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1967. USA. Norman Jewison. 109 min.
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In the Heat of the Night
1967. USA. Directed by Norman Jewison. Screenplay by Stirling Silliphant, based on the novel by John Ball. With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant. "Philadelphia homicide detective Virgil Tibbs gets drawn into a murder mystery in 1967 Sparta, Mississippi. The victim's widow convinces him to help a bigoted police chief solve the crime. Race relations ignite when a white suspect slaps Tibbs. In Silliphant's screenplay, Tibbs takes the hit. At Poitier's insistence, his Tibbs strikes back, furthering the liberation of black men in American cinema. 'They call me Mr. Tibbs.' They'd better!" (Dwight Brown, NNPA Syndication/BlackPressUSA.com). NYFCC Best Picture, 1967. 109 min.
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With the participation of: Pierre Hantaï, Rainer Zipperling, Robert Kohnen, Philippe Pierlot, Sophie Watillon
It was in Amsterdam in 1740 that a jurist named Hubert Le Blanc published an astounding work that defended the use of the bass viol at a time when the violin and the cello were becoming more and more important in Parisian musical life. This recording provides a musical equivalent of his essay, depicting the initial success of the bass viol and of M. De Sainte-Colombe (celebrated in the film Tous les matins du monde), its moments of glory and, above all else, the repertoire of the viol, violin and cello during the first half of the 18th century.
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Haka vs. Sipi Tau: Rugby World Cup dance-off
The two occasions on which the haka has met the Sipi Tau at the Rugby World Cup -- Brisbane 2003 and Auckland 2011 -- have been memorable; expect nothing different at St James' Park.
The two occasions on which the haka has met the Sipi Tau at the Rugby World Cup -- Brisbane 2003 and Auckland 2011 -- have been memorable; expect nothing different at St James' Park.
Reports that former South Africa and Italy coach Nick Mallett has turned down an approach regarding the England head coach position have been denied by the RFU.
New Zealand must be stronger
Topping Pool A key to success
Do Wales have enough to beat Australia?
Behind the scenes with the USA Eagles
England looking to go out on a high
Opportunities up for grabs in England squad
Burgess will want to prove himself
How far can South Africa go?
Scotland in must win game
Ruck 'n' Maul: Australia looking strong
Head coach Warren Gatland has revealed his side are determined to end their long run of defeats against the Wallabies at Twickenham on Saturday.
Scotland may be playing for a place in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals but Samoa have more than pride on the line at St James' Park.
Stuart Lancaster is convinced he has demonstrated his credentials as an international coach as he refuses to signal the end of his England stewardship.
England's George Ford hopes Manchester will embrace the side when they face Uruguay there this weekend and has vowed to learn from the team's premature Rugby World Cup exit.
Kane Douglas has played down Johnny Sexton's comments that Australia head coach Michael Cheika intimidates his own players, insisting the Wallabies camp is more like a family.
Australia have enjoyed attacking dominance while Wales have been let down by an inability to close out the tightest matches.
Bryan Habana tied with Jonah Lomu at the top of the all-time Rugby World Cup scoring charts but says he is not on the same level as the 'true legend'.
Scotland's worst injury fears failed to materialise after Finn Russell, John Hardie, Ross Ford and Matt Scott were all passed fit for their critical clash with Samoa.
Jacques Burger will not be fit in time to face Argentina this weekend, meaning his illustrious international career is over.
Fiji head coach John McKee says the fixture list for the Rugby World Cup heavily benefits the tier 1 teams.
They might have already qualified for the last-eight but New Zealand will most likely need to see off Tonga if they are to secure top spot in Pool C.
Georgia prop Davit Zirakashvili says helping his nation achieve a piece of World Cup history was the perfect way to end his international career.
Georgia coach Milton Haig admitted his side had been wasteful during their 17-16 victory over Namibia that ensured both sides reached Rugby World Cup milestones.
Despite Namibia claiming their first ever point in the Rugby World Cup, Georgia will clinch an automatic spot for 2019 if New Zealand beat Tonga on Friday in Cardiff.
South Africa coach hopes Bryan Habana is hitting form at the right time after the winger's record-equalling feat against the United States.
Veteran centre Ma'a Nonu returns from a shoulder injury to win his 100th Test cap on Friday night in the All Blacks' final Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Tonga.
Spinal injuries haven't dampened wheelchair user American prop's passion for the sport as he undertakes a whirlwind tour supporting USA Eagles at the Rugby World Cup.
Wales head coach Warren Gatland is set to select from a fully-fit squad for Saturday's World Cup Pool A decider against Australia at Twickenham.
Uruguay scored their first World Cup try in 12 years in an enthralling clash with Fiji in Milton Keynes, and it has Los Teros in high spirits ahead of their match against England on Saturday.
New Zealander John McKee has seen enough from Fiji in this year's Rugby World Cup to convince him to stay on -- despite being linked with the Japan job.
Namibia bruiser Renaldo Bothma is relishing at the prospect of going up against Georgia skipper Mamuka Gorgodze when the two sides meet in their Pool C clash.
Fiji rounded off their Rugby World Cup campaign with their first victory in Pool A after a feisty encounter against Uruguay.
Florin Vlaicu's late penalty against 14-man Canada gave Romania their first victory of Rugby World Cup 2015 despite having trailed 15-0 early in the second half.
Mihail Macovei leads Romania to victory over Canada and pays tribute to forwards coach whose mother recently passed away.
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The All Blacks are putting extra effort into scrum training after being taught a lesson by Georgia.
England assistant coach Andy Farrell stressed Stuart Lancaster has the final say on all selection calls as the fallout from their dismal Rugby World Cup campaign continues.
England head coach backs code-switcher to stay in union despite rumours linking him with league side Leeds Rhinos.
With English rugby at its lowest ebb, ESPN looks at the last four years and the steps which led to Saturday evening's nadir.
Paul O'Connell has fired up Ireland's forwards for Sunday's pivotal battle with France by detailing all their World Cup shortcomings.
Newcastle wing will miss the start of the Aviva Premiership season after being hit with a five-week ban.
Greg Growden believes the Rugby World Cup is about to see a Rugby Championship finale.
Montpellier coach Jake White, who has been linked with the position on several previous occasions, keen to take over if England move on from Stuart Lancaster after dismal World Cup campaign.
