum: Its recipes are either a little familiar (peanut butter and grape wraps), tasty but not outright challenging...
Fried & True: More Than 50 Recipes for America's Best Fried Chicken and Sides by Lee Brian Schrager and Adeena Sussman
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: ...also an army of sides...because there's only so many fried chickens you can cook (or eat) in a single summer. But don't let that stop you from trying to eat them all.
The Soda Fountain: Floats, Sundaes, Egg Creams & More -- Stories and Flavors of an American Original by Gia Giasullo and Peter Freeman
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: Along with some pure Brooklyn farming-hipster style...fascinating historical tidbits, postwar snapshots and a treasure chest of easy syrups and blends to get you started.
Marinades: The Quick-Fix Way to Turn Everyday Food into Exceptional Fare, with 400 Recipes by Lucy Vaserfirer
2013 Top Summer Cookbooks: Lucy knows that for all the fire and flair at the end, the success of a grilling adventure often starts hours before, with the silent, humble art of wet baths and dry rubs.
Isa Does It: Amazingly Easy, Wildly Delicious Vegan Recipes for Every Day of the Week by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
...will it cause you to forsake forever the joys of bacon and butter? Probably not. But for those who consider veganism a creed of abstinence...these joyous, vivid recipes are a persuasive argument...
Smashing Plates: Greek Flavours Redefined by Maria Elia
...she never seems to run out of ideas. So if culinary improvisation and Greek-influenced fare don't appeal to you, her next book might well. She is bound to bring something new to the table.
Eat Your Vegetables: Bold Recipes for the Single Cook by Joe Yonan
Although his ingredients are global, he rarely crafts a dish in a single ethnic idiom, preferring to mix and match until he arrives at his own world-on-a-plate version.
Cooking Slow: Recipes for Slowing Down and Cooking More: Braising, Simmering, Roasting, Slow-Grilling, and More by Andrew Schloss
...takes a new approach in "Cooking Slow," one which explores low-temperature methods of every kind and for every appliance: dry heat, wet heat, oven, stove top, grill, sous-vide, and so forth.
Seriously Bitter Sweet: The Ultimate Dessert Maker's Guide to Chocolate by Alice Medrich
Given Medrich's meticulous ways, it came as no surprise that nearly every recipe worked exactly as written.
Stir: Mixing it Up in the Italian Tradition by Barbara Lynch
So often [chef's first cookbooks) are flashy, ambitious and about as useful to your home cook as, say, a biplane, which is why so few of them end up on my top 10 lists. But [this one did].
The French Market Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes from My Parisian Kitchen by Clotilde Dusoulier
...as a resident of Paris...she loves vegetables in that romantic, no-holds-barred way that's not surprising to encounter among those who live around well-stocked urban farmers' markets.
The New Midwestern Table: 200 Heartland Recipes by Amy Thielen
It's not every dish that can be spiffed up, repointed, and made new again... But this ardent homage should put to rest some misconceptions and ignite new passion for the heartland's culinary heritage.
Old-School Comfort Food: The Way I Learned to Cook by Alex Guarnaschelli
If anyone would like a technical primer on how to construct a good mid-size cookbook, take a look here. Design-wise, this book does everything right....Headnotes are helpful and personal...
Vietnamese Home Cooking by Charles Phan
...the book was battered and splattered, its minuscule, hard-to-read type flecked with oil droplets, like a thousand tiny badges of courage....But I can't stop thinking about that lemongrass shrimp.
Breakfast for Dinner: Recipes for Frittata Florentine, Huevos Rancheros, Sunny-Side-Up Burgers, and More! by Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth
Taken as a whole, "Breakfast..." does more than it has to, offering extra-clear instructions, issuing warnings about pitfalls during prep, adding the extra ingredient you'd skip if you were lazy.
