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A 66-year-old shopkeeper said "instinct took over" when she waved a wooden stick at three raiders wearing Scream masks and carrying knives who were demanding cash.
One of the men was carrying a 10 inch knife but the pair fled Shergill Stores, in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, empty handed after Sharinder Gill reached behind the counter for the weapon.
The third man stood by the door while the attempted robbery took place on Wednesday at around 9.40pm.
The grandmother-of-two, who has run the shop for 25 years, said: "I just thought who are they to come in here and disrupt our livelihood?
"Instinct took over, I picked up the stick and hit one of them on the hand.
"Then they just ran out. I was shaking at the time, but I just wasn't thinking about what I was doing.
"I don't know how I felt at the time, I just had to do something."
Officers from Nottinghamshire Police said the men are believed to be aged 18 or 19 and have asked anyone with information to call 101.
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Spring Break 2017: KK Donuts, Route 11 Potato Chips, Burnside Farms
On the last day, just before we got on I-81 to leave Harrisonburg, we stopped by Krispy Kreme for some donuts. The kids have had plenty of Krispy Kreme donuts before, but this was only the second time they have been inside a KK store. The first time was at Myrtle Beach, but, of course, being 3 and 1 at that time, they don't remember a thing. The best thing about traveling as they get older is that they will actually have some sort of recollection of the trips now :)
There is nothing like warm fresh donuts. We got a dozen of them.
Our next stop is along I-81, Route 11 Potato Chips in Mount Jackson. It was fun for all of us to watch chips being made, sample all the flavors, and purchase snacks to take home. The staff members were super friendly and gave us a brief and informative tour of the viewing area.
Their best-seller is "Lightly Salted" and unfortunately, that's the only one I can recommend. The other flavors we bought, "Mama Zuma's Revenge" and "Sour Cream N Chive", were way too salty. Funny how they didn't taste that salty when we sampled them at the factory though. Nevertheless, this less-than-30-minute pit stop was worth our time and allowed us to stretch our legs before moving on.
Finally, our last stop was just 40 minutes away from home, Burnside Farms!
This was by far the most anticipated part of the entire trip for me. I found out about this little "Holland in Haymarket" a few weeks prior and was just dying to go. It worked out sooooo perfectly. I had been checking in daily on their FB page to see when they would be opening, and when they finally announced the date, it just happened to be the day we were passing it on the way home from our road trip! As I said, perfect.
Although timing worked out perfectly, the farm was subpar. Yes, tulips as far as eyes can see, but that's it...? Plus, there were some opening day glitches (biggest for me was that the dutch wooden shoe display was not set up yet -- missed photo op!) that made the entire experience just OK. The admission was $6 per person (off-peak price) and the tulip was a dollar each, so not exactly a bargain. I limited the kids to two stems each :) I will say that the flowers lasted for a week after we got home...grocery store tulips never last that long for me.
^^This is when I told the kids "no more pictures!" and they ran all the way to the bounce features (far left).^^
So this was our Spring Break 2017. Nothing warm and beachy, but at least we got away for a few days. Last year was similar -- we went to Roanoke Virginia. Maybe it's inadvertently becoming a tradition of ours to explore different parts of VA during Spring Break :) I don't mind. Small close-to-home trips are really just as good as those far-away ones.


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Lord Cope of Berkeley: My Lords, can the Minister confirm that this matter has been devolved to the Scottish Parliament and Ministers, so the new Bill in the next Session will not include Scotland?
Lord Williams of Mostyn: My Lords, we are examining that issue and do not believe that it should present a problem. In fact, it may be of help to point out to your Lordships that Scotland does not have an offence of buggery with a woman, so females there would not be affected by changes in the Bill.
Baroness Seccombe: My Lords, it seems that the Minister is unable to answer the question about organisations which were consulted and the view of the Women's National Commission. Therefore, will he write to me about that?
Lord Williams of Mostyn: My Lords, of course. I should have made that plain because the noble Baroness's question was perfectly courteous and to the point, as always. I shall answer her question more widely than the particular focus of it, dependent on the answers which I receive to the research. As always, I shall place a copy in the Library.
Lord Peyton of Yeovil asked Her Majesty's Government:
Lord McIntosh of Haringey : My Lords, the Government have already published a report by my noble friend Lord Currie entitled The Pros and Cons of Emu. We agree that the issues surrounding UK membership of the single currency need to be widely understood and debated. That is why we published the Treasury's assessment of the five economic tests setting out the conditions which must be met before the UK could join a successful single currency. The Government have no plans to arrange for the publication of a document by an outside body.
