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By Ben Deatherage
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Cottage Grove, Oregon- The Northwest Wingless Tour returns to racing this Saturday July 12th for the first time in nearly a month. They will compete at Cottage Grove Speedway the site of their first race of 2014. The ¼-mile clay oval has hosted some great Non-Wing Sprint Car action in the past and looks to live up to that reputation this weekend.
Already in 2014 there have been three different winners in as many events with the NWWT. Mike Romig, Colin Baker, and Sean Johnson have all managed to find victory lane this year. Another fact to point out is all three victors during the current campaign have all been first time winners with the series.
Eighteen total NWWT sanctioned races have occurred at CGS since the series was formed in 2009. Kyle Miller has a firm grip of the win list with twelve triumphs including six times in 2013. Kyler Barraza is the only other multi-race winner with two while Roger Crockett, Dale Smith, Kyle Mehner, and most recently Colin Baker have all won once.
Pit Gates will open at 2:00 PM, Front Gates open at 4:00, and racing starts at 6:45. Tickets are Adults $12.00, Seniors/Military/Juniors (13-17) $10.00, Youths (Ages 12-6) $5.00, and Children under the age of 5 are FREE and a Family Pass will be offered for two Adults and up to four Youths for just $35.00. For more information log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com.
In 2014 the Northwest Wingless Tour will participate in eight events at four different facilities in the Pacific Northwest. For the latest information log on to wingless.nwextremeseries.com. Also be sure and "like" us on Facebook.
Current Northwest Wingless Tour Points (Top Ten):
1. 22-Mike Romig 189; 2. 11X-Jake Gilman 163; 3. 89-Sterling Kane 153; 4. 50-Brad Rhodes 150; 5. 15-Tony Parker 142; 6. 14-Sean Johnson 105; 7. 27W-Guy Weedman 100; 8. 71-Colin Baker 74; 9. 10-Kyle Miller 70; 42N-Jeff Sibley 62
Previous Northwest Wingless Tour Winners At Cottage Grove Speedway:
2014- Colin Baker on May 3rd
2013- Kyle Mehner on April 20th, Kyle Miller on May 4th, Kyle Miller on June 8th, Kyle Miller on July 19th, Kyle Miller on July 20th, Kyle Miller on August 31st, Kyle Miller on September 1st
2012- Kyle Miller on September 22nd
2011- Kyle Miller on April 30th, Kyle Miller on July 30th, Kyle Miller on September 24th
2009- Kyler Barraza on April 25th, Kyler Barraza on May 23rd, Roger Crockett on June 6th, Dale Smith on July 18th, Kyle Miller on August 15th, Kyle Miller on September 12th
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The list of deaths available at http://www.rememberingourdead.org only contains those deaths known to the transgender community or that have been reported to the media. The Day of Remembrance is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder kicked off the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester's murder — like most anti-transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved.
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My husband is getting "chemoembolization" for liver cancer. Why does he have to have this procedure rather than getting actual chemotherapy? What are the risks involved in this procedure?
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That is a good question. One of the remarkable things about chemoembolization is that it works much better at shrinking the tumor than when we give chemotherapy more systemically (or intravenously).
You can learn more from the radiology society on their website.
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5 Ways Statistics Are Used to Lie to You Every Day
Humans are terrible with numbers. They just don't fit in our brains. It's why scientists can hammer us with statistics about global warming but we will stop believing in it as soon as it gets cold where we live. It's not our fault -- the human brain just isn't built for this, and quite frankly, we don't really need to process huge numbers to get by in our everyday lives. You don't have to understand long term data trends in order to change a goddamn light bulb.
But there are some basics that everyone should know. Each of them sounds incredibly simple when it's explained, yet each of them will fool you again within days of reading this article. So try to keep in mind ...
#5. What We Call "Average" Actually Isn't
Sounds Like ...
Here's a shocking statistic: The average income in the United States is around $70,000. If your income is below that level, reading that is quite a kick. You thought you were actually doing pretty well for yourself, but now you're tempted to get a second job just to bump your net worth up to what the asshole next door is probably making. What's their secret, damn it? Are they all cooking meth?
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"What the hell else are garages for?"
The Problem Is ...
The popular use of the term "average" is way different from the mathematical term, but they get used interchangeably. That's why we're so often shocked at how the "average" person is richer/fatter/taller than us. In everyday language, we use the word "average" to mean "most people," or the most representative person (as in, "The average person doesn't read classic literature" or "The average Joe can't afford to dress like Prince"). But then when they start using the word "average" to talk about statistics, you get weird results, like the fact that 67 percent of people in the USA make less than the "average" income. So how the fuck can "average" mean "most people" when most people aren't average?
Well, we all learned in school how to calculate an average: You take all the values you're averaging, add them up, and divide them by the number of values. This is fine if what you're trying to average is pretty uniform -- the average of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 is 3, right there in the middle. The problem is that averages are absolutely useless if a minority of numbers are unusually high -- the average of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 40 is 10, which doesn't help anybody know shit about anything.
"Unfair? That averages out to be 12 each!"
And that's the problem with the "average income" statistic -- a few rich people are skewing the shit out of the number. If you're earning less than the average income, it's not because your job is screwing you, it's because you live in the same country as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and whoever owns Coke. Mr. Coke or whoever.
Why Does It Matter?
This is so stupidly obvious when explained, but it creates more myths by the day. For instance, you can see one study showing that for every 100 Americans, there are 88 guns, which could lead someone to reasonably assume that it's hard to find an American who isn't packing heat. Then you see another study from the same year showing that only 43 percent of households have guns in them. It's the same deal -- the people who have tons of guns skew the average upward ... and in the process make it hard as hell to get an idea of the overall picture. More often than not, telling us the average just muddles the issue.
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"Every time you enter the room, I feel enormous. Thank you, mathematical averages!"
That's why most reputable sources who try to figure out wealth distribution use the median income, not the average. The median is the actual middle point: You get there by crossing out values on either end until you get to the center, which gives you a more relatable sum of around $50,000. There, we've just made 17 percent of you feel a little better about yourselves.