Friends at My Table: A Year of Eating, Drinking and Making Merry by Alice Hart
...many recipes veer toward the autumnal: steamy, hot cooking. The approach teeters between the lyrical and the technical, and you'll have to hunt a bit to ferret out the more approachable recipes.
Indian Cooking Unfolded: A Master Class in Indian Cooking, Featuring 100 Easy Recipes Using 10 Ingredients or Less by Raghavan Iyer
In a kitchen bookcase, I keep the 50 or so books I cook from regularly. It's full. But "Indian Cooking Unfolded" is so genial and persuasive, I'll have to make room for one more.
Best Lunch Box Ever: Ideas and Recipes for School Lunches Will Kids Love by Katie Sullivan Morford
...I wish the type were twice as large (it's so tiny it's hard to cook from). The book is also small, but well-curated and thoughtful, with photos that somehow inspire confidence even at 6:45 a.m.
The Dinnertime Survival Cookbook: Delicious, Inspiring Meals for Busy Families by Debra Ponzek and Mary Goodbody
Overall, this is a good, well-organized book, maybe even one of the better ones of its kind. But, as Ponzek freely admits, her approach is more easy than quick.
Everyday Thai Cooking: Quick and Easy Family Style Recipes by Katie Chin
In the final analysis, these dishes seem like sketches, sure-footed in the balance of salt and sweet, but willing to leave behind a good deal of complexity for convenience.
Modern Mediterranean: Easy, Flavorful Home Cooking by Melia Marden
...although the recipes seem vaguely familiar, it's as though someone took a list of the usual ingredients and techniques and hit "shuffle."
Balaboosta: Bold Mediterranean Recipes to Feed the People You Love by Einat Admony
On balance, the finds in "Balaboosta" are good enough to make up for the book's erratic performance. What I'd really like to see would be comprehensive testing for every recipe in the book...
The New Persian Kitchen by Louisa Shafia
Shafia uses traditional ingredients — saffron, pistachios, pomegranates, dried limes — to powerful effect, but freely reinvents techniques for quicker, equally flavorful, results
The Yogurt Cookbook by Arto der Haroutunian
...a great many good ideas, a number of recipes that need a bit of reading between the lines, and a few happy hours of reading. Is it a book worth coming home with 4 quarts of yogurt for? Maybe.
Orient Express: Fast Food from the Eastern Mediterranean by Silvena Rowe
Once you get past...the imprecision of the recipe prose, there are some truly innovative, progressive, and - yes - fairly swift riffs on classic Middle Eastern flavor combinations.
Full of Flavour: 120 Versatile Recipes for the Imaginative Cook by Maria Elia
In the end, despite Elia's earnest urging, maybe her approach doesn't add up to a crash course in culinary improvisation. But it does make a provocative and interesting book.
Vegetable Literacy: Cooking and Gardening with Twelve Families from the Edible Plant Kingdom, with Over 300 Deliciously Simple Recipes by Deborah Madison
...a physically spectacular book and a passionate one, and it makes a fine gift...a thoughtful vegetable book is always a welcome addition to the world, and this meets and exceeds that expectation.
Make Your Own Soda: 75 Recipes for Fresh, All-Natural Pop, Floats, Cocktails, and More by Anton Nocito and Lynn Marie Hulsman
...an elegant little production with great interior design, a surfeit of interesting soda facts, and pictures so evocative you can almost hear the ice clinking on the rim of the glass.
Cookies & Cream by Tessa Arias
Tessa Arias' charming little book is a psychedelic tour both of ice cream...and of cookies... Arias' suggested combinations...are pretty hard to refuse. But it's easy enough to mix and match.
Bakeless Sweets: Pudding, Panna Cotta, Fluff, Icebox Cake, and More No-bake Desserts by Faith Durand
...a curiously comprehensive look at the custardy, the creamy, the gelled and the chilled. ...its fresh-faced design makes for good hammock reading too.