Lord Peyton of Yeovil: My Lords, is the noble Lord aware that his Answer today shows a very modest improvement in relation to the Question which I now raise for the third time? One must regret that the noble Lord is not allowed, perhaps, to use his own intelligence
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, on two previous occasions, the noble Lord complained that I did not answer the Question. He is now acknowledging, I think, that I did answer the Question, but he does not like the Answer.
Lord Bruce of Donington: My Lords, if my noble friend cannot be rather more positive to the Question of the noble Lord, Lord Peyton, as a matter of saving time and expense, will he consider giving the utmost publicity to the recent IMF report No. 44 of 1999, published a week or so ago, which, at pages 51 to 67, set out the IMF's complete view of the single currency, for and against, in so far as it affects Great Britain? Is it not in the interests of the general public that the Government should permit, and indeed encourage, the publication and dissemination of a source of information which has hitherto been regarded by them with very great respect?
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, my noble friend's assiduity is a credit to him and he does a service to the House. I am sure that the publicity which he has now given to the IMF report will help it to be more widely known. Certainly, we have no intention of doing anything other than encouraging the kind of debate in which the IMF has participated.
Baroness Williams of Crosby: My Lords, may I commend to the noble Lord the course of action which was followed for the referendum in 1975 of eventually allowing both sides to put their case to all the people of the country? That had the great advantage that rather than a so-called non-partisan point of view, which nobody would have trusted, both sides were given the clear opportunity to put their case. It is true that the compelling and conclusive arguments of those on the "yes" side carried the day, but that is no drawback from my point of view.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, the noble Baroness is aware that the Neill Committee on Standards in Public Life has made recommendations about the conduct of referendums. We have undertaken that a draft Bill and a White Paper on the subject will be published before the Summer Recess. Of course, the noble Baroness will recall also that the Neill Committee said that the Government are entitled, and indeed under a duty, to make their position clear in relation to the referendum.
Viscount Cranborne: My Lords, did the noble Lord have an opportunity yesterday morning to see his colleague, the Leader of another place, on television? She appeared, during the course of that interview, to sign up fully to the Conservative Party's present policy on European and monetary union. She implied that
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, I did not see the broadcast and I am astonished by the noble Viscount's interpretation. The Government have been absolutely consistent in their view and I am not aware of any change.
Lord Higgins: My Lords, is it not apparent that the Chancellor's conditions are easy to fudge, even more so than the original Maastricht criteria which a number of those joining the single currency clearly fudged? More particularly, is it not important that the Government should set out not only the ways in which we should prepare if we decide to join the single currency but, equally, the ways in which we should prepare if we decide not to join? Is not the bias in the Government's present approach very dangerous?
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: No, my Lords. The best expression of the Government's point of view was that of the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on 23rd February. He said in relation to the economic conditions that our inflation performance is consistent with the ECB's definition of price stability but that it is essential that convergence is settled and sustainable, and that we cannot yet say that. When the Government believe that we can say that, we shall make up our mind on the point. We shall then take the steps which we have undertaken to pursue on many occasions. We shall seek the agreement of Parliament and then of the people in a referendum. That time has not yet been reached, as the Prime Minister made clear.
Lord Marsh: My Lords, does the Minister not agree, however, that Ministers are as incapable of giving an objective analysis of the issue as Business for Sterling? What is the reason for that strenuous objection to an independent, serious analysis of what would happen to Britain if it did go in and what would happen if it did not, so that there is some objective, non-partisan view. I speak as someone involved with one side of this argument. The suggestion of the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, that anyone in the street reads the two-sides case which will give them a blinding insight into the whole issue is fanciful. There is a need for an independent analysis.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, I should have thought that there had been a plethora of statements on the pros and cons of our joining the European currency. The noble Lord, Lord Peyton, asked me whether the Government would arrange for a non-partisan view. Surely, by definition, a non-partisan view arises from the general quality and standard of public debate. It is not for the Government either to take over such a debate or to attempt to suppress it.
Lord Carter: My Lords, at a convenient moment after 4.30 p.m., my noble friend Lord Williams of Mostyn will, with the leave of the House, repeat a Statement that is being made in another place on the freedom of information draft Bill.
Brought from the Commons; read a first time, and to be printed.
The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Jay of Paddington): My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
Moved, That this House do concur with the Commons in their message of 21st May that it is expedient that a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons be appointed to consider the draft Local Government (Functions and Standards) Bill published in the Command Paper entitled Local Leadership, Local Choice (Cm 4298), and that the committee should report by 31st July 1999.--(Baroness Jay of Paddington.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.
Lord Carter: My Lords, I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Rating (Valuation) Bill, has consented to place her prerogative and interest, so far as they are affected by the Bill, at the disposal of Parliament for the purposes of the Bill.
