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Here are the essential ingredients to any good party: a mix of interesting people, laughter, great food and wine that are all enjoyed in a beautiful setting.
This is exactly what you'll get during every one of the 16 events during the 9th Annual Winter Wine Festival at the Wentworth by the Sea that will take place between Feb. 1 and March 16.
Wine will be poured. Food from all over the world — including fresh food grown on local farms — will be served. Music will be played. New people will be met.
The majority of the wines served this year will come from a vibrant part of the world: South America, where conditions are so perfect for growing grapes that it is now one of the great wine-making regions of the world.
The Wentworth is the place you'll want to be. You don't want to look at a friend's Facebook page and see a picture of them at one of the events and say, I should've been there.
"You may think of the hotel as the place for your parents, but that's not really what the Wentworth is about any more," said Beverage Manager Scott Moreau. "The Wentworth is the place to be."
Here's only a sampling of the dinners you can choose from: a Pinot & Pesce Dinner; a dinner made from foods grown entirely within a 50-mile radius of the hotel; The Diamond Dinner, the very essence of impressive elegance; and the Extraordinarily Economical Palate Pleasing Dinner. You can attend the Sommelier Standoff, in which two of the most experienced wine sommeliers' in the state — Jessica Sutton and Sarah MacKinley — will pair the perfect wine with the perfect meal and diners will be the judges on who did best.
This year the sommelier competition, which takes place on March 1, is expected to be especially fun: Jessica has won the contest two years in a row and this year Sarah is out to take the grand prize for the first time.
"This year there are dinners for everybody," said Moreau. "I admit they've been intimidating in past years. I won't deny that for a second. But if you think you're coming to a dinner that's going to be more like a seminar on what wine is all about, that's not what's going to happen. You'll taste some great wines, but what we're emphasizing this year is a great time where people can get together at some of the unique events that take place in the Seacoast all year long."
There will be both wine and beer. At the Bogle in Blue Jeans and Rockin' Rombauer Dinner on the second night of the festival guests are in fact asked not to dress up — it's jeans and casual attire. The wines at each of the dinners are made and marketed by some of the sharpest young minds in the business — such as Geoff Whitman (class of Dover High School '89) — who has partnered with Boston Red Sox legend Bill Lee to create the highly-regarded "Spaceman" Cabernet Sauvignon.
You'll be introduced to wines made in Chile and Argentina — locales now recognized to have perhaps the finest wine-growing climate in the world. These wines are not only delicious and new, but they're affordable and can add the right ingredient to any party, no matter where it's held.
You'll be introduced (if you haven't already been to Moxy in Portsmouth) to the dishes created by Wentworth alum Chef Matt Louis, who is championing the incredible variety of foods that are grown right in our area.
A word about the Wentworth itself.
If you've lived in the Seacoast during the last decade or so, you know the story of the Wentworth by the Sea. It was the area's grand hotel for the first half of the 20th century, only to fall out of fashion and close in the early 1980s.
It sat, empty and old, for almost two decades when it was finally purchased by Ocean Properties Ltd. and re-opened in all its former glory in 2003. Today, the hotel is known for its elegant Sunday brunches, beautiful rooms and peerless customer service.
It's a real gem on the Seacoast, and this year Moreau and his team at the Wentworth believe that 2013 is the year to introduce the hotel to a new generation of Seacoast residents. The events at the Wine Festival are the perfect events to do that.
"If you want a beautiful night out to let your hair down, there's an event for you," said Moreau. "You may think you know the Wentworth, but you don't. Come out and see us for the first time, or reintroduce yourself to us. These dinners are going to be great."
Friday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.
9th Annual Grand Tasting Reception
The opening event is the Wentworth's signature Grand Tasting Reception. Sample hundreds of wines from around the world and the tastiest hors d'oeuvres prepared by some of the Seacoast's most talented chefs.
Scott Moreau, Beverage Manager of the Wentworth by the Sea, said that even though it may not seem like it, winter is a great time to visit the hotel.
The Wine Festival was originally held at the hotel in the winter because it was a quiet time of the year, but everyone quickly realized that there was an added benefit.
"There's nothing better in the area than the Wentworth in the winter," Moreau said. "There's a warmth and an ambience to it. Everything in here, the fireplaces, the furniture, is really very beautiful in the winter."
Moreau also points out that it's a great time to have the festival because it's a quiet time of year. There's always something going on in the Seacoast in the summer, fall or during the holidays. But in the early part of the year people are looking for something to do.
"As it turns out this region needs an event like this during the winter," Moreau said. "These dinners give you the best reason to get out of the house."
The other benefit is that the classic Wentworth by the Sea is also just around the corner.
"We're the hotel for local folks," Moreau said. "It's eight minutes from Portsmouth but when you come here it feels like you're on vacation. It's a different world."
Saturday, Feb. 2
Bogle in Blue Jeans "Not So Grand" Vintner's Dinner
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
Robbie LaBlanc is full of energy and enthusiasm. He talks about the Bogle In Blue Jeans Night with such affection and joie de vivre that after you finish talking to him you want to get online and buy a ticket for the event right away.
But LaBlanc is also the first guy to admit that if you're looking for a stuffy, snobbish night out then the Bogle Night is not for you.
"You're gonna taste a lot of different types of wine," he said. "You'll have five or six of them to choose from and it's done in a way so that you won't be intimidated by the wine stuff. Even if you don't know a lot about wine that's cool because what we do at the Bogle dinners is very laid back and not very technical. There's no pressure. It's just a lot of fun."
During the dinner, LaBlanc, who is the northeast representative for the winery, may even play a little music (he's a musician himself) and he and his team will be happy to answer any questions guests may have about the wines being served.
"A lot of people my age have hangups about wine. They think they have to swill the glass and if they don't they think they don't have it together. But that's not the way it is," LaBlanc said. "We'll tell you about the Bogle family — we're still a family-owned business and the Bogle children who run it now are all between 35 and 40 years old. These are very, very dedicated kids looking to make the very best wines on the market today."
Consumer Reports, in fact, chose Bogle's 2009 chardonnay as one of the best wine's on the market in its modest price range.
The Bogle In Blue Jeans "Not So Grand" Dinner is the second event on the Wine Festival schedule. It takes place in February, admittedly not the most hospital month on the calendar in New England.
But the Wentworth that night will be a warm and welcoming place. The fireplace will be ablaze, the conversation will be buzzing and the wine from Bogle vineyard will flow.
For more information: www.boglewinery.com.
Friday, Feb. 8
Spellbound and Medusa Wineries Grand Vintner's Dinner featuring Guest Chef Simon Lampert of Four Restaurant
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
Geoff Whitman is sitting in a restaurant in California waiting for a colleague from China to meet him when he takes a moment to talk about the wines he represents. Whitman is the General Manager of Michael Mondavi Family Estates and a winemaker himself who also has a local connection: He's a member of Dover High School's Class of 1989.
