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General Terms of Use
Last updated May 1, 2023. Replaces the prior version in its entirety.
These terms govern your use of our website or app services such as the DreamDiner Digital Management System and DreamDiner Table Management Planner (collectively, "Services") and software that we include as part of the Services, including any applications, Content Files (defined below), scripts, instruction sets, and any related documentation (collectively "Software"). By using the Services or Software, you agree to these terms. If you have entered into another agreement with us concerning specific Services or Software, then the terms of that agreement controls where it conflicts with these terms. As discussed more in Section 3 below, you retain all rights and ownership you have in your content that you make available through the Services.
1. How this Agreement Works.
1.1 Choice of Law. Your relationship is with PROLOG Ltd, an Israeli company, and the Services and Software are governed by the law of Israel. You may have additional rights under the law. We do not seek to limit those rights where it is prohibited by law.
1.2 Eligibility. You may only use the Services if you are over 13 years old.
1.3 Privacy. The Privacy Policy at http://www.DreamDiner.com/privacy governs any personal information you provide to us. By using the Services or Software you agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy.
1.4 Desktop Application Usage Data. You have the option to share information with DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management about how you use our desktop applications. This option is turned on by default. This information is associated with your DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management account and allows us to provide you with a more personalized experience, and helps us improve product quality and features. You can change your preference any time on your DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management Account Management page. To learn more about desktop application usage data, go to http://www.DreamDiner.com/app_usage_FAQ
1.5 Availability. Pages describing the Services are accessible worldwide but this does not mean all Services or service features are available in your country, or that user-generated content available via the Services is legal in your country. We may block access to certain Services (or certain service features or content) in certain countries. It is your responsibility to make sure your use of the Services is legal where you use them. Services are not available in all languages.
1.6 Additional Terms. Some Services or Software are also subject to the additional terms below (the "Additional Terms"). Any content that we provide to you (such as Software, SDK, samples, etc.) are licensed, not sold, to you, and may be subject to Additional Terms. New Additional Terms may be added from time to time.
1.7 Order of Precedence. If there is any conflict between the terms in this Agreement and the Additional Terms, then the Additional Terms govern in relation to that Service or Software.
1.8 Modification. We may modify, update, or discontinue the Services, Software (including any of their portions or features) at any time without liability to you or anyone else. However, we will make reasonable effort to notify you before we make the change. We will also allow you a reasonable time to download your content.
2. Use of Service.
2.1 License. Subject to your compliance with these terms and the law, you may access and use the Services.
2.2 DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management Intellectual Property. We (and our licensors) remain the sole owner of all right, title, and interest in the Services and Software. We reserve all rights not granted under these terms.
2.3 Storage. When the Services provide storage, we recommend that you continue to back up your content regularly. We may create reasonable technical limits on your content, such as limits on file size, storage space, processing capacity, and other technical limits. We may suspend the Services until you are within the storage space limit associated with your account.
2.4 User-Generated Content. We may host user-generated content from our users. If you access our Services, you may come across content that you find offensive or upsetting. Your sole remedy is to simply stop viewing the content. If available, you may also click on the "Email-us" button to report the content to us.
2.6 Other License Types.
(a) NFR Version. We may designate the Software or Services as "trial", "evaluation", "not for resale", or other similar designation ("NFR Version"). You may install and use the NFR Version only during the period and only for the purposes that we have stated when we provide the NFR Version. You must not use any materials you produce with the NFR Version for anything other than non-commercial purposes.
(b) Pre-release Version. We may designate the Software or Services, or a feature of the Software or Services, as a pre-release or beta version ("Pre-release Version"). Pre-release Version does not represent the final product and may contain bugs that may cause system or other failure and data loss. We may choose not to commercially release the Pre-release Version. You must promptly cease using the Pre-release Version and destroy all copies of Pre-release Version if we request you to do so, or if we release a commercial version of the Pre-release Version. Any separate agreement we enter into with you governing the Pre-release Version will supersede the provisions on Pre-Release Version set out in this section.
3. Your Content.
3.1 Ownership. You retain all rights and ownership of your content. We do not claim any ownership rights to your content.
3.2 Licenses to Your Content in Order to Operate the Services. We require certain licenses from you to your content to operate and enable the Services. When you upload content to the Services, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable, and transferrable license to use, reproduce, publicly display, distribute, modify (so as to better showcase your content, for example), publicly perform, and translate the content as needed in response to user driven actions (such as when you choose to store privately or share your content with others). This license is only for the purpose of operating or improving the Services.
3.3 Our Access. We will only access, view, or listen to your content in limited ways. For example, in order to perform the Services, we may need to access, view, or listen to your content to (a) respond to support requests; (b) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, unlawful, or technical issues; and (c) enforce these terms. Our automated systems may analyze your content using techniques such as machine learning. This analysis might occur as the content is sent, received, or when it is stored. From this analysis, we are able to improve the Services.
3.4 Data Export. It is the user's full responsibility to keep track of his reservations by exporting the data from the app from time to time as provided. DreamDiner will not hold any responsibility in any matter for deleted data or changed data, and all storage data are given AS IS.
3.4 Sharing Your Content.
(a) Sharing. Some Services may provide features that allow you to Share your content with other users or to make it public. "Share" means to email, post, transmit, upload, or otherwise make available (whether to us or other users) through your use of the Services. Other users may use, copy, modify, or re-share your content in many ways. Please consider carefully what you choose to Share or make public as you are entirely responsible for the content that you Share.
(b) Level of Access. We do not monitor or control what others do with your content. You are responsible for determining the limitations that are placed on your content and for applying the appropriate level of access to your content. If you do not choose the access level to apply to your content, the system may default to its most permissive setting. It's your responsibility to let other users know how your content may be shared and adjust the setting related to accessing or sharing of your content.
(c) Comments. The Services may allow you to comment on content. Comments are not anonymous, and may be viewed by other users. Your comments may be deleted by you, other users, or us.
3.5 Termination of License. You may revoke this license to your content and terminate our rights at any time by removing your content from the Service. However, some copies of your content may be retained as part of our routine backups.
3.6 Feedback. You have no obligation to provide us with ideas, suggestions, or proposals ("Feedback"). However, if you submit Feedback to us, then you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license that is sub-licensable and transferrable, to make, use, sell, have made, offer to sell, import, reproduce, publicly display, distribute, modify, and publicly perform the Feedback.
3.7 Selling Your Content. We may allow you to license your content to other users through our Services. If available, you may choose to license your content through us under a separate agreement or directly to other users under an agreement between you and the buyer.
4. Account Information.
You are responsible for all activity that occurs via your account. Please notify Customer Support immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized use of your account. You may not (a) Share your account information (except with an authorized account administrator) or (b) use another person's account. Your account administrator may use your account information to manage your use and access to the Services.
