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I am rarely known to stay quiet. I am not often at a loss for words. Few are the events that leave me utterly speechless. Yet this week I am having a hard time finding what to say, words to express all that I am feeling, stories with which to regale you about what is going on. My childhood has become a misty illusion hidden in some far-off corner of my mind and refuses to resurface. Moods have been swinging back and forth around Crabby Kingdom and I have been finding refuge in my kitchen, baking, swiping clean surfaces usually left to fend for themselves, stirring meusli into yogurt and burying my nose in a paperback novel. I've been keeping low and out of range of whatever is simmering, brewing, bubbling just under the surface and likely to explode at the merest hint of a sidelong glance or friendly comment. Oh, none of the darkness is aimed at my innocent head, no, no, rest assured, but one does try and avoid the friendly fire, the arrows of sharp words and heated discussions. So I keep a low profile, mind my own business and…. bake.
I'm the lone woman in a house full of men. Even the dog is male. And it always seems that the men all go viral at once, as if a team. Men are strange and unusual characters and I simply will never be able to completely comprehend them, as hard as I may sometimes try. Women seem to be the ones stuck with the bad reputation, accused of being unreasonable or of spending too much of our time trying to reason….with men. They label us frivolous, acting too often on a whim, being capricious and erratic in temperament. But in my own household, this opinion is contestable! While I keep my head squarely on my shoulders, keep a smile on my face and sunshine in my step, my men seem to go all gray and grumpy on a whim, between the hormone-fueled adolescent mood swings to the inexplicable out-of-the-blue petulance, they are enough to drive me wild! And even though I try and stay out of their way when the black mood strikes, they stomp through the house pointing fingers, ranting that there is nothing to eat or too much food piled up and spilling out of the refrigerator. They flail their arms and rave that I bake too much, allowing cake, bread, cookies to grow stale, wither and die a pathetic death, or they complain that I am leaving them hungry, with nothing for breakfast or snack as they claw their way through the pantry. I smile sweetly (oh yes I do) and ask if anyone would like to keep me company as I make a cake, I warmheartedly inquire if one or the other of them craves anything in particular, if they prefer cake or cookies, panna cotta or pie and I am met with glares and sullen shrugs of manly shoulders. So I scurry off into the kitchen, pull out the butter, eggs, flour and sugar and begin. Oh, for the company of a sister or a girlfriend who could come over and bake with me.
Remember the days when you could call up your best friend and invite her over for an afternoon of baking? You'd get permission from your mom to use the oven, or a nod of approval from your roommates to take over the kitchen for an afternoon. Maybe it was boxed mixes, the kind your dad favored, the only thing the parents would trust you with. Or maybe you scoured through magazines, folding down the corners of pages each time one recipe or another tempted you. Lists were carefully drawn up, shopping done, ingredients lined up on the countertop awaiting the planned date. Your friend or friends would show up, a daytime slumber party, and you would delve in. Cookies and cakes, batter everywhere, frosting stuck in your hair, edges maybe burned, but the laughter would resound throughout the house and what you cooked together tasted better than anything that you ever tasted before because it was made with friendship, infused with passion shared, spiced with gossip. These days, I have no girlfriends living close by, close enough to come over and bake with me. Mathilde does spend one day a month making macarons with me, and that I love. Baking is more fun when it is done with a friend. Sadly, I have found no like-minded souls living in this city of mine with which to share my afternoons and passions, so I end up baking all on my lonesome. Like a teen heaving great sighs of unrequited love, I dream of standing shoulder to shoulder and creating baked goods with girlfriends. But if you can't do it in real life, well, virtual baking parties are the next best thing.
I have gotten in the habit of baking across borders with Rosa, the talented chef behind Rosa's Yummy Yums. We find each other on twitter, usually for a Daring Baker challenge or to bake bread, and we share woes and worries, ask each other questions (ok, mostly it is I asking her!) and check the other's progress, we encourage and cheer, offer sage advice and bakerly wisdom. I bake macarons with Deeba, although rarely at the same time, but we cry over lost feet when we find ourselves in front of yet another tray of cracked puddles and we do the happy dance when one of us succeeds in reaching mac heaven. Baking together, although miles apart, is an exercise in sisterly kinship and affinity.
This week, Jeanne, Meeta and I had our first virtual bake-together: three friends, three countries, one recipe. We will reveal the great Cake Bake Surprise next Wednesday, so be patient, if you will. This kind of baking adventure is nourished with e-mails and twitter messages, pushing, encouraging, goading, teasing, photos sent, gossip giggled over, our inner 16 year olds resurfacing (as they often do when we are together, whether in real life or virtually) and ends with a delectable treat that we present with great aplomb to the men in our lives, allowing them the pleasure of the fruits of our sisterly labor, hoping upon hope that it will cheer them up, bring back the warm, happy men we know and love, leaving us content with spreading the joy.
I also had a packet of spices burning a hole in my proverbial pocket (the basket of goodies on my shelf), a spice mix given to each of a dozen blogging girlfriends who met up for a London brunch, by wonderful Kavey, and this also finally made it to the kitchen table this week amidst the groans and grumps emanating from the livingroom. The spices were offered to each one of us apparently at random and as I peeled away the crisp, white tissue paper, I saw with utter delight that my packet contained mixed dried vegetables: carrot, tomato, red and green paprika, leek, salt and vegetable oil, in all of their lovely red, green and gold glory. Kavey had the utterly brilliant idea of offering each of us a packet of spices and asked each of us to make something with them, post on our blogs and then she would share all of the resulting creations. Well, put anything dried and in powder form in front of a macaron maker and her eyes light up and only one thought crosses her mind: macarons! Savory, salty and sweet, this is what my little packet cried out to me! And after two miserable, failed results, third time was absolutely the charm and here are my Salty Savory Sweet Vegetable Macarons filled with Chili Chocolate Ganache!