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In defence of the UUP's canvassing
I feel it necessary to respond to and correct Robin Duke's letter carried in the Belfast Telegraph (Write Back, April 21).
I can confirm that I did indeed canvass personally in the Hospital Estate in Lurgan last year at the Westminster election, as I did across Upper Bann. I never take a single vote for granted and am proud of polling 13,166 votes at that election.
As to this year, my Ulster Unionist running-mate Kyle Savage will be canvassing in the Hospital Estate on behalf of the Ulster Unionist team in Upper Bann.
While it's not always possible to speak to everyone personally, our constituency offices are available on a full-time basis.
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When cows are traded for an unwilling bride, rural Zulu women lose their freedom, and more. Called thwala, the practice is often abused, activists say.
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— She was named Democracy in Zulu, at a time when her country had none.
A few years later, the constitution born of the historic South African election that ended apartheid made Nonkululeko "free" and "equal." But the eight cows paid for her as a bride price mean that she is neither.
KwaCele, South Africa - The landscape of the rural Eastern Cape in South Africa has a haunting beauty. A myriad of round turquoise huts scatter across the land in a series of endless villages.
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This week a cellphone video depicting a 17-year-old girl being gang-raped by seven men between the ages of 14 and 20 went viral in South Africa. The rapists were encouraging one another and offered the girl 25 cents to not report them. The men have since been arrested and the girl has been found, but there has been much public outrage: local talk shows flooded with calls, tweets under the hashtag #rapevideo, even international coverage. The incident elicited an outcry because rape, and more generally sexual violence against women and children, is all too familiar to South Africans. It's a live scar from apartheid.
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Karin Alfredsson is spearheading a nongovernmental project to document violence against women around the world, and to highlight the shortcomings and successes of legislation and other initiatives aimed at helping to curb it.
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The President does not need permission from Congress to legally go to war. It is a reasonable question to ask though.
The President does not need permission from a foreign body to legally go to war. It is a traitorous person who even considers the legal need for foreign permission.
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A declaration of war is not always necessary, however, but normally a president needs to get the formal support of Congress. Bush was very careful to get support, even when going into a situation where our enemy was not another state, initially, but terrorist groups and a couple of states (loosely understood, in the case of Afghanistan) that were thought to be supporting them. But he was actually was supported by Congress and everybody else when he went into Afghanistan and even into Iraq (which I think was not a bad thing but ended badly when we started kowtowing to Islam).
Clinton, the left's golden boy, had actually gotten all of his "authorization" to support the Muslims in Bosnia from the UN, which of course was completely manipulated by its Islamic members, and the Dems let Americans be UN troops.
Obama isn't having as much luck. This is partly because his obnoxious behavior has pissed off Europe and partly he doesn't understand Islam and doesn't realize that his being a Sunni supporter (because he believes it's the most anti-Western Islam) is upsetting other Muslims. He thought he would be their hero. But it's also because he doesn't realize that the Saudis want to keep the good times rolling for their princes and they don't want him to interfere with it.
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#Load the library import Gratia.py # Initialize the Gratia library (read the Probe configuration file) Gratia.Initialize() # Create the record # The parameter indicates the Resource Type ("Batch", "RawCPU", "Storage",etc) # See also the function ResourceType r = Gratia.UsageRecord("Batch") r.LocalUserId("cmsuser000") # Send it r.Send()See samplemeter.py.txt for a complete example.
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# Send to gratia, and see what it says. response = Gratia.Send(usageRecord) baseMsg = "Record: %s, %s, njobs %i" % (str(row['datestamp']), row['transaction'], row['njobs']) if response == "Fatal Error: too many pending files": # The server is currently not accepting record and # Gratia.py was not able to store the record, we will # need to resend it. # For now take a long nap and then by 'break' we # force a retry for this record. self._log.error("Error sending : too many pending files") longsleep = 15*60 self._log.warn("sleeping for = %i seconds." % longsleep) sleep_check(longsleep, self._stopFileName) elif response.startswith('Fatal Error') or \ response.startswith('Internal Error'): self._log.critical('error sending ' + baseMsg + \ '\ngot response ' + response) sys.exit(2) self._log.debug('sent ' + baseMsg) # If we got a non-fatal error, slow down since the server # might be overloaded. if response[:2] != 'OK': self._log.error('error sending ' + baseMsg + \ '\ngot response ' + response)
GratiaCore.RegisterReporterLibrary(name,version)to register the libraries the Probe itself is using.
