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COVINGTON -- Residents who want to dispose of documents in a safe way can do so at the fourth annual Shred Day sponsored by the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce and Newton Federal Bank.
The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 5, in the parking lot of Antiques and Stuff at 2177 Elm St. A Cut Above Shredding of Conyers will handle the shredding.
"(The event started) because there was so much identity theft. It was a really big topic in the news. We wanted to do it to protect the citizens in Newton County," said Ron Carter, information specialist with the Chamber.
Some will be done on site, but large quantities will likely have to be done at the company's headquarters.
"If you do want to watch them shred it will take a little while. If you come in with three or four boxes you may be here for a while if you want to watch, depending on how backlogged they are," Carter said.
According to the FBI, identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world and affects between 500,000 and 700,000 Americans each year.
The event is free and open to the entire community. All those who participate will receive a certificate stating that their documents have been legally and officially shredded.
Businesses and individuals have taken advantage of the event in the past, he said. By law, businesses must comply with regulations that require you to protect certain vital information when it is discarded and employees have a legal right to have personal information protected by shredding before it is discarded.
Donations for the nonprofit organization Newton Mentoring Inc., which recruits and trains adult mentors to work with students in the Newton County School System, will be accepted at the event.
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Series of articles about the house museums
The Power and Bill Hosley Predicament of Historic Sites By David A. Janssen, Bill Hosely, and Ron M. Potvin Left: Little Falls Historical Society Museum, Little Falls, NY; Right: Wyman Tavern Museum, Historical Society of Cheshire County, Keene, NH. H istoric sites landscape of economic recession and demographic shifts.1 Megan Callewaert At a grassroots level, the work required to preserve and are in an share thousands of sites across the nation is personal and era of self- emotional. It is often fueled by two main objectives: 1) A reflection. While many focus on preservation for preservation's sake and 2) A Field of Dreams faith that if you save it, they will come. The first pre- individual institutions struggle sumes that a site's continued existence is enough to motivate to fund- or friend-raise, support, regardless of how it otherwise delivers on its poten- David A. Janssen there is a broader need to tial. The second relies on a heritage tourism model that is reconsider, articulate, and affirm their role. The not working for most sites. Historic site leaders cannot afford such passivity; nor can essays that follow respond to that crisis of identity. we presume that a site's worth to a community is evident. One mounts a defense; the other proposes a We must earn the continued existence of our historic re- philosophical shift. Considered together, they raise sources by looking hard at the benefit they offer. important questions about the very purpose of a historic house museum, the experience it provides, The Experience The stereotypical historic site product is a guided tour. In and its best chances for survival. the hands of strong interpreters, there is clearly educational Inspired by the U.S. bicentennial of 1976, seemingly every and evocative value in that use. History is complex and needs community looked to save the local, important house in a to be viewed from different angles. While academic study is surge of populism and patriotism. The result is an average indispensible in gaining an intellectual understanding of his- of about one and one-quarter historic house museums per tory, it lacks the emotive power of place, of standing in the county in the United States. Historic house museums are space where events unfolded and lives were led. Presented ubiquitous, to an extent that art museums, science centers, well, historic sites can provide fascinating, provocative expe- or zoos are not. They are also a complex type of museum to riences that are without parallel. operate, combining all of the challenges of historic preserva- Dr. Kiersten Latham's work on the numinous experience tion, cultural landscape conservation, educational method- of artifacts underscores this point. She explored the ways in ology, exhibitry, collections care, development, and event which artifacts and historic spaces can evoke an emotional— staging—typically with very small staffs and very limited almost spiritual—connection to the lives they represent. funding. Facing mounting evidence that many are struggling, Simple objects, given the right combination of individual National Trust for Historic Preservation president Richard interest, knowledge, and context, can bring people to tears. Moe asked the provocative question in 2002, "Are There That potential is the latent, unique power of a historic site. Too Many House Museums?" Addressing the issue five years It is an asset that cannot be dictated or predicted, but should later, the Forum on Historic Sites Stewardship—the second not be forfeited.2 Kykuit Conference—produced a call for action and urged a That said, it takes a great deal of skill (and luck) to willingness to consider alternative uses and models of opera- achieve the inspirational impact that the standard historic tion. The discussion continues in the midst of an evolving house tour aspires to offer. Additionally, the interpretations h i S t o ry n e wS 7 and exhibits we design to make those connections are only more couples postpone parenthood until later, the makeup a part of the visitor experience. Anxieties stemming from of the slightly older/better-educated/more-affluent-than- directions, parking, bathrooms, and poor customer service average visitor that museums attract is changing. In that can quickly undermine the best program delivery. And case, what will be the role of a nineteenth-century house even when it is done well, and embraced by the visitors, the museum in a twenty-first century society?3 house tour is never lucrative enough to sustain site opera- tions on its own. The Value External factors are shifting as well. Clearly there is more Historic site leadership requires constant balancing: pres- competition for the time and interest of potential visitors, ervation