5. User Conduct.
5.1 Responsible Use. The DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management communities often consist of users who expect a certain degree of courtesy and professionalism. You must use the Services responsibly.
5.2 Misuse. You must not misuse the Services, Software, or content that we provide to you as part of the Services. For example, you must not:
(a) copy, modify, host, stream, sublicense, or resell the Services, Software, or content;
(b) Enable or allow others to use the Service, Software, or content using your account information;
(c) Use the content or Software included in the Services to construct any kind of database;
(d) Access or attempt to access the Services by any means other than the interface we provided or authorized;
(e) Circumvent any access or use restrictions put into place to prevent certain uses of the Services;
(f) share content or engage in behavior that violates anyone's Intellectual Property Right ("Intellectual Property Rights" means copyright, moral rights, trademark, trade dress, patent, trade secret, unfair competition, right of privacy, right of publicity, and any other proprietary rights.);
(g) upload or share any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, tortious, defamatory, libelous, vulgar, lewd, profane, invasive of another's privacy, or hateful;
(h) impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
(i) attempt to disable, impair, or destroy the Services, software, or hardware;
(j) disrupt, interfere with, or inhibit any other user from using the Services (such as stalking, intimidating, or harassing others, inciting others to commit violence, or harming minors in any way),
(k) engage in chain letters, junk mails, pyramid schemes, spamming, or other unsolicited messages;
(l) place advertisement of any products or services in the Services except with our prior written approval;
(m) use any data mining or similar data gathering and extraction methods in connection with the Services; or
(n) violate applicable law.
6. Fees and Payment.
6.1 Taxes and Third-Party Fees. You must pay any applicable taxes, and any applicable third-party fee (including, for example telephone toll charges, mobile carrier fees, ISP charges, data plan charges, credit card fees, foreign exchange fees, foreign transaction fees). We are not responsible for these fees. Contact your financial institution with questions about fees. We may take steps to collect the fees you owe us. You are responsible for all related collection costs and expenses. If you are located in a different country from the applicable DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management entity that you are transacting with, your payments will be made to a foreign entity.
6.2 Credit Card Information. If you do not notify us of updates to your payment method, to avoid interruption of your service, we may participate in programs supported by your card provider to try to update your payment information, and you authorize us to continue billing your account with the updated information that we obtain.
7. Your Warranty and Indemnification Obligations.
7.1 Warranty. By uploading your content to the Services, you agree that you have: (a) all necessary licenses and permissions, to use and Share your content and (b) the rights necessary to grant the licenses in these terms.
7.2 Indemnification. You will indemnify us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, partners, and licensors from any claim, demand, loss, or damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to your content, your use of the Services or Software, or your violation of these terms.
8. Disclaimers of Warranties.
8.1 Unless stated in the Additional Terms, the Services and Software are provided "AS-IS." To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties express or implied, including the implied warranties of non-infringement, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose. We make no commitments about the content within the Services. We further disclaim any warranty that (a) the Services or Software will meet your requirements or will be constantly available, uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free; (b) the results that may be obtained from the use of the Services or Software will be effective, accurate, or reliable; (c) the quality of the Services or Software will meet your expectations; or that (d) any errors or defects in the Services or Software will be corrected.
8.2 We specifically disclaim any liability for any actions resulting from your use of any Services or Software. You may use and access the Services or Software at your own discretion and risk, and you are solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the use and access of any Service or Software.
9. Limitation of Liability.
9.1 Unless stated in the Additional Terms, we are not liable to you or anyone else for: (a) any loss of use, data, goodwill, or profits, whether or not foreseeable; and (b) any special, incidental, indirect, consequential, or punitive damages whatsoever (even if we have been advised of the possibility of these damages), including those (x) resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, whether or not foreseeable, (y) based on any theory of liability, including breach of contract or warranty, negligence or other tortious action, or (z) arising from any other claim arising out of or in connection with your use of or access to the Services or Software. Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for gross negligence, for our (or our employees') intentional misconduct, or for death or personal injury.
9.2 Our total liability in any matter arising out of or related to these terms is limited to US $100 or the aggregate amount that you paid for access to the Service and Software during the three- month period preceding the event giving rise to the liability, whichever is larger. This limitation will apply even if we have been advised of the possibility of the liability exceeding the amount and notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy.
9.3 The limitations and exclusions in this Section 9 apply to the maximum extent permitted by law.
10. Termination.
10.1 Termination by You. You may stop using the Services at any time. Termination of your account does not relieve you of any obligation to pay any outstanding fees.
10.2 Termination by Us. If we terminate these terms for reasons other than for cause, then we will make reasonable effort to notify you at least 30 days prior to termination via the email address you provide to us with instructions on how to retrieve your content. Unless stated in Additional Terms, we may, at any time, terminate your right to use and access the Services or Software if:
(a) you breach any provision of these terms (or act in a manner that clearly shows you do not intend to, or are unable to, comply with these terms);
(b) you fail to make the timely payment of fees for the Software or the Services, if any;
(c) we are required to do so by law (for example, where the provision of the Services or Software to you is, or becomes, unlawful);
(d) we elect to discontinue the Services or Software, in whole or in part, (such as if it becomes impractical for us to continue offering Services in your region due to change of law); or
(e) there has been an extended period of inactivity in your free account.
10.3 Termination by Group Administrator. Group administrators for a Service such as "DreamDiner Digital Management System and DreamDiner Table Management Planner for team" may terminate a user's access to a Service at any time. If your group administrator terminates your access, then you may no longer be able to access content that you or other users of the group have shared on a shared workspace within that Service.
10.4 Survival. Upon expiration or termination of these terms, any perpetual licenses you have granted, your indemnification obligations, our warranty disclaimers or limitations of liabilities, and dispute resolution provisions stated in these terms will survive. Upon the expiration or termination of the Services, some or all of the Software may cease to operate without prior notice.
11. Investigations.
11.1 Screening. We do not review all content uploaded to the Services, but we may use available technologies or processes to screen for certain types of illegal content (for example, child pornography) or other abusive content or behavior (for example, patterns of activity that indicate spam or phishing, or keywords that indicate adult content has been posted outside of the adult wall).
11.2 Disclosure. We may access or disclose information about you, or your use of the Services, (a) when it is required by law (such as when we receive a valid subpoena or search warrant); (b) to respond to your requests for customer service support; or (c) when we, in our discretion, think it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of us, our users, or the public.
12. Export Control Laws.
The Software, Services, content, and your use of the Software, Services, and content, are subject to U.S., Israel and international laws, restrictions, and regulations that may govern the import, export, and use of the Software, Services, and content. You agree to comply with all the laws, restrictions, and regulations.