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The Argentine scrum doctor is a man in demand but he is enjoying himself so much that Australia "is the place I want to be, here, right now".
'A few boys think they've seen a ghost, but I'm not sure they actually have,' jokes Wales prop Samson Lee ahead of the Dragons' clash with Australia.
The secret to Michael Cheika's success with Australia lies in his ability to scare the wits out of his Wallabies, according to Johnny Sexton.
Dean Mumm says a three-year stint with Exeter in the Aviva Premiership helped rejuvenate his career as well as ensuring he takes nothing for granted in a second coming at Test level.
Tonga's flying winger Telusa Veainu says he would relish a move to the United States and the NFL.
Australia playmaker Bernard Foley has described his standout performance against England at Twickenham as among the finest of his Test career.
An emotional Stuart Lancaster has revealed England's failure in the Rugby World Cup will sit with him forever and he will never come to terms with it.
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Pub manager Natasha Jervis marked her pub's 10th birthday with a big party.
The Mayor of Poole, Cllr Graham Wilson, and his wife, Mrs Sally Wilson, joined in the celebrations at The Lord Wimborne, in Poole.
Youngsters enjoyed a local magician and balloon-modelling, as well as a giant pass-the-parcel game.
Previous staff members, who'd worked at the pub when it opened a decade ago, also visited from other Wetherspoon outlets in the area, to join Natasha, who started as a bar associate when it first opened.


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Ritty Lukose's teaching and research interests explore the relations between culture, politics, and economy as they manifest themselves in discourses and practices of gender across the varied terrain of globalization, especially as they impact contemporary South Asia. With a background in anthropology, she is currently interested in the relationship between Western, global and non-Western feminisms. Professor Lukose's research has been funded by the American Institute of Indian Studies, the Fulbright Program, the Spencer Foundation, and the National Academy of Education, and she has published several book chapters and articles on this research in journals such as Cultural Anthropology, Social History, Social Analysis, and Anthropology, and Education Quarterly. Her book, Liberalization's Children: Gender, Youth and Consumer Citizenship in Globalizing India, was published by Duke University Press in 2009 and co-published in India by Orient Blackswan in 2010. A co-edited book, South Asian Feminisms was published by Duke University Press (2012) and Zubaan, a leading feminist press in India. She teaches courses on globalization, India/South Asia, sex/gender and feminisms within global contexts, and ethnography.
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This historic pub looks much more like a traditional village inn, so it appears somewhat out of place in central Warrington. The inside also seems like the real thing too (although doubtless much changed over the centuries). Only one disappointment - a solitary real ale (although there is a second pump) and that was Bombardier rather than something more local.
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After Pinkville
Bertrand Russell War Crimes Tribunal on Vietnam, 1971
|On 15 October 1965, an estimated 70,000 people
took part in large-scale anti-war demonstrations. The demonstrators
heard pleas for an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and for a
serious commitment to negotiations, in response to the negotiation
offers from North Vietnam and UN efforts to settle the war. To be more
precise, this is what they heard if they heard anything at all. On the
Boston Common, for example, they heard not a word from the speakers,
who were drowned out by hecklers and counter-demonstrators.
On the Senate floor, Senator Mansfield denounced the 'sense of utter irresponsibility' shown by the demonstrators, while Everett Dirksen said the demonstrations were 'enough to make any person loyal to his country weep'. Richard Nixon wrote, in a letter to the New York Times, that '... victory for the Viet Cong... would mean ultimately the destruction of freedom of speech for all men for all time not only in Asia, but in the United States as well' - nothing less.
In a sense, Senator Mansfield was right in speaking of the sense of utter irresponsibility shown by demonstrators. They should have been demanding not an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and negotiations, but a complete and immediate withdrawal of all American troops and matériel - an end to any forceful interference in the internal affairs of Vietnam or any other nation. They should have been demanding not merely that the US adhere to international law and its own treaty obligations - thus removing itself forthwith from Vietnam; but they should also have exercised their right and duty to resist the violence of the state, which was as vicious in practice as it was illegal in principle.
In October 1967 there were, once again, mass demonstrations {29} against the war, this time in Washington and at the Pentagon. A few months earlier, still larger, though less militant, demonstrations had taken place in New York. The Tet offensive, shortly after, revealed that American military strategy was 'foolish to the point of insanity'.1 It also revealed to the public that government propaganda was either an illusion or a fraud. Moreover, an international monetary crisis threatened, attributable in part to Vietnam.
In retrospect, it seems possible that the war could have been ended if popular pressure had been maintained. But many radicals felt that the war was over, that it had become, in any case, a 'liberal issue', and they turned to other concerns. Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their demands being realized, and lapsed into silence.
These demands, however, had always been beside the point. As to negotiations, there is, in fact, very little to negotiate. As long as an American army of occupation remains in Vietnam, the war will continue. Withdrawal of American troops must be a unilateral act, as the invasion of Vietnam by the American government was a unilateral act in the first place. Those who had been calling for 'negotiations now' were deluding themselves and others, just as those who now call for a cease-fire that will leave an American expeditionary force in Vietnam are not facing reality.
As to the bombing of North Vietnam, this had always been a side-show, in large measure a propaganda cover for the American invasion of the South. The US government could not admit that it was invading South Vietnam to protect from its own population a government that we had installed. Therefore it was rescuing the South Vietnamese from 'aggression'. But then surely it must strike at the 'source of aggression'. Hence the bombing of North Vietnam. This, at least, seems the most rational explanation for the bombing of North Vietnam in February 1965, at a time when no North Vietnamese troops were in the South, so far as was known, and there was a bare trickle of supplies.
To be sure, those who are 'in the know' have different explanations {30} for the bombing of North Vietnam. Consider, for example, the explanation offered by Sir Robert Thompson, the British counter-insurgency expert who has been for many years a close adviser of the American army in South Vietnam - a man who is, incidentally, much admired by American social scientists who like to consider themselves 'tough minded, hard-nosed realists', no doubt because of his utter contempt for democracy and his relatively pure colonialist attitudes. In the Guardian of 19 May 1969, his views are explained as follows:
In his No Exit From Vietnam (1969), he explains more graphically the attractiveness of air power:
Or consider the explanation for the bombing of the North offered by
Adam Yarmolinsky, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs, 1965-6, previously Special Assistant
to the Secretary of Defense. According to his analysis, the strategic
bombing of North Vietnam 'produced no military advantages except for
its putative favourable impact on morale in the south. But [this step]
was taken, at least in part, because it was one of the things that the
US military forces were best prepared to do.'2
The phrase 'contain the expansion of China' must be understood as
code for the unpronounceable expression: 'repress movements for
national independence and social reconstruction in Southeast Asia'.