#4. A Claim of "99 Percent Accurate" Can Be Both True and Meaningless
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Sounds Like ...
You're sitting on the bed in the doctor's office, and he's got bad news. You've tested positive for some kind of cancer. You say, "Are you sure, doc?" and he goes on to inform you that the particular test they used is 99 percent accurate at detecting cancer when it's there, and it produces a false positive only 1 percent of the time in healthy people.
Holy shit, you're 99 percent doomed! Strap on your parachute and buy a monkey, it's time to start on that bucket list!
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"Fuck the chute, I'm aiming for that mountain!"
The Problem Is ...
Actually, even though everything the doctor said was true, there's still only a 1 in 80 chance that you have cancer.
Wait, what? How is that possible? Because what you have come down with is instead an acute case of base-rate fallacy.
Yes, it's true that if you have cancer, the test is 99 percent accurate in telling you -- meaning out of 100 people with the disease, it only misses once. The problem is that other number; the fact that when the cancer isn't there, it still comes back positive 1 percent of the time. So in the course of trying to find the cancer, it's telling so many other people that they have it that a positive result almost becomes meaningless. How can that be true when it only gives a false positive 1 percent of the time? Because that's still a huge number.
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"Boooo! Boo to science and boo to numbers!"
For instance, the number of people with, say, pancreatic cancer is actually only about 1 in 8,000. But if this test gives a "you have cancer" result in 1 percent of the cases, the doctor would tell 80 of those 8,000 people they're sick -- even though statistically, only one of them actually is. So for any one person, a "you have cancer" result only has a 1 in 80 chance of being true. It's still good reason to take more tests, but probably not enough to tell your boss off and start cooking meth.
Why Does It Matter?
A lot of technology makes promises like this that sound impressive, but only if you ignore the base rates. For example, in the U.S., the Transportation Security Administration a few years ago started talking up their new terrorist screening technology. They claimed it could catch over 99 percent of terrorists that pass through, while only identifying 0.01 percent of innocent people as al-Qaida operatives.
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"The cavity search was not as fun as I had originally pictured it in my head."
Those numbers sound fantastic, but as with our cancer example, this means that a gigantic number of innocent people are getting treated as terrorists. So for instance, in 2010, about 700 million times, somebody boarded a plane that flew in the USA. If their terrorist detector "only" throws out positives 0.01 percent of the time, that means 70,000 fucking people are getting pulled out of line, accused, and searched. And in most years, statistically 0 percent of those people are terrorists. So that 0.01 percent sounds great, until you're the one they accuse of having a tiny bomb wedged in your rectum.
#3. Claiming to Be the "Fastest Growing" Group/Company/Etc. Might Not Be All That Impressive
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Sounds Like ...
We recently mentioned a viral video that went around talking about how everyone should be afraid of the looming Muslim threat. Islam is, after all, "the fastest-growing religion in the world." Run!
Some respected and reputable sources have carried this headline, and conservative commentators cite it as evidence that Western nations are soon going to have to cloak our women and bow down to Mecca unless we wise up and start simultaneously banging Christian women and being mean to Muslims.
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"Yeah, you smile now, but just wait until I don't hold the door open for you."
The Problem Is ...
Most sources who bring out the "fastest-growing religion" statistic are using percentages to get there -- has the religion doubled in size? Increased by half? By that measure, Islam figures pretty highly, increasing by 2.13 percent per year. But there are at least two religions higher on the list. Can you guess which? Hinduism? Buddhism? Try Zoroastrianism and Baha'i, weighing in at 2.65 percent and 2.28 percent, respectively. Forget hijabs and turbans -- you better get used to following a 19-month calendar and praying to the great Ahura Mazda.
Which is to say, going by the rate of change isn't that helpful. If the bacon-based cult that your crazy uncle and his four friends invented gains two members at the local country club, then the Church of Baconism just grew by 40 percent.
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OK, now that we see the picture, we may have actually just made that a real group. Sorry about that.
So if you turn things around and measure a religion's growth by sheer number of new adherents per year, then the religion that had the most people join, convert, or get born into it gets the "fastest-growing" title -- in that case, it's probably Pentecostal Christianity.
Going by the other measure gives us the rate of change fallacy, which only becomes meaningful if you can somehow predict the future. If Baconism continues to grow at 40 percent per day, then after two months they'll have 5.7 billion followers! Or, it could stay right at seven until they all have heart attacks at age 43.
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"This isn't going to work. Does anyone have a small shovel so I can unbacon this dude's pork-hole?"
Why Does It Matter?
"But Cracked," someone is already saying, "the fact that they're the fastest growing still means that if current trends continue, they'll eventually be number one!"
Right, if current trends continue. But current trends don't always continue, otherwise the alarmists would have no reason to be alarmed -- their whole reason for freaking out is that some prior trends didn't continue. The point is, any time you hear a company boasting of being the "fastest growing," you should take a moment to find out if they mean they just increased their workforce from three to six people before you invest.
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"And my wife is pregnant again, so you can add one more to that number!"
And if someone is using "fastest growing" as a way to make you scared of another group, you might want to stop and consider if they're full of shit for other reasons.


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Gabrielle Giffords' Brain Injury: FAQ
Editors' note: WebMD will periodically update this FAQ as more information becomes available. The dateline will reflect the most recent update.
Jan. 27, 2011 -- Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has survived a point-blank gunshot wound to the head.
How is this possible? What can surgeons do? What are Giffords' chances of recovery -- and what will recovery mean?
To answer these and other questions, WebMD consulted prominent medical experts with experience in dealing with brain injuries, including gunshot wounds. We also consulted experts in assessment and rehabilitation of patients with brain injuries. None of these experts is treating Giffords, and none has access to her medical records.
These experts include:
- Eugene S. Flamm, MD, professor and chairman of the department of neurological surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in New York.