Whitman readily admits that it was not a career he had envisioned for himself. In college he met a sophisticated European woman and was immediately captivated by her. Thinking he would impress her by serving wine to her rather than beer, Whitman went into a wine store in Boston and bought a bottle crafted by Robert Mondavi. This led, as they say, to the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Not only with the woman but with wine.
When he first told that story to the Mondavi family, they were skeptical. Really? But Whitman said it was the Mondavi family that led him away from Bud Light to the world of wine.
Whitman today owns a brand called "Spellbound" and "Medusa", which he's making with Mondavi scion Robert Mondavi.
He's also partnered with a New England icon, former Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee, to create a red wine called "Spaceman" — named, of course, after Lee's famous moniker. Lee is also from a winemaking family. His grandparents owned a winery called Buena Vista Wines in California. "So he's got wine in his blood both literally and figuratively," Whitman joked.
"Spaceman" has been well-received, and not because it's associated with a famous name but because it's a great wine with a modest price tag. These are not, Whitman said, "white tablecloth wines." These are vino da tavola — table wines.
Still, it's impressive. "When I look and see my name on a bottle right next to a really famous name, I know I'm not the star. I'm happy to be on the marquee," said Whitman.
The Traditional Vintner's Dinner is not as — well — traditional as the name sounds. Whitman will tell a few stories, mostly about his journeys and how he got into wine (see above).
"My story is that I'm a guy that found my way essentially to the pinnacle of wine in the U.S.," he said. Because of that, Whitman doesn't shy away from how he feels about the social benefits of wine. "I still tout the health benefits but wine also makes you more of a sophisticated person. It's the gracious way of living, as Mondavi used to put it," Whitman said. "It enriches your life."
This is the fourth time that Whitman has hosted one of the Wine Festival Dinners. "I'm grateful the Wentworth keeps having me back. They've embraced me as a local guy. I just want to hang out because it's a great festival and we put on a great event."
For more information: www.spellboundwines.com
Saturday, Feb. 9
Fat Tuesday Celebration with Debauchery Wines
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
What better name could you have for a wine served at a Mardi Gras event than "Debauchery"? Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday as it's called down in New Orleans, does not exactly conjure up images of candlelit dinners, easy listening jazz and aperitifs served in dainty little glasses.
So this is what you'll get on Feb. 9 — a little bit of Debauchery and a little bit of everything else, including great food and conversation. There will be a little corner of old New Orleans at the Wentworth that night. The slogan for Debauchery Wines is, after all, "Just a little bit naughty ..."
At last year's Fat Tuesday Celebration, Debauchery owner and founder Jerry Prial (who was the past president of Redhook Brewery) brought in a fortune teller. This year he may bring in a Mardi Gras band. Who knows? It's always unpredictable on Fat Tuesday.
"Young people appreciate wine differently than older generations do," said Prial, who opened his company in 2009. "How they consume it. How they buy it. How they think about it. It's not like you have a quiet dinner with a friend and a Bordeaux. They don't take wine so seriously. Let's have fun."
At this year's Fat Tuesday dinner, Prial said he will be serving Debauchery's new pinot noir, which he said he's particularly excited about. It's taken him more than two years to get this wine to market.
Prial said he simply had an epiphany one night about the appeal of wine after three decades as a brewer. "I was with some friends and we opened up the second bottle and I said to myself 'I should look into doing this'," he said.
As he started to familiarize himself with wines, he realized he wanted to stay away from the more traditional wines from France, Italy and Spain. He was looking down south, at such places like South America and Australia. "My goal was to look for these new world wines," he said.
So he decided to head down to Chile and found a great winemaker and chose a memorable name that would appeal to a younger demographic. "I want people to buy the wine twice and you can't do that if you don't have the right wine in the bottle," he said.
Prial said he pays particular attention to trends in the marketplace. There is now, for instance, a trend toward sweeter wines. "I don't put an emphasis on what I personally like," he said. "I have to pay attention to the marketplace." He said he also doesn't put too much stock in the traditional wine rating system.
"I have a three point rating system," Prial said. "If people like it, it's worth one point. If they buy it, that's worth one point. If they take it to a friend's house, that's worth a point. So I have a high rating of three. That's the best."
When asked why someone should attend the Fat Tuesday Celebration, Prial invoked the classic slogan from Nike footwear: "Just do it," he said.
For more information: www.debaucherywine.com
Thursday, Feb. 14
Valentine's Day Aphrodisiac Dinner featuring Domaine Chandon
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
Let's say you have a new significant person in your life or you've been in a happy, long-term relationship. Let's say you want to impress that person. Or you want to spice things up just because you feel like it. But let's say you want to do these things but aren't in the mood to travel or spend a lot of money. Then this is the event for you.
"The Wentworth by the Sea is only minutes away from anywhere you may live on the Seacoast, but it feels like you're far away," said Scott Moreau, Beverage Manager of the hotel.
The fireplace will be burning, and you'll enjoy a four course meal of "aphrodisiac foods" paired with the lovely, full-bodied wines from Domaine Chandon.
If you're in for some flirty fun on the Seacoast, then check this one out.
For more information: www.chandon.com
Friday, Feb. 15
Pinot and Pesce Grand Vintner's Seafood Dinner
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
Wine and fish is a classic combination, but it will get a fresh spin during this dinner.
The wines will be selected by Pine State Trading Co., and the seafood will come from the folks at Seaport Fish out of Rye, NH.
This is a light, easygoing event, with great local food and interesting wines, and one you shouldn't miss.
Saturday, Feb. 16
Wild Game Dinner with Atamisque Winery
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
What happens on this night is that the choicest, freshest cuts of meat from McKinnon's Market in Portsmouth will be paired with unique wines from Argentina. This promises to be a rich, unique experience from both a food and wine perspective.
Argentina, like so much of South America, has enjoyed a huge winemaking boom in the last 10 years, according to Jason Kroot, the northeast regional sales manager for Wine Bridge Imports, which will be bringing the wines created by the Atamisque Winery to the tables that night.
The appeal of Argentina to a new generation of wine drinkers can be summed up in one word: malbec.
This grape has energized the region and captivated wine drinkers all over the world. "French wines," said Kroot, "Are consumed by an older demographic."
The malbec grape, it so happens, is originally from the Bordeaux region in France but is now celebrated as an Argentine varietal. It's a dark and robust grape, rich in tannins. In Argentina, they're grown at about 4,000 feet above sea level in a region without a lot of rain, making for perfect, gentle conditions to grow the grape.
Kroot said that the malbec is a perfect blend because Argentina itself is a place known for its meat dishes — rich beef and sausage meals. "It's an ideal combination," he said.
He also pointed out a detail that makes the wines from Atamisque unique is that the grapes are handpicked and the wine is not pumped from one location to the next, which Kroot said can damage the quality of the wine. The wines from Atamisque are handcarted from each location, which helps preserve the integrity of the product.
"Atamisque is a high-end winery," said Kroot, who will be attending the Wentworth Wine Festival for the first time this year. He said that he'll most likely serve a pinot and a sauvignon blanc, as well as two sparkling wines during the dinner.