Vinaigrettes & Other Dressings: 60 Sensational Recipes to Liven Up Greens, Grains, Slaws, and Every Kind of Salad by Michele Anna Jordan
The world seems to have a permanent shortage of salad dressing books, which is part of what makes this minuscule gem from veteran cookbook author Michele Anna Jordan so welcome.
The Animal Farm Buttermilk Cookbook: Recipes and Reflections from a Small Vermont Dairy by Diane St Clair
...a comprehensive tour of the buttermilk landscape and its many culinary delights... their backstories are often fascinating (and photographable) and their love for what they make is palpable.
The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook by Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman
Despite the name, you need be neither a farmer nor a four-season gardener to profit from this book, whose principal attraction is its bone-deep appreciation of how our food is grown...
The Adobo Road Cookbook: A Filipino Food Journey by Marvin Gapultos
...a comprehensive, visual ingredient glossary, equipment index, personal and cultural notes, and dozens of drool-worthy iterations of pork, lemongrass, papaya, mango, adobo flavors, crab and so on.
Smoke & Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen by Edward Lee
His food is tirelessly inventive and refreshingly free of attitude and each recipe comes with practical, non-judgmental cooking tips. Even better are Lee's own stories of living and learning food...
Wicked Good Burgers: Fearless Recipes and Uncompromising Techniques for the Ultimate Patty by Andy Husbands and Chris Hart and Andrea Pyenson
We have here not only the beef burger, but the bison, the pork, the salmon, the turkey, even the oyster burger – not to mention the beefy portobello. There's even a "$100 burger"...
Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop
...a workhorse of a book for everyday Chinese cooking...And with a few exceptions (dan dan noodles, for example)...there's very little overlap with her previous publications.
Kitchen & Co: Colourful Home Cooking Through The Seasons by Rosie French and Ellie Grace
Most of the recipes are not-quite-finished sketches of some very good ideas, which is fine if you're the kind of cook who reads a recipe and then shuts the book and takes off running.
How to Boil an Egg: Poach One, Scramble One, Fry One, Bake One, Steam One by Rose Carrarini
Like many Phaidon titles, this is an arty, stylish sort of book that you might consider giving as a gift as the spring egg season comes along. Just make sure you don't give it to your rookie friends.
Making Artisan Chocolates: Flavor-Infused Chocolates, Truffles, and Confections by Andrew Garrison Shotts
...we think of chocolate craftsmen as painstaking lab technicians...Despite this intimidating aura, Shotts's book...emboldened me to make the attempt in the distinctly unscientific setting of my home.
Nigellissima: Instant Italian Inspiration by Nigella Lawson
Photos are gorgeous, evoking the unhurried enjoyment of food that has always been part of Lawson's message. But the recipes themselves could benefit from more of that slow care.
The Little Paris Kitchen: Classic French Recipes with a Fresh and Simple Approach by Rachel Khoo
There may not be much that's new in this book, when you come right down to it, but it does have nicely curated and fairly reliable recipes, winsome photographs, a charming voice, whimsical endpapers..
The Food52 Cookbook, Volume 2: Seasonal Recipes from Our Kitchens to Yours by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs
... It's the kind that food lovers will alternately treasure and argue over. Like life, this book is sometimes inspired, sometimes messy, a bit imperfect, but full of heart.
The Science of Good Cooking: Master 50 Simple Concepts to Enjoy a Lifetime of Success in the Kitchen by Cook's Illustrated Magazine
...you could hardly do better if you're looking for consistent results and abundant flavor in recipes you may already know. And answers to that eternal culinary question: why?
Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking by Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Stevens Graubart
For what it lacks in focus, "Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking" makes up for in passion, talent, and versatility.
Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics: Fabulous Flavor from Simple Ingredients by Ina Garten
I like this book. New cooks will learn helpful techniques...while seasoned cooks might glean inspiration from the more unusual entries.
Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
I learned something almost every day, whether it was a new technique or a new combination of ingredients or flavors... And in this case, almost every lesson was a winner.