Like my wonderful, crazy men, these macarons, these simple little treats, are strange and unusual, sweet and salty old dogs all at once, changing as I savor them, always pleasing in the end and putting a smile on my face.
These macarons would be perfect filled with a cream cheese filling, maybe whipped with a tad more of the dried mixed vegetables or with slivers of sundried tomatoes and served as an appetizer.
Visit Kavey Eats to see what creative treats everyone else came up with!
SALTY SAVORY SWEET VEGETABLE MACARONS with Chili Chocolate Ganache
7.4 oz (210 g) confectioner's/powdered sugar
4 oz (115 g) ground blanched almonds
3 large egg whites (about 3.8 – 4 oz/ 110 – 112 g) *
1 oz (30 g) white granulated sugar
2 Tbs dried mixed vegetables in powder form
* It is recommended to age your egg whites by placing them in a very clean lidded jar or covered bowl and leaving them out at room temperature for 24 hours before making the macarons.
Prepare 2 large baking sheets. On 2 large pieces of white paper the size of your baking sheets, trace 1 – inch diameter circles (I used the wide end of my pastry tip) evenly spaced, leaving about ¾ - 1 inch between each circle. This will be your template to help you pipe even circles of batter onto the parchment paper. You will be able to reuse these endlessly. Place one paper on each baking sheet then cover with parchment paper. Set aside. Prepare a pastry bag with a plain tip.
Sift the powdered sugar and the ground almonds together into a large mixing bowl. Add the dried powdered mixed vegetables and stir with a whisk or fork until blended. Set aside.
In a standing mixer or with a hand mixer, whip the egg whites for 30 seconds on low speed then increase speed to high and whip until the whites are foamy. Gradually add the granulated sugar as you continue to whip the whites until you obtain a glossy meringue and all of the sugar has been beaten in. The meringue will be very stiff (turn the bowl upside down over your head and they shouldn't move) and be dense like marshmallow.
Gently but firmly fold the whipped whites into the powdered sugar/ground almonds, using a silicon spatula or the equivalent, turning the bowl as you lift and fold, making sure you fold in all the dry ingredients completely. When the batter is ready to pipe, it should flow from the spatula like lava or a thick ribbon. To test to see if you have folded it enough, drop a small amount onto a clean plate and jiggle it slightly. The top should flatten, not remain in a point. If it doesn't flatten, give the batter a few more folds and test again. You can also fold the powdered mixture into the meringue if it is easier for you.
Fill your pastry bag with the batter. Pipe circles onto the parchment paper, using the traced circles on the template sheets to guide you, holding your pastry bag above each circle and piping into the center. DO NOT FORGET TO CAREFULLY REMOVE THE WHITE PAPER TEMPLATE FROM UNDERNEATH THE PARCHMENT PAPER. YOU DO NOT WANT THIS TEMPLATE TO GO IN THE OVEN!
Preheat your oven to 280°F (140°C).
Allow the macarons to sit out for 45 minutes to an hour. The top of each shell should form a "skin" (it will feel like it hardened a bit when gently touched and not stick to your skin). Bake the shells for 15 – 25 minutes, depending on their size (when I touched macs that were not quite done, the top jiggled a bit as if there was still a bit of liquid batter between the top and the "feet" so I let it continue to bake another minute.) I turn the trays back to front a little more than halfway through the baking. These macarons took about 5 minutes more than my macarons usually do, but they were perfectly baked, peeling off of the parchment paper immediately.
Remove the tray from the oven and immediately slide the parchment paper with the shells off of the hot baking sheet and onto a surface, table or countertop. Allow to cool completely before sliding the shells very gently off of the parchment by slipping a metal cake spatula under the shell as you lift it up or by peeling the parchment paper from the back of the shells. Be careful or the center of the shell risks sticking to the parchment.
When the macaron shells are cool, pair the shells up evenly, each with a partner. Pipe a dollop, about a teaspoon, of ganache filling onto half of the shells, the bottom shell in each pair. Carefully sandwich the shells together.
I decided to use a bar of Chili Chocolate in order to add another spice to the mix, but feel free to use any dark chocolate you please!
½ cup (125 ml) heavy cream
4 ¼ oz (120 g) Lindt Excellence 70% Chili Dark Chocolate
Chop the chocolate and put in an appropriately-sized pyrex (heatproof) bowl. Heat the cream in a saucepan gently until it comes just to the boil. Pour the cream over the chopped chocolate and stir until all of the chocolate is completely melted and the mixture is smooth and luxurious. Allow to cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. It should thicken to a spreading/piping consistency. If you need to, speed up the process by placing in the refrigerator until desired spreading/piping consistency, stirring occasionally.


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Novice Member
Joined: 12/02/12
Originally posted by Sevenstar61
To be realistic, and I do play SWTOR so I have no axe to grind, the free month given out was as the games population was tanking and they needed to report the active subs to their investors that month, to say it was in appreciation is disingenuous at best.
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Joined: 7/22/12
"But it was so artistically done..." - Grand Admiral Thrawn's final words
Originally posted by ObiClownobi
No matter what their intentions were... free months is free month - it pays in full for the Makeb expansion /grin
Advanced Member
Joined: 4/26/12
Originally posted by jtcgs
see i agree with this right here but some people will always blindly never admit when a company is at fault and continue to support them no matter what they do . It sucks i know but thats what free will is all about .
This game went free to play because it was on a one way trip to the fastest shut down in the history of big budget mmorpgs. Anyone who knows the EA louse story will tell you he was 150% right with every single thing said. This game continues to not get it and what its player base wants. People are playing it now because its free to play and im sure some subbed as 15 bucks isnt much money. But instead of saying hey you guys are believing in us again we can make things right and get back more and more subs , they decide to rip off their own playerbase selling free patch content to subs with the new planet and nickle and diming everyone with stupid gambling packs.
Novice Member
Joined: 6/22/10
Making limited time products is nothing new nor is EA the only coorporation doing it.
The answer seems simple to me - don't buy it if you don't want it.