13. Dispute Resolution.
13.1 Process. For any concern or dispute you may have, you agree to first try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us. If a dispute is not resolved within 30 days of submission, you or DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management must resolve any claims relating to these terms, the Services, or the Software through final and binding arbitration, except that you may assert claims in small claims court if your claims qualify.
13.2 Rules. If you reside in the Americas, JAMS will administrate the arbitration in Santa Clara County, California pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures. If you reside in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau S.A.R., Taiwan, South Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, or a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), then the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) will administer the arbitration in Singapore under its Rules of Arbitration, which rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this section. Otherwise, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) will administer the arbitration in London under the LCIA Arbitration Rules. There will be one arbitrator that you and DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management both select. The arbitration will be conducted in the English language, but any witness whose native language is not English may give testimony in the witness' native language, with simultaneous translation into English (at the expense of the party presenting the witness). Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered and will be enforceable in any court of competent jurisdiction having jurisdiction over the parties.
13.3 No Class Actions. You may only resolve disputes with us on an individual basis, and may not bring a claim as a plaintiff or a class member in a class, consolidated, or representative action.
13.4 Injunctive Relief. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of your or others' unauthorized access to or use of the Services or content in violation of these terms you agree that we are entitled to apply for injunctive remedies (or an equivalent type of urgent legal relief) in any jurisdiction.
14. Compliance with Licenses.
If you are a business, company, or organization, then we may, no more than once every 12 months, upon seven 7 days' prior notice to you, appoint our personnel or an independent third party auditor who is obliged to maintain confidentiality to inspect (including manual inspection, electronic methods, or both) your records, systems, and facilities to verify that your installation and use of any and all Software or Services is in conformity with its valid licenses from us. Additionally, you will provide us with all records and information requested by us in order to verify that its installation and use of any and all Software and Services is in conformity with your valid licenses from us within 30 days of our request. If the verification discloses a shortfall in licenses for the Software or Services, you will immediately acquire any necessary licenses, subscriptions, and any applicable back maintenance and support. If the underpaid fees exceed 5% of the value of the payable license fees, then you will also pay for our reasonable cost of conducting the verification.
15. Modification.
We may modify these terms or any additional terms that apply to a Service or Software to, for example, reflect changes to the law or changes to our Services or Software. You should look at the terms regularly. We will post notice of modifications to these terms on this page. We will post notice of modified additional terms in the applicable Service or Software. By continuing to use or access the Services or Software after the revisions come into effect, you agree to be bound by the revised terms.
16. Miscellaneous.
16.1 English Version. The English version of these terms will be the version used when interpreting or construing these terms.
16.2 Notice to DreamDiner. You may send the notices to us at the following address: DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management Systems, Prolog Ltd, 2 Maayan Str Modiyin ISRAEL.
16.3 Notice to You. We may notify you by email, postal mail, postings within the Services, or other legally acceptable means.
16.4 Entire Agreement. These terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding your use of the Services and Software and supersede any prior agreements between you and us relating to the Services.
16.5 Non-Assignment. You may not assign or otherwise transfer these terms or your rights and obligations under these terms, in whole or in part, without our written consent and any such attempt will be void. We may transfer our rights under these terms to a third party.
16.6 Severability. If a particular term is not enforceable, the unenforceability of that term will not affect any other terms.
16.7 No Waiver. Our failure to enforce or exercise any of these terms is not a waiver of that section.
We respect the Intellectual Property Rights of others and we expect our users to do the same. We will respond to clear notices of copyright infringement consistent with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA").
DreamDiner Digital Restaurant Management: PROLOG Ltd, 2 Maayan Str Modiyin ISRAEL


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Days after doctors said Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner must take a month off from work to recover from a brain hematoma, reports now indicate that she'll undergo surgery to relieve the condition Tuesday.
"Kirchner, 60, experienced a 'transitory and slight' loss of muscular strength in her left arm on Sunday, and surgical intervention was indicated to drain a subdural hematoma," Agence France-Presse reports, citing the hospital that's treating the president.
Over the weekend, it emerged that Kirchner had suffered a previously unreported blow to the head in August — an event that was blamed for creating a subdural hematoma on her brain. The condition occurs when blood collects in the area between the surface of the brain and its outer covering.
An initial recommendation for rest was upgraded to a call for surgery after Kirchner reported further symptoms Sunday, The Buenos Aires Herald reports.
The development adds to a string of unexpected revelations about Kirchner's health in recent years.
In early 2012, she underwent emergency surgery for thyroid cancer, just weeks after being sworn in for her second term in office. But tests then showed her condition had been benign. She must now take medications to compensate for lacking a thyroid gland. Kirchner also has low blood pressure.
Kirchner has been Argentina's president since 2007; she succeeded her husband, Nestor, in what many saw as a ploy to skirt the country's laws on term limits. Before his death from a heart attack in 2010, Nestor Kirchner had been seen as a possible candidate to return to the post.
The Argentine leader is facing surgery weeks before her country will hold vital congressional elections. As columnist James Bosworth writes for The Christian Science Monitor, many of her political opponents are wishing Kirchner a speedy recovery, even as they question what they call her administration's secrecy about her health.
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There's some fresh progress in the battle against polio in one of the three countries where it remains endemic.
Pakistan is showing signs of eliminating one type of the virus, the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday at a meeting about tropical diseases. The country hasn't reported a case for the type in nearly seven months, and there's genetic evidence that viral transmission, in general, has slowed down.
"I don't want to exaggerate the finding, but it's a milestone," Dr. Steven Wassilak from the CDC tells Shots. Especially, he says, because the gap in cases has occurred during polio's high season, when infections are most common.
Poliovirus comes in three varieties, or serotypes: WPV1, WPV2 and WPV3. Pakistan eradicated WPV2 back in 1999. There has been an interruption in WPV3 cases, and WPV1 infections are at an all-time low.
Wassilak says this is the pattern they usually see as polio disappears from a country: WPV2 leaves first, followed by WPV3, and then slowly over time, WPV1 subsides. "That's the way the virus works," he says.
The CDC and other health workers in Pakistan are still analyzing samples to be certain they haven't missed a WPV3 case, Wassilak says. "You never know what you don't know," he says. Still, he is "cautiously optimistic," he says, especially because Pakistan didn't report any cases of this type during the winter last year.
Pakistan is one of the last three countries in the world where polio is still endemic. The government launched an aggressive campaign this year, in partnership with the CDC and other international health organizations, to vaccinate children and carefully monitor the virus's transmission.