"The best winemakers in the world are now down in Argentina," he said. And the lucky guests at the Wild Game Dinner will be introduced to their incredible creations.
For more information: www.wbimports.com
Friday, Feb. 22
The Blending Dinner with Art & Farm Winery
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
This is a night for the truly adventurous.
Chef Adam Savage of the Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing, New York will create dishes paired with a wine from Art & Farm Wine, which is out of Napa, California.
The parings promise to be unusual, to say the least. Unexpected. Meals and wine you won't find anywhere else.
The reason why attendees won't find the wines they'll drink at this dinner anywhere else is because they are, in essence, going to make the wines themselves right at the table.
According to Rob McDonald, who owns and co-founded Art & Farm with his wife, Kat, said "People attending the dinner can expect to experience the true art of winemaking — blending. This is what a great chef does in the kitchen, takes excellent quality components and puts them together to make something grander than the sum of the bits."
McDonald is going to give each guest three different wines that they will be able to blend and make their own wine.
McDonald said that guests at the Art & Farm Winery do this quite frequently. "We find that first and foremost it is fun," he said. "But it can get quite competitive, depending on the group. It teaches people to think about flavors and gives them a greater understanding of what they like in a wine."
McDonald said he will be featuring the winery's three blended wines:
The Messenger, which is a combination of a cabernet sauvignon, merlot, malbec, cabernet franc and montepulciano.
Red Wine Number Two, a blend of grenache, syrah, mourvedre and viognier.
White Wine Number One, a stylish combination of sauvignon blanc, muscat and Riesling.
"We're unique," said McDonald. "We teach by doing, having fun and pouring heavy!"
For more information: at www.artfarmwine.com
Saturday, Feb. 23
American Tapas 50 Mile Dinner with Guest Chef Matt Louis of Moxy Restaurant
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
This is a tapas dinner, featuring a wide variety of small courses, as well as wines, spirits and beer, that are either made or grown within a 50-mile radius of the Wentworth.
It's as simple, and as delicious, as that.
"The name of the dinner pretty much tells you what it is," said Wentworth alum Chef Matt Louis, founder and owner of Moxy, the hot new restaurant in Portsmouth. Louis will be creating the meals for this event.
But underlying the simplicity of the premise of the dinner is a passion that Louis has for the wide variety of indigenous foods that Louis will be working with as he creates this unique experience.
"This is an opportunity to not only showcase the vast amount of product — and product in the offseason — that can be found in our area," Louis said. "This has not been fully celebrated. Some people are into it but local food has not really been celebrated but not to the level it should be. These are incredible foods that are right outside our own door."
All the menu items available at Moxy are made from locally grown foods. "Everything is from northern New England," Louis said. "If they're not indigenous, you won't see it on the menu. There are no almonds or papayas. There's no local foie gras, so why not look for things that are found around here?"
Louis said the product list of foods found around here is diverse: sausages, meats, locally-made bacon, cheese, fruits and root vegetables such as potatoes, corn, and greens such as kale and sunchokes. He pointed out there are plenty of greenhouses and cold storage here in New England that keeps the products fresh and crisp.
The other notion that Louis would like to dispel is that locally grown food on smaller farms is more expensive.
"I don't buy that," he said. "It just hasn't been driven into the marketplace enough. We need more people committed to the cause."
Louis mentioned the experience people have when they buy something fresh from a local farmer's market. "The difference in taste is undeniable, you cannot deny the difference. It's unbelievable when things taste like they should."
He talks about how the cabbage that he cuts at Moxy is still so fresh that it's "weeping. In the store the root end is all dried up, but when you serve local product it has an impact not only on taste but on the local economy. We support ourselves and our neighbors."
Louis makes a good point: "If you spend 50 dollars at the grocery store it's not a big deal, but to the local farmer it is a big deal."
For that reason alone, Louis said, "We need to do more dinners like this."
Friday, March 1
Sommelier Standoff: Certified Sommeliers Sarah MacKinley versus Jess Sutton
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
Just what is a sommelier? And why are they holding a standoff?
A sommelier is someone who is a trained wine professional, knowledgeable about serving wines and pairing them with the right meals.
Jessica Sutton and Sarah MacKinley are trained sommeliers. This is not simply someone who waits at table. Their study is exhaustive, and the two became the first women in New Hampshire (both are in their early 30s) recognized as sommeliers.
The Standoff is a contest between the two to see who pairs the best wines with each course as chosen by the guests at the dinner.
This is the third year they've participated in the Standoff. The hitch is that Jessica has won the first two outings, so Sarah is primed for the competition.
The best part about the event?
"The customer gets to be the judge," said Sarah, who works as a wine representative for the Perfecta Wine Company out of Manchester.
Jessica agreed. "You get to vote and every American loves to vote," she said. Jessica is a wine rep for Vinilandia NH wine distributors.
It's the American Idol of wine dinners.
Sarah, for her part, said she doesn't consider her own taste in wines as she prepares for event.
"It's not what we like," said Jessica. "It's a competition and you want to win and I try to think about what the people at dinner would like."
Both she and Sarah are given the menu a few weeks before the actual dinner itself, and each thinks about what the customer will like to have with the dish.
"This is about pairing the best wine with the food," Sarah said.
A different wine will be served with each course, and all of the guests will be given a scorecard.
Their goal is to speed the process up this year. In the past, they've given a lot of information about the wines, but this year they'll let the wines speak for themselves and let the guests decide.
When asked if there are still general rules for wine, such as the old one about drinking red wine with meat and white wine with fish, both Sarah and Jessica said no, they really don't.
"There are no rules in the wine world anymore," said Jessica. "Cabernet drinkers are going to drink cabernet with filet of sole no matter what."
So, come by the Sommelier Standoff. Sarah and Jessica are going to give you a choice of the wines they each represent. And the guests will decide whether Sarah makes the best pairing or if Jessica will bring home the prize for the third year in the row.
For more information: www.vinilandianh.com or www.perfecta.org
Saturday, March 2
Italian Grand Vintner's Dinner with Guest Chef Ryan Phillips of La Bella Vita Ristorante featuring Lauren Ault and Jessica Sutton of Vinilandia USA
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
This is precisely what it sounds like.
"We're doing a tour of Italy through food and wine," said Jessica Sutton of Vinilandia, the wine distributor that will be offering the wines for this event.
Get in the car and visit ancient Roma, Napoli, Firenzi, Milano or Venezia. You'll get all the benefits of this great country and her cities without the jet lag or the cost.
Ciao a tutti!
Thursday, March 7
Wentworth Beer Dinner featuring Allagash and Maine Beer Company
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
The Wentworth is stepping a little bit of its comfort zone here.
"It's in keeping with the idea that we're mixing things up in 2013," said Scott Moreau. "This is our first dinner that serves beer exclusively."
The brews are crafted by the Allagash and Maine Beer Company (both from Portland, ME)
The meals will be prepared by Ben Hasty of When Pig's Fly Bakery, which has locations in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
This is a hearty, full-bodied dinner — another one of the unique experiences with a unique taste during the Wine Festival.