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Feeling Festive in SFFriday, December 16, 2016
Before I left for Utah I decided to plan a quick trip to San Francisco with my sisters and our boyfriends since my boyfriend will be heading home to Croatia for Christmas. I love all the festivities during the holidays so I thought it would be a perfect time to visit Union Square for a day of ice skating and shopping! I don't go ice skating very often so I'm usually pretty slow but once I get the hang of it then I can actually skate away from the edges haha. After ice skating we warmed up with some yummy hot chocolate and cookies and kept it festive with Papyrus' new holiday entertaining collection. I love Papyrus (they have amazing cards!) so I was so excited to hear they came out with an entertaining line. Their pieces are all so cute--just look at those peppermint party picks! After refueling we did some shopping in Union Square, rode the trolley around SF and ended the night with a lovely dinner at Cheesecake Factory. Even though it was a quick trip, it was great getting together for some wonderful holiday memories :) XOXO
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Friday, November 02, 2007
Reading and control freakery
I know quite a few kids of seven, eight, nine and older who don't read yet – or who don't read much. These are home ed kids. I also know several home ed kids who have learned to read, quickly and efficiently, with no tears, at around these ages – or older. Yet, in the school system it is clearly a problem if you're not reading by seven or so. This is mainly because of the high pupil/teacher ratio in school – which means that a lot of the teaching is delivered in the form of writing. But, I also think that it is because the system has a plan that the children will all read, more or less, by the end of KS1 – at seven. As we all know, in a big structure you generally have to ignore things that haven't gone according to plan and carry on as if everything is fine! This means that the kids who can't read just have to manage somehow. I had always known that this was so, but it was still a shock to see these poor kids of Pearlie and Leo's ages, who spent a large chunk of their week being frustrated and bored. There was all this information presented to them, that they just couldn't access. What on earth is the point of putting kids in that position?
Though the synthetic phonics system set my teeth on edge a bit (so BORING!) I could see that it was the best option for kids who must learn to read, right now, or be bored in every lesson. It seemed that all it took was for the school to decide that it would stop ignoring the kids who couldn't read – and carry on teaching them until they could. The sheer relief on the faces of kids who had been 'failing' to read for several years, was clear. But, what a shame that they had to be put through that ordeal, of feeling like a failure for several years of their young lives.
It seems to me that the best way to manage a mixed group of readers and non-readers, is to have many more adults around who can make sure that the non-readers can join in – and culture of co-operation. This is what happens at Pearlie and Leo's kids' club group. People who can't read just get read to by someone who can. It isn't really rocket science, is it?
If everyone could access the experiences on offer, then maybe the system could relax a bit more about exactly when people learned to read. Like walking, talking or being reliable with toilet use – children vary massively in the ages at which they will be able to read. And some people will never learn – and that shouldn't be the end of the world either, should it? We are amazingly inventive creatures – we can get round most things if we are given the freedom to do so.
In the end, I came away from the programme thinking (again!) how controlling the whole system is. The government wants to be God, I reckon. They set up all these plans and schemes with no humility. They perceive the people involved as pawns, or little machines maybe – put X in and get Y out. And, in the education system, they ruin so much that way – take the fun and joy out – and kill it.
A while ago, I was talking to a lovely little boy of my acquaintance. He was five at the time – and had just finished a day school in a reception class.
"Hey, P, what'd you do at school today?"
"Cemetery!" Glum face, pouty lips.
"Cemetery? Didn't you like it?" (Allie tries to imagine what they could have been doing about cemeteries…)
"No, it was borin' – cemetery."
"Oh, symmetry? Was it symmetry, P?"
"Yeah, cemetery – yuk!"
What on earth could they have been doing at school, with a five year old, to make symmetry so unappealing? My experiences helping out in P's reception classroom led me to suspect that the problem was just pressure to understand symmetry as a concept. Even very little children learn to cover their confusion with bluster (such is the shame in our culture when we don't understand) and declare that they "don't like" things and they are "boring". I think that most of that is about pressure to 'get' things when we're just not ready. Back off - make butterfly paintings, put up some posters of symmetry in nature, let the children draw, let adults talk around them. One day they'll just declare something to be symmetrical. Maybe then they'll want to learn more about the whole business.
I suspect that we make all the same mistakes with teaching reading. We are so stressed about it. Instead of making sure that all the children have had hours and hours of stories, exposing them to adults who use the written word, letting them see that this reading business is a part of life, we dive in with the structure first. Many of them are boggled, exhausted by the effort to understand, and lacking any real motivation to try.
When I saw those kids who didn't like reading, who slumped and shifted their eyes and hung their heads, I felt angry that we do that to children. I reckon its robbery – we (adults) steal something from them. Yes, we can 'fix' it with a structured programme – but I wonder if that's not just a solution we have to come up with, to a problem we've made in the first place?
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- Gill said...