The number of new polio cases has dropped by about a third, but Pakistan has also had some major setbacks and challenges. An outbreak of WPV3 cropped up this summer, and many kids still missed vaccination drives because health workers had a tough time reaching them in regions controlled by the Taliban and al-Qaida. Plus, many parents are still refusing to vaccinate their kids, even in Pakistan's cities, like Karachi, health workers said at the meeting.
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Friday, June 17, 2011
Linguine with Peas, Garlic and Ricotta Salata - Alice Waters - Week Two of the Fifty Most Influential Women in Food
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Like it or not, Alice Waters is one of the people whose voice and ideas have changed the way American people think about food. Her emphasis on fresh ingredients, local farms and artisanal food have led critics within the food industry to label her a zealot and roundly refute her importance to the fresh food revolution in the United States. I must say, at least to the untrained eye, it appears that the industry creates culinary heroes for the sole purpose of tearing them down. Grandma's admonition to "give the devil his due" seems to have fallen on deaf or jealous ears. It's a shame, and, as an observer, I mind the lack of collegiality within the industry. There are children who go to bed at night with empty bellies. Why not address that problem before you eat your young or put your elders on ice flows. Fortunately, outside that small circle of detractors, Alice Waters seems to be doing very well, and while we don't know their names, we do know hers . I like to think of it as karmic justice. Her restaurant, Chez Panisse, is doing well and she is well-received at public appearances. She also grabbed the number two spot on Gourmet's list of the most influential women in the food industry. We could all use a zealot or two in our lives. There is a purity to thoughtful resistance that I find appealing. I may not bend, but I do listen.
I'd also like to extend an invitation to you. A small group of food bloggers is using the Gourmet list of the 50 most influential women in food, found here, to expand their cooking repertoires. Each Friday, participants are free to select any recipe developed by the woman of the week. We'd love to have you join us. If you're interested send me an email and I'll get back to you with particulars. I was really happy to test the recipe that follows. The pasta is wonderful and I know you'll enjoy it. The Silver Fox loved it, though he ate two large servings without a pea making it into his mouth. That's my guy! I'm also including links to two other recipes developed by Alice Waters that have already appeared on my blog. They, too, are terrific. The following bloggers are participating this week's challenge. Be sure to pay these gals a visit. You won't be sorry. They all are great cooks and writers.
Valli - More Than Burnt Toast
Joanne - Eats Well With Others
Taryn - Have Kitchen Will Feed
Susan - The Spice Garden
Linguine with Peas, Garlic and Ricotta Salata...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Alice Waters
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
4 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 cup fresh baby peas (1 pound unshelled)
1 pound linguine
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon coarsely chopped marjoram
1/2 cup crumbled or shaved ricotta salata or feta cheese (about 2 ounces)
1) Heat olive oil in a medium skillet. Add garlic and cook over low heat, stirring, until very soft and golden, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
2) In a large saucepan of boiling salted water, blanch peas in a strainer until just tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer peas to a bowl.
3) Add the linguine to saucepan and boil until al dente. Drain linguine, reserving 1/4 cup of cooking water. Return pasta to saucepan and toss with garlic oil, peas and reserved pasta water. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with marjoram. Top with the cheese and serve at once.
Yield: 4 servings.
Spring Vegetable Ragout
Apricot Souffle
53 comments :
- Aldy said...
Mouth-watering linguine, Mary. Gorgeous presentation...it looks so delicate and so full of delicious flavors! Lovely thoughts about Alice Walters :)
Have a wonderful day,
Aldy. - June 17, 2011 at 1:12 AM
- Alessandra said...
I really like Alice Waters, and everyone I know who has eaten in her restaurant says that the food is good, fresh and sincere. The school garden are a wonderful initiative, and so is Slow Food :-)
And so are your linguine!!!!
Alessandra - June 17, 2011 at 1:32 AM
- The Harried Cook said...
That picture is absolutely beautiful, Mary! You've have done a great job with the linguine... Thanks for sharing another fabulous recipe... :)
- June 17, 2011 at 2:02 AM
What a superb looking meal Mary. It's hard to beat the simplicity of a good pasta dish. Have a happy weekend. :-) Mandy
- June 17, 2011 at 3:05 AM
- Ana Rita Marreiros said...
I adore a good pasta dish, and this one is delicious...
rita - June 17, 2011 at 3:42 AM
- Maris(In Good Taste) said...
This pasta is so appealing to me! I will be thinking about it til dinner! Have a lovely weekend!
- June 17, 2011 at 4:09 AM
my friend Cindy is an avid fan and I have a book of hers on my wish list - have a super weekend Mary :)
- June 17, 2011 at 4:38 AM
- Maria said...
Gorgeous, fresh flavours. This is my kind of a dish!
- June 17, 2011 at 5:55 AM
- Priya Suresh said...
Seriously am drooling over that wonderful platter, yumm!
- June 17, 2011 at 5:58 AM
- Ruth said...
Ooh! What a great dish! I love the veggie ragu you linked to too!
- June 17, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Tracy's Living Cookbook said...
I think the flavor of pasta is enhanced with all sorts of veggies, we eat pasta like this all the time - topped with seasonal vegetables. Your invite to join the 'cooking club' sounds tempting, but once a week is just too much for me. Where can I find the list of the influential women? Maybe I'll join in here and there throughout the year?!
- June 17, 2011 at 6:58 AM
- pam said...
I am so looking forward to these Friday posts!!!
- June 17, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- Sam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchen said...
I often wonder where the "eat fresh and local" movement today would be without Alice. It's amazing how just one person can change everything. Very powerful thought.
Sam - June 17, 2011 at 7:12 AM
- Martha said...
This sounds really good. DH loves simple dressed pastas. I do like Alice Waters and her fresh and local movement but realize that she lives in Calif -- the land where things grow 12 months of the year -- wonderful things grow 12 months of the year -- here on the prairie if we only ate local there would be months and months where the only vegetables you ate would be carrots, potatoes and turnips!!! So I'm grateful for the produce that is shipped in during that time!
- June 17, 2011 at 7:17 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Anyone who teaches children in schools to grow veggies long before Jamie Iliver and huis revolution, or supports local farmers and producers and eats seasonally is alright in my boooks. Good chocie for this week Mary!It is interesting to see how vastly different each of our recipes are!
- June 17, 2011 at 7:37 AM
- Kim said...
These linguines look perfect for a quick and light meal, perfect for summer!
- June 17, 2011 at 7:48 AM
- Jenn @ Youknow...that Blog? said...
YUMMMM it looks fantastic, Mary! I've never heard of Alice Waters, but she sounds like she has the right idea.
Sorry for the lull in visits - was away for a while, and I'm finding it hard to hit my stride again :) - June 17, 2011 at 8:15 AM
- Cindy said...
