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new york pecan squares
i went to my first cookie swap. getting over social anxiety is somehow easier with butter and sugar.
cookie swaps are actually kind of fun. a dear friend of mine organized one, and while i find it hard to mingle with people i don't know, as soon as we started talking about the relative easiness or difficulty of what we had brought, it was easy (i had no idea you could make pretzel haystacks in a slow-cooker). i met a roomful of lovely women and went home with a haul of great-looking cookies. win-win i'd say.
i brought these. the amazing chef donna dooher of mildred's temple kitchen in toronto came out with a fabulous cookbook several years ago called "out to brunch'. i can't tell you how great these recipes are. several have become my go-to's, and this is one of them.
you're making a true caramel here. it gets upwards of 400 degrees when you're boiling the sugar. don't be scared, just be careful. wear long sleeves and have a bowl of ice water handy in case you get zinged.
new york pecan squares
for the shortbread crust:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
2/3 cup sugar
2 cups cake and pastry flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
preheat the oven to 400 degrees f.
in the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter and the sugar for 2 minutes. add the pastry flour and salt and mix on low speed for 1 minute. add the egg and egg yolk and mix until just combined and the dough gathers in a ball.
using your hands (wet them if the dough is a bit sticky), spread the dough evenly in the bottom of 9 x 11-inch pan. refrigerate for 30 minutes.
cover the dough with a sheet of parchment paper and fill with pie weights or with dried beans in order to blind bake the pastry. bake for 20 minutes and then remove to a wire rack. after 10 minutes remove the parchment paper and let the crust cool completely.
for the squares:
1 cup unsalted butter
1-1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup heavy cream (35% cream)
4 1/2 cups pecan halves (you can also use walnuts)
1/4 teaspoon salt
heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
combine the butter, sugars, honey and salt in a large saucepan. cook over high heat until it comes to a boil. once it's boiling, let it boil for 6 minutes. immediately remove from the heat and very carefully add the heavy cream. have a bowl of ice water nearby in case the sauce overcooks or in case you get burned. safety is very important when making a caramel or a caramel sauce! stir the cream and then immediately add the pecans and mix well to coat the pecans.
pour the filling over the cooled crust. bake for 20 minutes. allow to cool completely before cutting into squares.
beautiful bolognese
thick, rich, robust, and everything else a really good bolognese should be.
once upon a time, i used to make bolognese with chicken livers. i also experimented with pork, veal, and even lamb. they were all delicious, but these days, i make it completely without meat. and you know what? i don't miss it, and neither will you.
many italian recipes like bolognese include 2 or 3 kinds of meat, and the differences between them add a depth of flavour and richness that i thought would be difficult to achieve if i left out the meat. i'm happy to say i was very wrong, and this recipe, perfected over time has become one of my fail-proof stand-bys.
this recipe takes some time, so i've made the recipe large so you can freeze half.
vegetarian bolognese
2 cans san marzano tomatoes, crushed (i use my hands)
2 cups red wine
2 cups half and half
2 onions, minced*
4 ribs celery, minced*
4 carrots, minced*
8 cloves garlic, minced*
1/2 cup olive oil
1 package vegetarian ground round (i use Yves)
2 tsp. dried basil leaves
1 tsp. thyme leaves
4 bay leaves
1 tsp crushed dried chilis
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
*i use a food processor to mince everything nice and fine
in a large pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. add the onion, celery, carrots, and garlic and cook, stirring very often, for 5 minutes or until the vegetables start to get slightly caramelized. add the veggie ground round, breaking it up and mixing well with the vegetables. add the wine. raise heat to high. bring to a boil and cook until the liquid is nearly evaporated. add the cream and cook until almost evaporated. add the tomatoes, basil, thyme, bay leaves, and chilis. season with salt and pepper. reduce heat to a low simmer and cook stirring often, for 30 minutes, or until thickened.
serve with really good spaghetti or a thick, tubular pasta like rigatoni rigate and shaved parmesan or pecorino romano cheese.
chipotle polenta with roasted tomato sauce and vegetarian meatballs
i don't know what to call a vegetarian meatball. it's not a meatball, it's a veg ball. but "veg ball" sounds like a game you play when you're really tired and can't get up off the couch so you throw a ball to someone without moving. so meatball it is. unless someone can suggest a new name? i'm open to comments. (fake balls? maybe not.)
this recipe takes less than 30 minutes. sometimes i get flak for saying that, because i trained in professional kitchens and yes, I can dice an onion in about 15 seconds. taking that into consideration, this may take you 40, which is still pretty awesome for a monday night after work meal.
one caveat: the meatballs came from a bag. i know i know. anyone who knows me is well aware i shun most packaged and processed food. i've made veggie meatballs from scratch, and they are good, but time-consuming. one day i'll get my act together and throw a few batches in the freezer.
polenta is essentially a porridge made from cornmeal. it can be made soft and creamy, or a little denser. this one is in between. i make a lot. i serve it hot out of the pot and it's smooth and creamy until it cools. then it solidifies somewhat, and becomes sliceable. cooled and cut, it can be grilled or pan fried and topped with everything from sauteed mushrooms, appetizer-style, or soft scrambled eggs for breakfast. versatile stuff. it's bland though, so good to tart it up with lots of garlic and cheese and fresh herbs and butter. yeah.
just remember to use a whisk and slowly add the cornmeal to the hot liquid to avoid lumps. it will sputter at you, so have a lid handy.
chipotle polenta with roasted tomato sauce and vegetarian meatballs
for the sauce:
1 can san marzano tomatoes
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, finely diced
1/2 cup red wine
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted and chopped
handful of fresh basil leaves, chiffonade*
for the polenta
7 cups water + 2 tbsp. vegetable stock powder (or 7 cups vegetable stock )
1 cup 18% cream (yeah i know. just do it)
2 1/2 cups cornmeal
4 cloves garlic, minced (do all the garlic for the sauce and the polenta at the same time)
1/2 can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, minced
1/2 cup shredded parmesan or romano cheese
1 tsp. sea salt
a few grindings of black pepper
1/2 cup butter (yes, i know)
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1 package frozen veggie meatballs (i used gardein, which i use for many of my meatless meat needs)
preheat oven to 450F. in a large oven-safe pan, heat the oil over medium heat. add the onion and garlic, and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. increase heat to high. add the wine and bring to a boil, cooking until most of the liquid has evaporated. crush the tomatoes with your hands (i do this right in the can) and add to the pan. add salt, pepper, and olives. stir well. add the unthawed meatballs, and pop the pan into the oven for 20 minutes. stir once or twice. remove from oven and stir in basil.
meanwhile, bring the stock and cream to a boil. add the garlic and chipotles. slowly whisk in the cornmeal. switch to a wooden spoon, and turn heat to low. cook slowly for 20 minutes, stirring every few minutes. stir in cheese, butter, salt, pepper, and parsley. remove from heat.
serve a big ladle-full of polenta into 4 pasta bowls. top with meatball mixture and a grating of extra parmesan.
you will have extra polenta, so here's what i do. line a 9x9 glass pan with plastic wrap and scrape in the extra, smoothing the top. fold the plastic over and chill until firm. remove from the pan and cut into slices or wedges, and grill, pan fry, and top to your hearts content. yummy cold too.
serves 4, generously.