Baked Elements: The Importance of Being Baked in 10 Favorite Ingredients by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
A few of the flavors - lemon, chocolate, cinnamon, caramel - are as essential to the baker as flour and butter. Others such as cheese and peanut butter are a little more offbeat.
Modern Sauces: More Than 150 Recipes for Every Cook, Every Day by Martha Holmberg
...the sauces often outshine the proteins and carbs that deliver them. But using surefire flavor combinations and optimal tweaks, Holmberg makes sure each sauce is delicious and worth your while.
Roots: The Definitive Compendium with More Than 225 Recipes by Diane Morgan
Root vegetables don't call out to everyone's soul in the way that bacon, say, or chocolate does...But given the book's generous trove of information...it's an awfully good value.
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and Wisdom from an Obsessive Home Cook by Deb Perelman
...Perelman describes her approach: "A lot of comfort foods stepped up a bit." These reinventions may not be the last word in novelty..but a way of embracing interesting shortcuts and substitutions.
660 Curries: Plus Biryanis, Breads, Pilafs, Raitas, and More by Raghavan Iyer
In 10 Best Cookbooks of 2008: I never open this book without being struck by the diversity, comprehensiveness and sheer size, which led me to call it "the best 3-pound paperback of the year"...
The New Middle Eastern Vegetarian: Modern Recipes from Veggiestan by Sally Butcher
...translating these delicacies into your own kitchen may take a little patience, a little imagination, and perhaps a sense of adventure as strong as Butcher's own.
The Vegan Cook's Bible by Pat Crocker
...after working so hard and soiling so many pots, I want to be a little delighted. The book won't convert you, but if you're already vegan, there's plenty here you'll like.
A Girl and Her Pig: Recipes and Stories by April Bloomfield
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The Food of Spain by Claudia Roden
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The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern: Knockout Dishes with Down-Home Flavor by Matt Lee and Ted Lee
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Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life by Jamie Oliver
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Bean by Bean: A Cookbook: More Than 200 Recipes for Fresh Beans, Dried Beans, Cool Beans, Hot Beans, Savory Beans...Even Sweet Beans! by Crescent Dragonwagon
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All About Roasting: A New Approach to a Classic Art by Molly Stevens
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Foose writes storybooks. In a typical cookbook, headnotes on recipes offer vital information...Foose's headnotes and subtitles are so wildly creative they are practically a genre of their own.
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Susie included this book in her round-up of the best 2009 cookbooks.
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She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband and two voracious young children, among whose favorite foods are: chard tart, börek, sushi, roast pork buns, ghormeh sabzi, and anything with truffle oil.
Susie published her first book in November 2011. A Spoonful of Promises is "a collection of mouthwatering stories with intimacy--between family and friends, parents and children--as its common thread".
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TADA! Staff & Board
All staff can be reached by phone at 212.252.1619 and the corresponding extension listed above and email addresses are first initial, then last name @tadatheater.com. Click on staff name to get to know more about them!