vs. access, conservation funding vs. program sup- and the make-up of the traditional audience is changing. As port, and even reverence for those connected to the site's the Baby Boomers approach retirement, do they want the past vs. respect for the needs and interests of those who can same things from historic sites that their parents expected? promise its future. That balance is different for every site As minorities increase as a percentage of the population, as and finding it depends in part on how well the site is con- more wives become the primary household breadwinners, as nected to its community. Both of the contributors to this Housing History: A Search for arthur Simoes the perils of our most ubiquitous genre of museums. There are Place, Past and Community literally thousands of them. Most are poor. Many depend en- By Bill Hosley tirely on volunteers who are not always replaceable. Some have failed, others may follow. However, I believe the glass is half T he house museums, public col- full and that the best is yet to come. Evidence is overwhelm- lections, and historical societies ing that it does not cost a fortune to transform buildings, col- that serve, document, and reflect lections, archives, and related historic resources into superb Bill Hosley communities face challenges to sustain- visitor experiences and beacons for community spirit. It starts ability even as their relevance and value with staff, volunteers, friends telling friends, and teachers with have never been greater. Under the banner of "too many house a spark who understand that the best learning often happens museums" the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the outside the classroom. Nothing beats exploring an object-rich American Association for State and Local History recently began environment with someone who loves and knows what they discussion aimed at transitioning them to other uses. In some cases have to show and share or of experiencing a constellation of this is sensible and necessary. What's missing from this campaign, great things to see, feel, and do. I believe, is the message that the best of our historic houses and So why isn't the preservation, presentation, and promotion community museums offer inspirational experiences, are extraor- of these treasures a priority? Small may be beautiful, but rarely dinary teaching tools, do the work of historic preservation in indis- is it powerful. Too often these treasures remain unknown and pensible ways, preserve and present unique aspects of the American unloved by the foundations, government officials and agencies, experience, and are a refuge at a time when homogenization and neighboring schools, and tourism officials who ought to care consumerism are destroying local knowledge and chipping away at most and are responsible for education, social and environ- civic involvement that together are the essence of community. mental welfare, economic development, and more. We need to There are few institutions left in our civilization that so richly make the case for this work more insistently. We need to get encapsulate, embody, express, and reveal the quality, character, better at self-advocacy and government activism and we need to and diversity of American life and accomplishment. As experiential take our own side in the issue every chance we get—to encour- learning environments, our historic houses and community muse- age friends and family to participate and explore. It is our job ums are unrivaled and necessary. The cultural diversity they repre- to bear witness and inspire others to see, as we do, that an af- sent is not unlike the biodiversity we talk so much about. We lose fection for historic resources is a pathway to civic engagement, or abuse it at our peril. neighborliness, patriotism, and environmental stewardship. Despite the Kykuit conference's report that there are too many We've hidden our lights under too many bushels and have house museums with too much in common, the inescapable truth not always been persistent or clear in our conviction that house is that there is hardly an institutional, educational, or commercial museums and historical collections aren't just another thing genre in modern life more variegated and distinctive. Most histori- like parks, libraries, schools, churches, art museums, hospitals, cal collections are the antithesis of homogenous. Against all odds, and performing arts venues. They are the most indispensible thing they are preserving emblems of cultures and communities more and every bit as worthy of public support from foundations and genuine than flags or football; more peaceful than religions; and granting agencies that need to adjust their costly procedures in ways that are organic, grounded, and centered in the places and abstract theories to accommodate the needs of the small we love. There is no better way to refresh our sense of awe at the and the local, even when—especially when—they are volun- beauty and wonder of the American experience than by visiting and teer-run. A recent survey of Vermont museums determined revisiting these little laboratories of localism. that one-third have annual operating budgets less than $5,000. AASLH and the National Trust are not wrong in pointing out These are the organizations doing the lion's share of the work, 8 Spring 2010 piece stress that connection differently. Bill Hosley under- Sustaining that contribution requires an objective look at scores the value in preserving the distinct histories of "little how well each site is fulfilling its potential and a "willingness laboratories of localism." Ronald Potvin suggests a more to change its structure, programs, and services in response to active role, strategically using the past to address modern the changing needs of that community."5 issues. Each approach is in line with the recommenda- Regardless of the unique histories we aspire to preserve tion stemming from the Kykuit Conference that argued, and the ideals we espouse in defending them, our sites are "Sustainability begins with each historic site's engagement businesses that must grow financial resources to the degree with its community." 