I think I am her biggest fan. Your linguine looks good enough to eat :)
- June 17, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- Linda Starr said...
just how did he skirt around those peas? Ha.
- June 17, 2011 at 8:32 AM
- Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine said...
Very fresh dish, I love using the ricotta in there with a little pesto this looks grand!
- June 17, 2011 at 8:34 AM
- Unknown said...
There always has to be a "scapegoat", right? As long as there are those that support people like Alice Waters, there is still hope for this country :)
The linguine looks wonderful! - June 17, 2011 at 9:06 AM
Oh can't wait to make this! Love linguine.
Karen - June 17, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- Emily Malloy said...
This is a beautiful dish!
- June 17, 2011 at 10:06 AM
- Heather S-G said...
Well, I have always been a fan of Waters...and I'm psyched to see that she made the list. This is a fantastic, simple dish...I love the marjoram in there, something I wouldn't have thought to add. I'm so looking forward to this series! =)
- June 17, 2011 at 10:26 AM
That's a great looking dish and a wonderful cook-along idea!
- June 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- David said...
Mary, Thanks for passing on this recipe. I'm pretty much a carnivore but this dish sounds and looks very satisfying! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
- June 17, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- Kiran said...
Simple, yet a delicious and fresh recipe. Thanks for sharing. I always have a special place for linguine's :)
- June 17, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Jocie's Mom said...
Great recipe and some great info about Ms. Waters too. I'm afraid I haven't even heard of her but I'll definitely be checking out that link after commenting because this just looks too good. Mmmm...garlic!
- June 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Yum! I would love this pasta. Simple and fresh, but I'm sure full of flavor. Hope you have a wonderful day Mary!
- June 17, 2011 at 12:47 PM
- Joanne said...
I never realized how controversial a figure Waters is! I've always just adored her for what she stands for.
I love this linguine recipe and I have to say, I came really close to making it! - June 17, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
Well, believe it or not, I don't know what ricotta salata is, but I'm assuming it is like feta. This looks very good. I didn't know that Alice Waters had any detractors, what could they possibly have to complain about?
- June 17, 2011 at 1:42 PM
- Young Adventures... said...
I love Alice Waters philosophy on food, it makes perfect sense to be. I have checked out her cookbooks from the library and enjoyed them very much. Thanks for sharing this recipe, sounds like a nice light summer meal. Have a lovely weekend Mary!
- June 17, 2011 at 2:15 PM
- Valérie said...
What an interesting project, and a great way to brush up on culinary culture. The pasta looks delicious, too!
- June 17, 2011 at 2:17 PM
- Wendy Irene said...
Pasta with peas is such a beautiful combination. I often add the peas right to the boiling pasta water to keep things simple. It is wonderful you are celebrating these women. I hope you have a lovely weekend!
- June 17, 2011 at 2:26 PM
- Gen said...
A nice plate! Your picture are always colorful and really mouth watering. I like this concept of testing the recipes of influencial women in food, even though I don't know half of them, it's a pretty idea.
- June 17, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- Khadija El Mary said...
Light and delicious meal! Nice shot Mary! Have a nice evening,
Cheers - June 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- PeggyR said...
That sounds very good.
- June 17, 2011 at 5:31 PM
- sweetlife said...
lovely linguine..i love alice waters!!
thank you for sharing!!
sweetlife - June 17, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- That Girl said...
I remember when my mom and I went on college tours. We left UC Berkeley early so we could hit up Chez Panisse.
- June 17, 2011 at 5:44 PM
- Barbara said...
This is a lovely series, Mary. Alice Waters taught us how it's done. This looks marvelous!
- June 17, 2011 at 7:56 PM
- Anna said...
this looks so simple and so delicious! MMM!
- June 17, 2011 at 9:02 PM
- Rambling Tart said...
Alice has inspired me so much. :-) I love this beautifully simple dish - so clean, fresh and delicious.
- June 17, 2011 at 10:24 PM
- Sue said...
This sounds simply delicious! Have a wonderful weekend!
- June 18, 2011 at 12:13 AM
- uno said...
I really like to eat. especially the food. I will try to make at home. thank you, your articles are very helpful
- June 18, 2011 at 2:05 AM
- Chiara said...
great recipe Mary, thanks for sharing!have a good weekend,kisses...
- June 18, 2011 at 2:08 AM
- Jeanette said...
What a simple, elegant pasta dish - and what a fun event! What better way to get to know someone than through the foods they prepare.
- June 18, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- Ben said...
Thank you not only for a great recipe but, perhaps more important, for background on Alice Waters that is very inspiring. Fresh and simple has been the basis of many a great dish!
http://kissthecook-ben.blogspot.com/ - June 18, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- Elaine said...
Happily, Alice Waters is doing extremely well these days despite her detractors and I feel really good when I here that there is another schoolyard garden in the works. With the fresh peas in the market, this is a perfect seasonal recipe.
- June 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Unknown said...
I love all three of your AW recipes, Mary! Can't wait to try them. Also the extra info about her is interesting..
- June 18, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Claudia said...
Your husband has a lot in common with my daughter - who meticulously can pick tomatoes out of anything. As it happens, my kitchen has ricotta salata, fresh peas and linguine so this will get made. It's perfect for the busyness of my weeks. I would love to join you but am crazed with young theatricals at the moment. I crawl home after a day of young-performer-aerobics! Detractors add to the conversation! Shakespeare certainly had his share of them!
- June 18, 2011 at 8:58 PM
- My Little Space said...
Mary, thanks for the links! I like green pea but not other family members. I think my boy will definitely the first one have all the beans left on his plate.:o)
Kristy - June 19, 2011 at 4:48 AM
- ~~louise~~ said...
I've been wanting to do a post about Alice Waters since I began blogging. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Perhaps for her birthday next April:)
Your dish looks fabulous. I am a huge fan of ricotta salata. I haven't had it in so long I can't even remember. My grandmother use to make a dish very similar to this. I think she use to add either sausage, salami or Prosciutto. I'm thinking your meatless version may just be more tempting.
Thanks for sharing, Mary... - June 20, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Lori E said...
I am not familiar with her but it sounds like common sense to me. I don't know why it is such a surprise to the US as the slow food movement has been going on in Italy for quite some time with the same idea. Fresh locally grown food, in season and readily available at markets.
Sounds like the moneymakers in the grocery business are the ones behind the less than friendly welcome. - September 15, 2013 at 11:17 AM


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So ... now what?
That's the question that naturally arises after one of the most startling stories to come along in entertainment news in a while: during the filming of Mythbusters, the show fired a cannonball that went off-course and flew right through a residential neighborhood, punching a hole in a house and eventually hitting a parked car. Nobody was hurt, but quite frankly, that's just good luck at work.