*to chiffonade basil, stack leaves, roll tightly, then slice crosswise into very thin cuts with a sharp knife. this is probably one of the most satisfying things i do in the kitchen. don't ask me why. it just feels good.
the great fried biscuit dough experiment
this was probably irresponsible
i don't know where the idea came from to buy a bunch of refrigerated doughs and fry them up, but on sunday that's what i did. i started with a tube of biscuit dough, thinking this would make a really, really good doughnut.
i used a piping tip to cut out the holes and shallow-fried the resulting rounds in some 375F vegetable oil. half got tossed into a bag where they made friends with some cinnamon sugar. the other had a bath in a glaze of buttermilk and icing sugar.
holy *&%$ they were good.
the outsides were crispy as can be, and the insides were tender and light.
you can't go wrong really. they are perfectly sized, ready to go anytime, can be glazed/iced/drizzled/dusted with just about anything, come 10 to a can (restraint!) and take less than 5 minutes to make. my only caution is to watch the temp of the oil. the dough is super-sweet so it gets dark pretty fast. fry the holes up first to gauge the temp.
next up was some crescent dough. my son said, 'let's make pretzels" which i thought was brilliant. i shaped them up and into the oil they went. have no idea what amount of fat and calories these came to when i was finished with them. but think back to thanksgivings at mom's and imagine those buttery, flaky crescent rolls. now imagine them fried. yeah, i know. i feel it too.
again, they got dark fast. the dough should also be very cold for shaping. i will probably do this again, but next time, i'll unroll the dough onto a baking sheet and pop it into the freezer for 5 minutes to firm up the little triangles before shaping. they also stick a bit on the bottom of the pan. i would suggest lowering them slowly into the oil with a slotted spoon, so that the bottoms get fried a little before touching the pan.
lovely people, don't do this every day. but if you ever want to make super quick, fresh, hot, crispy doughnuts at home, peel off the paper and give that can a whack.
links of the week 11-02-2013
happy november! today's links point to some things that make me happy to be living in one of the best food destinations in the country
the best cheese in the world comes from ontario
this pinterest board pretty much sums up why i love ontario food
crimes against food
holy hanna, the new foodland ontario website is beautiful!
if you haven't discovered tomatillos (you should), there are some still available (get some)
did you know cranberries are grown out ottawa way? neither did i, till i went on a farm tour.
the other day i went here and i had this and it made me do this.
and finally, some really cool bloggers who invited me to brunch. i can't wait until the november event when in meet some very creative people
soup sundays
what used to be a day of rest is a perfect day to retreat to the kitchen and warm the house by making some soothing, seasonal soup. i call for a national soup day. t-shirts to follow.
soup is such a chameleon. one day you whip up a rustic vegetable-lentil business and sop it up with some hearty bread, the next you can be sipping a silky bisque garnished with quenelles and shaved truffle. It can be a first course, snack, or dinner. it gets toted to parades in thermos bottles and served to royalty in frou-frou two-handled limoges porcelain soup cups. It can be downtown, or downton abbey. it comforts us in the aloneness of a sick-day on the sofa or gets all party-like on a post-skating buffet table. it can be chunky, smooth, or somewhere in between. unless you lost all your taste buds in a freak pop rocks incident in 1979, you like soup.
here in ontario, where we are constantly singing the praises of our local food bounty, soup is a big deal. once a year, we devote one-seventh of our week to it. it's so easy to make an interesting and satisfying soup with what is fresh and seasonal. i propose every sunday should be soup sunday. autumn soup sundays can be devoted to butternut squash and apple, hearty lentil and kale, or creamy white bean. in the spring i envision a clear broth with tender young peas, carrots, chervil and lemon. and the summer? gazpacho, of course, a cold watermelon soup, or a favourite at our house growing up, sour cherry dessert soup, with heavy cream and red wine. zing!
today I'd like to share one of my favourite standby soup recipes. I've made this for the aforementioned skating buffet, taught it in cooking classes, and very frequently, got it simmering on the stove on a Sunday, perusing the papers and drinking coffee.
happy soup sunday.
smoky tomato chickpea soup
This recipe uses some pantry staples but could easily be made with fresh tomatoes when they are at their peak.
1 large onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large carrot, diced
1 large stalk celery, diced
pinch hot pepper flakes
1 tsp. ground cumin
½ tsp. ground coriander seed
1 tsp. smoked paprika
2 cans whole plum tomatoes
2 cans chickpeas, or about 4 cups
4 cups vegetable stock or water
2 tbsp. olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
½ cup chopped fresh cilantro, unless you hate it, then use parsley
empty the tomatoes with their juice into a large bowl and using your hands, crush until there are no large chunks. set aside. rinse chickpeas and set aside. in a large pot, heat oil over medium-high heat. add cumin, coriander, and hot pepper flakes, and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. add onions and cook until translucent, about 4 minutes. add carrots, celery, and garlic, and cook another 4 minutes. add plum tomatoes and vegetable stock or water. increase heat to high and bring to a boil. reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until all vegetables are tender and soup has thickened, about 30 minutes. stir in1 cup of the chickpeas. remove from heat, and puree soup in batches in a food processor or blender. it shouldn't be completely smooth. return to heat. add water if it is too thick, and cook down a little more if it is too thin. stir in remaining chickpeas. taste and season with salt and pepper. stir in chopped cilantro. serve hot. makes 8 servings as a main course.
links of the week 10-26-2013
for your reading pleasure, a few tasty tidbits i came across in my travels this week.
if you go to nyc, eat brunch at prune. (a bit of my prune breakfast, above)
wish i had thought of this. totally doing it though
recently discovered this blog. clearly i am underachieving in the photography department
love the floridian in st. augustine and routinely steal ideas from their menu
i'm not cool enough to be reading hipsterfood, but i like their fab vegan recipes
simple and gorgeous honey packaging from switzerland
art, music, food and drink at the beverly hotel, toronto
my pinterest collection of cocktails. pinterest has some ridiculously great boards, which i'll be sharing over the coming weeks
have a good food weekend!
Fall Salad
I love the idea of salads in the fall and winter. Mixing raw with roasted, spicy with sweet, aromatic with mellow. Making a great salad is an art. Luckily, with a few simple ingredients and some preparation, we are all salad Picassos.
I talk a lot about salads. When I educate people about seasonal cooking, the salad always comes up. It really is the easiest dish to make seasonal, using what you have, and the combinations of flavours and textures are endless.
Last February I visited St Augustine, Florida. I ate dinner in a fabulous local and organic restaurant called The Floridian, and have shamefully taken the ideas for this salad from one I ate there (washed down with a local craft brew.) I would make all the components ahead of time and have them in my fridge, ready to put together for a quick dinner or lunch on the go.
Autumn Salad
4 cups chopped kale
1 small head romaine lettuce
2 cups cooked wheat berries, quinoa, or barley, cold.
1 lb tofu, cut into 1/2" thick sliced, and drained on paper towels
1 can chickpeas, drained
2 tbsp. canola oil
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander seed
2 sweet potatoes, skin-on, cut into 1/2" thick sticks
4 pickled beets, sliced
1/2 lb soft cheese, such as ricotta
Pea shoots or other sprouts
Sunflower, pumpkin, hemp, or other seeds
Cashew Dressing
1/2 cup raw cashews
Juice and zest from 1/2 lemon
2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
1/2 ripe avocado
salt and pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tsp. nutritional yeast
1 tsp. honey
2 tbsp. snipped chives
Preheat oven to 400F. Toss sweet potatoes in 2 tsp. of oil and roast on a baking sheet for 20 minutes. Cool.
In a small frying pan, heat 1 tbsp of the oil, and sear the tofu slices on each side until browned (or you can grill). Set aside.
In the same pan, heat the remaining 2 tsp. of oil over medium heat. Add cumin and coriander seed, and cook 30 seconds. Add chickpeas, and toss to coat. Cook for 4 minutes, or until slightly browned. Remove from heat and set aside.
Cover cashews with hot water and allow to sit 15 minutes. Drain and place in the bowl of a food processor. Blend with remaining ingredients, except chives, until smooth. Add a little water if it is too thick. Stir in chives.
Toss together lettuce, kale, and grains. Divide among 4 salad plates, and top with tofu, chickpeas, sweet potatoes, and sliced beets. Drizzle with dressing, and garnish with mounds of sprouts and a sprinkling of seeds. Serves 4 generously.
Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls
Warm, soothing, delicious, and packed with vegetables. And did I mention, cheap as hell to make?
My mother made the best cabbage rolls. Growing up next to a Yugoslavian immigrant named Elizabeth who knew a thing or two about the mighty dish (she knew a lot, about a lot of dishes) it became a point of pride when she would bring over a pan or two, which she often did, and they were good, very good, but not better than my mother's. These two women gave me my memories of how cabbage rolls should taste.