- Keith L. Black, MD, professor and chairman of the department of neurosurgery and director of the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
- Nina Zeldis, PhD, a specialist in rehabilitation medicine, formerly of Tel Aviv University in Israel, now in private practice.
- Mark Brooks, PhD, a neuropsychologist at Glancy Rehabilitation Hospital in Duluth, Ga.
- David Langer, the director of cerebrovascular research at Cushing Neuroscience Institute in Great Neck, N.Y.
- Alan Manevitz, MD, a family psychiatrist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He has worked with many disaster victims, including those involved in Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
What part of Gabrielle Giffords' brain was injured?
The precise nature of Giffords' wound -- exactly which brain structures were destroyed -- has not been made public. What is known is that a 9 mm bullet fired point-blank at the left rear of her head passed through the brain and exited the left front of her head near her left eye.
That part of the brain controls vision, language, and the ability to move the right side of the body. All of these functions are at risk, notes Keith L. Black, MD.
"The physicians in Arizona indicated that the wound was away from these critical structures," Black says. "Based on those comments, that is a positive side for the congresswoman."
The bullet did not pass from the left side of the brain to the right side of the brain. That almost certainly would have done far more damage, Black notes.


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Tracy K. Smith, a Master of Fine Arts poetry faculty member this semester in the college's low-residency master's program in creative writing received a Pulitzer Prize for her third published book of poetry, Life on Mars, which was released last year.
Smith, who lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., is a full-time poetry instructor at Princeton University and one of the faculty members of Bennington's Writing Seminars, which gather on campus two times a year for 10-day residencies.
The Pulitzer board praised Life on Mars as "a collection of bold, skillful poems, taking readers into the universe and moving them to an authentic mix of joy and pain."
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Birkerts was also recognized this week with his election into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the category of literature. Birkerts was one of 220 new members to join Academy. Others in the new class include Hillary Clinton, Sir Paul McCartney, Clint Eastwood, Neil Simon and others.
The Academy, one of the country's most prestigious honorary societies, recognizes the world's most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, and civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders.
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Ah, KD. The food of my youth. Back in my teen years when grew about a foot every night, I would come home from school, eat an entire box of KD, then eat dinner a few hours later. And I never gained a pound. Man, those were the days. This is my first attempt (hence version 1.0) to recreate that peculiar KD look and taste. Part of this is because of a weird hankering I got for KD the other day, the other part is because I want to create some very kid-friendly meals for my nephew who has recently embraced veg*nism. I got the colour right, but the sauce was still too thick. No matter, the kids bolted it down with gusto with Son #1 eating a record 4 servings.
- 1 large red pepper roasted, peeled, and seeded
- 3 cups macaroni
- 3/4 cup raw cashews
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp tumeric
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1/4 cup margarine
- soy milk
1. While red pepper is roasting, cook pasta according to directions. Start processing cashews and water in a blender until very smooth (3 to 5 mins).
2. Chop roasted pepper (after peeling and seeding, of course) and add to cashew mixture. Once smooth, pass mixture though a fine sieve (optional--my blender really isn't that great). Return to blender and add yeast, mustard, spices, salt, and flour. Blend until smooth.
3. When pasta is cooked, drain. Add margarine to the now empty hot pot and return to the stove over medium heat. When melted, slowly whisk in cashew mixture, then add pasta and mix well. Add enough soy milk until desired consistency is reached.
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Vegan KD 1.0
Ah, KD. The food of my youth. Back in my teen years when grew about a foot every night, I would come home from school, eat an entire box of KD, then eat dinner a few hours later. And I never gained a pound. Man, those were the days. This is my first attempt (hence version 1.0) to recreate that peculiar KD look and taste. Part of this is because of a weird hankering I got for KD the other day, the other part is because I want to create some very kid-friendly meals for my nephew who has recently embraced veg*nism. I got the colour right, but the sauce was still too thick. No matter, the kids bolted it down with gusto with Son #1 eating a record 4 servings.
42 comments:
- radioactivegan said...
4 servings? that is amazing. my brother used to eat a full dinner for after-school snack and then dinner again at dinner time. i was always amazed. must be a guy thing ;)
- April 6, 2010 at 9:53 PM
- Carolyn said...
The cashews! There's the rub- they are fabulous in a cheese sauce, but too much and they turn it to cheese spread. I am still working out the proportions in my favorite cheese sauce, and think that less may be the answer (plus change some of the water to soy/almond/whatever milk).
- April 6, 2010 at 10:11 PM
- Chris said...
It looks incredibly appetizing! I, too, have been searching for a good vegan option for mac and cheese. I haven't found one that I even consider edible. This might fill that spot! Down here in the states we don't call it Kraft Dinner, so it took me a minute to figure out what you meant by "KD!"
- April 6, 2010 at 10:17 PM
- VivaciousVegan said...
Hi Vegan Dad, I am not a big fan of Nutritional yeast, can you really taste it in this version of KD? I miss the easy prep of KD but I cannot adjust to the flavor of the nooch....Help!
- April 6, 2010 at 11:17 PM
- Valhalla Bean said...
I made your creamy mac and cheese recipe from a while back just last night without noticing your new KD post. I was always a fan of KD with ketchup, so I added some ketchup (PC Organic-- so good!) to mine after serving. This made the colour very similar to KD and also the taste. I will try this recipe soon!
- April 7, 2010 at 7:13 AM
- Vonlipi said...
That looks tasty! it will be on my list to try after I get off my low carb diet...
- April 7, 2010 at 7:31 AM
- Hellacool said...
Sounds awesome, I'm gonna make it! I made your chickpea crabcakes last week, they were really tasty.
Btw, if you haven't heard the Hot Chip song 'Crap Kraft Dinner' you should check it out:
- April 7, 2010 at 7:31 AM
- windycityvegan said...
This looks great, I look forward to making it in the next couple of days. I think I'll pulverize my cashews in a grinder first so I can avoid using a sieve, and maybe use some arrowroot powder instead of flour to make this GF (with GF pasta, of course). Thanks for the great recipe, can't wait to try it out!
- April 7, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- A said...