Friday, March 8
Spanish Grand Vintner's Dinner featuring Matarromera Group and Guest Chef Evan Hennessey of Stages at One Washington
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
"We're bringing true Spanish cuisine to the hotel," said Wentworth by the Sea Executive Chef John Welch, who will create the entr�es for this event. (must change to information about Evan)
Evan Hennessey will be in charge of the food, while the wines will be prepared by Carlos Moro Gonzalez of Matarromara Winery, located in Spain.
"We are very pleased to have Senor Carlos Moro Gonzalez join us from his native homeland to share his experiences," said Welch.
Senor Gonzalez' ancestors were pioneers in planting vineyards in Olivares and Valbuena de Duero, villages considered today as the most prestigious area of the winemaking region of Spain.
This is a unique opportunity to experience the foods and wines of Spain at the same time, in the beautiful setting of the Wentworth by the Sea.
Saturday, March 9
Kendall Jackson Grand Vintner's Dinner
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
Randy Ullom, winemaker for Kendall Jackson Winery, said that 2012 was a very good year for their wines.
"It went beautifully," he said. "It was a great year." Ullom said that it's been too rainy for the past few years but now, in this drier year, the wines will be first rate.
The grapes for the Chardonnays had a golden color and the sugar levels were what they ought to be. The red wine grapes had a good color and dimples on the berry. Ullom said the skin of the fruit was just right this year.
The days in Napa Valley had a moderate temperature and the nights were cool and there was not a lot of rain. There wasn't too much fog and it was burned off by 10 a.m.
All in all, he said, "it was a perfect growing season."
Kendall Jackson is a family-owned and family-run winery. "We run our own grapes, grown on the cool coast of California. There's that marine influence on the wines." The grapes for this year's wine were picked last October.
The Kendall Jackson Dinner is an opportunity "for people to try Kendall Jackson wines from California," Ullom said.
The meals will be prepared by Executive Chef John Welch of the Wentworth by the Sea.
Friday, March 15
Extraordinarily Economical Palate Pleasing Dinner
Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
"This is the dinner I'm most looking forward to," said Scott Moreau of the Wentworth. "You can come to this dinner and learn about some new, inexpensive, high quality wines and eat some great comfort food."
The reason this event appeals to Moreau is that he's like a lot of people when it comes to wines. He'll walk into a wine store or a New Hampshire liquor outlet and be "overwhelmed" by the sheer number of varieties that he has to choose from. "I'm intimidated," Moreau said.
This dinner is a chance for people without a lot of wine knowledge can come and taste some great wines chosen by some true wine professionals.
Moreau said that guests, in addition to the wines served during the event, will be given a cheat sheet of wines to bring home with them so that it won't be so hard to choose the next time they wander into the vast jungle of the wine outlet. "We'll give you information on 20 or so wines," said Moreau.
The wine stewards at the Wentworth will search out wines with the highest ratings with the best taste at the best cost for the dinner.
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Reception at 6 p.m. with passed hors d'oeuvres. Four course dinner at 7 p.m.
This is the five diamond event of the 2013 Wine Festival. At every event throughout the Wine Festival, the staff at the Wentworth by the Sea pulls out all the stops, and each night they do it in a different way.
Whether it's a night featuring locally brewed beers, or wild game entr�es, or even their version of a potluck dinner, everything is done to perfection.
And this is the night when the hotel pulls out all the stops, said Scott Moreau.
"This is the white-glove service night," said Moreau. "We always treat people like royalty, only on this night everybody will also be dressed that way."
Moreau said on this night the hotel will be pairing up with Demeter's Steakhouse, "so you know you'll get only the best cuts of meat," said Moreau.
"Put that dress or the suit on that you never get to wear," he said. "This is the final night of the festival, and we're going to end with a real flourish."
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Screw-tops Vs. Corks
Randy Ullom, the winemaker from Kendall Jackson Winery, was one of the winemakers who weighed in on the infamous cork versus screw top discussion that used to define the difference between wines of quality of those of a lesser vintage. Screw-tops, of course, were not associated with quality.
"A screw top is not as romantic as a cork," Ullom said. "Screw-tops bring back memories of Boone's Farm."
Jessica Sutton, the wine rep from Vinilandia NH, agreed. "There is a romanticism removing the cork from the bottle, but it doesn't make any sense any more." Sutton pointed out that cork is largely grown in Portugal, Spain and Italy and to ship it out to other countries for the use in wines bottles only to have it shipped back didn't make much sense any more. And screw-tops also have a much lower rate of failure than corks.
"Nobody should be afraid of a wine with a screw top," Sutton said.
Why South America?
Why have the countries in South America — places such as Argentina, Chile and Mendoza — become such hot zones for winemakers?
"It's the perfect place to grow grapes," said Jerry Prial, founder and owner of Debauchery Wines.
He lists the reasons why that is: It's isolated, which means that it isn't subjected to the kinds of pests that can ruin a year's crop.
It's relatively dry. "There are no mold epidemics," said Prial.
It has natural boundaries. Grapes are gentle creatures, and they don't like a lot of spikes in climate, Prial said. Growing grapes on the sides of mountains in Chile leads to a much healthier, robust crop of berries.
South America has a Mediterranean-style climate, which is most hospitable to the grape.
There's plenty of water.
Prial said that many varietals are now grown in Chile alone. "It's 2,700 miles long, so it has a little bit of everything," he said.


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HERMOSILLO, Mexico -- At the moment, Luis Sojo is managing Venezuela's Navegantes de Magallanes in the Caribbean Series. And in a few weeks, he'll serve as skipper for his home country in the World Baseball Classic for the third straight time.
"It's a huge honor, for them to give me that responsibility and to have confidence in me for such an important tournament. It gives me a lot of satisfaction," Sojo, who manages the Yankees' Class A affiliate in the U.S., said in Spanish. "The end goal is to win that championship, which we've been looking for since 2006, and I think this year we're very prepared for that."
Offensively, the Venezuelan team is stacked, with Elvis Andrus, Asdrubal Cabrera, Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Gonzalez, Miguel Montero and Pablo Sandoval all listed on the provisional roster.
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Sojo said Tuesday that Red Sox pitchers Felix Doubront and Franklin Morales have bowed out, opting to stay in camp with their team all spring. The Marlins' Henderson Alvarez, per ESPNdeportes.com, is also likely out despite being named on the provisional roster. Mets starter Johan Santana, who has expressed a desire to play, isn't expected to get insured because he finished last season on the disabled list. And the Rockies' Jhoulys Chacin has the same issue because he compiled more than 60 days on the DL last year.
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The deep sadness in the Elian Gonzalez case is that for 30 years or more, the rights of American fathers have been steadily eroded. From no-say in abortions, to no-say in divorce, to no-say in custody, to no-say in child support or how it's spent, to no-say in visitation, to no-say in daycare/no daycare, men have been slowly but surely emasculated by the feminists.