Novice Member
Joined: 9/07/04
Personally what rubs me the wrong way is that the whole liveday shenanigans was just made up to promote their shopitems.
I mean there are lots of reasons to put RL seasonal holidays into a game ... but that has got to be the worst. I'll bet veterans day, independence day, valentins day etc are next. Up to now we had:
P2P = Pay to Play
F2P = Free to Play
B2P = Buy to Play
P2W = Pay to Win
Congrats to EA for creating a new one:
P2C = Pay to Celebrate.
I have to admit , anyone who thinks that free month wasn't specifically because they were past the bleeding and on the life support stage for subs at the time really is not being honest or truly gullible.
Like the game or not , (and am considering coming back to try it again here ), the only reason a massive budget tripple AAA mmorpg like SWTOR gave a free month barely 6 months after launch was due to the publically stated failure in sub/retention numbers. EA's financial reports early to mid 2012 admitted as much.
They did not give a free month to be good the players , they gave a free month to try and salvage what subs they had at the time just a little longer till F2P cartel shop time.
I don't quite grasp how some of you can spin everything SWTOR/Bioware does as "good" while accusing others of being the opposite/haters.
It's fairly hypocritical wouldn't you say ?
EA has admitted they have failed in expectations , massively , why try and make everything they do positive spin ? It's obvious they made bad decisions in the past , couldn't current ones be bad also ?
EQ devs made idiotic decisions at times and die hard fans would (including myself) would call them out on it then ,I just don't understand trying to spin everything positive.
Advanced Member
Joined: 11/08/08
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results.
I hate the get it now or it will be gone tactic. Kind of reminds me of the timeshare guy trying to convince you what a great deal it is, the only problem is you have to do it right now. The same with car salesman, I can only offer you this deal for a limited time.
It just shows me how greedy and cheap EA has become, acting like used timeshare sales folks.
Hard Core Member
Joined: 2/17/07
NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
Originally posted by SuperDonk
I do want the stuff, but I am not wasting Cartel Coins (which are only attainable by spending real money) on them, as rather spend the CC unlocking parts of the game to make it more viable in F2P
If they had done an event and earned special Life Day tokens or whetever to get them, then I would do the event and get the items. They did a couple of events since its release, the Raghoul one I missed but the 2nd one I did not, and it was a bit of fun - One part had you help a robot finish a race as the competitors were cheating and another part was finding some items. It just seems now they have the Cartel Market in, they are exploiting that instead of coming up with some fun events.
If they had stuck the items on some existing vendors and could be bought by in game credits or commendations, then I would have played the game (if I did not have enough credits or commendations) until I had enough to buy them
If they had only given this stuff to subscribers, and you had to subscribe to get them, then I may have even subscribed to get them
But to put them on the Cartel Market and subbers even have to buy them with real money through Cartel Coins, is just scummy, especially every single Life Day item.
In SWG they gave some items free by clicking on the Life Day tree, and then the rest were acquired after doing an event, and even had a leaderboard to see how many trees you all could decorate or how many presents you could stomp on within 30 mins. Also there was another short mission to get a stap, and some other goodies, which just incvolved travvelling around the planets and questioning NPCs, which probably took 30 mins to do, as I created something similar using Chronicles system within that time. Almost every other MMO does an event too.
Games are meant to be played, not payed (and payed some more)!
Novice Member
Joined: 5/02/08
Originally posted by Sevenstar61
I mean seriously? We are that low that people need to find such excuses for explaining the price of a DLC on top of the sub?
Novice Member
Joined: 2/22/07
What a train wreck this game has become. I know there have been worse MMOs but I can't think of one right now
Novice Member
Joined: 8/03/12
The F2P model is just not right, they try to make money on stuff that really should be sort of basic gameplay.
I mean, limited XP? Limited commendations?
The road they have taken with creating disadvantages and try to make you pay to get rid of them.
What i would prefer, and pay for, is to get something tangible for my money.
DLC, sure, and advantages no doubt.
The current model will never get any money from me, i see a challenge in not paying.
Sure, i run around alot and level slower, but so what, LOL!
Spotlight Poster
Joined: 10/14/10
Originally posted by IG-88
This. I have no problem with F2P/Freemium games, but their monetization scheme has to make sense.
Right now, there is almost nothing in the CM that is enticing to a thinking customer who actually considers price vs. value before throwing money at the screen. Not only does this not help keep F2P players, but it also drives subbed players who feel slighted at the fact that they have received almost none of the free content they where promised (Just take a look at their forums).
Everything in the CM, from gambling packs to $18 mounts that are not account-wide to charging subbed players $10 for a content update, just screams "SHORT-TERM MONEY GRAB". EA clearly doesn't care about the long term health of the game, they just wanna try to recover their loses as soon as possible and that's it.
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Joined: 6/11/08
I think with my heart and move with my head.-Kongos
You know, for all that people talk about the 'horrible PR' on official and external forums, I don't think it makes that much difference. I'm watching a Facebook conversation right now where a bunch of people are picking a new MMORPG. No one cares about any of the PR, good or bad. People are talking about their own experience, and generally speaking, it's good.
I can not remember winning or losing a single debate on the internet.
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Joined: 10/14/10
Originally posted by lizardbones
That is very much true. However, those types of players (i.e. the kind that doesn't care about a company's behaviour/direction) do not stick around for a very long time, which is exactly the opposite of what an MMO looks for in their playerbase.
The key word in your sentence is "new": Those players will not be new forever, and at some point they will either invest themselves in the game or leave. Guess which of those two outcomes bad PR promotes?
Hard Core Member
Joined: 2/17/07
NGE, LOTRO, STO, KOTOR, Lego Star Wars > NGE 2 (SWTOR). SWG>ALL. Above hopefully subject to change.
If people are new to SWTOR they will soon wise up to the ways of the game, like millions did at launch. The game had nothing but good PR then, but people soon saw through all the crap.