Further details are presented by Leonard Sullivan, Deputy Director of Research and Development for South-east Asian Matters:8
Note the time scale that is projected for Vietnam. News reports reveal some of the early stages of these exciting developments. The New York Times, 22 November 1969, reports a plan to use remote-controlled unmanned aircraft as supply transports for {36} combat areas. On 1 October 1969 the New York Times explains that:
The world's most advanced society has found the answer to
people's war: eliminate the people.
Decornoy reports that 'American raids on "liberated Laos" began in May 1964, therefore well before the Gulf of Tonkin incident (August 1964) and the policy of escalation to North Vietnam (spring 1965). For this reason, Laos has, in some ways, served as a testing ground or experimental site'. He describes the amazing persistence of the Laotians in maintaining and advancing the social revolution in the face of this attack, their 'virulent nationalism' and refusal to follow foreign models, the schools and factories in caves, the prosperity of the rare villages that have still, for unknown reasons, escaped destruction. Finally he quotes an American diplomat in Vientiane who says: 'To make progress in this country, it is necessary to level everything. The inhabitants must go back to zero, lose their traditional culture, for it blocks everything.' And Decornoy comments: 'The Americans accuse the North Vietnamese of intervening militarily in the country, but {41} it is they who talk of reducing Laos to zero, while the Pathet Lao exalts the national culture and national independence.'
He is speaking, notice, of the Mekong Delta, where few North
Vietnamese soldiers were identified until several months after the Tet
offensive, where, according to American intelligence, there were 800
North Vietnamese troops before last summer;15
and {42} which contained some forty per cent of the population of
South Vietnam prior to the American assault.
Nowhere does Robert express, or hear, second thoughts about
the matter. The text omits some other pertinent remarks: for example,
by Cotton Mather, who said that 'it was supposed that no less than six
hundred Pequot souls were brought down to hell {45} that day.'23
Is it an exaggeration to suggest that our history of extermination and
racism is reaching its climax in Vietnam today? It is not a question
that Americans can easily put aside.
Apart from this, it probably would have disappeared from
history, along with who knows what else.
On 22 November, Kamm adds the further information that 'the
number of refugees "generated" - the term for the people forcibly
dislocated in this process - exceeded intelligence estimates
fourfold'. 'The 12,000, instead of being scattered in many hamlets
where it would be difficult to keep out the Viet Cong, are now
concentrated in six guarded, camp-like settlements.'
Corroboratory evidence appears in an article by Philippe
Devillers in L'Actualité, 24 October 1969, and Averell Harriman
has publicly stated that Kraft's report is consistent with his
understanding of the situation.30 Subsequent
statements by Xuan Thuy and Mme Binh in Paris provide further
confirmation of the possibilities for a reasonable settlement.
Thus the current political developments confirm,
once again, {51} the failure of the American military to create a
workable Quisling regime in the manner of the Russians in
Czechoslovakia or the Germans in much of occupied Europe. The
consequences of this situation are summarized adequately by Jacques
Since then, there has been little substantive change in what UN Ambassador Salvador Lopez called the classic colonial economy of the Philippines. To be sure, we have bequeathed them the blessings of democracy. As Tillman Durdin accurately describes this legacy of half a century of colonial domination: 'Filipinos view elections as a confirmation of the power of the wealthy business and landed interests who back both parties but usually pick the winners before Election Day and quietly give them the most support. In this case they picked President Marcos.'41 And in gratitude, the Filipinos have helped us in our war in Vietnam, in the manner explained in a recent report of the Symington subcommittee. William Selover summarized this report in a recent Monitor:
Still more revealing is the stated purpose of the US military commitment to the Philippines. Selover reports Lieutenant-General Robert H. Warren's admission that the commitment was designed partly 'to maintain internal security and stability and, thereby, make our own activities over there more secure'. Senator Symington put it succinctly, with General Warren's reluctant assent: 'In other words we are paying the Philippine Government to protect us from the Philippine people who do not agree with the policies of the government or do not like Americans.' Pentagon officials admitted in the hearings that 'the only real threat that the Philippines faces . .. [is] . . . internal subversion'. The threat is related, perhaps, to the fact that, for most of the population, living standards have not materially changed since the Spanish occupation.
It remains to be seen how long Japan will be able to fend off
economic intervention of a sort that is increasingly turning Western
Europe into a dependency of American-based multi-national
corporations, those 'US enterprises abroad [which] in the aggregate
comprise the third largest country ... in the world - with a gross
product greater than that of any country except the United States and
the Soviet Union'.44
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Stephanie's Cooking
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Chicken and Dumplings
I love my family, especially my mom, who is one of the best cooks in the world, I swear. Nothing compares to some of her dishes for comfort and deliciousness. That said, because my dad wasn't an adventurous eater when we were growing up, my mom had a meat and potatoes philosophy when it came to dinner and had a number of meals that were on a permanent rotation. We didn't have onions or garlic in our food, unless it was the powdered form. Fortunately, Hubs and I are the exact opposite and really like to try new recipes with all kinds of ingredients-especially garlic and onions!
This recipe is one that I created because, although I didn't have chicken and dumplings growing up, Hubby did. Coming from a Ukrainian family meant that dumplings were a staple, according to him, and he really wanted chicken and dumplings a few weeks ago, so I obliged. We had a rotisserie chicken from Costco (the best kind of chicken for just about any dish) and Hubby didn't want carrots, so I used peas and celery and then chopped up the celery tops to add to the dumplings because I love, love, love the flavor of celery leaves. I've made this a couple of times since and I love it even more each time. It's even better the next day, which is really nice! The best part of the recipe is that it's easy to change it up. Add carrots or diced potatoes or any other veggies you like. We won't be changing it up much because we love it so much as is. Another permanent recipe dish, for sure!