Theirs were stuffed with pork, and over the years I've perfected this recipe, which contains no meat but the combination of minced vegetables and earthy mushrooms comes pretty close. I tart up the filling with lemon zest, nutmeg, caraway seeds, and smoked paprika, and I used savoy cabbage, because it's just so freakin' pretty. Like a Beatrix Potter book.
Serve with boiled, buttered potatoes, perogies, or if you have time on your hands, homemade spaetzle, tossed in brown butter and fresh nutmeg. Some full fat sour cream is never out of place.
Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls
1 large head savoy cabbage
1 1/2 lbs cremini mushrooms
2 large carrots, scraped
2 ribs celery, cut into chunks
1 large onion, peeled, and cut into chunks
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 cups cooked rice, cooled
1 jar strained tomatoes
1 lemon, zested and juiced
1 tsp. caraway seeds
1 1/2 tsp. smoked paprika
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
Salt and pepper
2 cups breadcrumbs
2 eggs
1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced
2 cups sauerkraut (optional, but so good!)
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. core the cabbage, and shove the end of a wooden spoon into the hole. Put the whole head in the boiling water, lifting it out with the wooden spoon, and removing the leaves with tongs as they become pliable and fall off, about 5 minutes. Put the leaves in cold water, and repeat until all the leaves have been removed, using a small knife to cut the leaves off at the stem if needed. Drain and pat dry.
Meanwhile, place vegetables, one at a time, in a food processor and pulse until coarsely minced. Place all vegetables (mushrooms, celery, carrots, onions, and garlic) into a large mixing bowl. Cut up the leftover tight leaves at the core of the cabbage and mince this as well.
In a large saucepan, heat the oil. Add all the vegetables, and cook over medium-high heat until all liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Return to the mixing bowl. Add the cooled rice, the lemon zest, spices, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper, eggs, parsley,and 1/4 cup of the strained tomatoes. mix well. In a medium bowl stir together the remaining strained tomatoes and the lemon juice. Pour 1/2 cup into the bottom of a 13x9 inch glass baking pan. Top with 1 cup of the sauerkraut (if using) Preheat oven to 350F
Cut the ribs from the cabbage leaves and place about 1/4 cup filling at one end (see photo). Roll up and place in baking pan. Top with remaining tomato/lemon mixture. Top with remaining sauerkraut. Cover with foil and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove from oven and allow to stand 15 minutes. Makes 16-20 rolls.
Spiced Yam Wedges
Yams are one of those vegetables that when the weather starts to turn cold, they just feel good to eat. These are simply roasted until crispy with some gutsy aromatic spices.
But…resist the urge to call them "sweet potatoes." The supple, dark orange, sweet fleshed vegetable we seem to see everywhere as sweet potato fries, sweet potato soup, and sweet potato chips are actually yams. True sweet potatoes have a light tan skin and have paler flesh, more like a true potato. Either would work great for this recipe, and both are loaded with beta carotene and fibre.
I wanted to spice these up, so I dug around in my spice cabinet for some Ethiopian Berbere spices. I got these from Epices de Cru in the excellent Jean-Talon Market in Montreal. Because they come blended whole, they are ready for the grinder so you get ridiculously fresh tasting spices every time.
Yams would also be great with some baharat, smoked paprika, or masala. I could also make a case for roasting and then tossing after they're cooked in some Za'taar. Any blend of spices would work, and nicely balance out the sweetness.
Serve on their own with some raita for dipping, alongside a veggie burger, or room temperature over a robust salad of kale, tofu, chickpeas, cucumber, and pumpkin seeds.
Spiced Yam Wedges
2 lbs yams, skins on, cut into wedges
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp. canola or peanut oil
2 tsp. Berbere spices
Place a stainless steel baking sheet in the oven and preheat to 475F. Toss the yam wedges with the oil, salt and pepper, and spices. Carefully tumble onto the hot baking sheet, and return to the oven for 20 minutes. Stir once, and bake another 10-15 minutes, until cooked through and slightly crispy. Remove from oven, and let stand 5 minutes.
Grilled Flatbread with Chanterelles
Not everyone is lucky enough to have a supply of chanterelles at their disposal, and I did not take this opportunity lightly.
When I was growing up, our family spent some of our summer vacation in Northern Ontario, on the North Shore of Lake Huron in a little log and stone cabin by grandfather helped to build in the 1930's. When he died in 2000 at the age of 91 (after boarding a Greyhound from The Soo to visit us, and having enjoyed a roast beef dinner with my parents before going to bed for his final sleep; he lived fully to the end) the cabin and the land passed to my Uncle. They've expanded the place and added a private island to the "compound" to house their 5 children and numerous grandchildren. Visiting this summer, I offered to cook, as is usually what I do to repay the kindness of the people I visit. It was on the island we came across the chanterelles, undisturbed for years and spreading into the mossy areas close to the water.
It's not very often a get a pound or so of free chanterelles to do with as I please. Because we were feeding 6 of us and had so few, I thought an appetizer was in order, so we could all savour them. If you don't have chanterelles, or you find the $30 or so a pound a little too steep, substitute oyster or shitake mushrooms.
Flatbread with Chanterelles
Makes 2 flatbreads
1 lb. chanterelles, shitake, or oyster mushroom, trimmed and brushed of visible dirt
2 tbsp. butter
1 clove garlic, minced
grating of fresh nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp. sherry
4 tbsp. 35% cream
1 cup shredded mild melting cheese, such as Emmenthal or Fontina
1/2 cup crumbled soft mild goat cheese
Olive oil for brushing
2 6-inch flatbreads, naan breads, or greek style pitas
Minced fresh herbs, such as parsley, chervil, chives, and/or thyme
Preheat grill to high and close lid. In a medium saute pan, melt butter. Add garlic, mushrooms, and nutmeg. Cook over medium-high heat until mushrooms are lightly golden and all liquid has evaporated. Increase heat to high. Add sherry and reduce until only a teaspoon or so of liquid remains. Add cream and reduce until sauce is thickened and nicely coats the mushrooms, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper. Remove pan from heat and spoon mixture into a bowl. Set aside.
Brush one side of flatbread with olive oil. Reduce grill heat to medium, and place flatbreads, oil side down on grill until starting to get some colour, 1 minute or less. Brush the tops with oil, and turn one more time. Divide the mushroom mixture between the flatbreads. Top with the cheeses and close lid until cheeses are melted and flatbread is toasted on the other side, 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat. Cut into 2-bite pieces and sprinkle with the fresh herbs.
…as for the blackberries in the photo, we also foraged those. They were served for dessert, tossed over grilled peaches, drizzled with local honey and sprinkled with crushed gingersnaps.
What to make for lunch. Starting tomorrow, plan like a chef.
Lately I've been getting questions about lunches. Namely, vegetarian lunches.
A friend of mine who is exploring vegetarianism does well most of the day, but finds packing a lunch to be a challenge. What to eat, especially for a newbie who is used to ham sandwiches? How do you get beyond peanut butter, when mornings are rushed and you're feeling uninspired, or don't even know what a healthy vegetarian lunch should be?
As always, I think like a chef. My answer is always about planning, thinking two steps ahead, and planning that brown bag as you would any other meal. I don't know about you, but I really look forward to taking a break at midday, and the thought of eating something thrown together at the last minute, or worse, fast food, doesn't cut it.
So when you're making dinner, think about lunch. I'm not talking about leftovers, though those are great too. I love to tuck into some leftover pasta or veggie chili, but this is more about making two meals with the effort of one.
Let me share what I made for dinner tonight:
These were some quinoa and edamame croquettes, with a julienne salad, spiced chickpeas, fresh tomato,and buttermilk dressing.
Thinking ahead to lunches tomorrow, I doubled the croquette recipe, made some extra salad, and took some wraps out of the fridge.
Lunch tomorrow will be:
Roll up 1 croquette cut in half, a handful of salad, a sprinkle of the spiced chickpeas, and the dressing. Voila. The wraps are in the fridge and ready for tomorrow.
It's not like it takes twice the effort to julienne a few extra vegetables, or double the recipe for the croquettes. Rolling it up in the wrap makes a whole new meal.