For nearly three generations, fathers - indeed all men, (and those who could speak for them, for example the few women who seem to actually like men and still possess some common sense) have stood very, very silent while their rights have been eroded out of existence. American men are as docile as puppies when it comes to their rights. Scratch their bellies and you own them.
Today's American man, poor sad bastard that he's become, has all the rights of a beast of burden, bred for working and ripe for doses of verbal whipping when misbehaving. Today's American man has the right to be accused and abused.
American men are irrelevant in a child's life. 40% of children are born out of wedlock. Men? Who needs them? The children who are allowed to be born and do have married parents have a fifty-percent chance of becoming a child of divorce. Millions of men's "other" children are murdered in the womb - but men are prohibited from stopping it, no matter how much they would love and support those unborn children. Men have no say, according to feminists.
How many of the divorces were caused by the strident, petulant nagging of a feminist-leaning woman, raised and educated by our society to believe that today's man is worse than something she'll step on as she makes her way to the next power-lunch? How many of these "no-fault" divorces were initiated by the woman?
How many American children cry for their daddies so those women can feel fulfilled?
Lately, no one seems able to make a convincing case that one American man -- one American father matters a whit anymore in the raising of a single American child, girl or boy. This tells you how deep the damage is.
Only the man's wallet is seen as the issue these days.
Suddenly out of nowhere comes an enormous wave of public opinion that a dad is important, and a son and his dad need to be together, no matter what! Even if the poor kid has to live in a slave state, which does not seem to matter. Somehow the wishes of the Mother who drowned to give her young son a chance at liberty, freedom! means nothing against a man's - a father's rights!
It's a miracle! In an instant there are no circumstances, no realities, and no laws that can possibly trump fatherhood - or outweigh a man's rights!
A grand awakening to the importance of fatherhood and the relevance of American men in their own children's lives? A renewed respect for the loyal, dedicated labors of the typical American male? A recognition of the average American man's pride to support and defend his family, his wife his children?
Should the children's advocacy industry brush off their resumes? Can the "Village" go home now?
Not so fast! This is not about American men's rights! This has nothing to do with American dads - unless you count their fantasies about the way they wished things were. No, this is only about a Cuban man's rights - so it's OK, since a Cuban man doesn't have any rights. Hello? He lives in a police state!
Can't we reason anymore? Have we all lost our minds?
And by the way, where have all these "father's rights -- men's rights" people been during the last 30 years? Cutting sugar cane in Cuba?
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Katarina Karnéus - new soloist at the Göteborg Opera.
At 11 am this morning, it was announced during a press conference at the Göteborg Opera that mezzo-soprano Katarina Karnéus has signed a five-season contract with the Göteborg Opera.
This is the first time Katarina Karnéus has made such a commitment. "When they offered it to me I accepted without a moment of hesitation. It feels fantastic to be able to work with an opera house of such a high international standard as that of the Göteborg Opera - and be able to be in Sweden! The Göteborg Opera is an opera house which will challenge me in my development as an artist," says Katarina Karnéus, who will be based in Göteborg from 2012 onwards.
Katarina Karnéus was born in Stockholm and has performed at leading opera and concert houses all around the world. In 1995, she won the Cardiff Singer of the World competition. In 1999, she made her début at the Met, where she has since performed several roles. Other opera houses where Katarina Karnéus has performed include Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper, La Monnaie Opera, Deutsche Oper and the Glyndebourne Festival. Her Swedish début took place in 2002, when she performed Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier at the Göteborg Opera, a role for which she was awarded the Opera Magazine Award. Katarina's début at the Royal Swedish Opera took place in 2009, when she played the title role in Xerxes. In 2011, she performed the role of Ruggiero in Alcina at the Göteborg Opera. In 2010, Katarina Karnéus won a Grammy for her performance of Mahler's 8th Symphony with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
"The goal of the Göteborg Opera is to become one of the leading opera houses in Northern Europe. Our very successful productions of the last few years have brought us very close to our goal. Our contract with Katarina Karnéus is another important step on the way. We are extremely pleased that she has been attracted to the brilliance of the Göteborg Opera and chosen to make a commitment to us," says Peter Hansson, CEO.
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Education: George Mason University, economics major.
Raised: Throughout Virginia; his father was a minister who moved from church to church.
Family: Married father of three.
Microsoft: Hired 12 years ago in Washington, D.C. office.
Pastimes: Weekly basketball game with Steve Ballmer.
Shortly after he joined Microsoft 12 years ago in Washington, D.C., Martin Taylor was tapped to help an executive from Redmond make a sales presentation.
The silver-tongued son of a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist was ready to show his stuff. "I was, what, 23, so I was like, 'Steve, Joe, I don't care, some bigwig from Redmond. I just want to go do this presentation,' " he said.
The executive was a vice president named Steve Ballmer, and the presentation was a disaster.
Ballmer was pitching a new operating system called Windows NT, but the hundreds of software vendors in the audience didn't care. They wanted to gripe about problems with Microsoft, so Ballmer and Taylor stopped showing slides and started taking notes.
Afterward, Ballmer kept on Taylor for months to be sure he followed up on the complaints and figured out how to solve the problems.Ten years later, when Microsoft realized it was caught flatfooted by the rise of Linux and other freely shared open-source software, Chief Executive Ballmer called on Taylor to step into the fire once again and lead the fight.
Taylor, 35, heads an 18-person platform strategy group that has helped reposition Microsoft to face what's become its biggest competition.
Linux is still growing in popularity and the debate over the value of Linux vs. Windows continues to rage. But two independent studies released last week suggested the threat to Microsoft has subsided.
One said Linux has found little interest in the small to midsize companies where Microsoft software is most popular.
Some observers say Microsoft has regained its footing, in part because of Taylor's campaign to shift the debate in a direction that's more favorable to the company.
Microsoft has also gained ground because the Linux threat roused the slumbering giant, forcing it to improve its products and be more responsive to customers, said Laura DiDio, a Yankee Group analyst who reported last week that Windows is holding firm in the corporate market.
"For a long time," she said, "Microsoft was like a lot of companies that reached a dominant position — you can become complacent, you can become arrogant and you can take your users for granted. What this has done is awakened the competitive fires, not to mention the professional pride, of the folks at the top."
Taylor didn't use the word complacent, but telling the story of Microsoft's response to Linux he acknowledged the company was slow to respond. "I kind of describe our evolution as starting out not fully aware of Linux from an impact perspective and technology perspective," he said.
In the beginning, sneersMicrosoft initially sneered at Linux. Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds created the program in 1991 so he could run a variation of the industrial-strength Unix operating system on his PC. Torvalds shared the system on the Internet, where he asked others to help improve the system, and a phenomenon was born.
In recent years Linux moved from a hobby to a mainstream system in corporate networks. Linux server sales grew 36 percent in the fourth quarter of 2004 to $1.3 billion, or 9 percent of worldwide server sales, according to research firm IDC. The firm expects Linux server sale to reach $9.1 billion and 26 percent of the market by 2008.
Taylor said Microsoft initially saw nothing revolutionary in Linux technology and thought "it might not be that interesting to people."