It does not matter too much with the Life Day items being lmited as you would only want them around christmas, although I bet they will start to do this more with other stuff. Even LOTRO does limited time mounts, so chances are EA will come along and do more non-seasonal items too, but at least LOTRO adds in seasonal events too. EA think that just chucking stuff on the market is what makes F2P a success. They seem to have given up adding gameplay, and just using the cartel market for more money from subscribers. Having some items on the CM would have been ineviitable, but not doing an event or giving out at least one Life Day item for free to subscribers, is just rotten.
Other MMOs use F2P to make the game viable but you pay for what you want instead of sub to all of it, but if you want all of it you sub. In SWTOR no matter how you play in F2P, it always pushes you towards subbing more so.
Instead of the locking out UI bars, reduced XP and quest rewards etc, they should have made a planet or two after Corusant / Dromund Kaas purchaseable, and up to level 15 the same as the trial completely free and less restricted. Purchasing more content with loads of gameplay feels more value for money than having the game restricted.
Ohh Nooo Reduced EXP... the horror
Sorry But I'm not a content locust and personally think to many games now-a-days have the easy button exp grab set to high. I've stopped playing games because it felt like the publisher was pushing me out of a zone without seeing everything there was to offer before it reached "level cap" for the area.
Ohh NOOOO I need to buy another hotbar to be superkoolelite. Yeah well, if you feel the need to be superkoolelite then you can easily plunk down some cash, it takes very little, heck Subs do it all the time
OHH NOOO I can't grind instances/PVP. Well to be honest if that is a complaint then you obviously knew nothing about the game so you can just suck it. They flat out said this is a story driven game. They even went so far was to suggest that the PVP was an afterthought. Instances are not what make a game. End content is not what makes a game, the WHOLE GAME is what makes a game. Just becuase a single aspect sucks does not invalidate the game. (it only validates YOUR OPINION of the game)
I did take a break from the game. FOR 1 REASON, It was simply WoW in space and I hated WoW.
Yes of course there are limites to the F2p and premium accounts. they need to put some sort of restrictions in order for people to buy things. Why does AION survive (personally that game is also a loaded pile of donkey scraps) Becuase the audience that it targets has a giant "need" to have their anime looking stickfigure females in huge frilly goddess gear.
Ok there are a few things thta I have beef with in the f2p model
Not being able to increase the size of my money pouch. In the long run this sucks
Not being able to trade or send mail (However While I have a beef I do feel it is justified as they are trying to stop gold farmers/laundry mules from saturating the f2p level, yeah yeah I know all they have to do is get prefered status but at least they are forcing them to do what every other GF has to do is at least invest in the game)
SWTOR was not going to be SWG2, They flat out said this. Quit with the "it didn't live to my expectations" becuase they flat out said what they were going to do if it didn't meet you expectations then you obviously were looking at a different game.
I'm not a SW fanatic, a SWTOR fanatic, Heck the only reason I'm playing right now is because it is f2p. I went to the show knowing what I was going to get and expecting exactly what I got, so how could it be bad?
Originally posted by mrrshann618
They said there would be large scale , I believe 100 on 100 , massive battles on Illum. It was advertised directly by them.
That's what I wanted to play , and then they revealed they were clueless on their own game's capabilities , and clueless on how to have a large scale PVP planet.
They advertised Illum gameplay then abandoned it (going on a year now).
How is that not failed expectations for me ?
Originally posted by MMOdad72
So What you are saying is that the ONLY reason you wanted to play SWTOR was for Illum.
I personally never had that much in the way of problems on Illum, then again I'm not a PVPer. However acting on the few times that I did play all I saw were people running around like lemmings, taking control point A then the WHOLE MOB moving towards B. Is that EA's fault for crappy PvP?
They gave people Illum to kill each other. Yeah not much else to do there (if you ignore the PVE aspects) but isn't that what PvP is all about? Ganking, crushing, destroying the enemy and hear the lamenting of you enemies?
Or is it all about grinding for Uber gear?
If your answer is Uber gear then refer to my comments about grinding and instancing. End game isn't the game
There are/were/have been many PvP oriented "arena" combat games out there where all you do is kill the other person. yeah there may not be Star Wars themed ones, but that is not the problem of EA, That is the problem of the IP owner.
You can blame EA/Bioware all you want for a "empty Illum" but if you want 100 vs 100 then you need 200 first. That requires people to be there, even a crappy PvP system (which as far as I can tell the only difference is the controller behind the toon) can be fun with that many people there. You just have to have had the people there in the first place. I blame peoples feeling of entitlement or needed to be rewarded for EVERY STINKING LITTLE THING as more a downfall of things rather than the WHOLE blame being on the developers shoulders.
Just to point out. early MMO's had absolutely CRAP systems in place but people LOVED them. That points to me that the blame is NOT wholely on the developers side.
Originally posted by mrrshann618
EA/Bioware themselves admitted they screwed up Illum and didnt know how to fix it.
You don't have to white knight for them on everything ,(but obviously are going to ) even they admit they f'd up on this part.
You admit you aren't PVP'r yet you try and say its the players fault.
EA/Bioware had terrible design for Illum along with their horrible coding not being able to handle it correctly even in its crappy design.
Sorry to say , but they advertised it , pushed it ,and it didnt work.
That's a failed expectation.
And yet some want to spin it even on this issue that the developers themselves admitted they were cluess on what to do about it.
I'm being a "white knight" more as a stance against people's feeling of entitlement,
against people's "dismay" that it wasn't SWG2,
agsint people's "I hate this aspect of the game so you should feel bad becuase you don't hate it too" feeling that a lot of the SWTOR bashing threads project.
I was not there for the attempted fixing with the rackghoul patches. I had alread jumped ship for the reasons I've already stated. I'm definately NOT a WHITE knight to the cause. I know that they flat out admitted that Illum was a Failure, however what is their incentive for fixing it if EVERYONE simply boycots it and jumps ship?
Why fix a sinking boat if everyone has already left?