4 that their operation and preservation require. While it is John Durel, of QM2, distills that recommendation when easy to accept that every site's story deserves to be pre- he asks, "Does your audience love you?" His question de- served and shared, the harder truth is that many organiza- fines a level of support beyond volunteering, donating, and tions charged with that common mission are failing. Too advocating. It suggests an identity for historic sites that is many of us are forced to rely on the charity of our support- not based solely in a pride in local history, but in an immedi- ers. Too few of us are adept at identifying community ate, real, and regular contribution to the lives of neighbors. (continued on page 10) House or Home? Rethinking Erin Boyle preserving, presenting, and promoting our cultural heritage and patrimony and the time to lend a hand is NOW. They ask the House Museum Paradigm for little. They get less. That's got to change! By ron M. potvin That said, we have not always been the best friend to our A causes. Does local history belong to the descendants of the t their best, historic sites and families who made the history? Have professional standards house museums provide mean- gotten in the way of common sense? Has it become someone's ingful and personal touchstones personal fiefdom to hoard and restrict rather than share? Are Ron M. Potvin to the past. They provide a forum and there other things we do that say, "Not Welcome?" a place to connect historical, social, and Most of the time it is more a matter of cutting through the cultural issues with contemporary counterparts. They inspire us clutter of stuff designed to keep us buying what they're selling. to think about and act on those issues in our own lives and com- No one is selling simple pleasures, domestic arts, neighborli- munities. ness, frugality, localism, gratitude, remembrance, or restraint. Yet for much of the public, a historic house museum connotes But these are the qualities our future depends on. And there's something at least partly negative: an old building filled with no better way to get there than through this work. People precious things carefully protected by velvet ropes and draconian who devote time and effort to civic betterment are the glue that guides, offering an experience that is alternately boring and fan- holds our society together. Our states, towns, schools, and ciful, passive, and even off-putting. House museums have over- foundations should not only support this work, but should looked the essence of these places as homes, precluding current subsidize student visits and do more to assure that the civic relevance in favor of immutable stories and physical barriers. dimensions of life are a necessary and constant part of our House museums are at their worst when they overemphasize the children's education. On some level all history is local and physical attributes of the site—its aesthetics and its collections, there really is no better place to start than by an immersion in the "thingness" of the place—through rigid standards for histori- local knowledge. cal preservation and collections care, carried out at the expense It is up to us to effect change. We are an army with outposts of the site's educational and inspirational potential. in every corner and town in an age when the technology to The cultural tourism model has failed most house museums. mobilize grass roots has never been stronger. Small though Iconic places, like Mount Vernon, will always have a place in the we are, we are many and our work offers the greatest chance museum landscape, but the majority of house museums are not of calling Americans to a higher sense of place, past, and destination sites. Places of local (as opposed to regional and na- community—needed now more than ever—because we love tional) relevance may suffer lingering deaths if they do not adopt our homes, we value the ideals of America, and we understand new methods and philosophies. Inevitably, the roof will collapse, that good stewardship is imperative, for us, for our children, figuratively and literally. It is time to reconceptualize historic and for tomorrow. sites and embrace the Darwinian principle that survival requires We are still a nation bound together by a mission state- adaptation. ment and the United States is still the best deal on earth. A good start would be to abandon the term historic house mu- Freedom and self-government depend on an informed, en- seum and with it the physical and metaphorical velvet ropes it has gaged, educated, and virtuous citizenry as much now as when come to imply. The word "house" objectifies the museum setting, the Founding Fathers first envisioned it. Historic sites have a treating the building as something that is as much a part of a col- valuable role to play in fostering civic engagement and under- lection as the things contained within it, rather than as a place of standing. A civilization that remembers is a civilization that warmth where real people lived and breathed, ate and slept, drank moves forward with gratitude and grace. too much, had sex and raised children, fought with each other, (continued on page 10) h i S t o ry n e wS 9 needs and creating solutions that we are uniquely equipped to provide. and maintained strong and controversial belief systems—in Pondering the demise of his beloved Model T, the car short, all of the things that happen in a home today. that had sustained and defined his company for two de- A historic home museum acknowledges and celebrates the cades, Henry Ford complained that "The only thing wrong events of everyday life, desanctifies the house and creates with the car was that people stopped buying it." Convinced instead a setting for the occurrences of life. It converts vague of the inherent worth of his product, Ford nonetheless and sacrosanct historical figures into flesh and blood, warts retooled the company's offerings and identity. As we navi- and all, because our flaws are an important part of what makes gate our own crossroads as a field, we must not cling to the us human. A house is just a building, but a home is a place of models that have served us in the past, but make thoughtful life with the potential to connect the past and present through decisions about who we are and what we offer our custom- objects, stories, and emotions—our shared humanity. ers, before too many of them stop buying it.6 Examples of historic home museums do exist, including the oft cited—but still worth mentioning—Lower East Side Conclusion Tenement Museum, which focuses on difficult and complex A historic house can be the object-rich teaching environ- issues involving immigration and assimilation. There, objects ment that Bill Hosley describes; it can make the past im- play a supporting role to illustrate stories of real people and mediately relevant and personal, as in the examples Ronald families. Their visitors—including descendants of immigrants, Potvin cites. It can be a laboratory for historic preservation recent immigrants, and international tourists—seek personal and interpretation like Drayton