Janine Nina Trevens
Executive & Artistic Director, x121
Amy Fiore
Managing Director, x116
Joanna Greer
Associate Artistic Director/Resident Choreographer, x117
Rod Christensen
Director of Education, x115
Carl Jaynes
Business Manager, x119
Andy Bryant
IT Manager, x122
Maya Turner Singh
Education Programs Manager, x118
Matthew Haws
Ensemble Manager, x132
Kaila Mackenzie
Marketing & Press Manager, x133
Jacob Platt
Technical Supervisor/ Space Manager, x134
Andrew Saladino
Development Associate, x135
Brittanny Young
Administrative Assistant, x110
Steve O'Shea
Resident Lighting Designer
TADA! Board of Directors
- Stephen T. Rodd, President
- Laura S. Friedrich, Vice President
- Laura Esposito, Secretary
- Chalmers Browne, Treasurer
- Adam Houhoulis
- Deepak Nagpal
- Erica Rivera
- Julie Turaj
- Lisa Gold Untracht
- Elana Weinstein
Artistic Advisory Board
- Kaye Ballard
- Kenneth Cavander
- Michael Colby
- Delia Ephron
- John Forster
- Sheldon Harnick
- Richard Peaslee
- Chita Rivera
- Marcia Rodd
- Michael Rupert
- Stephen Schwartz
- John Shea
- Charles Strouse
- Leslie Uggams
Selected Staff Biographies
Janine Nina Trevens, Executive & Artistic Director, co-founded TADA! in 1984 with Linda Reiff. Since that time, she has served as Artistic Director for all works produced by the company, many of which she commissioned specifically for TADA!. In addition, she has directed the Ensemble appearances at such events or places as Central Park's Easter Eggstravaganza, Salute to the Theater 2000 at Gracie Mansion, Circle Line's 50th Anniversary, J.P. Morgan and The White House. She directed and adapted the company's premier musical, The Little House of Cookies and has also directed 6 staged readings and 20 mainstage productions for TADA! including Princess Phooey, Everything About School (Almost), B.O.T.C.H., Maggie and the Pirate and Sleepover. She wrote and directed The History Mystery, The Perfect Monster, as well as Sweet Sixteen, a musical revue celebrating TADA!'s 16th anniversary in 2000. She has also directed for the Woman's Workshop, MCC and the Kennedy Center's Educational Department's New Vision/New Voices Program. In May 1997, Nina was selected as one of 10 Parenting Leaders by Parenting Magazine. In 1999, she was one of only five women nationally to receive Family Circle's, First Annual Halo Award for women who make a difference. Nina directs many of TADA!'s mainstage productions and works directly with each of the ensemble members.
Amy Fiore, is the Managing Director for TADA! Youth Theater, overseeing all administration, marketing, development and earned income programs. Previously, Amy acted as the Director of External Affairs for Vineyard Theatre, Associate Director of Marketing and then Interim Director of Marketing for The Public Theater during their 50th Anniversary celebration, and as the Ticketing and Marketing Manager for MCC Theater. In addition to her work in non-profit theater administration, Amy is an adjunct professor of Managing the Arts and Marketing the Arts at New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies, and has been a guest lecturer at NYU, Baruch College and with the Arts & Business Council of New York, among others. She is the founder and director of Play Theater in Scotch Plains NJ and currently teaches classes and directs musicals with children there. Amy was also a long-time performer and managing partner of the performing group The Improvoholics. Amy resides in Scotch Plains, NJ with her husband and 2 daughters.
Joanna Greer, Associate Artistic Director & Resident Choreographer, holds a BA in Musical Theater Performance and Dance from Columbia College Chicago. As a Director-Choreographer, Teaching Artist and Arts Administrator she has had the pleasure of working with numerous organizations such as The American Ballroom Theater (featured in the 2005 Documentary Mad Hot Ballroom), YANY, City Lights Youth Theatre and the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Current TADA! Director and/or Choreographer credits include over 12 mainstage musicals and 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan Lori-Parks at TADA! and The Public Theater. Joanna is also the cofounder of NYC-based Kinetic Dance Theater, an artistic collective driven toward innovating dance theater, cabaret and musical theater performance. www.kineticdancetheater.org.
Rod Christensen is the Director of Education at TADA! Youth Theater. His previous professional experience includes working at One on One NYC/LA (a studio for professional actors seeking to build their careers) where he was the Program Director responsible for all aspects of program development. Prior to this, Rod was the Senior Manager of Education at Canadas prestigious Shaw Festival (the second largest repertory theater company in North America) where he developed numerous arts education programs and theatre-related workshops for school groups and adult audiences. Other past positions include: elementary/high school teacher (music and drama); department head of a creative arts program for adults with developmental disabilities; and performer with the international, educational outreach program Up With People! Rod holds a Master of Education, a Bachelor of Music in Education, and a diploma in business management and leadership skills.