Wo, I had no idea Mac 'n Cheese was called KD in Canada. I honestly can't get over that.
Anyway, best of luck on your attempts, and if they sell Amy's new vegan mac and cheese in the frozen section of your supermarket you should definitely check it out. It uses Daiya and rice pasta and it's amazing!
- April 7, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- Nita said...
This looks great! I, too, had no clue what KD was. We never ate it, but I LOVED macaroni and cheese!
- April 7, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Buddhasbrewing said...
This recipe looks great!
I've been using fat-free vegan Kitchen's recipe for a long while.
I think I might try blending yours with hers as miso really helps out in the cheezy flavor department, but a roasted red pepper might taste better than the pimentos she, and I, have been using.
One suggestion you might grind the cashews in a coffee grinder before you blend them togther and you won't need to strain the "cashew cream" for chunks. It works great. Also you might try adding smoked paprika as it adds to the whole cheezy effect.
- April 7, 2010 at 10:44 AM
- Wunderama said...
Why is it called KD? Excuse my ignorance - just want to learn! :)
- April 7, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- Babette said...
I used to love KD, but none of the commercial vegan brands could come close to the original taste. I'm looking forward to trying this recipe.
- April 7, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Samanpka said...
The danger of this recipe is that you may never want to eat anything else. I make something similar, blending the dry ingredients in bulk so I can keep some of the mix in the fridge for later use. I've never seen a recipe with red pepper though - is it there for the flavor, or to add coloring?
- April 7, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- josh said...
i know it's sort of the antithesis of what you're doing here, but have you tried daiya cheese? it's crazy. i'm lactose intolerant and usually avoid dairy like the plague (if it's not fermented or i don't have a lactase tab on me) and when i was eating this i had to keep reminding myself that it wasn't real and that i wasn't going to be paying for it later.
it's really processed! which is sort of gross. but if you can't get the actual cheese, amy's uses it in their vegan mac bowls. they're waaaaay overpriced (like $5 USD for a measly side-dish portion) but it was obviously memorable.
- April 8, 2010 at 5:53 AM
- Danielle said...
I'm going to make a big batch, so my husband can give Son #1 a run for his money!
- April 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM
- Honey said...
Thank you for this! We had my grandfather's funeral Easter weekend & I've been in some serious need of comfort food. (From the south where there's even meat on our greens) and I haven't been able to fill that yet. Just looking at this makes me think of mamma pulling ooweee goowee mac n cheese with a crunchy topping of bread crumbs out of the oven. Chocolate chip cookies & cocoa would always follow for desert. Oh man I already feel better. We're having this for lunch and dinner tomorrow.
Thank you for sharing this recipe.
- April 8, 2010 at 12:13 PM
- Millie said...
Delicious...its a superb dish to have...great job!
- April 8, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- The Bad Vegan said...
i can't believe how authentic and Kraft-y it looks! hellacool...hot chip is my favorite, ever.
- April 8, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- Amanda Sloan said...
Clueless American here...What does KD stand for?
- April 9, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- Stacey said...
I made this recipe this week and it was really good! I was in a hurry so I did not roast my peppers long enough and only ended up using 1 small one after struggling to peel it. I am sure that the second pepper would have only enhanced the flavor. My mac and "cheese" had a lot of sauce which worked out great for me. I have been serving it over a pile of broccoli! Love it!
- April 9, 2010 at 12:23 PM
- Cmac said...
This looks great and my wife loves mac n cheese. I will have to try this soon.
- April 9, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Sarah said...
I just made this tonight! I made it according to the recipe but then I added a few things just to give it a little extra cheesy bite: 1 tsp tahini and 1 tbsp white wine vinegar. It came out well. The cashew and red pepper did give it a little bit of a sweet flavor that isn't in KD, but not bad... just different.
I always like to try to mac&cheese recipes!
- April 9, 2010 at 11:21 PM
- Krysta said...
This is AMAZING. I just made it for dinner tonight because that picture looked so good. I didn't have a red pepper so I used 2 roasted carrots instead and it worked out great. I also didn't have any tumeric, but the color was perfect due to the carrots.
Thank you for this wonderful recipe!
- April 10, 2010 at 7:29 PM
- Stephanie said...
This looks awesome! Wondering, though, whether you have any ideas for substitutes for the roasted red pepper? My husband can't eat peppers. Thanks!
- April 11, 2010 at 6:26 PM
- RG said...
At least, for the first time maybe, you're trying to recreate the taste of "cheese" instead of real cheese. Good luck on your attempts! We'll be trying this one for sure!
- April 12, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
To all who asked: KD is Kraft Dinner, or Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (for those in the US). Yes, they call it KD here in Canada, even in the commercials on TV (http://www.kraftdinner.com/).
Thanks to all who offered suggestions. Right now, the recipe is a good mac and cheeze, but isn't really like KD (for better or worse). It is a bit heavy on the nooch, and is a bit sweet from the pepper (though I rather like it that way). Another reader suggested carrots as a replacement, and that sounds good to me. It's also too thick. So, I will try again soon and post the results.
- April 12, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Babette said...
I finally tried your KD last week and my bf and I absolutely loved it. I used a canned roasted red pepper because I was lazy and I also added a bit of salt.
This recipe will for sure be a staple in our house. It's a snap to do and it is delicious. I think it should be in your next cookbook, should you decide to make another one.
- April 12, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- Kris said...
I need to make this for dinner! TONIGHT! haha
- April 12, 2010 at 3:09 PM
- Kristen said...
I made this for dinner the other night and it was so good! I didn't think it tasted like Kraft very much, but I liked it better. yum! I love cashew based cheese recipes and I think I'll be using this quite often!
The closest I've gotten to achieving a Kraft like mac and cheese was using tofutti sour cream. Maybe you could give that a shot?
- April 12, 2010 at 8:17 PM
- slowlygoingvegan said...
Vegan Dad, not sure if you are still reading the comments on this post, I hope you are!