Fabulous post! I was nodding in agreement throughout. Caught the first episode of the series and a bit of what might have been the third. Yes, it was heartbreaking. I also don't like the fact that reading is made out to be the be all and end all of everything. Did you see that little boy's dad, the docker, who couldn't read very well? He was so ashamed and embarrased about this even thoughhe was clearly a great dad who was also very successfully providing for his family. But because he couldn't read, he felt stupid. Aaargh.
- 9:03 pm
- Kirsty said...
I watched the programmes too. It was heartbreaking watching some of the kids.
While I really couldn't fault the school and the headteacher for wanting the kids reading I couldn't help thinking about the poor kids who just aren't ready at 5 and 6 to read. If they keep up with what they did that year in future years these poor kids will have that chart shoved down their throats for 2 years or more when they aren't ready for it. For those that were older and did well from it, maybe it was just that they were at an age where they were ready for it, but till then weren't being given the opportunity. They might never have read at 5/6 even with the same programme.
Having just blogged a little about our reading stress, I think a lot is centred around the fact they expect at 7 for it to have worked when quite obviously it isn't as clear cut as all that. Mostly it did make me feel that I am glad both my 2 weren't in the system, which is just sad in itself.
Kirsty (TheBarts.blogsome.com cos it never says who I am on blogger comments!)
- 10:18 pm
- Wobblymoo said...
What a great post, I'm nodding my head in agreement at everything you said
- 7:10 am
Really enjoyed that :-) Hannah apparently has dyslexia, and on the advice of dyslexia institute, we did use a synthetic phonics programme very systematically. I think the great thing about HE was that she didn't need to read to pursue all her interests, we just read things to her as she needed them, and she was read to, usually by her dad, for at least an hour every day, plus had masses of audio books. So she never saw her reading issues as failure, or as something that held her back in other areas. It was just a skill she wanted to master, and it was taking her a while to put the groundwork in. And while the synthetic phonic approach did work well for her, I am SO glad she never got the idea that she was failing, or it was remedial, or any other damaging message. She looked on her "formal" reading lessons with me in exactly the same way she looked on her swim coaching - a bit of "expert" help to enable her to be as good as she wanted to be - so for her, it was a generative process. Now she is a fairly prolific reader, though I did get a lot of criticism at the time from teacher friends, for supporting her synchronous development. They had a very strong view that reading and language skills should not be allowed to get to far ahead from writing and number skills. FFS!!!! Joyce
- 12:19 pm
- Elaine said...
That was such an informative post and has helped me a great deal with keeping things clear IYKWIM
- 10:05 pm
- grit said...
thanks for this post!
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Missouri State Bears (0-2) at Mississippi State Bulldogs (1-3)
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The Missouri State Bears are 0-3 this season including losses to Butler and Minnesota that landed them in this game. Missouri State is averaging 64.3 points and they are shooting 36.5 percent from the floor while defensively they are allowing 82.3 points and their opponents shoot 49.1 percent. Camyn Boone leads the Bears averaging 10.3 points per game. Dequon Miller is averaging 9.7 points, Obediah Church is averaging 9.3 points and 8.3 rebounds, and Chris Kendrix is averaging 8.3 points. Missouri State has played hard and gave it 100 percent but it has been just not enough.
Mississippi State is 9-3-1 against the spread following a loss, 2-6-1 against the spread against a team with a losing record, and 1-3-1 against the spread following a game that they covered the point spread. Missouri State is 3-8 against the spread against the SEC, 1-5-1 against the spread in their last seven games, and 1-5 against the spread in their last six neutral site games.
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The Music Industry need to balance the ability for consumers to use a product they have bought flexibly, whilst preventing illegal copying. I don't think that this will help in either direction.


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Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say,
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So be merry, mele, or simply happy, no matter where you are!
Just when you thought it was safe to open up your home to visitors once again, now that the tinsel dust and artificial pine scent has settled, I've come to ruin your day. More of a curse than a gift, it's a dubious "treat" that has gained (and quite frankly earned) little respect over centuries of unsavory history. Not to be rude or anything, but it's time that I dropped the F-bomb.
Fruitcake. Pardon my language.
Yes, I know, head for the hills and don't accept packages from strangers; I'm offering you a genuine fruitcake, of all things! Trust me, I've been a very vocal naysayer of this brick-like food substance, never having seen the benefit to preserving mysteriously colored fruits in a metric ton of sugar before binding them all up into an impenetrable, flavorless batter. Better employed as entertaining projectiles than food stuffs, I would gladly get out there on the field with all the other unlucky fruitcake recipients as well. But, not with this new spin on the concept.