However you can play a free game, no investment truely needed with as much fun as any console game, for free, for up to 2 characters without buying anything, for free, with ability to unlock further aspects such as race, for free.
Not sure why so many people bitch about a completely free game except for a feeling of entitlement.
Problem is it is a cyclic argument
Players: I'm not comming back until you fix this BS!!!!!
Bioware (not EA): We cannot divert resources needed to fix "at this time" unless we can show EA (who has a history or yanking projects) that we can actually actract people, Hey Lets see if the "Fad" of f2p will work long enough so we can fix this!
Players: Your f2p Model is Crap, I can't be leet for free!!!!
Bioware: If your Leet why pay for anything? At least we do not force you to buy endurance/action point potions like alot of other f2p games. You get the whole meat and potatos of the game for free.
Player: Yeah but your f2p is epic-fail I'm not comming back till it's fixed to my liking
Bioware: we cannot divert resources till we can prove we can make money for fear that EA will pull plug


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My husband and I keep having the same debate. I argue that Nantes, our adopted city, does not have a local cuisine as much as she has a choice selection of fabulous local ingredients, these ingredients the basis for a wide variety of pure, clean, simple dishes that are created to highlight the quality and freshness of sea scallops, sardines, tomatoes, carrots, lamb's lettuce, among others, these ingredients the basis for Nantes' quiet but assertive renown as a gastronomic city. My husband, passionate and knowledgeable about food and an even better cook than I, disagrees, arguing for Nantes' stunningly simple and elegant cuisine bourgeoise, a cuisine born from the wealth and modest sophistication of her former ruling class, nobles and merchants alike, as much as a consequence of the fine and exquisite products of this port city.
But other than such traditional recipes as the gâteau nantais, la fouace nantaise, caramel au beurre salé or the beurre blanc nantais, there are surely no truly emblematic dishes. Nantes, as I have before written, sits comfortably between water and land, the ocean and the river, a terroir lush and fertile within kissing distance of Brittany, the Vendée and the Loire in which a diversity of delicacies such as eel and oysters and tender green asparagus, not to mention the fleur de sel de Guerande, offer a fresh palette of flavors and textures, endless possibilities for creativity and imagination. Add to that an amazing selection of local wines, from Muscadet and Gros Plant to the neighboring wines of Anjou and Saumur, we are never short of a glorious meal.
The closeness of Nantes to Brittany and regions washed by both the Atlantic and the Loire River has influenced her own cuisine for centuries, yet while dining on crêpes and cider, moules marinières, Kouign Amann and Far Breton, she has been able to retain her individuality in no uncertain terms, creating her own unique identity. The importance of Nantes as a great port city, for centuries the crossroads between Europe, Africa, the Americas, the West Indies and all that lay between, meant the influence of the spices, sugar, fruits and liqueur brought to her shores on boats great and small, adding an exotic twist, a light kick of rum, the scent of vanilla, the bite of pepper, the hint of almonds and lemon to her cuisine, making all who cooked here curious and adventurous. Light and ethereal, no heavy sauces or overpowering buttery concoctions to drown out and hide the delicate, subtle character of the raw ingredients, the food, the dishes we eat every day need no extravagant elaboration, no flashy, complicated enhancement. Nantes' culinary identity is based on the simple yet intriguing combination of local, seasonal ingredients and very little more. Give us a platter of freshly steamed and raw seafood, lightly grilled sardines with a glass of Muscadet and we are happy.
One reason husband and I love living in Nantes and in the Pays de la Loire is that creativity and diversity we find in our local eating places. Yes, there are crêperies galore, our favorite kabob (Le Couche Tard) and pizza (Pinocchio) joints (not to forget my favorite artisan chocolatier/pâtissier Vincent Guerlais), the choice of restaurants, bistros and brasseries is ever growing. Just the abundance and quality of those natural ingredients, the network of local producers, draws so many talented chefs to the region, to our city. We, of course, have our fetish restaurants such as Les Bouteilles or our latest discoveries and newest passions, La Raffinerie (chef Nicolas Bourget) and Song Saveur & Sens (chef Nhung Phung) not to forget the magnificent La Mare aux Oiseaux (Michelin starred chef Éric Guérin) an hour outside of the city. But the number of excellent restaurants and extraordinary chefs in Nantes means that we can pursue a culinary adventure, embark on a gastronomic voyage of discovery as often as we step out the door.
Which is why I was thrilled to be invited by Nantes Tourisme and Voyage à Nantes to their party launching the second Restaurant Guide les Tables de Nantes 2013. The guide offers a selection of 97 restaurants in Nantes and surrounding suburbs, 31 more than last year's guide, as well as a selection of wine bars. The committee representing Nantes Tourisme and Voyage à Nantes, in partnership with Nantes Métropole and Vins de Loire, set out to promote the quality and diversity of the city's establishments by selecting and highlighting those restaurants and chefs who use – with respect - fresh, local ingredients with a special mention of those who also feature and serve regional wines. Service and ambiance in conjunction with the creativity and savoir-faire in the kitchen and on the plate each play an important role in creating an all-around sensory dining experience, a pleasurable culinary voyage and thus qualifying for the guide.
But the soirée and the guide held a special bonus for those of us who love a perfect gastronomic experience… who love to eat: Les Coups de Coeur, the Jury's Favorites… the special mention of 3 restaurants who are not so much "the best" but rather special discoveries that are not only worth the visit but worth following. The 3 restaurants designated, the 3 young chefs selected not only highlight the best of Nantes' produce and ingredients, but raise them to something extraordinary, offering the diner a sensational gustatory and sensory experience while keeping in the spirit of la cuisine nantaise. This years' Coups de Coeur were
And lucky were we to be offered a taste of each of these 3 young chefs' creations while we chatted the rest of the evening away. With glasses of Muscadet, bien sur.