Chicken and Dumplings
3-4 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded (or one large rotisserie chicken, shredded)
1 bunch of celery, with the tops
2 shallots or 1 yellow onion, finely diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 1/2 quarts chicken stock (1 1/2 boxes)
1/3 cup milk
Salt and pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
2/3 cup frozen peas
For the dumplings:
1 1/4 cups Bisquick
1/2 cup milk
1-2 tablespoons minced celery tops
Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Chop up four ribs of celery and add to the pot with the onions and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and sauté for about 6 minutes, or until softened a bit. Whisk in flour and cook for 1-2 minutes, whisking constantly. Add stock and bring to a boil, whisking to remove all the yummy bits from the bottom of the pot. Boil for 5 minutes.
Reduce heat to medium-low and add milk, thyme, and salt and pepper to taste and cook an additional 5 minutes. Make a slurry with the cornstarch and water and whisk into the broth, then add chicken and peas. Heat through for a few minutes while you make the dumplings.
For the dumplings: Mix Bisquick, milk, and chopped celery tops together in a medium bowl. Gently spoon the mixture by tablespoonfuls on top of the chicken stew. Cover the pot and gently steam the dumplings on the stovetop on low heat for 20 minutes until firm and puffed. Spoon into bowls and enjoy!
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Labels: chicken, Family recipes, garlic, herbs, main dish, onions, permanent recipe file, shallots, vegetables
Monday, August 18, 2014
Beef Stew in a Red Wine Sauce
|A terrible photo of an absolutely amazing meal!
I have been very lucky this pregnancy, in that I have been able to cook and enjoy it almost the entire time (the first few months were a bit iffy!). I'm also lucky to have a husband that LOVES food and gets really, really excited about trying new recipes and techniques. He's a great help in the kitchen, too. This recipe was definitely one that required an extra set of hands because of all the steps--and because I'm eight months pregnant and the size of a duplex, so I don't move very fast!
In terms of work, this particular recipe is really up there, but the end result is worth it a thousand times over. Every flavor was amazing, every component was worth the work it took, every bite was heaven. Sometimes a dish is just so perfect that you can't help but smile when you eat it (and maybe your eyes roll back in your head a bit--I'm not saying mine did, but . . . yeah, they did). Because we changed the second part of this recipe so much, I wanted to make sure that I blogged it so we won't forget exactly what we did. I'm eventually going to make a family recipe book, which will include our favorite dishes. This one will absolutely be in that book--with a much better set of photos! My push present for this baby is going to be a new camera and lens--thanks, Hubby! Anyway, here is the beef stew in a red wine sauce in all its delicious glory!
Beef Stew in a Red Wine Sauce
*Adapted from Jacques Pépin
First phase:
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 pounds beef stew meat, cut in 2 inch chunks
Salt and Pepper
1 yellow onion, finely diced
4 cloves garlic, finely minced
2 tablespoons flour
1 bottle dry red wine**
2 bay leaves
1 thyme sprig
**We used Costco's Kirkland Signature Côtes du Rhône, which was inexpensive and yummy. For more sauce, I might use a bottle and a half next time.
Preheat the oven to 350º. In a Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Generously season the meat with salt and pepper and brown in a single layer (you'll need to cook it in batches), about 3 minutes per side. Remove the meat, place on a plate, and set aside. Lower the heat to medium and add a little more olive oil, if necessary. Add onion and garlic and sauté until the onion is soft, about 5 minutes. Add the meat and any juices on the plate back into the pot and sprinkle with flour. Stir to coat the meat, then pour in the red wine. Add the bay leaves, thyme, and salt and pepper and bring to a boil, stirring to incorporate all the delicious brown bits on the bottom of the pot. Cover and place in the oven. Cook for 2 hours, or until the meat is fork tender.
Second phase:
1 package of bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 yellow onion, finely diced
15 baby bella mushrooms, diced
15 baby carrots, diced
Salt and pepper
Sauté bacon in a large skillet until cooked through and a bit crispy. Remove and place on a plate with paper towels and set aside. Drain off all but 1-2 tablespoons of the bacon fat and add onion, mushrooms, and carrots. Season with salt and pepper and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for about 15 minutes, or until the veggies have softened and the mushrooms have released their liquid.
To serve:
Add a healthy dollop of mashed potatoes to a bowl. Place a few delicious pieces of super tender meat on top of the potatoes, then sprinkle on some bacon and a generous amount of the veggies. Top with the red wine sauce and enjoy every blissful bite!
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Labels: bacon, beef, Family recipes, French dish, garlic, herbs, main dish, onions, permanent recipe file, potatoes, vegetables, wine
Saturday, December 7, 2013
CrockPot Honey Bourbon Chicken
|Instagram has become my saving grace for getting food photos in the early darkness of winter!
We are so over holiday food. After Thanksgiving, we ate leftovers for a week, so if I don't see another turkey again until next year, I'd be really happy. Hubs and I have been craving Asian food for the last few weeks, so I thought I'd try something new to satisfy the craving. I am always a bit hesitant when it comes to teriyaki-style chicken in the CrockPot with honey in the recipe. I have tried a few of these recipes and it always comes out too sweet. So, when I saw this particular recipe, I was really nervous. But it sounded good and I had all the ingredients, so I committed. I cut back on the honey a bit, which made it just about perfect. This wound up being a huge hit! It's in my permanent recipe file, as per Hubby's request. Please don't leave out the toasted sesame seeds and chopped green onions; they really made the dish.
HUGE bonus: The two-year-old was a big fan, too! Lately, she's been all about oranges, carrots, and bananas, so it was great to see her scarfing down the chicken. The toasted sesame seeds were a big selling point, of course!
One more note: Despite the name, this dish does not have any bourbon in it. You could add some if you like, but it's not in the original recipe-and I didn't have any, so it worked out!
CrockPot Honey Bourbon Chicken
*Adapted from Real Mom Kitchen
4 chicken breasts (I used frozen, because that's what I had on hand)
Kosher salt and pepper
1/2 cup finely diced yellow onion
3 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 cup honey
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons canola oil
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1-2 tablespoons of cornstarch
1-2 tablespoons water
Cooked rice
Chopped green onions
Toasted sesame seeds
Place chicken in CrockPot and season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle chopped onion on top of chicken. Mix garlic, honey, soy sauce, ketchup, canola oil, and crushed red pepper flakes in a medium bowl. Pour the mixture over the chicken. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours. (My chicken was frozen, so I cooked it on high for about 4 hours.)