Adrienne Scott, Marketing Manager, holds a B.A in Dance Theater & Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University, and a M.A. in Arts Administration with a focus in Theater Education from The University of Akron. Previously, Adrienne worked with Mint Theater Company as Audience Relations & Marketing, and worked as Box Office Manager with P.S. 122, Silence! The Musical, Making Books Sing and most recently, Williamstown Theater Festival. Adrienne has also worked as a freelance director and choreographer sharing her love of theater and dance throughout Northeast Ohio, including the first academic production of The Drowsy Chaperone. Although, her most memorable position was working as a Zombie in the Haunted Chamber at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Times Square.
Maya Turner Singh, Education Programs Manager, holds a BA in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Theatre and Education from The Eugene Lang College at The New School and a MA in Educational Theatre in Colleges and Communities from The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at NYU. Maya started as an Education intern during her junior year of undergrad in the fall of 2006. Shortly thereafter she became TADA!'s Education Associate and supported the efforts of the Education Department both as an administrator and a teaching artist. In 2009 Maya dedicated herself to full time teaching artist work with TADA! and a number of other arts and culture organizations in New York City, including The New Victory Theater, The Center for Arts Education, and The Park Avenue Armory. Maya has authored several arts education curriculum for the IDA school in Gurgaon, India and also for Global Partners Junior (an organization sponsored by former Mayor Bloomberg). Maya is also a founding member of Global Empowerment Theatre (GETheatre), a grass-roots Educational Theatre organization that brings English literacy through theatre workshops to under-privileged students in East Africa and India with plans to expand to South America in 2015. Maya serves as GETheatre's Director of Development and Project Director - GETIndia.
Matthew Haws, Ensemble Manager, grew up all over the Rocky Mountain states and received an MFA in Acting from the University of South Carolina before moving to New York City, so he's moved around quite a lot! This is probably why he's so happy to call TADA! home and so thrilled to work with the unique Ensemble program and its amazing kids. Matt started working with youth in the theater over ten years ago, when he began touring to middle and high schools performing Shakespeare and leading workshops. In graduate school, Matt further discovered his love for working with young people while teaching a freshman-level acting course and later during an internship at the Virginia Stage Company and the Governor's School for the Arts in Norfolk, VA. After moving to NYC, he was able to learn a lot about city kids and their families while working at Super Soccer Stars before bringing that experience to his work at TADA!. He can say with confidence that the Ensemble kids are the best he's ever had to pleasure to work with (but don't tell them he said that, it might go to their heads).
Andy Bryant, IT Manager/Rental Manager, Past TADA! shows include The Prop Shop, The History Mystery, New York, New Year, Everything About Camp (Almost), The Little House of Cookies, Sleepover, Wide-Awake Jake and Everything About School, (Almost). Outside of TADA!, Andy has stage managed Manhattan Theater Club's productions of Valley Song with Athol Fugard and The Green Heart; Roundabout's The Minneola Twins; The Drama Department's June Moon and numerous productions with Jacques d'Amboise's National Dance Institute, where he was also the National Residency Director. Andy also stage manages specials events such as Broadway on Broadway, Stars in the Alley, The New York Yankees Foundation, United Way/NFL Benefit and JP Morgan/Chase Holiday Festival.Andrew Saladino, Development Associate, holds a B.A. in Theater with emphases in Secondary Education & Acting from the University of New Hampshire. Although originally from Bedford, MA, he spent 3 years in Omaha, NE as a full-time Teaching Artist at the Omaha Theater Company for Young People/The Rose Theater, one of the nation?s top Theaters for Young Audiences. While in Omaha, he taught creative drama classes for kids pre-k through high school, acted in both main stage & metro-touring productions, directed shows with 3rd-12th graders, developed curriculum, and performed the title role in The Adventures of Nutrition Man over 150 times (while clad in red spandex). Having recently moved to New York, he has also worked with Wingspan Arts, the Children's Acting Academy, Underling Productions, and the Random Access Theater Company. Beyond his duties as Development Assistant & Teaching Artist at TADA!, he also the Co-Creator and Director for the webseries "Adapting". adaptingwebseries.wix.com.