I sit and flip through my own copy of this lovely little booklet and see many names I recognize and a few that I don't. Voyage à Nantes, The Journey to Nantes, was created to promote "the rich cultural and culinary panorama" that is Nantes. Through projects, happenings and events, the visitor is accompanied and guided through this wonderful city on a "cultural trail", offering each and every perspective of the city and her heritage, to share the beauty, art and complexity of our modest, diverse city in a clear, concise way. Les Tables de Nantes does the same for food, accompanying the visitor – and the local – on a gastronomic, gustatory trail of discovery and delight. We may be a rather small city, but don't be fooled! Nantes is most definitely a gastronomic destination as is so evident in the pages of Les Tables de Nantes!
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A special thank you to Florence of Nantes Tourisme and Marie-Laure of Voyage à Nantes for the invitation… and for finally including me in the family of local food bloggers/journalists!
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nerd self-mythologizing
Now, I know what my frequent critics on these issues will say: but the context is a world where geeks and nerds are/have been oppressed. On the "are" front, I would say, no they're not. Not for the things that are self-consciously geeky, not the stuff that self-described nerds and geeks use to so self-define. The social awkwardness is totally independent of the cultural convictions that are used to define geekdom. And, indeed, derision and marginalization of socially awkward people are prevalent in the halls of geek culture, too. On the "have been" front, I would simply point out that reacting to a changing world is important to maintaining a worthwhile self-criticism; that oftentimes the worst bullies are those who have been bullied themselves, and thus can't imagine themselves in the other position; and finally, that even if you could go back and erase the stigma about comic books or whatever that was the focal point of bullying in the past, it wouldn't have removed the bullying. The bullying just would have taken a different form. Social aggression exists for reasons that are entirely separate from the proximate target of that aggression. Bullies and jerks will always find reasons.
Incidentally, the comic lionizes Tesla for choosing to forgo sex in order to remain mentally sharp, portraying it as a kind of heroism. I would argue that it's actually a pathology. And incidentally, sex>alternating current.
Update: I kid Nikola Tesla! I love Nikola Tesla. I'm just kidding about the sex. And, you know, most everything else. I'll link to the piece as soon as it's out. I want only for geeks to recognize and enjoy the fact that they've already won.
Update II: But do check out Alex Waller for a spirited and informed defense of Edison.
6 comments:
- Alex Waller said...
Please, please forgive my shameless self-promotion. http://abstractengineer.blogspot.com/2012/05/this-tesla-love-fest-has-got-to-end.html
- May 14, 2012 at 9:57 PM
- Freddie said...
No forgiveness necessary! And that's an awesome corrective.
- May 14, 2012 at 10:03 PM
You often talk about having the confidence to leave others the space to make different choices. Choosing to forgo sex in order to remain mentally sharp is such a choice. Calling it a pathology reminds me of things you have criticized in others' work. Your last three sentences do not seem well-considered.
- May 15, 2012 at 10:58 AM
- Freddie said...
Oh, I'm just teasing. I kid Nikola Tesla! I love Nikola Tesla!
- May 15, 2012 at 11:08 AM
- Paul Sherrard said...
Oatmeal sucks. He really shouldn't be putting anyone down for claiming geek & smelling like an executive.
This, however, is interesting: he's using a larger font for phrases that refer to techie topics and/or purport to be statements of historical fact---the type of phrases that people make into links. Only they're NOT links. It's like he's internalized the feel of link-laden prose and uses it as a kind of punctuation.
Example: "Who held patents over a hundred years ago that were later used in the development of the transistor?"
Is this a thing? It's the first time I've seen it.
- May 15, 2012 at 11:13 AM
I don't think the concept of "oppression" applies to geeks, now or ever. I think geeks have been socially marginalized, which is different. But this is kind of an aside to my main point, which is that I really don't think you're right that geeks have "won" in any real way, and for that reason I do think there's a place for stuff like this comic. (BTW, I doubt Matthew Inman himself qualifies as a geek.)
I think your mistake is this: "he social awkwardness is totally independent of the cultural convictions that are used to define geekdom."
This is backwards. The social awkwardness is what defines geekdom. And we have to be a little more precise than "social awkwardness." It's a certain personality type of which social awkwardness is only the most visible sign. I'm not going to try to define it exhaustively because I think you kind of know it when you see it, but I think being most comfortable with certainties, quantities, physical things, hard abstractions, etc. is a big part of it. The "cultural convictions" that are associated with geekdom arise from this personality type, not the other way around. Partly they're a conscious defense mechanism, and partly they're just a natural expression of the geek psyche. Non-geeks can like this stuff too, of course, but liking it won't turn them into geeks.
What's interesting about the geek type is that, on the one hand, these people are HUGELY overrepresented among scientists, mathematicians, engineers, etc., and I think it's fair to say that the personality type is intrinsically linked with success in these fields. So geeks' contribution to the society we are all enjoying is immense. But at the same time, geeks--by which I mean people with the full-on geek personality, not just everyone who likes comic books--have ALWAYS been socially marginalized and ALWAYS will be, because human nature does not change. Note that hard sci-fi tends to depict a future in which human nature basically HAS changed, so that geek traits are the most highly valued: this is the ultimate geek fantasy.
In short, I think you've conflated two different things: people defending pop culture against imaginary highbrow gatekeepers (which I agree is bullshit), and geeks.
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Three die when bus carrying teens crashes in IndianaBy RICK CALLAHAN
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Firefighters work to extricate people from a bus crash Saturday in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Fire Department said three people were killed when a bus carrying teens from a church camp crashed on a busy thoroughfare near Interstate 465.INDIANAPOLIS A bus carrying teenagers returning to Indiana from a church camp in Michigan crashed Saturday afternoon just minutes from home, killing three people and sending 26 others to hospitals, officials said.
The bus came speeding off Interstate 465 in northern Indianapolis, about a mile from the Colonial Hills Baptist Church that passengers attended and the buss final destination. It struck a retaining wall as it tried to round a curve and overturned.