When the chicken is cooked and comes apart easily with a fork, remove from CrockPot and shred. Set aside. In a cup, combine one tablespoon cornstarch with one tablespoon water. Pour into sauce and stir. If it's not thick enough, repeat with an additional tablespoon of cornstarch mixed with a tablespoon of water.
Place the shredded chicken back in the sauce and stir to coat. Serve over rice with chopped green onions and toasted sesame seeds. Enjoy!
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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Sweet Potato, Caramelized Shallot, and Goat Cheese Tart
In addition to our beautiful quarter beef, we have started using Full Circle produce. They deliver a box of certified organic produce to our front door once a week. Now, I am NOT one of those it-must-be-organic-or-I'm-going-to-freak-out types, but it is really exciting to get such good, local produce (I am a big proponent of eating local!) at such a great price. And delivered to our door, no less! The best thing about it is that we are being forced to cook outside the box, figuratively speaking. Just this week, we got a pie pumpkin, a bunch of kale, yams, an avocado, shallots, valencia oranges, persimmons, and fuji apples. We found out that persimmons are yummy! And I sautéed some kale with red pepper flakes, garlic, and balsamic vinegar. It was delicious!
The best thing I've made with some of this amazing produce was a sweet potato, caramelized shallot, and goat cheese tart. I actually cheated and made it the day before we got the box of produce because I had a bunch of sweet potatoes, but I'm sure it will be just as good when I make it again with the yams! This is my favorite thing I've made in a long time. Hubs enjoyed it, but he's a meat lover, so this vegetarian dish wasn't in his top 5. It was definitely in mine though! I can't even begin to describe how yummy it was, and although a bit labor intensive, the results are SO worth it. Thank you to Full Circle for posting this recipe, which I will be using for the rest of my life. I swear. The only change I MIGHT make would be to sprinkle some crumbled bacon on top. Because everything is better with bacon. Maybe.
Oh, and I apologize for the poor quality of the photos. It was 7:30 when I started it, so it didn't get done until around 9. 9pm in the fall=crummy light!
Sweet Potato, Caramelized Shallot, and Goat Cheese Tart
*From Full Circle
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup finely chopped shallots
1 1/4 pounds (2 medium) sweet potatoes or garnet yams, peeled and thinly sliced (we used a mandolin)
1 teaspoon fresh thyme, coarsely chopped
Salt and pepper
1/2 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
1 cup goat cheese, crumbled
2 strips cooked bacon, crumbled (optional)
Preheat oven to 400º. In a medium saucepan, heat oil oer medium-high heat. Add shallots and sauté until soft, about 3 minutes. Spray a 10-inch tart pan with non-stick spray (we used our Misto) and place it on a foil-lined baking sheet.
Place sweet potatoes or yams in overlapping layers, starting at the outer edge and spiraling inward to make one layer. Sprinkle some shallots, thyme, Parm, goat cheese, salt and pepper, and repeat the process to create 3 layers.
Cover the top of the tart with crumbled bacon, if you're using it (I'm still on the fence about the bacon), and any remaining cheese (I set aside some Parm so I had plenty to sprinkle on top), then very lightly salt.
Bake until the top is golden brown and the potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, about 40-45 minutes. Remove and cut into wedges to serve. It also reheats really well the next day. Enjoy!
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Labels: bacon, brunch, cheese, herbs, onions, potatoes, shallots, side dish, vegetables, vegetarian
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Broccoli Cheese Soup
I used to hate broccoli. Like I had a true, honest, complete HATRED for broccoli. It's nasty, I can't stand the taste, I don't want to eat mini trees . . . and on and on and on. It was pretty dramatic-and ridiculous. I have since seen the error of my ways and now I LOVE broccoli. We buy the giant bags of florets from Costco and use it up within two weeks. Broccoli in everything! This soup, in particular, is a family favorite. I wrote down the recipe and have reworked it over and over again until it is perfect-at least in our opinion. The notebook page it's on is covered with mashed broccoli bits, dried cheese, and splashes of milk-all signs of a well-used recipe! My husband is a huge fan and claims that it is just as good as Chili's, which is really, really high praise coming from a self-proclaimed broccoli cheese soup aficionado.
I have doubled this recipe and we've eaten it for days, but I'm still working on exact times and amounts for doubling-such as the amount of broccoli and cheese since doubling it calls for about 10 cups of broccoli florets and 6 cups of cheese! I've done it and it works fine, but Hubs likes the quality of a single batch more. Eh, I'd rather do a little more work and eat the leftovers for days, but whatever. Regardless, this is an amazing soup recipe! (Yes, I'm tooting my own horn, but it is REALLY, REALLY good, and it ought to be since I've made it 8 times in the last few months!)
Broccoli Cheese Soup
2 shallots, finely diced (or one small yellow onion)
4-5 cloves garlic, chopped
5 tablespoons salted butter
1/2 cup flour
2 cups half and half
3 cups chicken stock
1 cup milk
5 cups chopped broccoli florets
Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
3 cups shredded cheddar cheese (sharp or extra sharp is best)
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Melt the butter in a large stock pot or Dutch oven. Add onion and season lightly with salt and pepper. Sauté on medium heat about 5 minutes, until translucent. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute, then add flour and cook 2 minutes.
Slowly whisk in half and half, milk, and chicken stock. Simmer on medium low heat for 20 minutes (to shorten this step, I've simmered it on medium to medium high heat-about a 6 on my stove-for 10 minutes).
Add broccoli and nutmeg and season with salt and pepper. Simmer on medium low heat for 20 minutes (again, to shorten, just up the temp to medium high heat and cook for 10 minutes) or until broccoli is fork tender.
Using an immersion blender, blend the soup for a few minutes to your desired consistency, or, alternately, use a blender and purée half the soup, then add it back to the pot. Bring the soup back up to temp and add the cheese. Once the cheese is melted, it's ready to serve with some extra cheddar sprinkled on top. Let's face it, this is not a healthy recipe, so go nuts with the cheese! Enjoy!
Posted by Stephanie at 9:21 PM 1 comment:
Labels: brunch, cheese, Family recipes, main dish, onions, shallots, slow cooker, soup, vegetables, vegetarian
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
CrockPot Buffalo Chicken Tacos
"Eh, okay," he says.