Hall, in Charleston, South relevance, and often find emotional connections, in the ex- Carolina, or the backdrop for a community cultural hub, periences of the historic inhabitants of 97 Orchard Street. At like Brucemore, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Each site responds its heart, the Tenement Museum is a site of activism, present- to the expectations and needs of its audience differently. ing and interpreting the variety of immigrant experiences Regardless of which model and identity a site forges, on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Its challenge is to draw on the final measure of success is sustainability over time. connections between past and present to elevate the national The AASLH Technical Leaflet #224, "How Sustainable Is conversation about immigration. A lesser-known example is Dr. The Detroit institute of arts, Bill kennedy photographic Collection Your Historic House Museum?" articulates characteristics of a sustainable historic house and offers a good perspec- Bob's Home in Akron, Ohio, where tive from which to consider these essays and their ap- Robert Smith and Bill W. (Wilson) proaches to the field.8 t battled their addictions and ham- mered out the basic principles of David A. Janssen (firstname.lastname@example.com) is Vice President of Alcoholics Anonymous. Throughout Collections and Interpretation at the Detroit Historical Society and the 1930s and 1940s, Dr. Bob and served in a similar capacity at Edsel & Eleanor Ford House. He is a his wife Anne helped hundreds of member of the AASLH Historic House Committee, the Seminar for people, invited many to stay in their Historical Administration Alumni Committee, and was a participant home, and counseled them over in the Kykuit II summit chronicled in Autumn 2007 in History News. endless pots of coffee. Today, a sign above the front door greets visitors Bill Hosley (firstname.lastname@example.com or www.billhosley.com), President with the words "Welcome Home," of Terra Firma Associates, is a cultural resource consultant, plan- as does the staff inside. The greeters ner, teacher, writer, and photographer. serve a dual function of presenting the story of Dr. Bob and Bill W., and Ron M. Potvin is Assistant Director and Curator of the John of engaging visitors who might be Edsel and Henry Ford Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University. He can be reached at struggling with their own addictions. email@example.com. When I visited in 2007, a greeter offered me a fresh cup of coffee brewed in a replica of Dr. Bob's original coffeepot and 1 Richard Moe, "Are There Too Many House Museums?" Forum a seat at the kitchen table. Visits are self-guided, with simple Journal.16:3; James Vaughan, "The Call for a National Conversation," Forum labels indicating the rooms where Dr. Bob and Bill W. slept. Journal, 22:3, 6-7. Jay Vogt, "The Kykuit II Summit: The Sustainability of Historic Sites," History News 62:4, 17-21. Every June, 12,000 people make a pilgrimage to Akron for 2 Latham, Kiersten. "Numinous Experiences with Museum Objects" Founder's Day, visiting the site of the first A.A. meeting, the (Doctoral dissertation: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database: AAT graves of Dr. Bob and Anne Smith, and Dr. Bob's Home. 3357980) Emporia State University, April 2009. 3 The Center for the Future of Museums, "Museums & Society 2034: Trends These places have deep personal and spiritual meaning to and Potential Futures," American Association of Museums, 2008. visitors struggling with their own recoveries. Dr. Bob's home 4 Vaughan, 6-7. is an activist place of the spirit that only happens to be made 5 John Durel, "Social Entrepreneurship: Leading through Crisis and of bricks and wood. Embracing Change" CEO Forum, 2009 AASLH Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana; Vaughan, 6-7. Within homes, families have always engaged in domestic 6 Peter Collier and David Horowitz. The Fords: An American Epic. (San activism—in small ways inside kitchens, bedrooms, and par- Francisco: Encounter Books, 2002). lors, in discussions about chores and family responsibilities, 7 For more information on StEPs see www.aaslh.org/steps. or in larger ways with arguments about politics, race, gender, 8 "How Sustainable Is Your Historic House Museum?" Technical Leaflet #224, included in History News, 63:4 and available at www.aaslh.org/hhouses. and social structure and hierarchy. Historic home museums 10 Spring 2010 should be places to discuss and even This is taking the easy way out. It does not require decision- argue the many meanings of home, making by museum professionals and preservationists, only from family rituals to the social or- obedience to a single uniform approach. In fact, some objects ganization of slave cabins. Historic are more durable than others. Some are more replaceable than home museums have the potential to others. Further, at the risk of bringing angry torchbearers to robert Holbrook Smith collection, Brown University Library be the kitchen tables of cultural dis- my heretical door, some objects are more important than oth- course. Identifying links between ers, and there is such a thing as an acceptable risk. Instead of culturally relevant topics, his- don't touch anything, the revised standard that historic house This is the original torical importance, and mission- museums should adopt is "Don't Touch Everything." Museums Wear-Ever Aluminum driven programs will result in should invite visitors to touch, hold, sit upon, and even smell Coffee Percolator used enhanced and sustainable visitor certain objects. Historic sites should employ the collective by Dr. Bob Smith and Bill W. (Wilson) when and community engagement. wisdom of curators, conservators, educators, preservationists, they first began meeting House museums a century ago peer reviewers, and funders in making decisions about respon- together in Smith's sought to express the American sible and flexible use of collections. home in May 1935. Experience in large part through The shift in emphasis from house to home—from rigid, Progressivism and the Colonial unimaginative sanctification to flexible, creative activism— Revival. These social movements promoted "proper" aesthet- will require a careful balance between preservation needs and ics and "traditional" American values as a means to good moral audience engagement, combining the imagination, creativity, character and behavior, especially for poorer working classes and professional integrity of the preservation and museum and newly arrived immigrants. During this period, an underly- fields. It also