Rummaging through a pantry overstuffed with odd ingredients, I discovered an abundance of so-called "superfoods" that had no clear destination, and little use outside of random nibbles. Instead of simply frittering them away through impulse snacking, such special ingredients deserved a greater end. Baked up into a lighter cake than the traditional take, the crumb stays impossibly moist and does indeed only get better with age. Enhanced with the complex, caramel nuances of coconut sugar, volumes of flavor can shine through without the sticky veil of syrupy sweetness. Kombucha, with its very faintly alcoholic buzz, takes the place of harder liquor or rum here, so even teetotalers can indulge with abandon.
Of course, consider the exact superfruits and nuts listed here merely suggestions. As long as you throw in 1 1/2 – 2 cups of dried mix-ins in addition to the pomegranate arils, your cake will be golden… Literally, once baked.
1/2 Cup Fresh Pomegranate Arils
1/2 Cup Goji Berries
1/2 Cup Dried Mulberries
1/4 Cup Dried Goldenberries
1/4 Cup Chopped Walnuts
1/4 Cup Cacao Nibs
1 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
3/4 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
1/4 Teaspoon Ground Cardamom
1/2 Teaspoon Orange Zest
1/2 Cup Kombucha, Divided
1/3 Cup Coconut Oil, Melted
2/3 Cup Coconut Sugar
2 Tablespoons Molasses
1 (3.5-Ounce) Packet Frozen Acai Puree, Thawed (or Applesauce, in a Pinch)
Confectioner's Sugar, To Serve (Optional)
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 6-inch round, 3-inch high cake pan.
In a large bowl, mix together the pomegranate arils, all of the dried superfruits, walnuts and cacao nibs. Add in the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cardamom, and zest, tossing to coat all of the goodies.
Remove 2 tablespoons of the kombucha and set aside for later. Separately, whisk together the remaining kombucha, coconut oil, coconut sugar, molasses, and acai puree until fairly smooth. Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl of dry, and stir with a wide spatula just until the batter comes together. A few lumps are fine, especially since it's a fairly coarse mixture to begin with.
Transfer the batter to your prepared pan and smooth out the top. Bake for 40 – 50 minutes, until golden brown all over and a toothpick inserted into the center pulls out mostly clean, with just a few moist crumbs clinging to the sides. Immediately pour the reserved kombucha evenly over the hot cake so that it can soak in as it cools. After cooling completely, the cake sit covered at room temperature, for at least 24 hours for the best results.
If you'd like a little pinch of additional sweetness, top with a light dusting of confectioner's sugar right before serving.
Makes 6 – 8 Servings
Browse around the web for five minutes or more and you'll undoubtedly run across at least a dozen "last-minute gift guides," all touting effortless tokens for the people you forgot you should care about. Heartwarming stuff to consider right before Christmas, isn't it? Since Chanukah has been long over for weeks now, it's strange to watch it all unfold from the sidelines, without getting swept up in the madness as I usually do each year.
Of course, I do still have one suggestion here at the eleventh hour, but I'll level with you: This post is more for my benefit, but you might just enjoy the results, too. Why sit on this fabulous candy recipe for another full calendar cycle, holding it back through the austere days of the New Year while everyone suffers a collective sugar hangover? While your sweet tooth is still in gear, set aside a few extra minutes for this simple yet transcendent treat. I had merely wanted to play around with the gold-tinted crystals of Zulka sugar that the company had been kind enough to send my way, but the toffee that came of my kitchen capers was anything but ordinary.
My dad, a man who knows his way around all things candy and an avowed sugar-supporter if I ever did meet one, claimed that this was some of the best toffee he ever had. No small compliment coming from such a knowledgeable source! So, if you find even one inch of space remaining on your cookie plate, in your candy baskets, or simply in your stomach, take that last-minute before the holidays all blow over to make yourself a batch. If one crisp, golden, nutty morsel of toffee is the last sugary taste on your lips for the rest of 2013, it would leave you with a sweet memory of the season indeed.
Golden Macadamia Toffee
1 Cup Toasted, Lightly Chopped Macadamia Nuts
2/3 Cup Vegan White Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Non-Dairy Margarine
1 Cup Zulka Sugar
1 Tablespoon Grade B Maple Syrup
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Line an 8 x 8-inch baking pan with aluminum foil, lightly grease, and sprinkle the macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips as evenly over the bottom as possible. Set aside.
Combine the margarine, sugar, maple syrup, and salt in a medium-sized saucepan and set over moderate heat. Stir just to moisten all of the sugar, and then keep your spatula out of the mixture until the very end. Instead, swirl the pan gently to mix the contents, which will help prevent premature crystal formation.
Allow the margarine to melt and sugar to dissolve before clipping a thermometer to the side of the pan. You'll want to bring the sugar to a steady boil, until it turns a deep amber brown color and reaches 300 degrees, which is also known as the "hard crack stage" of candy making.