"REALLY? That's all the excitement I get for BUFFALO chicken tacos?"
"It's just that we have tacos all the time . . . "
Hmm, he does have a point. Tacos are my go-to meal when I can't come up with anything more creative. "But these have BUFFALO sauce!"
"Okay, we can try them," his final answer.
I made them anyway because, let's face it, I can't come up with elaborate, time-consuming meals every stinkin' day, so Buffalo chicken tacos were happening. Well, his immediate response after the first bite solidified my genius:
"You were SO right! I will never doubt you again. Oh my gosh, so good!" Yes, that is what he actually said. I'm right. Of course, haha! Never doubt the wife!
Now I'm going to bask in the glory of my husband telling me I'm right (I am almost always right, but he rarely admits it) while I attempt to clean the Buffalo sauce off of every surface in my kitchen.
Oh, and if you like Buffalo sauce, try this one. It's definitely a keeper in our house!
|Being right sure looks good.
CrockPot Buffalo Chicken Tacos
3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I used frozen and it worked great!)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3/4-1 cup Frank's RedHot Buffalo Wing Sauce (I used 1 cup with 3 breasts, 3/4 cup would have been plenty)
3 tablespoons melted butter
Corn tortillas
Oil for frying
Chunky blue cheese dressing
Coleslaw mix
Green onions, chopped
LOTS of napkins!
Spray your crock with oil-I use a Misto with olive oil, but Pam would work fine. Place chicken breasts in the crock and sprinkle with black pepper. Mix Frank's RedHot and melted butter together and pour over the breasts. Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until chicken shreds easily with a fork.
Remove chicken from the CrockPot and shred with two forks. Put the chicken back into the hot sauce mixture and stir. Turn to high and leave the lid off for 10 minutes. The chicken will be very juicy and doesn't thicken much, hence the need for lots of napkins!
Meanwhile, heat the oil in skillet and quick fry your tortillas. We use a cast-iron skillet on medium heat and do about 30 seconds a side. You could also use flour tortillas, if you don't want the mess and hassle of frying.
Serve tacos with coleslaw, chunky blue cheese dressing, and chopped green onions. Enjoy!
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Labels: chicken, Family recipes, main dish, Mexican, slow cooker, spicy, tacos, tortillas
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Buffalo Ranch Roasted Chickpeas
|Happy, happy, happy!
Buffalo Ranch Roasted Chickpeas
*From Kid Tested Firefighter Approved
2 cups cooked chickpeas (or one can, drained, rinsed, and patted dry)
3 tablespoons Frank's Red Hot Sauce
1/4 teaspoon lemon juice or apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast (I omitted-I didn't have any)
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon dried dill
2 tablespoons dried parsley
Preheat oven to 400º. Combine chickpeas, hot sauce, and lemon juice in a bowl. In a separate bowl, mix the spices together. Add spice mixture to the chickpeas and stir to combine.
Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. Pour chickpeas onto it and spread out in a single layer. Bake for 35-50 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Enjoy!
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Blackberry Cobbler
|Blackberry cobbler and ice cream are the perfect combination!
I have a confession to make. I used to hate blackberries. My mom would make blackberry pie and I would turn up my nose. Too many seeds! Not sweet enough! I don't like pie! (To be completely honest, I still don't like pie very much. Crust is just really not my thing.) Maybe it was the seeds. Maybe it was the child labor involved to harvest the berries. Maybe it was the scratches from the thorns and the bee stings. I really don't know where the dislike started, but I have since changed my mind about blackberries. They are plump, juicy, and delicious, especially in this cobbler.
|Hello, Delicious!
The cobbler topping on this was so good. We sprinkled some raw sugar (turbinado sugar) on top before baking, so the topping ended up soft and pillowy in the middle with a slightly crunchy top layer from the sugar. Perfection. The first time I made this, we used too many blackberries (7-8 cups instead of 6) and it didn't thicken up well. We made it again, and were careful to use only 6 cups of berries, and it turned out perfectly. This is a great summertime dessert-and a perfect Pacific Northwest treat!
Blackberry Cobbler
*Adapted from Tasty Kitchen
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
9 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter
1/3 cup boiling water
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/3 cup cold water
1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
Zest from one lemon
6 cups fresh blackberries, rinsed and drained
1-2 teaspoons turbinado sugar
Preheat oven to 400º. In a large bowl, mix flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut the butter in pieces and use a pastry cutter or two forks to cut it into the flour mixture, until it resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the boiling water until the mixture is just evenly moist. Set aside.
In a large bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in cold water. Add the berries, remaining 3/4 cup of sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Transfer to a skillet and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Allow to boil for about 5 minutes, or until it starts to thicken. Transfer to a baking dish (I used a 9x11 oval baking dish and it worked perfectly). Drop the dough on top by spoonful and sprinkle turbinado sugar over the top.
Bake 25 minutes, until dough is golden brown. Enjoy with a generous scoop of ice cream!
|Yes, this smells as good as it looks!
Monday, August 5, 2013
Our Favorite Salsa
|Best salsa EVER!
I have blogged this salsa before here, but I felt like it merited another post. I make this at least once a month and even more frequently in the summer. Hubby's co-workers request it and so do our friends any time we're going to a potluck or BBQ. I've had quite a few requests for the recipe lately, so I though that this would be a good chance to write about it again and (hopefully) get a better photo of it. So, here it is again. Enjoy!
Our Favorite Salsa
*Slightly adapted from The Pioneer Woman
1 28-oz. can Hunt's whole tomatoes, drained (or 2 14.5-oz. cans)
2 cans RoTel tomatoes and peppers, drained (you can use any combination of mild, medium, or hot)
1/2 medium white onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2-3 whole jalapeños, quartered and thinly sliced (remove ribs and seeds to lower the level of spiciness)
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 heaping teaspoon cumin
1 bunch of cilantro, stems removed
1/2 lime, juiced or 1 1/2 teaspoons of lime juice
Add all ingredients to a food processor and pulse until you reach the desired consistency. Taste to test for seasoning. Add more sugar or salt, as necessary-I usually add a small pinch more of each.
Refrigerate for at least one hour to allow flavors to marry. Enjoy!