Another example, eggplant parmesan. Make some extra slices of eggplant, spread a nice, crusty calabrese roll with sauce, layer on the eggplant, some cheese, fresh tomato, and maybe a bit of arugula, and you have lunch.
Ok, so I know what you're thinking. What sort of freak makes eggplant parmesan on a weeknight? We're lucky to eat at all! Fair enough. So how about this. You're cooking up some protein of some kind, maybe it's chicken, or tofu. Cook a bit more. Boiling potatoes for mash? Boil a couple extra. Maybe throw in an extra cob of corn. Now…
Cut up the protein, cube the cooled potato, and cut the kernels off that cob of corn. Shred some lettuce into a lunch container, add the protein, potato, corn, and toss with some dressing. Sprinkle with some sunflower seeds, or a handful of canned beans. See how easy it is?
And if you do this while you're making dinner, you finish the dishes and realize, lunch is also made.
How did you get so clever?
The Quinoa and Edamame Croquettes will be posted tomorrow. By the way, I also enjoy going out for lunch once in a while. I'll get my calendar…


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2.StopI Am Woman 3.23
3.StopThis Masquerade 3.35
4.StopI Didn't Mean to Love You 4.04
5.StopWhere Is My Friend 3.15
6.StopAnd I Love You So 4.01
7.StopWhat Would They Say 2.46
8.StopWhere Is the Love 3.04
9.StopHit the Road, Jack 2.2
10.StopThe Last Blues Song 2.44
11.StopLeave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) 3.27
12.StopLovin' You 2.51
13.StopA Bit of OK 2.09
14.StopDon't Mess With a Woman 3.05
15.StopDelta Dawn 3.1
16.StopThe West Wind Circus 4.25
17.StopIf We Could Still Be Friends 2.2
18.StopLong Hard Climb 3.01
19.StopUntil It's Time for You to Go 2.19
20.StopThe Old Fashioned Way 2.59
21.StopThis Masquerade [Live][*] 3.22
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Raven's two-fer release of Helen Reddy's I Am Woman and Long Hard Climb is typically well-produced -- well-annotated by Ian MacFarlane, remastered expertly, nicely designed, adorned by two bonus tracks, and -- above all -- focusing on two records that capture the artist at the peak of her career. All well and good, so the question is this: Is this solely for the diehards or will those who like "I Am Woman" and know nothing else also enjoy this two-fer? The answer is yes, they should enjoy I Am Woman/Long Hard Climb, but it's a qualified "yes" because a little Helen Reddy can go a long way for some listeners -- especially those who enjoy "I Am Woman" for either its camp value or its message. However, those who like the record for its sound -- its layered, post-Glen Campbell, early-'70s soft rock, AM pop, MOR sound -- this is quite enjoyable, particularly because the quality of the songs is quite consistent (apart from the odd stumble like a woeful cover of Ray Charles' "Hit the Road, Jack" or the vaudevillian "The Last Blues Song"). Ironically enough for a singer so associated with a tale of empowerment, Reddy isn't a particularly assertive vocalist; she tends to blend into the production of the records on both albums, which is not a bad thing, since it enhances the enjoyment of each as sheer sound and as period pieces, since they certainly stopped arranging and producing records like this a few years after these were released. And that's also the reason why this disc may, in many ways, be preferable to a hits collection for listeners who like "I Am Woman" or "Delta Dawn," the big single from Long Hard Climb, and want more in that vein instead of all the charting hits, which after a certain point were less endearing than the music captured here. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
- Vocal, Rock
- Soft Rock, Pop/Rock
- Soft Rock, Adult Contemporary
- July 22, 2003
- Helen Reddy

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The release of a popular tennis shoe nearly caused a disturbance early Saturday at the DeSoto Square Mall in Bradenton.
The incident occurred just after 9 a.m. and was defused by more than a dozen Manatee County Sheriff's Office deputies.
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Bring'em Out: Gonzaga Bulldogs (5-5) at No. 9 (AP/Coaches) Baylor Bears (7-0) at American Airlines Arena Saturday at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN2.
Watch for: Hopefully a competitive game. The win over Lewis-Clark State gave the Zags something they desperately needed: confidence. Even though the Warriors hail from the NAIA, the Bulldogs were able to do two vital things Thursday night; snap the three-game skid, and get the non-regulars some quality minutes. Those two ingredients are a recipe for success. Let's hope it's enough to topple the Bears come Saturday.
Fear: Amongst others, LaceDarius Dunn. Unusual name, unusual talent. After being suspended by the team for the first three games of the season for a domestic dispute charge involving his girlfriend, Dunn has scored no-less than 20 points in each of the four contests he's participated in. Mark Few calls him "an NBA talent", and he's not lying. But the reason the Bears are a top-10 team, is because of Dunn's supporting cast. Quincy Acy and Perry Jones are each averaging a little over 13 points and nine rebounds a game. Gonzaga will need multiple guys to have season-best performances to win.
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Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) India should take advantage of a mindset change in Pakistan towards it to initiate an "uninterrupted and uninterruptible" process of dialogue to resolve all bilateral issues, senior Congress MP Mani Shankar Aiyar has said here.
"There is a mindset change brought about in Pakistan as a result of generational change," the Rajya Sabha MP said at the Atlantic Council think tank, referring to the change in Pakistani peoples attitude towards India.
India should take advantage of this new situation to initiate an "uninterrupted and uninterruptible" process of dialogue, he said, hoping that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would visit Pakistan before the next elections to set in train such a dialogue.
Aiyar said that he was pleased with the Pakistan election outcome because it constituted a genuine transition from a civilian government to another without army intervention.
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V I I If V -x- J Weber Slate College Ogden, Utah May 22, 1979 olume 39 IV umber 55 1 . ' A;- K "-VfeSgai , . ..... .. .... ' I CHUCK FKUDKlCh., TKK member, openly violates the no-longer existing Union Building games area dress code, l'hoto by Suzette Ahrendt. Keep your shorts on, even in games area by Beverly DeVoy "The dress code sucks," said Mike Williams, a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE). About six members of the fraternity wore shorts in the games area Friday to protest the dress code the games area manager had implemented on students. Last week, Tom Kiernan, manager, said he would not admit anyone into the games area with shorts on because of a 1965 Weber State College dress code. Later in the day, the Union Building Policy Board met to discuss the dress code and This is the last issue of the Signpost this quarter. The newspaper will not be printed during the summer. The next issue of the E 1 recommended policy in the games area should be the same as the rest of the Union Building. Union Director Farrel Shepherd said he told bowling alley employees last week not to "make a fuss" when students came into the games area until the policy board made a decision on the code. No official action was taken at the meeting because a quorum was not present. However, Vice President of Administrative Services, Parry Wilson, also a member of the board, said he would like to go on record that "dress standards apply to the whole Union Building, and since " 1 Signpost will iust after appear school resumes in September. Enjoy your summer, as we will enjoy ours ! n 8 S the games area was part of the building, shorts and cut-offs should be premitted in the games area." Sally McKinny said the 1965 dress code also stated "faculty and staff must wear a coat and tie", and if the dress code was going to be enforced on students in the games area then it should also be enforced in all areas. Chairman Greg Garfield, said, "If Tom Kiernan wishes to have some sort of code, he can write it up and present it to the board." He added shorts should be permitted in the games area as in the rest of the building. Wilson also recommended that a dress code concerning socks when bowling should be required, for health reasons. Garfield then suggested the bowling alley should stock socks so they will be available for students when they come in to bowl. Salary question goes to Supreme Court Signpost Editor John Redding said he is not through with his pursuit for Weber State College employees' salaries. "The Utah Supreme Court still has to rule on the appeal the college filed suit on, before I decide whether or not to take the issue into federal court," Redding noted. According to the editor's attorneys, the state Supreme Court will hear the appeal next month. Redding filed suit against the college last year requesting personally identifiable salary information and successfully won the suit in Third District Court in Salt Lake City. The college then appealed. However, the state legislature then made it law that salaries of employees in higher education were classified as private information. All other state em- "" . t n - V I Mil V'V": HAFSD1 CKOLSfc. Vietnam-era veteran and Vi SC junior majoring in political science, has been chosen to moderate ceremonies at Memorial Day services at the Ogden cemetery May 28 at 10:30 a.m. The week following is V ietnam Veterans' Week across the nation. ployees' salaries are classified public. "1 feel the actions of the state legislature were now set one group of people above another," the editor noted. "I also think the new law is unconstitutional. I'll just have to wait and see what the Utah Supreme Court decides on Ithe issue. The court may decide the law is unconstitutional and order the college to release the salaries." "However," he said, "if the court rules in favor of the college because the legislature changed the law, then I will have no other choice but to go into federal court." Redding noted his attorneys were researching the constitutional aspect of the law, and will be advised by them when they reach a conclusion.