I would love to make mac and "cheese" for my kids, but one of them has a cashew allergy. Any idea on a substitution I can use and still have it come out decent? I have tried a couple of nutritional yeast mac and "cheese" and they were not a hit (with us parent or the kids!)
- April 12, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Any kind of non-dairy "milk" would work here. I like cashews because they are creamy but rather neutral in flavour. As I mentioned above, this version is perhaps a tad "noochy" but it is mellowed out by the red pepper.
- April 13, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- AntandAmy said...
I live in New Zealand and was thankfully never subjected to cheese sauce from a box, but we thought this looked tasty anyway, and it's now the only meal ever my husband [non-veg] has requested I make two days in a row. Hands down winner!
- April 14, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- halpey1 said...
Just made it and FINISHED IT ALL... SOOOOO GOOD!
- May 2, 2010 at 5:38 PM
- Mom of three said...
Made and enjoyed by Nephew and siblings :)
- May 27, 2010 at 5:35 PM
- Angela said...
I didn't have peppers of any kind in the house, so I used a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste instead, and it still tasted divine!
- June 15, 2010 at 6:08 AM
- サンディー said...
I made this for dinner tonight and I was literally trying to stick my head in the blender to get out every last drop. It is literally the best thing I have ever tasted. Thank you thank you thank you!
- June 24, 2010 at 7:04 PM
- Krista said...
To those not wanting to use cashews: almond might work, but for our family I use raw sunflower seeds. It is a stronger flavor, but somehow "cheezier" to me. Ya'll will probably want to cook the sauce for a while to cook out the raw flavor. Also, sunflower seeds are pretty cheap, which is always a plus in my book.
VeganDad, I haven't tried this but it's certainly on my list. Thanks for the recipe!
- September 11, 2010 at 2:42 AM
- Janelle Marlee said...
i love this recipe! it times out so perfectly that you're done in 10-15 minutes easily. not to mention, it's DELICIOUS!
- October 25, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Windi said...
Hi. I just found this and it is so going to be tomorrow's dinner. May I make a suggestion? Cook your pasta first. Use the starchy water from the pasta for the water that you blend down the cashews. And try cutting back on the mustard. Acid tends to intensify nooch.
When I make this I will let you know how it goes. Thanks!!!!!!!
- August 9, 2011 at 7:28 PM
- Kim said...
This is great! I'm hoping for leftovers, but I'm not so sure there will be any left. Definitely a hit. The only modification I did was add 1/2 tsp smoked paprika and a bag of peas. I served it with roasted Brussels sprouts. YUM! Thank you!!!! It's so quiet in here, everyone is eating :)
- March 2, 2014 at 1:21 PM
- Kim said...
I wanted to add, but forgot, I soaked the cashews in the water for about 10 minutes. No need to strain the cashews after soaking. Delicious and smooth.
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I have had significant problems with watching flash video in 64-bit Ubuntu. Does anyone know of a good way to get flash running on the platform?
For 11.04 and earlier:
Are you installing it from the Ubuntu Software Center?
Note: this is the method I use on my 64-bit Ubuntu install and it has yet to fail me.
For 11.10 and later
Start Software Center from the Launcher and search for flash
Two entries will be found. The first is the wrapper around the 32bit flash version from Adobe. The second is the 64bit flash version.
Select the second flash entry - if the following picture is seen then you have not already enabled the Canonical Partner Repository previously.
Click More Info
... and click Use this source to enable the Canonical Partner Repository
see the end of this answer for the bug-report
Click Install
Click the Install button and enter your password when prompted. Note - you must have permission to install software.
The installation will proceed:
Once complete - launch Firefox and browse to your Flash Video. Right click and confirm that the latest version of Flash has been installed correctly.
Note - pictures subject to change - the 64bit version has only been recently packaged in the last week before Oneiric release - One issue currently exists:
In the interim - either use the first "Multiverse" 32bit plugin in the pictures above or use
This is how to install Adobe Flash Plugin for Firefox:
Since you have stated that this is the first time you have ever used ubuntu. i would suggest that you install the package ubuntu-restricted-extras, this includes lots of useful stuff like adobe flash and codecs and MS fonts etc.
you can do this in many ways.
software centre: Click on this link:
or in a terminal: type
synaptic: search for the package ubuntu-restricted-extras right click the package and select install, and then select mark. after click the apply button and it will all install.
There is a simple solution for this problem.
Open your Firefox and go to Youtube. Click on any video. Definitely it won't play because you don't have any flash player installed. But Firefox will promote you to
Or try this in your terminal
Get my Flash-Aid extension for Firefox. It will take care of downloading and installing the appropriate version for your system architecture and will also remove conflicting plugins. If you are on 64bit, it also allows to install the 64bit preview version, which renders better results than the 32bit with nspluginwrapper.
BTW, if you can't copy anything to ~/.mozilla/plugins folder, then you should check the ownership of the ~/.mozilla folder. It should allow to copy anything there. Unless of course you are referring to a system folder outside your home directory, which requires root privilege.
It depends on what browser you are using. Google Chrome (not Chromium) has Flash player by default.
Go to www.google.com/chrome and click download Chrome Choose 64-bit .deb (anybody reading this using 32-bit machines should select the 32-bit .deb)
When you click on the .deb file when it has downloaded it will open in the Software Centre. Now click install and when it has finished you can find the browser in Applications -> Internet.
Use the Ubuntu Software Center (in the Applications menu). In the text entry field (of the search box), you can search for "flash", and the results will populate one Adobe Flash plugin (note the Adobe logo). Choose that, and follow the directions to use the source.
Double check which "plugin" directory is being used. Had to spend a good hour one time just plowing through all the plugin directories till I found which ones my firefox was actually reading, and then
End of the day you might be dropping it in the wrong place.
Also start firefox from the command line, you might see errors. Example is running a x86 flash player in an x64 browser(not os) and vice versa. From the command line (
Also anything in
Definite fix for 64 bit Flash on 11.10
I fixed 64 bit Flash on my 11.10 systems without any wrappers. If you follow the solutions mentioned above you will still end up with the 32 bit version and wrappers.