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Labels: appetizer, brunch, Family recipes, garlic, Mexican, onions, salsa, side dish, spicy, tacos, tortillas, vegetables, vegetarian
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Steak and Mushroom Pot Pie
If you've never gone to a Highland Games event, you should. It was so much fun! There were bagpipers, dancers, dogs, clan booths, and yummy food. I mean REALLY yummy food. Hubs tried haggis (here's an explanation of what haggis is). Em tried it too, and really liked it. Because all 21-month-old toddlers like haggis. She's an odd little duck! I tried it too, but I was much more excited about my steak and mushroom pot pie. Fall-apart meat and mushrooms in a rich, hearty gravy topped with a puff pastry crust. Yep, doesn't get much better than that! I promised Hubs that I would try to replicate it as soon as possible. It was that good. Well, today I found a recipe that seemed very promising and with just a couple of very small tweaks, I made something that we absolutely loved. This one goes in the permanent recipe file, for sure. And, all in all, it was pretty darn easy too!
Steak and Mushroom Pot Pie
*Very slightly adapted from Simply Delicious
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp olive oil
3 1/2 pounds stew beef (or cut chuck steak into chunks, bone removed)
2 shallots, diced
3 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
3 cloves garlic, diced
2 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried rosemary
1 tsp dried oregano
Salt and pepper
2 bay leaves
2 cups beef stock
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp cornstarch
1/4 cup milk
2 sheets puff pastry, thawed
1 egg, beaten
Melt butter and olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Brown the beef in batches, making sure not to crowd the pot; season each batch with salt and pepper. This takes between 3-5 minutes total, per batch.
In the same pot, sauté the carrots, celery, and onion until soft and fragrant, about 10 minutes, making sure to scrape up all the yummy bits from the bottom of the pan.
Add in the garlic and mushrooms and sauté for 8 minutes. Then add the paprika, thyme, rosemary, oregano, bay leaves, and salt and pepper, to taste. Stir well.
Add the beef back into the pot, juice and all. Pour in the stock and stir to combine. Reduce heat to low. Cover the pot and allow it to simmer gently for 1 1/2-2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 355º.
When the meat is very tender (it falls apart easily with a fork), add worcestershire sauce and taste for seasoning. Add more salt and pepper, if necessary. Turn up the heat to medium-high. Whisk together the cornstarch and milk, and pour this mixture into the pot. Simmer rapidly to thicken, about 10 minutes.
Butter the bottom and sides of a large baking dish. Press one sheet of puff pastry into the bottom of the dish and up the sides. Pour in the beef mixture. Top with the second sheet of puff pastry and pinch the edges together with the bottom sheet. Brush with beaten egg and cut two slits in the top.
Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the pastry is browned. Enjoy!
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Tech giants Samsung and Apple more friends than rivals
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 21, 2010
Apple has the iPhone and the iPad, Samsung has several smartphones and its new Galaxy Tab computer -- wherever Apple goes these days, it seems, the South Korean giant is sure to follow.
But, analysts say, the tech heavyweight rivals are not so much heading into battle as strolling hand in hand into an ever more profitable future.
"Apple and Samsung have a very good relationship," Young Park, a tech analyst for South Korea's Woori Investment and Securities, told AFP.
"Samsung is both a provider and a competitor to Apple. But they have very different strategies. Apple is aiming for the high-end market, whereas Samsung is geared more towards the mass market."
Up to a third of the components of the iPad and the iPhone are actually sourced by Apple from the South Korean firm, analysts say, meaning Samsung has a lucrative finger deep in Apple's pie.
"Apple is dependent upon Samsung to a certain extent for their components but Samsung is clearly benefiting from Apple's innovation," said Hong Kong-based Young.
"Apple has almost single-handedly created a new market for tablet computers, for instance, which Samsung will capitalise on. But Apple's products are dependent upon Samsung hardware."
Samsung Electronics refused to comment on its relationship with Apple but insists the company does invest in innovation and aims to "provide consumers with breakthrough technology."
It is also looking for an Apple-esque relationship with its customers.
"In 2009, we refined our brand story in an effort to bond with consumers more on an emotional level," a Samsung Electronics marketing spokesman told AFP.
"In 2010, we are continuing to spread our new brand story. Samsung is known for electronics, but has a more human mission as well.
"We are clear in our goals for Samsung. We are currently market leaders in a large number of product categories and business areas. In the future we want to be clear leaders in all of the categories and areas in which we compete.
"We want to be a loved brand, one with a loyal base and one that is in the front of consumer's minds as they make purchase decisions."
However, it is what can be done with the smartphone or tablet that counts. A smartphone or iPhone is just a phone and an iPad or tablet just an elaborate slab of glass without the applications and games that run on it.
Samsung's suite of Galaxy S smartphones and its tablet run on Google's Android, with applications available from the Android Market app store.
It has also produced a smartphone, the Focus, which will run on the new Windows Phone 7 platform.
Apple sells applications exclusive for its products through its own app store. Samsung also has its own fledgling app store, Bada.
And veteran Apple analyst Ashok Kumar, of New York investment bank Rodman and Renshaw, believes this is the true battleground.
"In the clash of the titans in this market, I believe there are only going to be two platforms standing in the end: Apple and Android," he told AFP. "And Samsung will be first among equals on Android.
"Samsung has a huge competitive advantage in the supply chain as it produces up to a third of the materials in smartphones and tablet computers.
"Purely on the hardware side of things, Samsung's products probably have the advantage but Apple's app store is where it stands apart.
Apple dominates the high-end market but, as the price of smartphones comes down, Samsung's market share will increase -- especially in emerging markets such as Brazil, China and India, Kumar says.
"Apple is a premium product, it is not really in their DNA to go for the mass market jugular. This is where Samsung can, and will, capitalise," says Kumar.
"Samsung may not have the "cool" factor that Apple has and Samsung is not really in Apple's league when it comes to innovation but they are a very, very successful follower. They are good for each other."
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"We asked ourselves what would happen if a MacBook and an iPad hooked up," Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said as he unveiled two new laptop models. "This is the result."
A MacBook Air with a 13.3-inch (33.8-centimeter) screen and measuring just 0.68 inches (1.73 cms) at its thickest point and its 11.6-inch (29.5-cm) "younger brother" went on sale Wednesday.
They cost between 999 dollars and 1,599 dollars.
The laptop computers dumped hard drives or optical drives in favor of solid state drives that Jobs touted as faster, lighter and smaller.