Now: The show wasn't just firing cannonballs willy-nilly at people's houses. That's not how they do things. They were at the Alameda Sheriff's Department bomb range being supervised by a trained bomb technician. According to a statement from Discovery, the cannonball "took an unforeseen bounce from a safety berm." Remember, they've been in production for years, and the worst thing to happen before now was underestimating the force of an explosion and breaking a window or two. There's a reason they've done so much for so long with so few problems.
Unfortunately, that instantly becomes a very hollow fact indeed, because the number of cannonballs it's acceptable to blow through people's houses for the sake of entertainment is not in dispute, and it is zero cannonballs through anybody's house, ever. And everybody associated with the show knows it, and you know they know it. Even were they inclined to make excuses, excuses would be hard to come by when everybody agrees that ... yes, that was their cannonball that flew through the neighborhood. They will pay for all the damage, they will pay for the trouble, and they may well pay quite a lot. But what then?
Savage tweeted this morning that the show is still in production, and that rumors that it was suspended are inaccurate. But that doesn't mean everything is status quo, of course.
One question that will need attention is whether, after several seasons, the pressure to do bigger and cooler things is changing the equations about safety in spite of everyone's best intentions, simply because of the scope. It may be a while before everybody understands exactly what went wrong and whether the cannonball could have been fired in a way that would have completely eliminated the possibility of this kind of an accident, and how simple or complicated that adjustment would have been. (Savage said yesterday that the cannon was aimed too high.)
But when you hear that a 30-pound cannonball flew 700 yards beyond the bomb range — a 30-pound cannonball flew 700 yards outside where it was meant to be — and when you read about its path through the neighborhood, through a house, across the street, off a roof and into a car, you're reminded that they're working with a tremendous amount of force. It raises the reasonable question of how big experiments can get and how much power they can involve before the risk of freak accidents isn't worth it, no matter how freaky they are. Savage has already said there will be no more cannons at the bomb range, but we'll have to wait and see whether anything scales down, or just changes location.
Moreover, while they have a lot of expert assistance and advice, it's interesting to ponder what kind of expert you get for a cannon. I'm confident the Sheriff's Department has experience with bombs and guns; I don't know how much they have with cannons.
Of course, ideally, they'd figure this out transparently, on the show. Bear with me — let us imagine a world in which no one worries about being sued, either now or in the future, and therefore, you don't have a reason not to talk about your own mistakes. Just imagine it.
You know what would make a great investigation? What in the love of little chicken feathers happened here? Ironically, this is exactly the show that could theoretically explain with great clarity what went wrong and how you make sure it never happens in the future. Maybe one factor or another behaved differently than expected. I mean, clearly, something behaved differently than expected, and that's exactly what this show does. It figures out what's going on when things react with the physical forces of nature in ways that aren't intuitive. Savage tweeted that after touring the damaged area, they were heading back to base in San Francisco to figure out how to make sure it never happened again, and I bet those conversations will be fascinating.
It probably can't happen, but boy, I would watch the heck out of that.
You don't want to wind up testing foam balls thrown at pillows. You don't want to be limited to figuring out how long it takes chocolate syrup to dissolve in milk. Unleashing some physical force is a big part of the show's charm, and in fact, getting people to respect the amount of power that's unleashed by things like explosions and fires is one of the objectives.
They may have achieved it just a little too well in this case.
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In the latest of these studies, scientists have used blood samples to identify people with lung cancer.
At the Stanford School of Medicine, Dr. Maximilian Diehn spends some of his time as a radiation oncologist treating patients with cancer, and some of his time delving into the world of DNA. In particular, he's been working on ways to detect DNA that has been shed from a tumor and ends up in a patient's blood.
"The problem has been that there's a very small amount of the DNA there, usually, so it's very hard to detect," Diehn says.
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"Now, since we can already detect half of them with the current assay, we're very hopeful that the majority of cases will have detectable DNA," Diehn says.
Researchers at Stanford not only are working to improve the lung-cancer test but also are developing tests for other cancers — including lymphomas, cancers of the breast, esophagus and pancreas.
"But the ultimate holy grail would be to move this to the early detection of cancer," says Dr. Ash Alizadeh at Stanford. "The early detection of cancer could save many lives by being amenable to being treated."
They aren't the only lab on that quest. Dr. Luis Diaz and colleagues at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine recently reported a blood DNA test targeting 14 different tumor types. The team at the Hopkins Kimmel cancer center also found about half of the early-stage cancers in their volunteers. Diaz says even a test that finds early stage cancer only half the time is still a big step forward.
"When you have a stage 1 tumor, the patients feel healthy," Diaz says. "They're still going to the gym, they're still performing all their activities of daily living without any sort of feeling that something's wrong. This blood test will detect the cancer at a very early stage — albeit only in 50 percent of cases."
The researchers are optimistic they can improve the test so it will catch many more cases, but they don't yet know whether that's a matter of better technology or if some tumor DNA will simply always remain hidden. And it's not entirely clear yet how many false alarms might turn up. But even now, this emerging DNA technology has many uses.
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And while new medical technologies often drive up the cost of care, these researchers hope that a few years from now, a cancer blood test will be available for a few hundred dollars. Using it could help patients avoid costly scans — and avoid late-stage diagnoses, when cancer is often more difficult and more expensive to treat.
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Best Dentist in California
by Kiara Craney (2020-06-04)
Dr. Precilyn Silvestre-Melo, DDS - Gorgeous Smile Dental Clinic - San Jose and Newark, California
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Five Bells
Gail Jones
Harvill Secker
Australian writer, Gail Jones, twice nominated for the Orange Prize and once for the Man Booker Prize, explores the lives and pasts of four strangers in her latest offering. Meeting in Circular Quay, the site of the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the four strangers' lives intersect through one single dramatic event.
Each character is dealing with complicated burdens from the past, preoccupied by secrets and culpability, Jones writes each character's apprehension in a deeply affecting way. Ellie is troubled by her sexual experiences as a girl; Pei Xing struggles with her imprisonment and parents' death in the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Catherine is bereaved by her brother's tragic death in Dublin, and James grapples with guilt for a tragedy that he takes responsibility for.
Throughout the course of the day, the characters' lives intertwine, creating a series of parallel narratives. Jones' writing style pays homage to many great writers of the past, but she adds her own creative twist to this engaging and passionate novel.
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Baby Cartoons, Cartoons About Babies by Randy Glasbergen.