Note: most of this can be done in a terminal as well, in that case you don't need to install Synaptic. Furthermore, it could be that just executing steps 5, 6 and 8 is enough, but I have not tested this yet.
One extra package, 'adobe-flash-properties-gtk' will be installed automatically. Nothing more.
Now you will have full 64 bit Flash without any wrappers and other garbage in both Firefox and Chromium. A restart of your browser(s) is required though. If it's still not working, try a reboot (there might be some bogus reference to the old plugins somewhere).
Ref: http://ubuntuguide.net/install-adobe-flash-pluginfix-not-working-problem-in-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric
Here's what you need to do: by default, Ubuntu comes with only open source software enabled (I think that's the case, anyway).
The way you enable other stuff (like Flash, Java, and support for recording or playing MP3s, which is NOT open source) is to go in your Software Center, go in the menus (unfortunately I'm not currently on Ubuntu and can't tell you which menu) and search for Software Sources.
Click it, and you'll be brought to a window which tells Ubuntu what it's allowed to install for you. In front of you should be a list of five different "universes". What you need to do is enable the two that aren't currently enabled.
After that, it should ask you whether you want to reload your repositories, but if it doesn't, get in a command line and type
and let it finish. Then you should be able to find flash in either the Software Center or in the command line. You could alternatively install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package, which will give you all of the three things I mentioned above.
Good luck!
I went through as many possible suggestions as I could find in an effort to get flash to work in Chrome on my 13.10 64bit installation. Nothing worked. I finally stumbled on the Pepper Flash answer.
There are complete and well-written instructions at (link is direct)
They detail adding the repository, updating apt, installing Pepper, and modifying the chrome config. The thing that I did differently from their instructions was to change to the /etc/chromium-browser directory and issue the command
which allowed me to add a comment to the file in addition to the necessary .sh info so the last couple lines of my modded default file were:
Hopefully this solution will work for some time.
I've just found a solution for those who has flash working on Firefox but not on Chromium. It's based on the fact that every browser has it's own plugins directory:
So, the only thing you've to do is to unificate them, aka, making one the link to the other. Probably, all plugins are on Firefox plugins directory, but it isn't worth to ensure that:
If Firefox is the one where all plugins are, do the next. If not, do the opposite:
Finally, restart Chromium so changes take effect.
Probably, it wouldn't be a bad idea to create a bug report on Chromium/Firefox package maintainers to alert about the bug and the simple solution.
Well I post this here, in hopes of helping someone. I'll state what was happening and how I solved it.
Tried installing it through the Ubuntu Restricted Extras from Ubuntu Software Center, however the flash plugin portion of this installation did not work because of the dependency error.
Kept searching and found this command to install the plugin
and ran it from the terminal.
Same dependency error with this output:
I ran
and then
which I found from some other post that was trying to solve dependencies.
Then I ran
and flash plugin now works on Chromium and Firefox.
It depends on how you are installing. is it via a tar.gz file or rpm or some other method. There are a bunch of ways to get flash.
Flash videos wouldn't play on a fresh Ubuntu 14.04 install, even with
In case the
does not work (like in my case and I do not know why...), you may want to give Opera as your browser a try. It is the only one that works for me.
PS: I do not want to advertise Opera a browser, it's just that this was the only solution that somehow worked for me.


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I want to install Debian with LXDE on partition, that already have Ubuntu 11.04 installed. I have a lot of music there, and I don't want copy it to another partition. I know that Debian installer will propt that on this partition is already linux installed, but will it remove all from my /home/ folder if I type the same username in setup? Or should I have to encrypt this folder?
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I believe that Debian will (or may?) overwrite and effectively remove your home folder and encrypting it is not protection against it getting overwritten.
You should copy your home folder to an external hard drive if possible so you can restore it later.
Backup. Backup. Backup.
First, make sure you have backups. Accidents can happen.
The Debian installer will overwrite the partition that you select to install the system. Shrink the existing partition to make room for a new partition where you'll install Debian. In general, it's a good idea to have a partition for the system and a partition for your data.
Have you made your backup yet?
Boot from a Linux live CD or live USB, such as the Ubuntu live CD or the GParted live CD. Remove all the files outside
When you install Debian, tell it to use the free space as a partition to install the system. And tell it to mount your existing partition at
Did you test that your backup was readable and contained all the files it should?


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The Idiocy:
Once upon a time, when you watched a football game on TV, you would see at least one person in the stands waving a sign that said simply, "John 3:16." It was the only Bible verse you would ever see at the game, and it never said anything else.
Usually you'd see it after a field goal -- the sign holder was always planted in a spot where the TV cameras had to capture it after a scoring play. It was so prevalent that it has turned up on Saturday Night Live, in football video games and on an episode of The Simpsons.
The Man:
Most of the times when you saw that sign, it was held by the same guy. And he was a little, uh, unbalanced. OK, maybe more than a little.
That is not the beard of a reasonable man.
In 1977, Rollen Stewart was eager to achieve celebrity status but hadn't landed on a particular skill to get him there. He hadn't come up with the "John 3:16" sign concept yet, but in what we assume was a burst of inspiration, he realized, "Well, I'm pretty good at wearing this rainbow wig. Maybe there's something there."
So, he started wearing the wig to every televised sporting event he could attend, hoping to be plastered on the Jumbotron, and more importantly, across television sets around the country. And it worked. He bought up choice seats in stadiums where cameras wouldn't be able to avoid him, and he developed a series of convulsions that could be mistaken for a dance if you weren't paying attention.
Oh yeah. His story has to end well.
That is, until Super Bowl XIV in 1980. Like all non-famous people who think they are famous, Stewart started to wonder if he shouldn't be doing something more constructive with his nonexistent fame. Sitting in a motel room after the Super Bowl, he watched a televangelist warn everyone about the impending apocalypse and immediately knew his true calling: He had to spread the word of God at sporting events.