The Apple chief executive showed off the new laptop computers at a special event devoted to the latest improvements to Apple's line of Macintosh computer hardware and software.
The invitation-only gathering at Apple's campus in Cupertino, California, was streamed live online but only to devices made by the company. It was only the second time that Apple webcast its notoriously exclusive press events.
Jobs said the theme was "Back to the Mac" with the company using lessons learned from successes with iPad tablet computers and iPhone smartphones to improve Macintosh machines.
A Mac App Store devoted to third-party software programs will open within 90 days and be built into the next-generation operating system, called Lion, which will be released for the computers in the middle of next year.
"Apple is smart to launch the App Store for Macs with apps that sync with iPads and iPhones," said Forrester Research analyst Sarah Rotman Epps.
"In doing so, Apple is trying to maximize the value consumers get from buying more than one Apple device."
The new Macintosh operating system is being designed to be more compatible with multi-touch controls that have proven to be hits on iPads, iPhones and iPods.
"Multi-touch gestures have become really important and we think they can be really important on the Mac too," Jobs said. "Apps are important on the iPhone and iPad, and we think they can be important on the Mac too."
Extensive user testing has shown that giving Macintosh computers touchscreens would be a lousy idea because such controls on vertical surfaces are "ergonomically terrible," Jobs said.
Multi-touch controls for Macintosh machines will use touch pads.
Apple was also adding FaceTime software to Macintosh machines so people using the computers could make video calls to iPhone 4 or iPod Touch devices and vice versa, according to Jobs.
A beta version of FaceTime for Macintosh was released on Wednesday.
"Now, tens of millions of Mac users will be able to FaceTime with iPhone 4 and iPod Touches," Jobs said.
Apple also showed off improved versions of its popular iLike, iMovie, and Garage Band software tailored for tasks such as photo, video, and music editing on Macintosh computers.
Apple reported selling 13.7 million Macintosh computers in its recently ended fiscal year, and said that nearly 50 million of the machines are being used by people around the world.
Macintosh sales accounted for about a third of Apple's revenue, or 22 billion dollars, in the past year, according to chief operating officer Tim Cook.
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There has been a lot of talk of Goldust and Cody Rhodes facing off against each other at Wrestlemania, and while I do think that we eventually will see that, I think Wrestlemania is not the right place to do the match. I think WWE is surprised about how well Goldust is doing right now, not only with his in-ring work, but also with his popularity with the crowd. I would dare to say that he is much more over right now than Cody is. I think that Cody's best bet for the future is as a face, and if they turn Goldust heel to feud with Cody, I think it may backfire and many fans will still support Goldust. It will take a little more time for the Rhodes Family to split and work a feud.
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Today Willie, better known as Mickey Mouse, not only entertains children throughout the United States, but on several other continents as well. And it continues to grow.
Moving from land onto the high seas, Disney utilized the services of several cruise lines to expand its brand. It didn't take long for the company to realize that it needed far more capacity that someone else's ship could provide and Disney Cruise Line was born.
Today there are four Disney luxury liners ranging the seas from the Caribbean toAlaskatoEurope.
While the line's main thrust is a "magical" experience for the younger set, adults are far from ignored.
On September 22 Disney Cruises kicks off a high seas Halloween celebration on the Disney Dream. This brand new event will offer costume parties, lively entertainment and lots of spooky fun for all ages.
The entire Disney fleet will join the fun and activities with special decorations, unique menu items and themed deck parties during special Halloween voyages.
The fun continues with winter holiday cruise celebrations with the "Very Merrytime Cruises on the Fantasy and Wonder on November 9 and on the Dream and Magic the following day. There will be stem-to-stern holidays events such as traditional Turkey Day fanfare, Christmas feasts, snow flurries (in the Caribbean?) and New Year's Eve gala celebrations.
For those sailing south one of the best stops in warm water is Disney's private island, Castaway Cay (pronounce it correctly—"key") that is in the running for both the best fun stop and the most relaxing little island in the world.
There are protected beaches where the little ones cam swim or just enjoy themselves without worried parents helicoptering overhead. One section of beach has small sting rays that young and old can pet, feed or just watch as they swim around.
A tram runs between all of the beaches and back to the dock where your ships sits waiting your return. But take your time because there is a huge covered area for dining and several options for food. There are the inevitable souvenir stands, but where in the world can you go without that?
Try boating, parasailing, snorkeling and any variety of water sports while on the island or just do nothing at all. The hundreds of lounge chairs and overhead frond umbrellas protect guests from becoming crispy critters in theCaribbeansun. But even with that don't forget to bring plenty of sunscreen…and use it.
While virtually every cruise line excels at the entertainment it provides, few, if any, have been at it as long as Disney has and had the opportunity to keep the attention of both children and adults.
In 2014 the Disney Magic will return to Croatia and one of the quaintest ancient cities in the world,Dubrovnik. This beautiful World Heritage site, that was once a major world power, now sits peacefully on the Adriatic ensconced behind its crenellated walls. The red tile roofs sparkle in the sun, but look for those brighter than the others. They were replaced after the war with the Serbs when the city was mercilessly bombarded and nearly destroyed.
Walk the cobblestone streets and stop in to the produce market or one of the quaint boutiques that line the street. Wander off the main street that sits under the watchful eye of the clock tower at its end and go into the side streets. There you'll find small taverns that date back hundreds and hundreds of years. Relax there with a cool, modern beer or soft drink and then continue through the town.
The Magic will be a busy ship with an extended set of cruises that will also take it to the Italian city ofVenicein 2013 and again next year. While it cruises Europe, Venice will be the ship's home port.
You won't find a casino on any of the line's liners because they don't want mom and dad to end up all day and night gambling to the exclusion of the children. Disney is giving up a huge chunk of dollars by foregoing a casino but the company feels it is well worth it to ensure that passengers have quality family time.
There are lounges that serve alcohol and other adult beverages and you can order them at dinner in the various restaurants, so while children are a focus, adults are not forgotten.
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The Disney ships could easily be classified as Disney World on the High Seas. Activities on some ships include a plexiglass water slide that takes the strong of heart out over the water and then back onto the ship.
If you want activity aboard a Disney ship or on land at one of its exotic ports, it is there. If you want to chill, there won't be a cruise director cajoling you to work out. It's your vacation and they understand that.