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A few years ago, CCC Publishing published Oh Baby! a 100 page book of my baby cartoons for new parents. (The book is no longer in print, but you can usually find used copies on Amazon.com and Ebay.) As a father of four children (all former babies) it was fun to put some of my own personal experiences into the baby cartoons for the book. I won't say which of my baby cartoons are based on my own babies and my family, but I'm pretty sure my wife could guess!
If you would like to use my Baby Cartoons in your next project or publication, please contact me for more information or a budget-friendly rate quote!
You can find more baby cartoons on my website, including baby cartoons about newborns, cartoons about babies with their mothers, baby cartoons about toddlers, baby cartoons about rug rats, cartoons about babies in the womb, baby cartoons about maternity ward, baby food cartoons, cartoons about babies and their dads, baby blanket cartoons, baby cartoons about learning how to walk, baby cartoons about crawling, baby cartoons about waiting to be born, cartoons about conceiving babies, cartoons about making babies, baby cartoons about life in the womb, baby cartoons about daycare, cute baby cartoons, baby cartoons about childcare, baby cartoons about parenting, cartoons about having a baby, baby cartoons about giving birth, baby cartoons for doctors, baby cartoons for nurses, baby cartoons for education, baby cartoons for parenting newsletters, baby cartoons for textbooks, baby cartoons for websites and blogs, baby cartoons for birth instructors, and more.
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Toyota to pay US$1.2B criminal settlement for 'misleading statements'
by Eric Tucker and Tom Krisher, The Associated Press
Attorney General Eric Holder said it is the largest financial penalty of its kind ever imposed on an auto company
WASHINGTON—The government announced a $1.2 billion settlement with Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday and filed a criminal charge alleging the company defrauded consumers by issuing misleading statements about safety issues in Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
Attorney General Eric Holder said it is the largest financial penalty of its kind ever imposed on an auto company. Under a deferred prosecution agreement, an independent monitor will review policies, practices and procedures at the company.
The action concludes a four-year criminal investigation into the Japanese automaker's disclosure of safety problems, which focused on whether Toyota was forthright in reporting problems related to unintended acceleration troubles.
"Rather than promptly disclosing and correcting safety issues … Toyota made misleading public statements to consumers and gave inaccurate facts to members of Congress," Holder told a news conference.
Toyota said that at the time of the recalls, "we took full responsibility for any concerns our actions may have caused customers, and we rededicated ourselves to earning their trust," said Christopher P. Reynolds, chief legal officer of Toyota Motor North America. "In the more than four years since these recalls, we have gone back to basics at Toyota to put our customers first."
Toyota said it had "made fundamental changes to become a more responsive and customer-focused organization, and we are committed to continued improvements."
Starting in 2009, Toyota issued massive recalls, mostly in the U.S., totaling more than 10 million vehicles for various problems including faulty brakes, gas pedals and floor mats. From 2010 through 2012, Toyota Motor Corp. paid fines totaling more than $66 million for delays in reporting unintended acceleration problems.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration never found defects in electronics or software in Toyota cars, which had been targeted as a possible cause.
Starting in 2009, Toyota issued massive recalls, mostly in the U.S., totalling more than 10 million vehicles for various problems including faulty brakes, gas pedals and floor mats. From 2010 through 2012, Toyota Motor Corp. paid fines totalling more than $66 million for delays in reporting unintended acceleration problems.
The settlement continues a string of bad publicity for Toyota, which before the unintended acceleration cases had a bulletproof image of reliability. Since the cases surfaced, the company's brand image has been damaged and it has lost U.S. market share as competition has intensified.
Last year, Toyota agreed to pay more than $1 billion to resolve hundreds of lawsuits claiming that owners of its cars suffered economic losses because of the recalls. But that settlement did not include wrongful death and injury lawsuits that have been consolidated in California state and federal courts.
In December, Toyota filed court papers after a four-year legal battle saying that it's in settlement talks on nearly 400 U.S. lawsuits, but other cases aren't included in the talks.
The negotiations come less than two months after an Oklahoma jury awarded $3 million in damages to the injured driver of a 2005 Camry and to the family of a passenger who was killed.
The ruling was significant because Toyota had won all previous unintended acceleration cases that went to trial. It was also the first case where attorneys for plaintiffs argued that the car's electronics—in this case the software connected to a midsize Camry's electronic throttle-control system—were the cause of the unintended acceleration.
At the time, legal experts said the Oklahoma verdict might cause Toyota to consider a broad settlement of the remaining cases. Until then, Toyota had been riding momentum from several trials where juries found it was not liable.
Toyota has blamed drivers, stuck accelerators or floor mats that trapped the gas pedal for the acceleration claims that led to the big recalls of Camrys and other vehicles. The company has repeatedly denied its vehicles are flawed.
No recalls have been issued related to problems with onboard electronics. In the Oklahoma case, Toyota attorneys theorized that the driver mistakenly pumped the gas pedal instead of the brake when her Camry ran through an intersection and slammed into an embankment.
But after the verdict, jurors told AP they believed the testimony of an expert who said he found flaws in the car's electronics.
Toyota also had to pay millions for recalls, as well as a series of fines totalling $68 million to the NHTSA, the U.S. government's road safety watchdog, for being slow to report acceleration problems.
Still, the payments won't hurt Toyota's finances very much. In its last fiscal quarter alone, Toyota posted a $5.2 billion profit, crediting a weak yen and strong global sales.
Toyota's U.S. market share, however, has fallen more than 4 percentage points since unintended acceleration came to the forefront in August of 2009, when a California Highway Patrol officer and three others were killed in a fiery crash. The officer's runaway car was travelling more than 120 mph when it crashed and burst into flames. One of his family members called police about a minute before the crash to report the vehicle had no brakes and the accelerator was stuck.
At the time, Toyota controlled 17.8 per cent of the U.S. market. Gas prices were high, playing to Toyota's fuel-efficient small cars and hybrids. Detroit automakers were in serious financial trouble and had few fuel-efficient cars for sale.
By last month, though, Toyota's share fell to 13.3 per cent, according to Autodata Corp., as the company faced intense competition in small and midsize cars from resurgent Detroit automakers and Korean brands Hyundai and Kia.
The Toyota criminal charge and settlement could foreshadow what's in store for General Motors. The same U.S. attorney's office is investigating the Detroit auto giant for its slow response to a faulty ignition switch problem in older compact cars that has been linked to at least 31 crashes and 12 deaths. NHTSA also is investigating whether GM withheld information about the problem and could fine the automaker $35 million.


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Cardamom and Saffron Ice Cream
I am usually pretty excited when Mondays roll around. New week, new things happening, new people to meet and things to discover. It's never quite the same and I look forward to the things learned and observed. Except this Monday. It has been such a splendid weekend, I hardly want it to end. We did have an Easter egg hunt for the kids next door and an improvised picnic in the yard with the neighbors. It just filled me with joy, hope and laughter. An instant battery charger for the soul.