necessitates a close and ongoing reexamination ing goal of the creation of new house museums was to protect of professional standards and practices, supported by funding and enshrine American virtue and to indoctrinate non-native agencies and museum and preservation professional associa- peoples with this principle, itself a form of activism, guided tions. This process is already underway, with the launch in by politics and beliefs that are now 2009 of the Standards and Excellence Program for History obsolete. In the years leading to the Organizations (StEPs), a voluntary assessment program American bicentennial, the American for small- and mid-sized history organizations, created by experience in house museums was AASLH with support from the Institute for Museum and further shaped by celebratory stories Library Services.7 of patriotism, in part a reaction to the The modern American experience remains mutable, and its political and social upheaval of the representation within house museums is unsettled. Its defini- Vietnam War era. tion incorporates multiculturalism, characterized by the ma- During the movement toward pro- turity of the Civil Rights Movement, the advent of expanded fessionalization in the first half of the LGBT rights, and the confident voices of Americans of many twentieth century, the role of house ethnicities and political persuasions in American govern- museums as venues of activism became ment and culture. Technology, especially the rapid spread of secondary or lost. However, social Web-based social networking, allows us to speak and accept activism within museums has become the cultural languages of many distinct groups. The Internet more the norm of late, in places like and some aspects of popular culture, including television, pro- the Underground Railroad Museum mote non-linear thought, through which we are able to weave and Freedom Center and with orga- seemingly unrelated ideas into rich and highly individualized with a Model T, 1927. nizations such as the International patterns. 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Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan reveals in a new documentary that he envisions the band outlasting its current lineup.
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Slipknot percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan celebrated his 44th birthday yesterday (Sept. 24). Proving it's never too late to begin birthday traditions, Crahan has decided from here forward, he will release one new clown mask every year on his day of birth.
Shawn 'Clown' Crahan and Slipknot were scheduled to perform at the Download Festival at Donington Park in Leicestershire, U.K. this weekend (June 14-16), and before their set, Crahan opened up about what drives him as an artist and the future of Slipknot.
Slipknot percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan has worked in an innumerable amount of projects during his career, both on and offstage. Crahan is currently pursuing his latest endeavor, a documentary about eating disorders, and he's reached out to Slipknot fans and the general public to contribute to the project.
Pennsylvanian metalcore act Motionless in White have just released a new music video for 'America.' The track is Motionless in White's third single from their 2012 full-length album, 'Infamous,' and the song's video was directed by Slipknot percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan.
In 2011, a Facebook page was launched petitioning 'Saturday Night Live' to bring in Slipknot as a musical guest. It's hard to believe that the metal phenoms have never graced the 'SNL' stage, as they've brought the hate to 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' in the past, along with multiple appearances on 'Conan' and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
Slipknot may be on a break, but percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (aka Clown) is making the most of his time. Late last year, he stepped behind the lens to direct the 'We Are' video for Hollywood Undead and now he's adding to his resume by overseeing a new clip for Motionless in White.
Just because you're in a seriously pissed off metal band with songs that contain lyrics such as "I want to slit your throat and f--- the wound" doesn't necessarily mean you don't have a soft side. Slipknot percussionist / backup vocalist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan has a son who is also in a band, and as Clown witnessed his spawn record vocals, the mad carnival villain couldn't help but shed a prideful tear.


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3:45 p.m. - Kyron doesn't get off the school bus. His step-mom calls the school and finds out his teacher has marked him absent. His step-mom calls 9-1-1. The Portland school district sends out an automated message to parents in the district that a student is missing.
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Sweet Potato Bacon Risotto
Risotto is one of those dishes you make with love. It takes a little time, you have to be attentive, and when it comes together it's so comforting and delicious on a cold day. This one is pretty simple, it's your typical risotto but vamped up with bacon, herbs and pureed sweet potato!
Risotto is pretty easy to make on a whim if you have the basic ingredients. You want a short grained rice (Arborio is best), chicken or vegetable broth, your seasonings and some Parmesan. It's also a great recipe to get used to the "a little of this, a little of that" cooking style which is incredibly hard for me since I'm so used to working with exact measurements in baking. The process is the same for all risottos. Start by putting your chicken broth over heat on the stove. I'll usually work with about 4 cups, which is the large container sold in stores. Then, saute chopped onions or shallots in melted butter, add a little garlic (if you'd like), then the rice, stirring to toast it. The grains will turn translucent. A easy rule of thumb is a handful of rice per person. We're going freestyle here, so get a little crazy and grab that wine bottle. A good splash or two or three is all you need. White wine is best. You can do red wine- but you'll end up with purple risotto, eh which might be fun at a monster mash.
Now you get to the arm exercise portion of this recipe. Add a ladle of chicken broth and start stirring. Don't stop! When it has been absorbed by the rice, add another. Keep going until you're about 4-5 ladles in. At this point give it a quick taste test. If the rice is still hard, keep adding more liquid. If it's soft, you're ready to move on!