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UFC on FX 5 Preview: 20 Facts About Friday's Event
Are you hungry for some UFC knowledge? Good, because Fight Cove has you covered with 20 facts about UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot, scheduled for this Friday (October 5th) from the Target Center in Minneapolis, MN.
The event is headlined by an heavyweight bout of Travis Browne vs. Antonio Silva and can be seen on live on FX in the United States and Rogers Sportsnet in Canada starting at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.
Check below for 20 facts about Friday's UFC on FX 5 event.
1 – UFC on FX 5 is the first UFC event to take place in Minneapolis since UFC 87 on Aug. 9, 2008.
2 – Of a combined 29 professional wins, Travis Browne and Antonio Silva have finished 25 opponents by knockout or submission.
3 – The winner of John Dodson vs. Jussier Da Silva will fight Demetrious Johnson for the UFC flyweight championship.
4 – Dennis Hallman has 46 more professional fights than his opponent Thiago Tavares.
5 – After starting his career 13-0, Diego Nunes is 4-3 in his last seven fights.
6 – Jay Hieron and Jake Ellenberger will have a rematch of a June 3, 2006 bout. Hieron won by unanimous decision.
7 – Travis Browne is the only undefeated fighter on the card.
8 – There are six fighters on the card with at least 30 professional fights. Four of those fighter have at least 40 professional fights. Three has at least 50 professional fights and two have at least 60 professional fights.
9 – Aaron Simpson has fought to a decision in six-straight fights. His opponent, Mike Pierce, has fought to a decision in four-straight fights.
10 – Jay Hieron's last UFC fight was Oct. 3, 2005, at UFC Fight Night 2.
11 – Josh Neer fights for the first time since being knocked out for the first time in over five years.
12 – Diego Nunes opened his career 11-0 with 11 wins by (T)KO or submission. Since joining ZUFFA for his 12th professional fight, Nunes has gone 6-3 with all nine fights going the distance.
13 – Jay Hieron fought Georges St-Pierre in his fifth professional fight.
14 – Jeremy Stephens and Yves Edwards, who fight on the preliminary portion of the card, have combined for 29 knockout wins.
15 – Four fighters on the card have at least 10 professional losses.
16 – The eight main card fighters combine for a 76% finishing rate (110 of 145 total wins).
17 – All five of Jacob Volkmann's UFC wins are by decision.
18 – In 90 combined professional fights, Dennis Hallman nor Thiago Tavares has lost by submission.
19 – John Dodson will attempt to become the first winner of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality show to go 3-0 since season 11 winner Court McGee.
20 – Of the 24 fighters competing on the card, Dennis Hallman has the most fights (67), and wins (51). Yves Edwards owns the most losses (18). Bart Palaszewski, Jake Ellenberger and Josh Neer are tied for the most (T)KO victories (17), Hallman has the most submissions (40) and Carlo Prater leads the card in fights won by decision (11).
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Hello, Lovelies! Have you ever reached into the cupboard for your sourdough starter, lifted the lid and breathed that wonderful sour-ish, flour-ish, whole-grain goodness smell up your nostrils and just smiled? Mmmmm, me too. Okay, so maybe the nostril part was more detail than you needed.
Anyway, that's why I'm sharing my current go-to Sourdough Bread recipe.
No, no! Don't go! I know the thought of making sourdough bread is a bit daunting. I was in the same boat. But really, it's not hard to learn. And just think about how pleased you'll be when you bite into that first buttery slice of homemade goodness and know you're eating healthy.
Okay, just think about that first buttery slice.
Okay, just think about the butter.
Any which way you do it, just take a deep breath and stick with me for a bit here.
When I finally decided to face my fears and learn about sourdough, I read about it until my eyes went buggy. I was right. . .it was daunting. Some recipes measured out the ingredients in grams and had very detailed how-to's that frankly, made my knees shake just thinking about it. I'm sorry, but I just don't cook like that. The more specific and detailed a recipe, the greater the chance I'll botch it up somehow.
I came to the conclusion that if I were going to make sourdough bread, it would have to meet my specifications:
- I wanted a recipe that used a lot of sourdough starter or at least soaked the added flour for a significant amount of time. The whole purpose of souring wheat is for your health. It wasn't going to do a whole lot of good to use only 1/2 cup of sourdough starter, add several cups of flour, and bake it without an extended souring. I wanted it to be soured down to the very last crumb.
- I did not want to use dry yeast. The ingenuity of sourdough is that the yeast is right there. Why make a sourdough recipe and have to add yeast as well?
- I also wanted a basic, old-fashioned recipe without a lot of fluff to it. Something like my great-great grandmother might have made in a little log cabin tucked in the woods. Simple, soured, and satisfying.
- And last, but not least, I didn't want any form of sugar in it.
I wasn't asking for much, was I?
My search brought me to GNOWFGLINS. I love this site because:
- GNOWFGLINS is an acronym for "God's Natural, Organic, Whole Foods, Grown Locally, In Season" – can you sum up the delight of healthy, good-for-you food in any better way?
- I love that they call themselves GNOWFGLINS – a strange looking word that makes you so curious you can't help but find out what it means. So you go to their site and suddenly your sucked in and reading about sourdough and all sorts of whole food goodness. Very astute of them.
Oh, oh, there's one more reason. . .
- They had my recipe. Well, not my recipe, but you know, mine. The treasure I was looking for. And you can use it for pizza crust, rolls, etc. too. (Yipee!) I think I may send them a dozen roses.
I take absolutely no credit for how much you're going to love this bread. I'm just overjoyed to have found it and be able to pass it on.
GNOWFGLINS Sourdough Bread (casein-free, egg-free, nut-free, sugar-free, yeast-free)
makes 2 loaves (recipe can easily double for more)
3 c. sourdough starter
1 c. water
1 T. celtic sea salt
approx. 6 cups flour
- If your sourdough starter is at room temperature, you can feed it about 12 hours before you plan to make the recipe. Make sure you still have starter left for future use after removing the 3 cups the recipe calls for.
- If your sourdough starter is in the fridge, take it out and feed it, then let it come to room temp which takes about an hour or so, before proceeding.
- If you have questions on feeding your starter, read a more detailed explanation here.
1. Combine your sourdough starter, water, and salt.
2. Add about 4 cups of flour, then turn your mixer on (I used speed 1 on my Bosch) and continue to add flour in 1/4 c. increments until the dough starts to 'clean' the sides of the bowl. Knead it with the mixer for 5-6 min.
If I could impart any bread-making wisdom it would be: do NOT add too much flour! It takes time for the flour to soak up all the liquids, and when you let it set out for several hours (coming up later in the directions), it will become a bit stiffer. However, if you add so much flour right away that it looks like the 'knead-by-hand' bread dough we're all familiar with, it will become too dry and your finished loaf of bread will taste like sawdust.
One way to tell if you've added enough flour is to take your finger and touch the dough. (Please turn the mixer off first. :)) You should notice that the dough sort of makes a sound as if you'd stuck your finger to the sticky side of a piece of tape and pulled if off again. You don't want it to stick to you, but it should act like it wants to. Does that make sense?
3. Knead the dough in the mixer for 4-5 minutes. Stop and check to see if the dough has good elasticity. What you're looking for is the ability to pinch a small chunk of it and stretch it upward. If it is somewhat smooth and stretches a good bit, you're good. But if it breaks off right away, you'll want to knead for another minute or so.