Jacob Platt, Technical Supervisor/ Space Manager, has been working in theatre for over 15 years providing producing, production management, and lighting services spanning Broadway scale productions to community theatre performances. After attending Carnegie Mellon University and returning to NYC to complete his education, Jacob worked with and held a position on the artistic council of Working Mans Clothes Productions during the successful productions of She Like Girls (GLAAD Award) and To Ninevah (NY Innovative Theatre Award). Founder and principal of Platt Productions LLC, he produces Desiree Burch's and Dan Kitrosser's original one woman play Tar Baby. He is also an Associate Designer and Project Manager at Sense Lighting, executing large scale architectural and corporate installations such as Audemars Piguet & Galerie Perrotin "Curiosity" for Art Basel Miami, Martha Stewart's American Made Awards 2012 (Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal) and Audemars Piguet: Royal Oak (Park Avenue Armory).
Steve O'Shea, Resident Lighting Designer, Recent designs: The Perfect Monster, Apt. 3, Maggie The Pirate, They Chose Me! (TADA!), SubUrbia (Montclair State U.) Mere Mortals (Two River Theatre Co.), Last Easter (Drew University), Father Joy (NYC Summer Play Festival), Midsummer Night's Dream (Vital Theatre), Cloning Judson (Southern Rep., New Orleans), He and She (TACT), Aloha Say The Pretty Girls (Baruch), 12 Ophelias (Baruch), Murder In The Cathedral (University of CT), Laura's Bush (Vital Theatre), Late (Clubbed Thumb), Brainpeople (Hour Glass), Tristan Und Isolde, Magic Flute, Norma and Le Nozze di Figaro (Teatro de la Opera, San Juan, PR).
Selected Teaching Artist Bios
TADA! employs over 50 professional Teaching Artists each year. Here are just few of those talented arts educators.
Jim Colleran, Music Director, served as Resident Music Director at TADA! Youth Theater from 2004 to 2013. For TADA!, Jim wrote the book, music and lyrics for The Gumball Gang: Crime-Solving Kids (Winner, 2007 National Youth Theater Award) and dozens of songs in numerous shows, including all four Everything About? revues. Jim is an alumnus of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop (2006 Harrington Award winner). Composing credits include: 4@15 ('07, '08, ?11) and NEO3 at the York Theatre, The Gentleman Jim Show, It's A Wonderful Life, Medea, Carried Away, Paper Bag Players, Thinkeroo Video, and Gann Films. An honors graduate of Tufts University, Jim has worked as a teaching artist and music teacher for over two decades. During his seven years as teaching artist and Composer-in-Residence for Kidstock Creative Arts Center in Winchester, Massachusetts, Jim wrote over two hundred songs and dozens of original musicals. As an actor/educator, Jim toured the country for three years in The Slim Goodbody Show. Other educational theater work includes Theatreworks/USA, ArtsPower, and The Floating Hospital Children?s Theater.
Tammy Holder, Music Director, has been an Arts Educator for the past 15 years. As TADA!'s Resident Musical Director for TADA!, Tammy music directed all main stage productions, and taught private voice and music theater classes. Tammy continues to work for TADA! as a teaching artist in NYC public/private schools. Tammy was commissioned to compose an original bilingual musical for the Amistad Dual Language School in NYC. Outside NYC, Tammy has done residencies in Raleigh, NC, Madison, WI and upstate NY. She is also an accomplished music director here in NYC as well as all over the countryworking on the national tours of Gigi, Can Can and West Side Story.