The campers were returning from Camp CoBeAc in northern Michigan, about six hours away. The churchs youth pastor had sent a tweet a couple of hours before the crash saying the group was expected to arrive at about 4:15 p.m., around the time the accident happened.
They were not that far from home. ... That only adds to the tragedy, Indianapolis Public Safety Director Troy Riggs said.
Riggs visited the crash scene with Mayor Greg Ballard before heading to the church. Riggs said there was no indication that the driver had a medical emergency and called the accident a great tragedy.
Ballard said investigators were taking measurements and examining the bus to determine the cause of the crash.
WTHR-TV reported the bus driver told witnesses his brakes failed. Indianapolis Fire Department Lt. Ato McTush said police and fire officials had not determined whether the church-owned bus had mechanical issues.
Duane Lloyd told WTHR that he heard a loud noise behind him as he was traveling near the intersection and saw the crash around 4:15 p.m.
I heard a skid. I looked back. I see this bus in the air and people falling out of the bus, Lloyd said. I could have gone my whole life without seeing that.
Karen Woodard, a member of Colonial Hills Baptist Church, cried as she stared at the wrecked bus surrounded by pillows, water bottles and clothing. She said the bus was returning from a youth camp in Michigan and some of the teens had their parents with them.
Its so terrible. I cant believe it, she said.
Indianapolis Fire Department said crews had to free five people who were trapped inside after the crash. Several stopped to help before first responders could arrive, including one man who helped pull the driver out of the bus, the department said.
People were stopping their cars. People were literally trying to lift the bus, Lloyd said. You just try to do what you can do.
Fire officials said the bus was carrying about 40 passengers and that the injured included children and adults.
Nine teenagers were taken to IU Health Methodist Hospital, including one in critical condition. Ten others, including nine teenagers and a toddler, were in stable condition at Riley Hospital for Children, a spokeswoman for the hospitals said.
Many of the patients were suffering head, arm and leg injuries, fire officials said.
Roads near the scene were closed, and authorities were urging people to use caution in the area. A hazardous materials crew was cleaning up diesel fuel that spilled in the crash.
Outside the church, a yellow school bus with the church schools name was parked outside with piles of sleeping bags and suitcases nearby. Families hugged outside and talked quietly before going inside, where they met with Ballard and Riggs Saturday evening.
Ballard described the families as remarkably positive despite their sorrow.
Some of the teenagers are hurting pretty bad and you can see that in their faces, he said.
Church member Jeff Leffew, 44, of Fishers, who had three daughters on the bus that crashed and a fourth on a second bus, said he was waiting to pick them up in the church parking lot when the second bus arrived. He said he knew immediately that something was wrong because the kids on the bus were screaming.
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Make your childs Halloween costume a bit more eeek-o-friendly this year. There are plenty of ways to come up with a creative get-up without buying a brand new costume. Plus, there are a few popular Halloween accessories that you may just want to consider avoiding this season. Here are my Top 5 Ways to Green Your Halloween Costume.
1. Take part in a costume swap
Costume swaps are taking place all over the country this year. You can host your own swap party with family and friends or visit GreenHalloween.org to find out how you can participate in National Costume Swap Day. Youll not only give once-used costumes a longer life, but youll also be saving a whole lot of money by not buying a new one.
2. Go to Goodwill
Goodwill is a Halloween enthusiasts playground. Whether youre looking for an outrageous outfit, costume jewelry or fancy dress shoes to complete your Halloween vision, youre sure to find it here and all for a steal!
3. Seek out non-toxic makeup
Ban toxic Halloween makeup from your costume. Color additives used in makeup are to be approved by the FDA, so look for that on the label. You can see the entire list of approved color additives at DoYourPart.com/Columns. You will also find a link to The Environmental Working Groups website where you can find a variety of safe, homemade make-up recipes. And one last note, at the end of the night make sure to wash your face several times to remove all that ghoulish makeup.
4. Watch the teeth!
Weve all heard plenty about the potential dangers of certain kinds of flexible plastic that can contain hormone-disrupting phthalates. Some of the plastic considered dangerous is actually used to make Halloween masks and those fake teeth you see so many people putting in their mouths. Best to avoid these when planning costumes for children.
5. Dont buy another plastic pumpkin
We see them on the arm of so many cute kids that plastic pumpkin to collect trick or treat goodies. Instead of buying yet another plastic pumpkin, have your child bring along something reusable instead. It could be a pillowcase or a reusable shopping bag. They can even make a custom bag out of one of their favorite T-shirts. Its quick and easy and available at DoYourPart.com/Columns.
No matter what the kids, young or old, decide to be this year, you can still Do Your Part to go green when creating the perfect costume. Happy Halloween!
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It is no overstatement to assert that life is a collaborative effort. Almost without exception, one's very survival—not only physically, but also emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually—most often depends on active support from other people. Certainly to flourish requires caring involvement from other human beings.
And so it is with Christian life and ministry. God has ordained that Christians not only are, but also that we act as a mutually supporting group—a family, in fact. Scripture is replete with examples and exhortations to such partnership in our common life.
The model of partnership does not begin in the New Testament, however. We see it throughout the Old Testament in the life of the ancient Israelites, whose overarching partnership coupled the "sacred" role of priestly service by the Levites with the "profane" role of the remaining 11 tribes charged with practically supporting not only themselves but also the Levites living among them.
During his itinerant ministry, Jesus sent advance teams—pairs of disciples—to prepare his way in the towns he himself would soon visit to announce the gospel. In Acts, the fledgling church met its members' daily needs by sharing everything in common. And when the job of ensuring food for all became a challenging task, appointed supervisors assumed the job so the Twelve could fully pursue their main calling—namely, "prayer and the ministry of the word." Later, during Paul's evangelistic travels, the "untimely born" apostle collected money from far-flung Christian congregations to support financially the impoverished mother-church in Jerusalem. And elsewhere in Acts and the Epistles we read of elders and deacons charged with practical, administrative service to complement the teaching and preaching of the gospel by Paul and his protégés Timothy and Titus.