Alternately, you can knead by hand for about 8-12 minutes. If you do this I suggest putting oil instead of flour on your counter top as well as oiling your hands. A common mistake is adding too much flour to prevent your hands from sticking and you end up getting the dough too dry.
4. Place your dough in a large, well-oiled bowl. Flip it over and rotate it so that it's completely coated. Cover the bowl with a damp towel and let it set in the refrigerator (or a cool room about 55 degrees or cooler) for twelve hours or overnight. OR you may leave your dough at room temperature for 5-6 hours.
5. After the dough has doubled in volume, oil your hands and counter top again. Cut dough into two equal portions. (I'm cutting mine into four because I doubled the recipe.)
6. Shape each portion into loaves (rolls, pizza, or whatever you want) and place them in oiled bread pans. Cover with damp towels again and let rise in a warm place until doubled. This takes about 1 1/2 – 3 hours, which of course means more souring time!
7. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Bake in pre-heated oven for 45-60 minutes; until the tops are nicely browned and the loaves sound a bit hollow if you tap on them. Take the loaves out of the pans and cool on a wire rack.
Optional: brush tops with butter or water immediately after removing from the oven for a softer crust. (Butter is better, butter is better. . .)
There, that's all there is to it!
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In Dianne Penny's Athens studio, one wall is covered with oil paintings of fruits and vegetables — a chopped cantaloupe, a bunch of beets, a sliced avocado — arranged on different surfaces. On another wall is a lone painting of a haystack in the middle of a field.
Penny sees a thread of similarity running through her works.
"I painted that haystack in the 1970s, and I didn't paint again until the early 2000s," said Penny, who has lived in Athens 30 years. "What surprises me is that they're so much the same, with an isolated form in the center. I went right back to where I had been."
Those who've seen Penny's recent paintings in the Mercury Art Works gallery at , in the current juried exhibition at the or last fall's show at have ascribed all sorts of characteristics to her still lifes. While viewers may see passionate pears, sexual peaches and allegorical avocadoes, Penny sees just the form and shape of the food itself.
"People tell me all sorts of things," she said with a laugh. "I do think these objects have a sort of power, because they're so bold. But for me, they're not cerebral at all. It doesn't really matter what the object is."
What matters, said Richard Olsen, a retired University of Georgia professor of painting, is that Penny keeps painting, displaying "a rugged determination to continue. The subject matter isn't important, it was just there for her to paint," he said. "The reality of it is how she painted the painting."
Italian artist Giorgio Morandi, who painted still lifes and landscapes for most of his life, counts as one of Penny's favorite modern artists. Bottles and vases populate his paintings.
She hasn't always focused on single objects in her artwork. As a child growing up in Decatur, Alabama, Penny painted and drew everything — the trees and hills around her, her friends and family, pets and houses. She came to the university's art department in the 1970s and took painting and drawing classes, but majored in graphic design.
Penny worked as a graphic designer in Atlanta for several years before eventually returning to Athens to study painting with Jim Herbert, Elaine de Kooning and Richard Olsen, and painting with Robert Croker. After marrying Smith Wilson, an Athens contractor specializing in historic preservation projects, Penny took a job at the . The books and publications she designed were stylish and lovely.
She left the university to take care of her two daughters, Elizabeth and Catherine, doing freelance design projects on the side. She didn't start to paint again until her children were young women—and a new studio was finished above the family's garage.
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ERISA, HMO, MCO, NCQA....Getting Through The Legalities & Alphabet Soup Of Managed Health Care
(August 2, 1998) Over the last few weeks there has been much in the news regarding various federal plans to "improve" the present Managed Health Care System in the U.S. This has been fueled in large part by the virtual explosion of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and other types of entities that now manage the health care of most of our citizenry.
The sudden impact of this "new" health industry, has also lead to much confusion among plan participants as to what and what may not be covered in their plans, and to accusations of fraud and abuse.
How does one pick a good, reliable health plan, and judge its performances in comparison to others? What are the legal recourses, if any, if the plan does not deliver proper medical care?
Only an informed individual can make reasonable judgments as to how the present debate in Congress should end, and which of the diverse fixes to the health care system should be enacted. In addition, only a well-informed individual who has done the appropriate research can decide which Managed Care Plan, if any, is right for them. And finally, only a well-informed and well-educated patient will be aware if the level of medical care they are receiving meets present standards. This last issue is extremely important given the presently debated issue regarding a patient's right to sue their Managed Care Organization (MCO).
So here are some basic facts and guides as to where you can find sources to make these decisions, just in time to bug your government representatives about these issues:
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Now that you know what all the shouting is about on Capitol Hill and you realize what needs to be done to cure the nation's ills, you can sit down and try to figure out what personal health plan (if any) is best for you. To do this you should research your various options carefully.
To get you started with researching Managed Care, here are explanations of the terms referred to in the title of this article:
ERISA- Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 which set up the ground rules for pension and retirement plans and in doing so, created a section that prohibited states from regulating these plans. Most Health Care plans in the US are covered by ERISA, and therefore these plans are exempt from certain regulatory practices, including the ability to be sued outside of federal court.
HMO-Health Maintenance Organization
MCO-Managed Care Organization; Managed Care Organizations (MCO) include HMO, PPO, POS, EPO, PHO, IDS, AHP, IPA, etc.
These definitions come from the Pam Pohly Associates web site (which contains an A-Z Glossary of terms used by the Managed Care Industry.
To help you research your health plan options, there is a non-profit organization called the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). NCQA "assesses and reports on the quality of managed care plans." You can obtain their Consumer Brochure at the NCQA web site.
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PITTSTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has been arrested after he allegedly tried to rob a Wal-Mart store on Thanksgiving night.
Authorities say 37-year-old Michael J. Owens of Old Forge is charged with attempted robbery, attempted theft and disorderly conduct, the Scranton Times-Tribune (http://bit.ly/18NM95s ) reports.
On Thursday at about 9:35 p.m. Owens allegedly walked up to the customer service desk at the Pittston Wal-Mart, slammed his hand on the counter and slid a note to an employee, demanding cash. Police say the employee refused and Owens left empty-handed. Pittston is just outside Scranton.
Owens is being held in the Luzerne County jail, unable to post $75,000 bond. No attorney is listed on court papers.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 11.


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Burnett first appeared on 'All My Children' in 1983, in 1995 she returned to host a 25th anniversary special and made a brief cameo in 2005. According to Entertainment Weekly, Burnett will share the screen with soap legends Susan Lucci and Jill Larson when she returns to the series.
"It is our honor and pleasure to welcome back Carol Burnett to Pine Valley. Verla Grubbs is a beloved member of the 'All My Children' family and we look forward to reprising her character," Julie Hanan Carruthers, 'All My Children' executive producer, said in a statement.
Josh Duhamel and Eva La Rue are among the other familiar faces returning to 'All My Children' to pay tribute to the show that launched their careers. In September ABC will replace 'AMC' with a food and lifestyle show, 'The Chew.'
Watch a clip of Burnett alongside the late Elizabeth Taylor from 'All My Children.'
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Sochi, Russia • The townspeople of Sochi swarmed the waterfront Friday night in a proud but subdued celebration to the start of the Winter Olympics.
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Thousands marched into a congested space by the South Pier with smiles and baby strollers despite serious concerns of terrorism that have weighed on the Sochi Games since the end of December when a bomber killed at least 15 in a Volgograd train station.
"Everybody should come out," said Lika Basmanova, a Moscow translator.
She dismissed issues of terrorism even with a lack of a major police presence around the city, saying "People are here because they think security is so strong."
Sochi native Natalia Litvinenko, 19, also wasn't afraid to hang out with two friends on a park bench in the tranquil city center about 15 minutes from the waterfront. Using a smartphone to translate between English and Russian, the medical student said no one she knows worries about the possibility of an attack. Instead, she talked about the joy of having the Olympics come to her hometown.
"We have waited for this for a long time," Litvinenko said.
So did a group of 100 Americans who discovered two days before the Opening Ceremony that they no longer had the rooms they had reserved on cruise ships.