Then when Linux became more popular, Microsoft had what Taylor called "an emotional response." Executives publicly derided Linux and even called it a cancer, further polarizing the industry into Windows and Linux camps.
"You had a very visceral, vibrant, emotional community being very negative aggressively toward Microsoft in a very emotional way, which sometimes causes an emotional response, of course," he said.
Taylor now advises employees not to blast a product that many of its customers appreciate.
Looking back, Taylor said the viciousness of the criticism almost kept him from taking the job and made his mother, a journalism major, worry about his career choice.
"She reads every paper in the country, I think," he said. "I used to get e-mails once a month — 'Are you still employed? Good gracious, every time I read the paper there's something else about Linux taking over the world.' "
Called to RedmondWhen Microsoft woke up to the threat, Taylor found himself in a front-row seat. After D.C., he moved through the company, at one point selling its products to Wall Street firms and later heading its Caribbean subsidiary. At the start of 2002, he was called to Redmond to work as Ballmer's chief of staff.
Taylor helped Ballmer sort out the reorganization of the company into seven business groups. Then he worked with Ballmer on a push to make the company more responsive to customers, which dovetailed with customers' growing frustration with Windows' security issues, cost and licensing changes.
Taylor also picked up Ballmer's speaking style. When making a point, he speaks with Ballmer's trademark cadence, emphasizing a word or two near the end of a sentence with a high note and a smile. Like his boss, Taylor is also comfortable tossing batches of numbers into a conversation about a dense technical subject:
"Sure, there's an IDC study that says we're from 11 to 22 percent better total cost of ownership on these workloads. There's a Forrester study that says we're 25 to 28 percent on these workloads," he said during a recent interview. "I care less about the exact numbers and more about that customers are having a dialogue and doing their analysis and saying what's going to happen."
DiDio, the Yankee Group analyst, said Taylor is one of Microsoft's "secret weapons."
"He's sharp, smart; he's very, very quick," she said. "I come from New York. I'm used to talking quick, moving quickly. First time I ever met Martin, a few years ago, I felt I was with a 78 rpm record — I had to speed up my game."
Taylor, named after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for whom his father worked, also has another role at Microsoft. As one of the company's highest-ranking black employees, he also feels a responsibility to create more opportunities for people of different races to succeed at the company.
"We'd like our company to be more diverse, especially at the senior level," he said. "I think one way to do that is by having successful people that are diverse, that you can look up to and say, 'There is a career path for me.' "
Fresh face in fightFor Microsoft, Taylor was a fresh face it needed in its fight against Linux, DiDio said. "I don't think the guys at the top wanted to believe you could have this little upstart come and do this," she said. "I think they were in denial for a long time."
The first step was to ask customers what they saw in Linux. Taylor said the company talked to 6,000 customers around the world. The company also created the Linux lab to run the software and compare it to Windows.
Taylor recruited former IBM Linux advocate Bill Hilf to run the lab. Hilf keeps Microsoft abreast of the competition by running a stack of machines with about 30 different versions of Linux. He runs tests on the systems himself, uses them to explain the software to Microsoft colleagues.
Hilf is among 18 members of Taylor's team who work just across the street from Ballmer's building, in a row of unassuming offices decorated with the occasional Linux penguin logo. Taylor also hires a rotating mix of Linux experts for different projects, using an employment agency to recruit people.
Hilf said the lab helps Microsoft better understand its customers, many of whom run Linux alongside Windows. He also said the company isn't being sneaky — he makes no secret of his identity when he buys the software and calls Linux vendors for help.
"When I call support at Red Hat I often get a chuckle," Hilf said. "But it gives us a real customer experience."
While Taylor huddles with executives to hone strategies and flies around the world to meet with government and corporate customers, the team dissects and tests different versions of Linux.
Microsoft used its research and customer surveys to develop a marketing campaign it calls "Get the Facts." The campaign uses a collection of studies, some funded by the company, that raise questions about "total cost of ownership," or the actual cost of running Linux when support and other expenses are taken into consideration.
Linux supporters dismiss the campaign as propaganda, but it may have contributed to a shift in the Windows-Linux debate toward business questions and away from philosophical arguments about whether software should be freely shared.
"I think it's true that Microsoft has been successful in changing the discussion a little bit," said IDC analyst Al Gillen. "It's no longer an example of 'do I go with this free operating system or do I go with Windows?' That part of the discussion has gone away, you hear people asking much more sophisticated questions."
Gillen said the shift would have happened anyway, as companies spent more time with Linux and began doing more sophisticated analysis on whether it's a better deal.
Software buyers also grew tired of the sniping, said Tom Goguen, vice president of Sun Microsystems' operating platforms group.
"Those kind of fights we've been told by our customers are not a good thing," he said. "The whole Sun-Microsoft battles of four or five years ago, customers did not find those productive and they're very happy we've resolved those now. We're looking at it, saying we've learned a good lesson there."
Red Hat, the leading Linux systems vendor, said customers are asking more questions about the costs, but it's not necessarily sending customers to Microsoft.
"Customers are asking about security quite often, they're asking questions about the real value that open source brings," spokeswoman Leigh Day said. "I think what it's causing is it's causing customers to investigate Linux and open source even more."
Taylor said the campaign has changed the "customer dialogue" and has put Microsoft in a better position to sell against Linux.
More corporate LinuxMicrosoft has also benefited from Linux becoming more corporate. Linux development is now heavily subsidized by vendors such as IBM. Businesses may still download free copies, but many end up getting the software as part of a hardware purchase or paying vendors for support.
"That's helped quite honestly to shape a discussion on a set of dimensions, so you're not comparing this free thing from the cloud to this pay thing from Microsoft," Taylor said. "You're comparing a pay thing from Microsoft to something I pay either Red Hat or Novell or IBM for, so now let me go look at TCO (total cost of ownership), security, reliability."
Taylor may be gaining ground but there's a bigger battle under way, Gillen said. He thinks Linux and other freely shared software will force even more dramatic changes at Microsoft.
"My belief is that open-source software is going to help drive the acquisition cost of software down toward zero," he said, a shift that will require software companies to move "over to a maintenance and support model."
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Multi-published Christian author, Beverly D. Allen, writes to those who are dating, married, or thinking about marriage in her newest release, Covenant Dating, The Biblical Path to Marriage. Her previous books include: Good Women in Bad Situations And The Grace That Awaits Them, Saved & Beautiful and No Man's Concubine: Tell the Concubine She was Meant to Be a Queen.
As an experienced author, Bible study teacher, speaker and pastor's wife, she encourages women of today to protect their minds, hearts and souls by looking to the Lord's plan for marriage. She defines this as not a set of rules, but a "lifestyle blueprint" that is to be followed "to guard your heart and your body." In her book, she emphasizes that dating is not meant to be a "casual" experience, but one that is meaningful when the role of a helpmeet is understood, as well as covenant relationships. The author gives practical advice and keys to applying these biblical principles that lead to covenant relationships. Her goal is to encourage women to get off the "dating treadmill," and find what the Lord desires for them. Through the scriptures applied, you will gain an understanding of God's biblical design for sexual enjoyment within a covenant relationship. This is an uplifting and encouraging read for women to honor the Word and be strong in obedience, which leads to blessings.