I am usually in charge of desserts when we get together but this time I only had ice cream ready. Actually, I could have cut tiny pieces of what was left of a chocolate coconut and mango cake I had made but that would have been like giving an elephant a thimble to drink from. (more on the cake this week). Instead, I brought down the container of Cardamom and Saffron Ice Cream I was saving for such warm and pleasant days.
If I had shown you the inside of the cabinets during Jen's Kitchen Tour series, it would have confused everybody. I have what B. called "kitchen bougeotte". (To have "la bougeotte" = to be fidgety). With my parents and almost all their sibblings born an raised abroad, there was no standard for cuisine types in the family. Wherever they were they would learn some local dishes and ultimately pass them on to us. Along with all the pots and pans specific to each culture. I realized the tour would quickly require a two-page extension if I included them and I could not subject you and Jen to that. It was long enough already!!
Being here in the States is close to cuisine paradise with some many different nations in one spot, so you can bet my "kitchen bougeotte" is greatly satisfied! I am under heavy French, Asian and Indian flavors. In the pantry, each culture tends to have a specific bin. There is however a couple of spices with their own prime real estate in the pantry. Cardamom and saffron.
I love, love, love cardamom. In baked goods, mousses, cakes, you name it I am there. I use green cardamom for baking while I keep black cardamom for savory dishes. I don't usually think of saffron when baking but I am pleasantly surprised each time I do. While I don't pretend to be fluent in Indian cooking, I do enjoy the knowledge and recipes from other bloggers out there. I also have the loveliest of friend who prepared this ice cream the last time I saw her and from the first spoonful, I knew I would have to make it at home….quickly! This ice cream made me week in the knees, literally.
No saffron was harmed during the photo shoot…it all went back in its jar. Now everybody can relax."
The flavors of this ice cream are reminiscent of kulfi although the method used here is a bit different than in traditional kulfi recipes. Oh trust me, next on my list is to get me a set of kulfi molds and to try Deeba's recipe…hmmm… Nothing could be simpler than this refreshing ice cream: cardamom infused cream, pinch of saffron and a handful of pistachios (check your sources given the recent news). Churn and dig…
Cardamom and Saffron Ice Cream Recipe:
2 cups (500ml) heavy cream
1 cup (250ml) whole milk
1 cup (200gr) granulated sugar
4-5 green cardamom pods
pinch of saffron
1/3 cup (40gr) raw pistachios
In a large saucepan, stir together the cream, milk and sugar. On a flat surface, or with a mortar and pestle, gently crush the cardamom pods and add both seeds and pods to the cream mixture. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium low heat, stirring occasionally to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and let steep as it cools to room temperature. Refrigerate, preferably overnight.
Once infused, strain the mixture and remove the crushed cardamom pods. Add a few threads of saffron and stir.
Coarsely chop the pistachios and add them to the mix.
Process the mixture into your ice cream maker according to the manufacturer's intructions.
No ice cream maker? No problem! Pour the cream into a freeze proof container and freeze for a couple of hours. Take it out and whip it with an electric mixer or immersion blender, freeze it again, whip it again….do that four or five times. The mixture won't be quite the same but pretty darn close.


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Frankie Shea, co-director of Moniker Art Fair, aims to elevate the status of street related art by referencing the roots of this genre, but also focusing on a new era that sees street art becoming more mainstream. Moniker ran from 13 – 16 October 2011. www.monikerartfair.com
What inspired you to start Moniker?
The artists I admired, collected and dealt with were not represented at any of the fairs, despite the fact that they are widely collected and exhibited around the world. There is still a certain snobbishness in the art world, so embracing the ethos that many street artists have, I decided to do it myself. I approached Kristophe Hofford and Vanessa Vainio, and embracing the street art ideology, we made it happen.
As an artistic movement, how do you feel that street art has developed?
It has gone from strength to strength, from little pop up shows only attended by street art fans and those in the know, to major groundbreaking shows, such as Jeffery Deitch's Art in the Streets at the MOCA, Los Angeles, which smashed attendance records previously held by the likes of Warhol and Murakami. Recently, Tina Ziegler and I curated a show at Blackall Studios in Shoreditch, and soon after we were invited to bring the show to the Museum in Warrington. This is a clear indication that street art is being accepted into the mainstream art world. Moniker is about showcasing this art to the mass audience, and we feel that we have been part of this transition.
Do you worry about the wider connotations of the term street art?
It's often coined as street art, but ultimately it's art, moreover, contemporary art. Moniker doesn't just showcase street art, although there is something that connects most of the art we exhibit. These are artists that don't wait for approval. Actually the first limited edition print I bought was not from a street artist, but from an artist whose publisher had a number of street artists in their stable. It was a Jamie Hewlett print, and I bought it because I liked it – I had no idea if he had a degree in the history of art or studied at Goldsmiths or if it was the first picture he ever painted, nor did I care. I liked it and wanted it for my wall. That's a perfect sale – someone buying a picture because they actually like it.
How does the programme attempt to counter this?
Well I guess we are not too concerned about the term "street art" in the first place. We're confident in what we show and we're not going out of our way to counter anything, although we do want to show that the art on display is serious. Street art is only a term; some call it that, some call it urban art, some even call it the "new contemporary", but these are only labels.
Can you give our readers any insider information on the six signature projects taking place alongside Moniker?
I'll be cementing my working relationship with Tina Ziegler by curating a project space with Australian artists Dabs and Myla. The artists will also be painting one of the murals on Great Eastern Street. Jaybo and Marco Grassi will be painting their installation throughout the duration of the fair, which should be one of the highlights and will make for some interesting viewing. Beejoir makes a welcome return to London with his "pill for the day" bronze displayed in a very apt setting and we're pleased to have Italian artist Peeta involved, who is supported by the Mauger brothers of Mauger Modern.
Moniker has described the street art scene as democratic; can you explain this idea in more detail?
The reason why street art has become so popular is because the people have voted it so. People like it and want to see it and that's why the Art in the Streets exhibition at MOCA in California was such a success. Believe it or not, if you give the people what they want, they will actually turn up and have a good time and support your venture.
What makes street art so relevant today?
Every Tom, Dick and Tristan has it on their wall or on a T-shirt or they moan about how awful it is. Either way – it's captured the public's imagination like no other artistic genre that we've seen for a long time. Is street art dead? I think it has only just begun.
How does street art differ from culture to culture, street to street?
Well you can almost certainly tell a west coast artist from an east coast artist and you can often tell if a street artist lives in a sunny climate too. And then there is Ben Eine, he's from Sidcup …


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