Turn off the heat, carefully stir in the vanilla as it may sputter angrily, and immediately pour the mixture into your prepared pan. Try to pour it evenly over the goodies within, because the more you spread it around with your spatula, the more you'll smear the melting white chocolate. Don't worry if it doesn't reach all the way to the edges of the pan.
Let cool completely before snapping into more manageable pieces. Store in an air-tight container at room temperature.
As young children across the country feverishly unwrap mounds of tinsel-clad packages, parents tending a huge roast with all the fixings for dinner, an entirely different tradition marks my Christmas day. The classic Jewish Christmas, otherwise known as seeing a movie and getting Chinese food takeout, seems to be growing in popularity. Who knew it was even a thing 5, 10 years ago? Suddenly everyone knows about this once obscure and occasionally controversial plan. In fact, quite a few families that still lovingly string up Christmas trees and sing carols every year also join in on the fun, too. It's the ultimate secular holiday that everyone can enjoy.
Options may be limited for fellow meatless eaters, but no matter how many times I get plain old broccoli and tofu, it just never gets old. Maybe the MSG makes it particularly addictive, but there are few things quite as satisfying as the instant gratification of savory, salty brown sauce smothering cubes of crispy fried bean curd and tender green florets. Venturing to recreate this endlessly versatile sauce, suddenly the sky is the limit for protein alternatives. As an extra-special treat this year, a rare package of Konjac-based vegan shrimp remained on ice, tucked away in the back of the freezer for just such an opportunity.
Disarmingly similar in coloring and surprisingly bouncy, their chewy texture was disconcertingly similar to actual seafood, according to the omnivores at the table. They imparted relatively little flavor though, for better or for worse, so while novel, I think I'd still prefer my tofu standby. Next time, I'll gladly fire up the oil and toss in a few cubes instead, although you can't go too far wrong with a solid brown sauce.
"Shrimp" and Broccoli
1/2 Pound (1 Package) Frozen Vegan Shrimp, or 1 Pound Fried Tofu
1 Pound Fresh Broccoli, Cut into Florets
Brown Sauce:
1 Tablespoon Sesame Oil
3 Cloves Garlic, Finely Minced
1 Tablespoon Fresh Ginger, Grated
1/3 Cup Soy Sauce
1 Cup Vegetable Stock
1/3 Cup Mirin
1/4 Teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
2 Tablespoons Cornstarch
Sesame Seeds, to Garnish (Optional)
Cooked White Rice, to Serve
Thaw out the frozen shrimp if using, or prepare your tofu. Place the broccoli florets in a microwave-safe dish with a splash of water, and steam for 2 – 4 minutes, until fork-tender. Drain and blanch in ice water to stop the cooking and keep the broccoli bright green. Set aside.
To prepare the brown sauce, begin by heating the sesame oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add in the garlic and ginger, and cook briefly, until aromatic. Meanwhile, whisk together all of the remaining ingredient in a separate bowl, being sure to beat out any clumps of starch so that the mixture is completely smooth. Carefully pour the liquids into the hot pan, standing away from the stove in case of any splashback. Whisk gently as the sauce comes up to temperature, until it reaches a full boil and has visible thickened. Turn off the heat and let the sauce cool for a minute or two.
Place the broccoli and shrimp (or tofu) in a large bowl, and toss with a sizable dollop of brown sauce. There will likely be extra sauce, so apply it sparingly. Continue drizzling in sauce until the goodies are coated to your liking. Transfer to a serving bowl and top with a light sprinkling of sesame seeds. Enjoy with a mound of hot rice, and have a very Happy Holiday!
Serves 3 – 4
The connection between Christmas and popcorn is tenuous at best, and yet is deeply rooted in the traditions of so many families. Whether it appears in ball format or strings adorning the annual evergreen tree, there is no escaping, nor explaining, those exploded edible kernels around the holiday season. Even as an outsider, I can't help but associate this otherwise innocuous snack food with the frenzy of festive treats, weaving them into various gifts more often than not. Not even the all-knowing Google can provide a satisfying explanation to the centuries-old affiliation, and yet it remains, as relevant and convincing as ever.
And so come December, the popcorn comes out in force once again. This year, I opted to skip all the fussy individual balls, pressing the whole sticky mixture into one square baking dish instead. Easily yielding neat rectangular bars, they now fit seamlessly onto a cookie platter, amongst other sweet options or featured by themselves. Taking one more short cut by employing popcorn cereal rather than freshly popped maize may seem like a poor choice, but the corny essence still shines through loud and clear. Without the sharp hulls, they pose fewer potential hazards for sticking in between teeth, and there's no risk of including unpopped kernels. An emergency trip to the dentist is not my idea of a Merry Christmas.