Beverly D. Allen writes from much experience in life. Her accomplishments include over 15 years of employment within the corporate world, namely NBC News, extensive volunteer and community work and the founding of the award-winning, "Polished Acts, Inc." As a pastor's wife, mother, grandmother, evangelist and Bible teacher for more than 15 years, she is also Director of Women's Ministry at Bethesda Temple Community Outreach Center where her husband, Joseph C. Allen, resides as Pastor. She also oversees teaching a Bible study course for new believers within their community church.
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Students and others looking for a job in the skilled trades or union trades are invited to Joliet Junior College's Skilled Trades Career Fair on Wednesday, Oct. 23 from 1 – 4 p.m. on the Main Campus, 1215 Houbolt Road in Joliet. The fair will take place in the T-Concourse.
Since this is a career fair and not a job fair, all vendors have been chosen based on the targeted audience of skilled trades students and workers. Layton Cooper, employer relations and internship coordinator, said attendees should dress professionally and bring their resumes.
"It's never too early to network," Cooper said. "It's always good to know people. Get a business card, a name, a face, and stay in contact with the employer. If you ever decided to apply for a position within that company, you'll have a greater shot at getting an interview and getting a job."
The career fair would also be a good way to find out what employers are in the area, and to get more information about each of the businesses.
More than 200 job seekers and 25 career vendors participated in the first Skilled Trades Career Fair in 2012.
"Students were very impressed with the employers that were there last year," Cooper said.
Training students for jobs that are in demand and then connecting them with potential employers is a part of JJC's strategic plan.
Last year, JJC's Technical Department received a three-part $525,000 grant from the Department of Labor. According to Peter Linden, dean of career and technical education, and Greg Pakieser, professor and technical department chair, the grant has been used for many things. JJC has upgraded its welding machines, remodeled the electrical and ventilation systems in the welding shop, and installed two new Haas CNC milling machines. The department is also in the process of upgrading capabilities to offer in future robotics classes.
These upgrades have helped students prepare for the growing skilled trades workforce. The Skilled Trades Career Fair is just another way JJC has responded to the demands of the labor market.
"Students were very excited to see that once they are done with their schooling and graduate with their degree, there are a lot of opportunities out there for employment," Cooper said.
Participating employers from the Skilled Trades Career Fair last year included: First Choice Temporary Service, Inc.; 3D Manufacturing Corp.; Allways Precision, Inc.; Aux Sable Liquid Products, Inc.; Bimba Manufacturing Company; BP US Pipeline & Logistics; Caterpillar, Inc.; Chicago Tube & Iron; Clearwater Paper Corporation; Diageo, Flint Hills Resources; Fusion OEM; Hanson Material Service; Hendrickson Bumper and Trim; Hydro-Gear; Integrity Trade Services; ITW Body & Interiors/ITW Fuel Systems; Manufacturing Works, Versant Supply Chain; and Volt Workforce Solutions.
Cooper hopes to offer even more career vendors at the fair this year. For a complete listing of career vendors for the 2013 Skilled Trades Career Fair, log on to www.jjc.edu/services-for-students/support-programs-services/career-services/Pages/SkilledTradesCareerFair.aspx.
Cooper encourages students and alumni who plan to attend the fair to set up an appointment with the Career Services Center. At the appointment, students and alumni can get help with their resumes, find out what's best to say to employers at the fair, and learn additional information about each of the businesses. Students and alumni can set up an appointment by e-mailing email@example.com or by calling 815-280-2756.
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Actually, it is a "holiday tree"
Thank you, Gov. Lincoln Chafee, for saying what I've been thinking all along: All those decorated trees adorning statehouse lawns and malls and New York's Rockefeller Center are indeed, holiday trees. If they were actually Christmas trees, they wouldn't be up yet--because it's still Advent.
Seriously, rather than having a caniption over Chafee's designation of the said conifer, I think all us Christians, Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin included, should be pointing out the difference between the religious festivals of Advent and Christmas and "the holidays," that lovely period between Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Rose Bowl, when Americans impossibly ramp up their consumption even further. I mean, it's fun and all, but that's not Christmas, much less Advent.
Even megapastor Rick Warren was on the bandwagon about this today, tweeting
With all due respect to Rick, those stores already did start their own "holidays." Besides I don't want Baby Jesus within 10 miles of Walmart, especially not when the Advent Jesus might appear at any moment to kick our butts for not taking care of the poor.
Don't get me wrong: I enjoy "the holidays," but they aren't the same thing as Advent and Christmas, even if they did morph out of them through some clever combination of wealth and marketing.
But I'm delighted that now the trees we all adopted from pre-Christian Germany can have their own separate meanings. Rockefeller Center's can be all about the Rockettes and Santa Claus. Mine is an echo of the Tree of Life, which bore a new bloom one ancient morning in faraway Bethlehem.


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I was looking for something simple to make for Sia's Street Food edition of the Monthly Blog Patrol, and was browsing through some of my favorite blogs when I came across a recipe for Roti John on Nupur's blog. Roti John, I found out, is a popular and much-loved dish sold by hawkers on the streets of Singapore. It is basically a toasted French loaf spread with pan grilled eggs and minced meat, and served with a chilli- ketchup sauce. It sounded a lot like my version of French toast, minus the minced meat.
I followed Nupur's recipe. She uses soy granules as a substitute for the minced meat that the original version calls for.
For 2 servings
A baguette or a French loaf (I used what I had- 4 thick pieces of Texas garlic toast)
2 eggs
2 Tbsp milk
4 green chillies, finely chopped
3 Tbsp rehydrated soy granules (I used Nutrela's granular TVP)
¼ cup of finely chopped onions
Salt to taste
Oil for pan frying
In a bowl, beat the eggs along with milk and add the soy granules, chillies, onions and salt. Mix well.
We had this with some Maggi hot and sweet sauce.
I had some of the egg mixture left over at the end which I used to make something else. I'll save that for another post.
This also goes to-
Madhuram for Your Recipe Rocks
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THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Testing young athletes' memory and thinking skills after they've suffered a concussion is a more accurate way of assessing whether they have recovered, rather than relying on them to report symptoms, a new study suggests.
Guidelines for returning to play after concussion have relied on athletes' self-reports of symptoms, but there are concerns that they are not able to truly recognize their own symptoms and recovery.
And when it comes to sports, the study authors noted, cheerleading has the highest rate of catastrophic injury, with concussion accounting for an estimated 6 percent of total injuries.
The new study included 138 junior and senior high school cheerleaders who suffered a concussion and underwent at least one follow-up evaluation within seven days of their injury. The evaluation was done using Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT), which assesses memory and thinking skills.
Sixty-two percent of the cheerleaders reported symptoms such as headache, nausea and dizziness after concussion. Of those who said they had no symptoms, 33 percent had at least one ImPACT score that showed evidence of concussion, the investigators found.