And thus he became known among sports fans everywhere as the John 3:16 guy or "Rainbow man." He, his wig and his sign became a fixture at All-Star games, championships, races, the Olympics and even Princess Diana's wedding. Networks hated him; they did everything they could to avoid catching him on camera and even altered their game coverage just to cut him out of frame, but, as we mentioned, he was persistent when it came to getting seats in places the cameras couldn't avoid.
He didn't limit himself to fun sports, either.
If showing up at all of those events sounds like a full-time job, you don't know the half of it. Throughout the '80s, Stewart was driving more than 50,000 miles to appear at more than 100 games a year.
If you're wondering why you haven't seen Rollen Stewart in stadiums lately, that's because he's busy serving three consecutive life sentences in prison.
Yeah, his absurd but benign pilgrimages across the country took a turn for the menacing in 1992 when he took a maid hostage in a hotel and outlined his plan to kill George Bush and Bill Clinton.
Bet you didn't call that.
It was a pretty big jump from dancing in crowds to taking hostages. It proved that perhaps he didn't have the direct line to God he had previously endorsed. Yet despite his incarceration and verified insanity, fans have still taken up the mission of carrying the signs to stadiums, which you probably know if you've ever been stuck behind one for an entire game.
The Bible Demystified
#1. Freddie "Saddam" Maake Invented the Vuvuzela
The Idiocy:
Unlike the other items on this list, there was no honeymoon period for the vuvuzela. It was immediately despised by millions of people after its inception.
Above: Mankind's greatest shame.
Popularized during the 2010 World Cup, the vuvuzela is a yard-long plastic horn that produces a sound like swarm of angry wasps built a hive inside your skull. The sound is deafening and monotonous, and the vuvuzelas themselves are notorious for spreading communicable diseases across stadiums jam-packed with people, thanks to the fine mist of spit flying from the other end.
Stadiums in the United States did what they could to ban them even before the first miserable squeal from the upper decks. But we really ought to consider ourselves fortunate because before 2010, these instruments had already existed in obscurity for over 40 years.
How anyone with a vuvuzela survived that long is a mystery.
The Man:
In 1965, at age 9, South African soccer fan Freddie Maake created the first vuvuzela by ripping the rubber ball off the end of his bike horn and blowing into the metal tube. The sound was so loud and obtrusive he decided it would be perfect for sporting events. He played it for local soccer matches, and gradually it took off among other people eager to be as loud as possible and with as little self-awareness. Maake started selling them and finally developed the huge plastic version with the help of a manufacturing company, primarily so that they could pump more of these nightmare sticks into the world quicker and more cheaply.
The Guardian
We bet this guy is fun at parties for about 12 seconds.
Maake didn't just relegate his vuvuzela use to sports, either. He began taking the vuvuzela everywhere, even getting detained by airport security for trying to blow it on his first ever plane ride. He originally called it the Boogieblast but changed the name in 1992 in honor of Nelson Mandela's release (the name means "welcome", "unite" and "celebration").
While the intent is nice, Maake couldn't have intentionally picked a product more incongruous with any of those words. Honoring Mandela with a vuvuzela is a little like honoring your hero by stabbing him in his eardrums and then sneezing in his mouth. But for now the small percentage of people out there who love making noise like a 2-year-old hitting a pan are enough to keep stadiums filled with the noise pollution from these plastic hunks of "celebration."
For better or for worse.
For more folks to add to your hit list, check out 7 Inventors You Didn't Know You Wanted to Punch In the Face and The 5 Biggest Assholes Who Ever Turned Out to Be Right.


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Updates and specifics will be listed here
There will also be a prizebox in the space where you can leave something you want to donate as a reward for excellence.
Doocratic Cleaning
Getting shit done with good old fashioned elbow grease.
There may be many reasons that motivate one to perform cleaning, however the base purpose of cleaning is generally make the environment healthier and more sanitary.
By rotating the cleaning duties, members learn observe the various sorts of messes and dirty spots, learn how to clean them, and how to avoid making them in the first place.
Cleaning Agents and Health
Commercially available chemical-based cleaners contain neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors. Such products are directly counterproductive to the goal of health improvement. They also have other consequential effects, supporting corporatism of multinational chemical companies that also poison us with GMOs and pharmaceuticals (DOW, Bayer, BASF, P&G), and must be transported using foreign oil and through the usual corpocratic channels of GMA and national distributors.
Garrett's Homemade Orange Oil Cleaner
Non-toxic, chemical-free cleaner that smells great, disinfects, and repels pests.
Use as a general purpose cleaner. For laundry, use 2 tbsp + 2 tbsp baking soda.
The orange peel contains orange oil and is naturally extracted by leaving it in the jar with vinegar. The clove and orange oil also disinfects and repels pests. A few drops of soap can be added to increase slipperiness for removing dirt.
1) Dried citrus peels (orange, lemon, lime) 2) jar or container to hold (1) 3) Vinegar 4) Clove powder (optional) 5) Soap (optional)
Add everything to the jar and shake well. Wait a day.


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Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, west of Salina, is a unique combination of zoo and museum that gives you an up close and personal look at rare and endangered species. The facility started with one man's mission to house unusual animals and provide education to the local community. It has grown to a large wildlife "experience" with conservation programs and a menagerie of animals you probably won't see in most local zoos. It is a great day-trip, or if you are just passing through Kansas on I-70, it is close enough to the highway to make an easy detour if you have a few hours to spare.
It IS an adventure: Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure
Posted on September 21, 2011 3:25PM by Karen Ridder


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A major problem with pancreatic cancer is its ability to metastasize (spread) very fast, invading other healthy organs. One of the recent discoveries at UC San Diego is an enzyme in pancreatic cancer cells that seems to turn on metastatic disease. Currently in studies on experimental models, a method to detect this enzyme may soon be available for human clinical trials.
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STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald
Eight by eight they came, clad inform-fitting spandex shorts and chest-clinging jerseys, some of the skinniest, most muscular men ever to grace a Fort Lewis College stage.