I found this recipe on How Sweet Eats and made it one cold night with an Audrey Hepburn movie on TV. I roasted cubed sweet potatoes in the oven and pushed them through a ricer to make a puree which was stirred into the cooked risotto. I also finely chopped a small handful of a mixture of herbs- basil, thyme, oregano, and sage. And I might have thrown some chopped bacon on the stove and crisped it up as a garnish. :-D
You can also add cooked chicken, shrimp, a mixture of spring veggies, mushrooms or all sorts of things. Usually the add ins are cooked and then added once the risotto is creamy. A drizzle of truffle oil on top is always amazing. :-)
Sweet Potato & Bacon Risotto
Adapted from How Sweet Eats.
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and chopped
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 shallot or 1/4 cup onion, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 cups arborio rice
1 1/3 cups dry white wine (Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay)
4 cups vegetable or chicken stock
1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons brown butter
4 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
3 tablespoons chopped fresh herbs: sage, parsley, rosemary, thyme, basil (use a mixture of what you have)
Preheat oven to 400F. Place the sweet potatoes in a bowl and add the nutmeg, paprika, salt, pepper, and olive oil. Stir to coat then pour out onto a baking sheet. Bake about 30 minutes (or until potatoes are fork tender) tossing every 10 minutes or so. Allow to cool slightly the mash with a fork or in a ricer.
Let's get the other things ready that you'll need. For the browned butter, place 2 tablespoons in a small saucepan and heat over medium to high until brown bits start to form on the bottom. It will sputter then foam and you'll start to see the brown bites in the foam. As soon as that happens take it off the heat and set aside. For the bacon, chop uncooked bacon into small stripes, saute until very brown and crispy (almost all of the fat will cook away). Drain and pour on top of a paper towel lined plate. Set aside.
Put the chicken or vegetable stock in a small sauce pan on the stove and heat over medium.
In a medium saucepan, saute the shallot in 2 tablespoons of butter. Once translucent add the garlic cooking for 30 seconds or so. Stir in the rice, toasting it in the butter. It will turn slightly translucent (2-3 minutes). Pour in the wine and stir until it's absorbed. Then start adding the broth one ladle at a time continuously stirring and waiting for the rice to completely absorb it before adding the next ladle.
Taste test the rice after 4 or so broth additions when it starts to look creamier. The rice should not be crunchy at all. If it is, keep adding broth and trying it to get to the right texture. Next, stir in the sweet potato puree, brown butter, and herbs (I reserved some herbs for to garnish). Spoon into bowls and top with the bacon, maybe a little extra parmesan, and herbs. :-)
I'm totally on a root vegetable kick. Pumpkin tarts, sweet potato risotto, and a butternut squash just waiting to be roasted and made into soup. Fall is in the air!
Mini Pumpkin S'mores Tarts
Last week I was on the hunt for a torch. We're talking a mega torch for singeing things like meringue or warming up the bowl of a mixer to get butter to room temperature faster. I'd say a torch, mixer, whisk, zester and a spatula are the top tools I use in the kitchen. Luckily my lemon tarts have been topped with a mix of whipped cream and lemon curd instead of meringue lately but boy had I been missing one!
I did a bit of research and after visits to Target, Walmart (ugh I hate Walmart), and William Sonoma and lots of blank stares, I had a chat with my chef. Now, I always knew hardware stores were a pastry chefs best friend, and had even called one up but I guess confused the lady too much to get a straight answer but my chef confirmed that they have small butane torches!!!!! For as low as $14! This is the one I got from Home Depot. I've been feeling like a major badass using it, so almost every recipe I've made since getting it has involved something being torched. tehehe
Which brings me to the desert of this post: Mini Pumpkin S'mores Tarts! A graham cracker crust filled with pumpkin custard then topped with a layer of chocolate ganache and a mile high mound of meringue.
They're kind of amazing- creamy, marshmallowy, and then a great hit from the chocolate. There are a bunch of steps that go into this dessert, but they're all not hard and the end result is totally worth it.
I found this recipe over at How Sweet Eats and turned them mini and simplified a couple of the steps. To speed it up a bit, I used mini graham cracker crusts that I found at the store already made. Pretty snazzy, eh? And just under $3 for 6!
Pumpkin S'Mores Tarts
Recipe adapted from How Sweet Eats.
This can be made as one large pie, or 6 small!
My apologies- half of this recipe is in cups, the other half in metric. Mostly because the easiest way for me to do ganache and Italian Meringue is in metric: Ganache is half chocolate, half whipped cream by weight. Italian Meringue: double the weight of the egg whites in sugar plus a little water.
Graham Cracker Crust:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
Pumpkin Custard:
4 ounces mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
2 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ginger
pinch of cloves
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Chocolate Ganache (see note above):
100 g chocolate chopped
100 g heavy whipping cream
Italian Meringue Whipped Topping (see note above):
100g egg whites
200g granulated sugar
Let's get started! If you are not using premade graham cracker crusts, mix together the graham cracker crumbs and melted butter and press into a tart pan with a removable bottom. Chill.