Working with San Diego's Ludus Tours, some had paid for the rooms more than a year ago.
It was another example of organizational problems that have been reported leading to Opening Ceremony.
Ludus owner Adam Dailey said he works with a low profit margin to help families of Olympians get to major international sporting events. The former distance runner serves USA Luge, USA Curling and a handful of other national governing bodies who want to help athletes' parents. By Friday night, almost all of Dailey's clients had been relocated — many to the newly constructed media housing next to Olympic Park.
They congregated at a cafe to eat platters of grilled meats and vegetables and celebrate getting a bed.Next Page >
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Flyers Trade Powe, Sign Two; Bigger Move Coming?
By David Strehle
NHL Hot Stove Creative Editor
The makeover of the Philadelphia Flyers' forward ranks continued today when GM Paul Holmgren shipped Darroll Powe to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for a third-round draft pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
The move comes just four days after the GM traded captain Mike Richards and the team's leading goal-scorer Jeff Carter in separate deals on Thursday.
The versatile, 5′ 11″, 212-pounder was a restricted free agent, and is the latest forward to be subtracted from last season's roster. Powe, a natural center playing on the flank, was another in a long line of defense-oriented Flyers' wingers. The gritty, 26-year-old native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan played in 204 games with the Orange-and-Black, scoring 22 goals and recording 41 points, while racking up 130 PIMs.
Powe played in a career-high 81 games this past season, scoring seven goals and 17 points. He was also one of the top four penalty-killers on the club, and scored his first two career shorthanded markers last year. In 40 career playoff contests, Powe has scored one goal and five points.
Either Holmgren felt that Powe would be seeking a big raise on the $725,000 cap hit from last season, or the Flyers' GM is attempting to clear cap space for something bigger when Friday's free agency period opens.
Despite assurances in the press that no more major moves are in the team's future, rumors have persisted that Philadelphia is interested in several free agent forwards. Among those mentioned are UFAs Brooks Laich and Brad Richards. There have even been murmurs that Holmgren will attempt to sign Tampa Bay Lightning RFA Steven Stamkos to an offer sheet.
While it would seem inconceivable to think a team could pry the goal-scoring wunderkind away from the Lightning, most would have said the same about the possibility of Richards and Carter being dealt away within an hour of each other this time last week. Those moves show that just about anything is possible in the new NHL – even with a restrictive salary cap in place.
With 19 players under contract for the 2011-12 season, Holmgren is in excess of $6.7 million beneath the cap ceiling. Talk continues to be that winger Kris Versteeg and his nearly-$3.1 million cap hit may be on the move at some point, and Holmgren could really increase the amount of salary he has to work with by getting Scott Hartnell to waive his NTC and move the left winger out of Philly. With the departure of Richards and Carter, Hartnell incredibly is now the Flyers' second-highest salaried forward (to Danny Briere's $6.5 million).
Philadelphia still has the matter of re-signing Ville Leino, who is set to become an UFA Friday. Leino is reportedly seeking something in the neighborhood of $4 million per year in a new deal. Holmgren also has to sign newly-acquired RFA forwards Jakub Voracek and Wayne Simmonds, and it is looking increasingly likely that RFA Dan Carcillo will not be brought back.
Two Re-Signed
In other moves on Monday, Philadelphia re-signed a pair of RFA forwards in Andreas Nodl and Tom Sestito. Nodl's deal was for two years at $845,000 annually, while the terms Sestito's deal were not released.
Nodl, 24, got off to a blistering start last year, scoring six goals and 10 points in his first 14 games. But he tailed off greatly, and the 6′ 1″, 196-pound Austrian-native finished with just 11 goals and 22 points in 67 contests.
The 23-year-old, 6′ 5″, 228-pound Sestito may end up making the opening night Flyers' roster. As Holmgren looks to cut costs in certain areas, he may try to move or even buyout Jody Shelley – who is scheduled to make $1.1 million in each of the next two seasons – and have Sestito remain as the club's enforcer.
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Alas, there are other issues. For example, is experience in public service relevant in your qualifications to be president? People used to think so. As recently as 2008, Republicans touted Senator John McCain's long military record, followed by many productive years in Congress, as evidence that he grasped the elements of government from several directions and knew how to get things done. Now watch as the murdochian meme of hating all government, all the time, reaches its fruition with Mitt Romney's record of public service, the skimpiest in 100 years. One term as governor of a northeastern state… period. That's it. Not even an additional day as mayor or dog catcher.
Now, Rachel Maddow has her own axes to grind. Hardly a detached nonpartisan, hereslf. But the facts deserve a look. Only then recall what Maddow doesn't mention. That Romney got a lot done during that one term, creating a model for sensible health care reform for the entire nation. Come on. Rachel, try to be fair.
All right, I admit I was being a bit sardonic there. Moreover, it is legitimate for Republicans to repudiate their own proposal of 20 years. "We've changed our minds" is a fair enough thing to say.
Still, the ironies come thick and rich and we citizens have a right to chuckle over them. Picture this distillation offered by one member of my blogmunity: "The president was lambasted by his opponents for getting a congress (controlled by his party) to pass their (the other party's) version of a bill on an issue both parties had been debating for decades."
Okay, you can change your minds. But why be so angry that the other side went ahead and passed your bill? It's the anger that's dishonest. Indeed, it is foul.


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Have you ever tweeted a complaint or concern to an online retailer and waited an eternity for a response?
While STELLAservice, which measures and rates online customer service performance, isn't saying which retailers are the worst offenders, it is heralding the most responsive, and Zappos.com and LLBean,com are at the top of the list.
Zappos and LLBean answered 100 percent of mystery customers' tweets within 24 hours, during a 45-day period that started in April, according to the STELLAservice study, which was reported by CNET.
Overstock.com and Dell.com responded to 98 percent of tweets, while Best Buy answered 89 percent of tweets. Other companies among the top 25 online retailers responded to an average of just 44 percent of customers' concerns.
"By failing to take Twitter seriously as a customer service channel, companies may be inadvertently ignoring some of their best customers at their own peril," the research company's chief executive officer, Jordy Leiser , said in a statement. She said online consumers share bad customer service experiences with others.
Researchers also rated retailers with the quickest response to tweets, and Zappos also led the pack.with an average response time of 54 minutes, followed by Best Buy at 1 hour and 47 minutes, and Overstock at 1 hour and 53 minutes.
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SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, has long been known for its street rods, customs, and replicas that are rarely seen on the roads of America. These are more like parade vehicles that are shown at exhibitions and, well, parades.
With these modified vehicles roaming the streets, state government had to find a way to make money off of them. Numerous states, including Washington, Florida, North Carolina, and California have enacted the SEMA-bill and now, Massachusetts joined the party.
Governor Deval Patrick signed the law in the legislation that will create a vehicle registration classification for these special vehicles. The new law will set parameters of what street roads, replica vehicles, specially constructed vehicles, and custom vehicles are.
"After 5-years of working with the legislature on various iterations of this bill, we are extremely grateful to State Representative Carolyn Dykema, in addition to Representative Brian Dempsey, Representative Joseph Wagner, Representative Charles Murphy and Senator Steven Baddour and their staffs for taking it over the last hurdle," said SEMA VP of Government Affairs, Steve McDonald.
A benefit of this new law is that these vehicles are now exempt from emission inspections. That being said, specially constructed vehicles and replicas built after April 30, 2012 will be subject to emission requirements.
"This new law simply recognizes the immeasurable amount of time, money and attention automotive hobbyists invest in their cars. For many vehicle enthusiasts in Massachusetts and throughout America, building, maintaining and enjoying their vehicles is a favorite pastime. This new law represents an opportunity to acknowledge their commitment to the hobby and to protect it for future generations," said McDonald.


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I apologize for that. Those disturbing images are from "People of Walmart." For the unfamiliar, it was a fleeting Internet craze like planking, pet shaming, breading, the cinnamon challenge, and cats (lol, jk cats are going nowhere). Despite its fleeting nature, "People of Walmart" was a craze so morbidly fascinating it was burned into my memory. Butt cracks, mystery stains, lack of clothing, and of course, sweatpants nightmares have all been seared onto my brain.