Believe me, they weren�t there to partake of the meal for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge gala dinner Saturday. Managers, trainers and nutritionists monitor every calorie that goes into an elite professional cyclist, and cantaloupe-hued cheddar mashed potatoes, burnished beef short ribs and golf-ball sized chocolate truffles aren�t on their menu, as they were for the 650 guests.
But Tom Danielson, a top-ranking cyclist and Fort Lewis alumnus, held out hope for a well loved, off-the-diet Durango treat.
�We were going to go to the Palace to get some burgers, but it didn�t happen. Maybe tomorrow,� he said wistfully.
Standing on the semi-soggy lawn before being called in to dinner, former Durango mayor Joe Colgan held a plate of hors d�oeuvres in one hand and his wine glass in the other.
�It�s good,� he mumbled as he finished a bite of James Ranch cheese and a cracker. Nodding toward his glass of malbec, he added, �Wine is always good.�
It�s that time of year.
Or maybe in Durango, it�s always that time of year. In a town with more than 200 nonprofit organizations, charity fundraisers are as much a part of the landscape as the La Plata Mountains.
Get ready. The USA Pro Cycling Challenge gala (which wasn�t a charity event � the money went to offset the cost of bringing in the race) is over, but a string of dress-up dinners and lunches benefitting your favorite local causes is coming your way.
Herewith, a few: the Women�s Resource Center�s Girls Night Out is Friday at Blue Lake Ranch. The TOP fashion show benefitting the Durango Art Center will be Sept. 21; the Durango Friends of the Arts fashion show and lunch will be Sept. 28 at the DoubleTree Hotel and the Adaptive Sports Association, a sports program serving people with disabilities, will hold its annual fall gala Oct. 18 at the Mahogany Grille. (If I�ve missed you, please don�t bomb my house. Just email me with the details of your event and I�ll get it in soon.)
If you�ve never been to one of these soirees, here�s the rundown. Most of the time, the evening starts with a happy hour where folks get drinks, meet their friends and eye the goods at the silent auction. (Nonprofit groups ask friends and supporters to donate something of value and then attendees bid on the items they like. I�m still bemoaning missing out on a vivid blue painting of a Venetian seascape at Music in the Mountains� Pops Night last month.)
Hand-crafted jewelry, good wine, paintings, photographs and certificates for massages or home consultations fill the tables. Most organizations save their best offerings for the live auction, where Hawaiian vacations, winter ski trips and celebrity dinners bring in the big bucks. All this moolah goes to keeping the doors open and the lights on at your favorite good cause.
Food-based fundraisers can account for a quarter of a nonprofit company�s budget. Unlike grants and donations, which are often targeted to a specific program, fundraising dollars finance everyday expenses such as buying insurance and replacing office equipment.
�There�s nobody living the high life here,� said Tim Kroes, executive director of Adaptive Sports Association. �The small, grass-rootsy nonprofits � we stretch those dollars as far as they can go.�
The events also serve to renew interest in a particular cause and provide a once-or-twice a year burst of publicity for an organization. And of course, they�re intended to bring friends and supporters together for a good time.
I can tell you that Girls Night Out at Blue Lake Ranch is a blast. (Total disclosure: I volunteer for WRC.) When you get 400 women huddling under tents while it pours rain, drinking wine and deciding what outrageous hue to color their toenails � this is to say nothing of grazing on homemade potato chips, fresh sushi and lamb-chop lollipops � you have a memorable evening.
This year the sushi will be back, joined by an Asian and Mediterranean nosh bar featuring Japanese pot stickers, chicken tatsuta, Yemeni doughnuts and red pepper tahini dip. But never mind that. I�m heading straight for the s�mores bar to fill my plate with homemade chocolate, strawberry and vanilla marshmallows and butterscotch caramel, hazelnut chocolate sauce and Kit Kat salsa, none of which you can expect me to resist. That�s the payoff for doing good for a good cause.
Weather � as in late snows, high winds or downpours � is a caterer�s plague. It�s nothing short of amazing that so many events are held outside in Durango�s fickle climate without disastrous results. It rained buckets just an hour before the Pro Challenge gala, held in � what else? � a tent, without creating any noticeable difficulty.
Being prepared for the worst is just part of the job, caterers say, but every once in a while, even the most unflappable can be caught in a jam.
Jimmy Nicholson, owner of DuranGourmet, was helping out at a Texas event when a hurricane swept through, flooding the kitchen and killing the power. A basketful of towels procured from nearby residences and an emergency generator later, the affair went on.
Sari Brown, owner of The Yellow Carrot, found herself in the middle of a windstorm this summer while she catered an outdoor rehearsal dinner for 150. There was dirt everywhere � on her, her staff and their equipment. Two hours later, dinner was served.
�Problems pop up and you just kind of fix them,� Nicholson said.
Fortunately, Nicholson will be working inside when he caters the reception for the TOP fashion show for the Durango Arts Center, held in its Barbara Conrad gallery. Last year, he made the most delicious appetizer I�ve ever tasted, a toasted Parmesan artichoke, infused with lemon and topped with truffle oil. (Total disclosure: I volunteer for DAC.)
This year, he�ll tempt us with five-spice duck breast, tandoori chicken and raita, smoked tenderloin and Romesco sauce and a goat cheese, mushroom and arugula empanada. I didn�t see dessert on the menu, but if it is, you can count on me to taste it for you and report back.
Planning is under way for Adaptive Sports� Harvest Gala, done this year and last by Mahogany Grille in the Strater Hotel. (Total disclosure: I have no association whatsoever with Adaptive Sports. I wouldn�t know Kroes if he hit me.) They�ll offer a fish and a beef dish � last year it was salmon pinwheels and strip steak � and the de rigueur salad course. And I know they�ll have dessert. Mahogany Grille does a great dessert.
But you don�t really go to a benefit dinner for the food, although it�s a boon if it�s tasty. You go for something else.
�You come to these events for the community,� said John Anderson, a business and education consultant and the incoming president of Music in the Mountains. �It�s a way to give back to the community.�


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