For the custard, whip together the mascarpone and cream cheese in an electric mixer. Add the pumpkin puree and condensed milk. Then add the vanilla and powdered sugar and spices. Pour into the prepared crusts making sure to leave a little room for the ganache. Chill.
Moving on to the Ganache! Place the chopped chocolate in a bowl. Heat the heavy whipping cream until it just starts to boil. Pour over chocolate and let sit for 15 seconds or so for the chocolate to start melting (don't wait too long, you want the chocolate to still be pretty hot when you pour it over the custard). Using a whisk, make small circular motions around the sides, moving toward the center. The chocolate and cream will magically come together in an awesome mass of chocolaty goodness. Use a spoon or pour the chocolate over the custard. Smooth to the edges. Allow to set in the fridge while you're making the Italian Meringue.
Time to get your torch ready! :-D In a small saucepan, measure 200g granulated sugar. Add enough water to where the mixture is wet and looks like sand. Stir it around so every sugar granule is wet (about 1/2 cup or so of water). Measure the egg whites into the bowl of an electric mixer and start whipping them to soft peak. Heat the sugar/water mixture to soft ball stage (240F). Take off the heat at 240 and add to the whipped egg whites with the mixer on low. And as my chef says, dump them in, no slow stream is necessary. Just avoid the whisk and bowl as much as you can. Whip on medium-high until the mixing bowl is body temp (barely warm, no longer hot), and the meringue is white and glossy.
Mound the meringue on top of the chocolate, using a spoon to make fun peaks. Torch that sucker! and Enjoy!
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– Last week was one of the most stressful weeks in a bit. Three orders! Scones, a Champagne Birthday cake, Brownies, and Lime/Coconut tarts! And all for Thursday and Friday. A Ranger's Baseball game right after one of the deliveries. Seeing Alex (Paris Alex!) after working at the cheese shop. So good to see her!! Here's the champagne cake!
– My friends have gotten me into Outlander and I had the theme song stuck in my head for two solid days- "Sing me a song of a lass that was lost…" but that's all the words I knew. At least, I think those are right?
– I've been practicing my French verbs in the car and I think that the audio is so loud that the cars next to me can hear. uh eh ie mange ecoute hehe
– Fall has arrived (sort of). Pumpkin's are in the shops! Pumpkin lattes are being swigged at every Starbucks in the nation. But the weather just isn't there yet. It's a little chillier? But not so much. Can't wait for boot season!
– Tuesday was my Birthday! The fam celebrated a couple weeks before because my birthday, my mom's, and my little sister's all fall within a few days of each other!
I'm super into rosettes on cakes right now.
– Darn Anthropologie and their personal stylists! That's all I'm going to say. Especially if you've seen me the last couple of days. Everything is just so cute- I can't resist! It's bad! Bad Molly! Stop!
– I made the cutest little mini cakes with chocolate ganache and nibs on top from some leftover cupcake batter.
– My chef let me pipe the macarons!!!! Pumpkin – all 500 of them! I've been working for her for two months now. NO ONE besides her has piped the macarons. Until now…. And today. A batch of Hazelnut and a batch of vanilla. This lady. Right here. Piped them!! And they looked brilliant. :-D
– I found a pic from my Le Cordon Bleu graduation. ah it made me smile seeing these guys!
– Oh and I've been eating a lot of cheese because that's what you do when you work at a cheese shop on the weekends.
What have you been up to?
Hope you have a good weekend!
Baking Tip: Cookie Placement!
Even baking and color depend on air and even heat distribution! This leads to this week's tip!
Place cookies/macarons caddie corner to each other! You've put a lot of time into your dessert now let's get this thing baked! When piping or placing treats on a baking sheet do one row, then on the next, place treats in between two on the first row. You may not fit as many, or! you might actually fit more! But by spreading them out as such you are allowing the air and heat to distribute more evenly.
Bonus tip! Use this method when storing things too to fit even more on your tray, or in a box!
Packing for the Expat Life in France
When I packed for France it was a nightmare! With the weight limits and bag limits I repacked a solid 8 times, took over the living room, kept standing on and off the scale, and just about pulled my hair out. I wasn't sure what to take! After living there for a year I feel like I have a pretty solid understanding especially for an American traveling to France for an extended amount of time. Here is my ultimate packing list with what to bring, what not to bring, and what you might want to throw in a box and ship.
1. Food Products/Cooking Ingredients that are Hard to find in France. Take a good look at what you're eating now. When you get to France your diet will change drastically and consist mostly of bread, pastries, cheese, butter and wine. Yes wine is a food group. Everything is fresh and the produce is top notch (just try the eggs..), but you might find yourself missing a couple of things. There are a couple expat stores (Thanksgiving, The Real McCoy) but be prepared to pay 10 euros for a small bag of chocolate chips ~crazy!! (do what I did and cut up bars of chocolate instead….) I've read a lot of posts that say- Bring Peanut Butter! – but you'll be able to find it easily in the supermarkets. For me it was Almond Butter, Luna bars, and pumpkin puree that I asked my friends to bring when they visited. Here are a couple other things that are hard to find:
Chili Powder
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Almond Butter
Pumpkin Puree
Energy Bars (Luna Bars!)