With that background of Internet-induced trauma in mind, it is easy to see why I'd be very wary of the super casual, trendy sweats and sweatshirts we've been seeing lately. Karl Lagerfeld said, "Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants." Well Karl, that's a bit extreme… They looked killer in shows like J Brand and Charlotte Ronson, and celebs like Rihanna, Miley and Rita Ora look great in them. They prove it's a thin and perilous line between sporty chic and the just-rolled-out-of bed-in-the-insane-asylum-look. But don't sweat it (get it?). Here are your guidelines for staying on trend without looking like you could be featured on "People of Walmart."
- Don't wear sweatpants and a sweatshirt together! C'mon, that's the easiest way to show you actually couldn't care less. Instead, balance the volume of sweats or joggers with a tight fitting crop top.
- Proper fit is essential. Make sure your pants are fitting, not sloppy. A snug-fitting or cropped sweatshirt like this Dimepiece LA one keeps you out of the lumpy thrift store bin zone.
- Look for pieces in more luxe fabrics or textures like silk or leather.
Matty Herringbone Texture Printed Pants
- Taper-legged sweats look soooo cool with a strappy stiletto. Yes, cool enough to warrant those extra o's.
- Add structured, collared shirts underneath your crew neck sweatshirt for a more polished look.
- Always accessorize! A statement necklace looks awesome with a neutral colored sweatshirt. Metallic chain necklaces or fancy earrings bring your look to an appropriate for public level. Accessories let people know you put thought and care into your ensemble.
- Prints are your friend! Fun prints and designs make your pieces look for thoughtful, intentional, and fashionable.
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What does the fox say? "Get me the f— out of Walmart."
In the context of Walmart, this isn't nearly as shocking as it should be.
I'm very sorry for your medical condition but is there any POSSIBLE reason you couldn't have spared us and worn pants?
This is actually kind of awesome. I'm jeal.
This is so disgusting on so many counts. So much is coming to mind that I can't possibly fathom how she does: typing, general human contact, putting on makeup, fastening buttons, getting eyelashes out of her eyes, petting puppies, nail polish usage, going to the bathroom… EVERYTHING. WHY?!
When in doubt put on not only every article of clothing you own but everything you own in general.
Mo' shirt, mo' problem. This a trend I really hope to see catch on.


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David Beckham Answers The Year's Most Important Question: If you ever wondered if David Beckham was packing his goods in his (almost-too-hot-for-AccessHollywood.com) H&M ads – rest easy, what you see in Becks' ads is all Becks! "No, I can say the crotch is mine and the backside is mine as well," the athlete said on France's "Le Grand Journal" (via E!) when asked if his nether regions has been enhanced or if a body double had been used. "I heard this the other day. Someone said that I had a stand-in for my bum, but no, I can confirm that's my bum." Roll Call can finally exhale.
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Voters across the commonwealth headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in the Virginia Primaries. A number of nominations were up for grabs.
Ralph Northam has unofficially snagged the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor. Northam beat out Aneesh Chopra with 54 percent of the vote.
Mark Herring is the unofficial Democratic nominee for Attorney General. He beat out first time candidate Justin Fairfax by more than 5,000 votes.
The votes are also in for a number of local races.
Tim Allen unofficially walked away with the Democratic nomination for Roanoke City Sheriff, getting 86% of the vote. He will be part of a three-way race in November involving two-term Republican Sheriff Octavia Johnson and Independent candidate Travis Akins.
Two Republican House of Delegates seats were also up for grabs on Tuesday.
Les Adams has been named the unofficial Republican nominee for District 16's seat.
Jeffery Campbell snagged the Republican nomination for District 6 with 70 percent of the vote.
While the polls were open for hours Tuesday, not a lot of voters turned out to cast their ballots.
Around 140,000 voters turned out statewide, while 2,100 people voted in Roanoke City. Some poll workers optimistically estimated they saw 50 people.
Election leaders believe the problem isn't voter apathy, but a lack of advertisement on the state and local levels.
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Laura Shackelford
My research examines and exploits the comparative perspective literary texts, in print or digital media, provide on digital cultures. I study literary encounters with digital cultures in a variety of media - print fiction, electronic literatures, digital games, graphic novels, and film. I'm particularly interested in how such experimental, cross-media literary and artistic practices register and creatively and critically reflect on contemporary digital cultures, information and systems sciences, and computation-based technologies in the U.S.
My book, Tactics of the Human: Experimental Technics in American Fiction, returns to fiction published in the midst of the supposed 'digital revolution' from 1991-2002 that reflects on digital cultures by literally incorporating digital modes of expression and spatial forms (such as the hyperlink, or social network) into the print medium or reconsidering print literary practices by transposing them into a digital hypertext fiction. The book reflects on the comparative view literary texts such as John Barth's "Click," Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl; or a Modern Monster, and Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex provide on emerging digital cultures and, in particular, their efforts to think through the potential impact of digital cultures (and the post-war cybernetics, information, and systems sciences on which they draw), on previous, print-based understandings of sex, gender, identity, race, sexuality, nation, and the human. I argue that their comparative media practices point us towards important new ways that the literary participates in digital cultures.
Recent work includes an essay, "Migrating Modalities of Expression;" or Mode-Play in Electronic Poetry as Another Kind of Language," on Maria Mencia's electronic poetry, which experiments with multisensory or multimodal expression using text, moving text, sound, color, interactive elements, and video, capabilities that are unique to the digital medium, but also have ties to earlier poetic traditions such as concrete poetry.
In direct and lively relation to my research, my current teaching repetoire includes courses in:
Narrative Moves: Storytelling in and Across Media; The Novel: Its Past and Futures; Science Fiction: Biopolitics; Topics in Women's & Gender Studies.
This spring, I'll pilot a new course I've designed on Text & Code that will examine the combinations of text and code that underlie emerging creative textual practices in electronic literatures, mobile communication, digital games, geospatial mapping, interactive and locative media, and augmented reality. Reflecting on the strategies we need to "read" such texts, the course will also consider the social, cultural, creative, and legal significance of these new kinds of creative textual practices.
Peer-reviewed book & articles
Tactics of the Human: Experimental Technics in American Fiction. University of Michigan Press, publication in Fall 2014.
"Systems Thinking in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Moonrise Kingdom." In The Films of Wes Anderson, ed. Pete Kunze. Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Acadmic Press in May 2014.
"Migrating Modalities of Expression; or, Mode-Play in Digital Poetics as Another Kind of Language." Accepted for publication (on successful completion of revisions), Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature.
"Reading Topographies of Post-Postmodernism." A review of Jeffrey Nealon's Post-Postmodernism, Stanford University Press, 2012. Forthcoming in Electronic Book Review (ebr), a peer-reviewed journal of critical writing.
"Subject to Change: The Monstrosity of Media in Shelley Jackson's Patchwork Girl and other Posthumanist Critiques of the Instrumental." Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies, issue 63, vol. 21, no. 3 (Winter 2006): 62-101.
"Counter-Networks in a Network Society: Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead." Postmodern Culture, issue 16.3 (May 2006).
"Narrative Subjects Meet their Limits: John Barth's 'Click' and the Remediation of Hypertext." Contemporary Literature 46.2 (2005): 275-310.
Recent Presentations
"Found Affect in E-Poetics;" International E-Poetry Festival 2013, Kingston University. London, June 19, 2013.
Invited Talk: E-Poetry 2012 Buffalo Summer Intensive. "Migrating Modalities of Expression; or, Mode-Play in Digital Poetics." Event organized by Loss Pequeño Glazier, Director, Electronic Poetry Center and Professor of Media Study, University at Buffalo. May 16-18, 2012.
Guest Lecture. "Generative Writing." Writing for Interactive Media, course in Interactive Media and Game Design taught by Stephen Jacobs, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, March 26, 2013.
Respondent. N. Katherine Hayles. ''Are Digital Media Changing the Way We Think?'' Inaugural Lecture, Eugene K. Fram Chair in Critical Thinking. Oct. 11, 2012.