Cindi Kostello, Music Director, is originally from Lowell Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from University of Mass @ Lowell. As a performer, she has traveled the country in tours of Romeo and Juliet, Annie Get Your Gun, A Christmas Carol and Tony and Tina's Wedding, which she also served as music director. She also performed in the off-Broadway production of "Tony and Tina's Wedding". In addition to music directing for TADA!, Cindi also teaches Vocal Music at IS 228 in Brooklyn.
Andrew Markus, Music Director, is a multiple-award-winning composer and the creative director of 4 Score + 7 Music, a music production company in Tribeca. Andrew has written dozens of scores for feature films, shorts, TV Shows, commercials and theater projects including the score for TADA!'s Apt 3 and the musical Jack. He wrote the theme and series music for Weather, Caught on Camera on The Weather Channel. Andrew has worked with TADA! for over 10 years and has taught more than 200 programs with the organization. Andrew lives in the village with his wife Robin and their dog Abner.
David Rigano, TADA! Director/Choreographer, is a writer, director and teacher specializing in musical theatre. David graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a degree in Theatre Arts, concentration in directing and while at Marymount David studied Arts Education with Dr. Twila Liggett. Aside from TADA! David has taught acting, storytelling, improv and musical theatre at Manhattan New Music Project, The Children's Acting Academy, and Camp Cavise. His songs have been sung by performers from Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, and National and International tours at venues including Don't Tell Mama, The Duplex, and The Metropolitan Room.
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Vickie Schmitt, Director/Choreographer, received her BFA from Wayne State University in Detroit MI. She has taught and directed kids as a Teaching Artist for TADA! and other organizations for over ten years. Vickie premiered her one woman cabaret show in New York City. She has appeared on several television commercials, and has been dancing and acting since she was 4 years old!
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Robby Stamper, Musical Director, is an award-winning composer and alumni of the Tony award-winning BMI Musical Theater Workshop. He has written Miss Buttercup is Missing, The Tale of Ganesh The Elephant Prince, and The Frog Prince, Bugtown, Sunset Park and Moonlight (book and lyrics by Nicole Kempskie).As a Teaching Artist, Robby works with TADA!, Arts Connection, Camp Broadway and City Center?s Encores! In-School programs where he teaches Musical Theater performance and songwriting skills to kids throughout New York City. Robby is a NEO (New, Emerging and Outstanding) Award-Winner: an award given by the York Theater Company for outstanding work in composition.
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- 1 medium Acorn Squash
- 1 medium Apple
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) Cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) nNutmeg
- 2 tablespoon(s) Brown Sugar
- 2 tablespoon(s) Butter melted
- 1. Cut Squash in half and scoop out seeds. 2. Place cut side down in baking dish and bake for 30 mins. at 350 or 15 mins on high in microwave. 3. Peel and core apples and cut into slices. 4. Mix 2 Tbsp. brown sugar, 1/8 tsp. cinnamon, 1/8 tsp. nutmeg, and 2 Tbsp. melted butter. 5. Place slices apples into squash and pour mixture over apples. 6. Cover and bake for 30 mins. more or 15 mins on high in microwave.
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Gowda, Vinita and Kress, W. John 2013. A Geographic Mosaic of Plant–Pollinator Interactions in the Eastern Caribbean Islands. Biotropica, 45(2): 224-235. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2012.00915.xGowda, Vinita, Erickson, David L. and Kress, W. John 2012. Development and characterization of microsatellite loci for two Caribbean Heliconia (Heliconiaceae: H. bihai and H. caribaea). American Journal of Botany, 99(2): e81-e83. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100386
Gowda, Vinita, Kress, W. John and Htun, Thet 2012. Two new species of Gingers (Zingiberaceae) from Myanmar. Phytokeys, 13: 5-14. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.13.2670
Gowda, Vinita, Temeles, Ethan J. and Kress, W. John 2012. Territorial Fidelity to Nectar Sources by Purple-throated Caribs, Eulampis Jugularis. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 124(1): 81-86. doi:10.1676/11-061.1
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