2. Clothing Packing Tips. The Frenchman once told me "You will always look like an American" after I'd told him I was trying to wear more black. And it's true- it's not a bad thing but you will probably stand out from the French people around you because of your wardrobe and your facial features. You'll probably easily trick the tourists though. Within a matter of weeks I was being asked for directions, first by tourists then by Parisians. Here's a couple tips on what to pack:
– Pack neutrals with pops of color. In the summer/spring it's common to see a lot of color. I once saw a lady rocking a mustard shirt and red pants~and it was awesome! In the fall/winter, a great black coat and scarves are your friend. The shades change too to more browns, grays, and blacks.
– Make sure all the items you bring can be mix and matched with other items in your wardrobe for all seasons. That cute summer dress could be worn with tights and a sweater in the fall. You've got limited suitcase space and it's possible that you might move more than once while you're there and moving with a lot of clothes is not fun.
– 2 to 3 good pairs of jeans. Dark colors and a pair of black. All I wore were skinny jeans.
– Shoes: Ballet flats, Boots, Booties, a pair or two of heels, and sturdy sandals for the summer. Don't pack anything you couldn't walk around the block in, and don't spend a lot of time looking at the comfortable, yet really ugly pair of walking shoes (you know what I'm talking about). You probably won't wear them. Your feet will adjust to all the walking. It also helps to change the types of shoes you're wearing regularly to give your feet a break. You'll also notice shoe repair shops are prevalent.
– Raincoat! For the rainy days when you can't stay inside and an umbrella combined with walking a couple miles will leave you drenched. I also had a small umbrella I'd throw in my purse as I left if there was the slightest hint of rain in the sky. And go for that cute umbrella! You'll be playing the "rain game" with the other people in the street and might as well have a cute one! :-D
– Don't bring anything you haven't worn in awhile or anything that doesn't fit just right. Laundry in a big city is a hassle and that's even when you have a washing machine in your apartment. Just about everything is air dried unless you're going to the laundromat so those skinny jeans won't stretch back and it becomes necessary to have an iron. Also, laundry day turns into a three day please oh please dry everything is laid out everywhere kind of ordeal when it's the least bit humid outside.
– Layers, layers, layers!
– The best brands I could say the style was similar to is J.Crew, Banana Republic, MadeWell, and Anthropologie. I usually dressed as if I was going into work in the US which for me is a marketing agency. You'll also only see people wearing workout clothes when they are working out.
3. Products/Toiletries/Medicine: In France, you'll have everything you need at the pharmacies in terms of products and toiletries. The hard part comes when you know you need something and you don't know the name in French! It's frustrating and not really something you want to be worried about for the first couple of weeks when you're adjusting. You will see a lot of familiar brands for some things- like lotion (Neutrogena) and contact solution (Opti-Free). Other things though are more difficult. For me it was finding a face wash and a shampoo I liked. Here's what I would suggest bringing and buying there:
– If you have room in your suitcase, bring larger sizes of shampoo and conditioner. This will buy you a little time to find one at the store that works for you. I brought a full container of the face wash I liked and then replenished my stash when I went home halfway through because I was just not finding one that I liked! You'll also find that bottle sizes are much smaller than what you find in the US. This mostly has to do with portability- it's pretty painful to lug a full sized shampoo plus other groceries home, even if it is just walking a couple blocks.
– Appliances- probably best to buy them in France because of the electrical connection. :-D Shop at HEMA for an inexpensive hair dryer and other great home items.
– Nail Polish – oh just because it's fun and pretty expensive in France.
– General Note- you'll find some products that you need in the supermarket (shampoo, conditioner, hand soap) but the place to go is the Pharmacy. They're extremely helpful and it's a ton of fun! Here's just one of the many articles you'll find on the internet about shopping at the pharmacies – City Pharma: A User's Guide.
– Makeup- Here's the golden ticket- there's a Sephora just about everywhere (yay!). So no worries here! If you can get it at Sephora, you're good! Otherwise, bring a full sized container until you find a good substitute.
– Medicine- Bring what you think you'll need. It's a lot easier to sift through some things you've brought when you're not feeling well than try to explain what's wrong to the pharmacist in a foreign language. For prescriptions, get your US doctor to write down the ingredients and amounts of each in the medicine. If the pharmacist in France can find the exact same medicine, then they will fulfill the prescription (no guarantees though).
– Vitamins are crazy expensive. I take Vitamin D and Magnesium and when refilling it was 28 euros for a bottle of 100… ouch!! As an upside though, prescribed medicines are wayyyy cheaper than what we're used to in the US (5 euros for antibiotics…?!).
And that's that! Well at least all I can think of for now. :-D Maybe I'll be packing for a return visit soon… crisons les doigts.. :-D
What would you add to this list?
Happy packing!


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