We can add to these partnerships in evangelism, community life, and spiritual ministry the practice of prayer. James, for example, prescribes intercessory prayer over the sick by a team of church elders. And simply gathering as a group in Christ's name—even a small group of only two or three—ushers the Lord's presence, always accompanied by his power.
At PTS we treasure our partnership with you as you continue to support our efforts for the Kingdom with your financial gifts, your volunteer activities, your encouragement, and your prayers.
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Known as the 'Island of the Gods', Bali offers visitors access to an unrivalled cultural legacy, perpetuated from one generation to the next as the oldest rituals and customs are continually renewed and refreshed. The Aman Bali Experience allows one to discover the diversity of this legendary island from mist-enshrouded Mt. Agung in the east and Ubud's emerald rice terraces in the interior, to the white-sand beaches of the south coast.
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China, Tibet & the Yangtze
Experience a soul-enriching journey on this program abounding with UNESCO world heritage sites.
Lhasa means "holy land," and Lhasa—the ancient capital city of Tibet—is the spiritual soul of the region. In existence since the seventh century and ruled by the Dalai Lamas from the early 1600s until 1959, Tibet has long been associated with tranquility and spirituality. Marvel at Lhasa's unique architecture—from gilt-roofed temples and colorfully decorated monasteries to the practical, energy-efficient design of its traditional houses—and discover the serenity of wandering through its peaceful gardens. You'll visit the UNESCO World Heritage Jokhang Temple and the Potala Palace, as well as the Sera Monastery.
While in Beijing, explore the UNESCO-designated Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, the Temple of Heaven, and the Great Wall. Marvel at the life-sized Terra-cotta Warriors in Xi'an. Cruise the most scenic section of the Yangtze River with its famous Three Gorges (the Qutang, Wu, and Xiling). While each of the three is spectacular, nothing can compare to the mesmerizing vistas created by the narrow switchbacks of the beautiful Qutang Gorge. Visit the Shibao Pagoda, a charming red, 12-story wooden temple (built without the use of nails) that rises dramatically above the river. Then conclude your astonishing trip in breathtaking Shanghai, China's largest city, where you'll be treated to water-front views, delicious dim sum, and a performance by the astonishing Shanghai Acrobats.
Throughout your journey, the majestic scenery, soul-enriching spirituality, rich cultural performances, and wonderful people of China will reward you with unforgettable memories.
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I used a ref: [Link], but added the fire. Thanks Lemontree for this cool link of a performance using flaming drumsticks: [Link]. I'm not sure how they stay lit! :)
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Moctoberfest is a month-long celebration of Chattanooga Mocs men's basketball. It includes historical moments, social media interactions and introduction to UTC's freshmen among the myriad of video tributes and stories.
Day 13 remembers another great play in Chattanooga's choice championship moments. Who can forget Ty Patterson's three-point bomb to beat the shot clock as the Mocs pulled away from an overwhelmed College of Charleston squad.
It was a tie ballgame, 34-34 at the half, but that didn't last long in the second stanza. UTC scored the first 20 points of the second half holding the Cougars without a basketball for more than seven-and-a-half minute.
Patterson provided three signature plays in the game. In the first half, he had a huge tip dunk (pictured above) and made a block chasing down Jermaine Johnson's layup attempt off the fastbreak. But no play is as well remembered as the 35 to 40-foot toss that found the bottom of the nylon.
It's 47-34 and the shot clock is winding down. The Mocs are scrambling. Patterson gets the ball with two seconds on the shot clock and lets loose a high-arching stroke. The ball was in the air long for about three seconds as the shot clock buzzer ended before the ball swished true with 14:23 left in the game.
Chattanooga opens the season Monday, November 12, against Tennessee Temple in McKenzie Arena at 7 p.m. Season tickets for a school-record 18-game home slate are available. Call 266-MOCS (6627), go online here at GoMocs.com or stop by the Gate One McKenzie Arena Ticket Office.
GoMocs.com is the official website of the Chattanooga Mocs. The Mocs can also be followed on their official Facebook page (ChattanoogaMocs), or on Twitter (@GoMocsMBB & @GoMocs).
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1 - First NCAA DI Game
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3 - Stephen McDowell
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5 - Gerald Wilkins 4-point Play
6 - Social Media Factoid: UTC's 10 NCAA appearances are the most in the SoCon since joining the league in 1977-78. Leaders: Chattanooga 10, Davidson 7, ETSU 6, Marshall 3, App State 2, Furman 2, Wofford 2, Western Carolina 1, UNCG 1 and College of Charleston 1. Sources: http://twitter.com/GoMocsMBB & http://www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs
7 - LeVert Threats to Keith Nelson Buzzer-Beater
8 - 1st NCAA Tournament Win
9 - Social Media Factoid: Today's Moctoberfest Factoid is in honor of tomorrow's 30 minutes or less ticket promotion. Derrick Kirce holds the UTC record for career 30-point games with 5 in his 2 seasons (1990-91). He scored 1,113 points which is a school record for a two-year player averaging 19.5 points per contest, another all-time leading mark. Chad Copeland (1993-94) is the only Moc with back-to-back 30-pt games. He scored 30 in a home win over Southern Miss on Jan. 2, 1994 and followed with 33 keying a one-point road win three nights later at Furman. Sources: http://twitter.com/GoMocsMBB & http://www.facebook.com/ChattanoogaMocs
10 - Drazen Zlovaric Makes ESPN Top 10 Plays
11 - TRIVIA GIVEAWAY: Who led the Mocs in scoring in the two 1997 NCAA Tournament wins over Georgia and Illinois? Answer: Willie Young with 39 (24 vs. UGa/15 vs. Illini).
12 - Meet Gee McGhee
13 - Ty Patterson Heroics in 2009 SoCon Championship Game
14 - Meet Alex Bran
15 - Meet Eric Robertson