That means that these cheerleaders reported their symptoms inaccurately, overestimated their recovery, or were unaware of problems with their memory and thinking, according to the study authors. The report is scheduled for publication in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Pediatrics.
"It is common knowledge that athletes may at times minimize or deny symptoms after injury to avoid being removed from competition," study co-author Dr. Gary Solomon, of Vanderbilt University, said in a journal news release.
The findings support the use of memory and skills testing after concussion, and also show that doctors should be cautious about giving athletes who've suffered a concussion the go-ahead to return to play based solely on the athlete's self-reported symptoms, the researchers pointed out.
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First Lady Michelle Obama has been making the rounds at the Olympics.
She's been spotted at a breakfast with Team USA athletes in the Olympic village, checking out the spectacle of Friday's opening ceremonies, cheering on the women's relay swimmers at the Aquatics center, attending a reception hosted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace and giving hugs to a lineup of the men's basketball team.
But her visit to Team USA's training center might just take the cake.
She was greeted Friday by wrestler Elena Pirozhkova, who, instead of shaking the first lady's hand, gave Obama a hug and then scooped her up.
"Even before she made the rounds I thought I can't just hug her like everybody else," Pirozhkova said in a statement released by USA Wrestling.
"I hugged her, and then I asked her if I could pick her up. I think she was nervous. I went slow. I just picked her up. I wanted to ask her permission. There was security all around. And she gave it. I will only meet her once. I wanted to do something different."
One of Pirozhkova's teammates snapped a photo of the moment and tweeted it to her followers, while the official White House photographer traveling with Obama grabbed a shot of her own.
Elena picked up the First lady twitter.com/ClarissaChun/s…— Clarissa Chun (@ClarissaChun) July 27, 2012


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VSOP. (Very Special Old Preserve)
ADMISSION IS FREE: Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell… VSOP takes an odyssey to the nightclub where they will play.
[Theater: Future Classics Reading Series]
VSOP. (Very Special Old Preserve) By Laurence Holder
Starring and Co-directed by: Mansoor Najee-ullah and Rony Clanton
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 7pm. The Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard at 135th Street, 2 or 3 train to 135th St.
Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell… giants of bebop… the two jazz pianist… in the midst of the oddities and peculiarities of their relationship… VSOP takes an odyssey to the nightclub where they will play.
Laurence Holder is the author of many jazz plays and VSOP is the prequel to MonknBud, a three-character play featuring Monk, Nellie Monk and Bud, and the one-character Monk, which explores Monk's inner thoughts about what he was doing in the music.
Other jazz plays include Hot Fingers (about Jelly Roll Morton), Scott Joplin, Bird (about Charlie Parker), Ethel Waters, The Miles Davis Quintet, The Gospel According To Max Roach, Hot Snow (about Valiada Snow) and Swee'Pea and The Duke (about Lena Horne, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn).
Mr. Holder has won writing awards for Political Theatre, AUDELCO Awards for M: the Mandela Saga (about Winnie and Nelson Mandela) and for When The Chickens Came Home To Roost (about Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X). He runs Writing Workshops for the New Federal Theatre and The Negro Ensemble Company.
Mansoor Najee-ullah is thankful to God and humbled by the opportunity to perform and co-direct a play by such a stellar playwright as Mr. Laurence Holder. Mansoor holds a BA in Theatre and Communication from Queens College/CUNY, an MA in Theatre Education from New York University and a Certificate of Advance Graduate Study in Educational Administration and Supervision from the Leadership Academy at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. He is now the Director of Academic Foundations at Hudson County Community College. He has taught in the Theatre and Speech Departments at the University of South Carolina, Pace College, Bronx Community College/CUNY, Medgar Evers College/CUNY and the Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY. He has directed theatre at New York University, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Brown University and many Off-Off-Broadway theatres and community theatres in New York City.
Within the New York City Department Education, he taught Drama and Social Studies for thirteen years at William J. O'Shea Middle School. In the area of arts administration he was the District Arts Coordinator for District 9 Bronx and the Regional Arts Supervisor for Region 10 in Manhattan. He performed on Broadway in The Might Gents, G.R. Point, Mule Bone and Sweet Bird of Youth starring Lauren Ball. He performed Off-Broadway at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre in The Forbidden City, at Manhattan Theatre Club in The Sirens and In The Wine Time, and at the Ensemble Stage Theatre where he created the role of Marvin X in Salaam, Huey Newton, Salaam directed by Woodie King Jr. On television he has appeared in Oz, Guilding Light, As The World Turns and All My Children.
Rony Clanton marked his Off-Off-Broadway directorial debut with Amiri Braka's The Toilet. He originated the role of Foots in the original Off-Broadway production. Hampton is a product of The Henry Street Settlement, Harlem Youth Opportunity Unlimited (HARYOU Act) and Robert Hooks Group Theatre Workshop. His films appearances include The Cool World, The Education Of Sonny Carson, The Killing Zone, Def By Temptation, Rappin, Juice, Devil's Advocate, and The Third Miracle. Mr. Clanton is a recipient of the TOR Award and a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
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I was asked, today, by a fabulous reporter, what my writing method is. "Longhand, computer, cocktail napkins?" he inquired, which caused me to pause, (deep breath) because I sincerely wish I was still as sexy as the drunken scrawl of a cocktail napkin. But writing. With kids. Is something else entirely.
When I was young(er), (read: childless & broke) I lived in a fabulous one bedroom on Dohney, just off the Sunset Strip. I was shacked up with my then boyfriend (now husband) and we believed that because we lived next-door to the couple that appeared on that reality show, Temptation Island, (hosted by Marky Mark, minus the "Funky Bunch") that we were happening. I won't mention that only one burner worked on that thing we called a stove, because for the most part we ordered out. But I will mention that then, writing was a process. We were broke (did I mention that?) and my "desk" of choice was the defunct bathtub in our carpeted bathroom. Yeah, the bathroom had carpet. I'll spare you the details but to say, it had a shower (on the left side) and a claw foot tub on the right. Because we had a bed, that gawd-awful stove, an olive-green refrigerator, and a view (did I mention the view?) there wasn't much room to eat, or write, in our 550 square feet, so I holed up in the only available space: the broken bathtub. Outfitted with over-sized pillows and a cookie sheet writing desk, it was almost fashionable. When I wrote then, I had the luxury of habit. Of method.
Before kids I could make organic, free-trade lattes. Light a candle. Call a few friends long-distance. Do lunch. Take a walk on the beach. Take a nap. Light another candle, (bougainvillea this time because peony is so passe). Burn a new CD. And then write.
When you're paying someone, hourly, to watch your kids you have no time for atmosphere or ambiance.
You sit down in a chair –with a cold cup of coffee, if you're lucky—and you write until the babysitter reminds you she needs to go home, NOW. And even then, you try to squeak out a few more words, another page, before the kids start asking for blueberries and their ninja costumes.
Today, my habit is the back of a Target receipt in the queue of a carpool line. My method? Stolen moments.