Perfectly festive red and green mix-ins add the excitement here, but if cranberries and pistachios are not your favorites, don't be afraid to stray into more diverse ingredient pools. Dried cherries, strawberries, or raspberries would be alternatives that still keep the color theme, and of course the options are endless for other hues.
Christmas Popcorn Bars
6 Cups Puffed Corn Cereal
1 Cup Dried Cranberries
3/4 Cup Shelled, Unsalted Pistachios, Toasted
1/2 Cup Vegan White Chocolate Chips, Divided
1 Tablespoon Non-Dairy Margarine or Coconut Oil, Melted
1 Cup Light Corn Syrup or Light Agave Nectar
1 Cup Granulated Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Pour the cereal, cranberries, pistachios, and half of the white chocolate chips into a very large bowl and set it aside, but keep it near the stove for easy access.
Lightly grease an 8 x 8-inch square baking pan. Set a saucepan over medium heat and add in the margarine or coconut oil, along with the corn syrup or agave, sugar, and salt stirring just to moisten all of the dry sweetener. From this point on, resist the temptation to stir the mixture, but swirl the pan gently instead to mix. This will prevent large sugar crystals from forming.
Allow the syrup to cook until it bubbles up vigorously and becomes frothy. Reduce the heat slightly so that it's at a steady but low boil and cook for about 5 minutes. Turn off the stove
and stir in the vanilla. Pour the hot sugar mixture over your waiting cereal and mix-ins, carefully but quickly fold it in using a wide spatula. Transfer the sticky cereal into your prepared pan, and press gently using the spatula so that it evenly fills the space. Sprinkle the remaining white chocolate chips over the top, pressing them in gently so they adhere.
Let cool completely before turning the whole sweet block out and slicing into bars.
Makes 12 – 16 Bars
Thank goodness Christmas is still ahead of us. Winding down one winter holiday so early in the season turns out to be a brilliant stroke of good luck, because now the celebrations can go on twice as long. Eggnog is hands-down my favorite flavor of the upcoming fete, despite the fact that I've never had a nog with egg in it. An rich and frothy beverage combining all the best sweet, savory, and salty elements that could possibly mingle in one glass, it doesn't have to be "authentic" to be utterly delicious. As long as there's a light splash of rum and a generous sprinkle of nutmeg, it's all nog to me.
Converting those essential essences into a bite-sized sweet treat was a must for gift giving and snacking this year. A truffle of a different color, these would be beautiful mixed into an assortment of various spiced, mint, or dark and candies as well. In fewer words, they play well with others.
Nog Truffles
1 Cup Raw Whole Cashews, Soaked for 2 – 3 Hours and Thoroughly Drained
1/4 Cup Light Agave Nectar
1/4 Cup (2 Ounces) 100% Pure Cocoa Butter, Melted
1 Tablespoon Dark Rum
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1 1/2 Teaspoons Nutritional Yeast
1/4 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1/4 Teaspoon Kala Namak (Black Salt)
White Chocolate Coating:
2/3 Cup Vegan White Chocolate Chips
1 Tablespoon 100% Pure Cocoa Butter
Ground Nutmeg, to Garnish
Place the soaked and drained cashews in your blender or food processor, along with all of the remaining ingredients that make up the centers. Blend until completely and perfectly smooth, pausing to scrape down the sides of the work bowl as needed to ensure that all small nut fragments are incorporated. Transfer the sweet puree to a heat-safe bowl and let rest in the freezer until firm; at least 1 hour.
Retrieve the truffle centers from the freezer and use a small cookie scoop or 2 spoons to scoop out about 1 tablespoon of the mixture at a time, rolling the chunks into smooth balls between the palms of your hands. Place the rounded centers onto a silpat or piece of parchment paper on top of a sheet pan, and repeat until the mixture is used up. Work quickly to prevent the filling from becoming too soft and unworkable. Move the whole sheet of naked truffles back into the freezer on a flat surface, and chill until solid; at least another hour.
When you're ready to finish off the candies, combine the white chocolate chips and cocoa butter in a microwave-safe dish, and heat for 60 seconds. Stir very well until the mixture is smooth. If there are still a few stubborn chips that refuse to melt, continue heating the coating at 30 second intervals, stirring thoroughly between each, until entirely lump-free.
Dip each truffle center, one at a time, into the melted white chocolate. Use a fork to pull them out of the mixture and allow the excess coating to drip free. Move each piece back onto the silpat or piece of parchment paper, and quickly sprinkle lightly with additional ground nutmeg before the coating solidifies. Repeat with the remaining truffles. Store at room temperature in an air-tight container.
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Other than that, was a lovely spot and obviously a lot of work and thought has gone into making the place welcoming and a nice change from Nairobi.
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