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Programming is a vital service that public libraries provide. Because of this, the North Dakota Library Coordinating Council (NDLCC) Standards for Public Libraries includes requirements for children's programming. Consult the Standards for additional information.
So what exactly is a children's program? Well, the federal definition (slightly reworded) is as follows:
Any planned event for which the primary audience is children (age 0-11) and which introduces the attendees to any of the broad range of library services or activities for young adults or which directly provides information to participants.
Children's programs may cover use of the library, library services, or library tours. They may also provide cultural, recreational, or educational information, often designed to meet a specific social need.
Examples of children's programs include story hours, summer reading events, arts and crafts, scavenger hunts, Lego clubs, reading to animals, movie nights, STEM activities, etc.
Children's programs can be held on-site or off-site and be sponsored or co-sponsored by the library. Children's programs sponsored by other groups that use library facilities are not considered a program of the library.
If children's programs are offered as a series, each program in the series can be counted. For example, a story hour offered once a week, for of total of 48 weeks a year, should be counted as 48 programs.
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Children's Programming Resources:
- Programming ideas for children – a Word Document listing ideas
- Programs for School-Aged Kids – Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
- Programming Ideas for Librarians: Children's Programs – Alaska State Libraries, Archives & Museums
- Coding for Kids – How to Get Started (blog post)
- Coding resources – Field Notes blog (North Dakota State Library)
- Other libraries! (See what other libraries in your area or across the state have done, are doing, will do, etc. Feel free to borrow their ideas and adapt them to fit your library. No need to reinvent the wheel.)
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- Programming Librarian – American Library Association (ALA)
- Summer Reading Programs – North Dakota State Library
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Earlier, Obama had commuted the sentences of 8 prisoners who would almost certainly have received lighter sentences if they had been convicted now.
The latest group of 22 pot "offenders" include Francis Darrell Hayden, who has gained notoriety in activist circles and among civil libertarians after he was sentenced to life in prison for growing marijuana back in 2002.
A 2004 federal appeals court opinion said that Hayden's crimes were exclusively marijuana violations. But because he had marijuana offenses back in 1980 and 1990, he received a life sentence in 2002.
"The White House has indicated it wants to consider additional clemency applications, to restore a degree of justice, fairness and proportionality for deserving individuals who do not pose a threat to public safety," Eric Holder said back in April.
"The Justice Department is committed to recommending as many qualified applicants as possible for reduced sentences," he continued.
"I take my clemency authority very seriously," President Obama allegedly said to a group of U.S. attorneys in a meeting at the White House last year.
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ALBANY – As the school year comes to a close, Attorney General Eric. Schneiderman called on New Yorkers to notify his office of any online scam or sexual solicitation that threatens the safety and privacy of their families. To address a growing problem that has proliferated with the expansion of social media platforms, the Attorney General issued a series of tips for New Yorkers to protect children from Internet predators and scammers.
"The Internet is an incredible resource, but it is also the crime scene of the 21st century. To protect the privacy and safety of New York families, New Yorkers should report any suspicious activity online to our office so that we can stop cybercriminals in their tracks," saidSchneiderman. "With schools out for summer, parents need to be armed with information to protect their children from potentially dangerous Internet predators who prey on kids."
Research shows that one in seven children – from the ages of 10 to 17 – using the Internet has received an unwanted sexual solicitation, and many are the target of scams that can lead to identity theft. Children use the Internet more than any other age group.
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LONDON Premiere of THE PASS
KeyMedia Music Group And BMG Present The World Premiere Of THE PASS
In late 1978 American singer-songwriter Dean Friedman reached #3 in the UK charts with Lucky Stars, a duet with a young and up-and-coming female singer. Denise Marsa had moved to New York a year before and was performing with her own band when Friedman heard her singing at a club in the city. read full release
London Live TV interview: Denise Marsa was the voice behind the 1978 hit single, Lucky Stars, who went on to become a successful recording artist, releasing several albums. Now she has returned to London with her new biographical show, The Pass. It explores music from the past 4 decades, unravelling the stories behind the tracks, to explore her career. Denise will be performing The Pass at The Playground Theatre 27th to the 29th of September.
"Denise Marsa is one of a kind. She's a force of nature, a life-affirming singer, an overwhelmingly positive presence. Fuelled by her passion, she walks on stage with total confidence. Completely at ease in the spotlight, she delivers The Pass, her own story put in music. The songs are the real soul of the show, although tunes are at times reminiscent of Disney movies and the lyrics sound like simplified versions of Rent's. The storytelling is simple, but effective. Songs simply flow out of Marsa's life, as much as her life can be traced back and pinned down in songs – they are one and the same thing. "How can you love me if you're not loving me?", she sings. Under the veil of glitter and naivety there are some beautifully deep gems to take home. One just feels sorry not to know the lyrics, as the temptation to sing along is quite strong. Nevertheless, this is a solo show with no arrogance. Marsa teaches us that 'The Pass' to success is actually believing in yourself and keeping positive, no matter what. Stay grateful and stay genuine, and the rest will follow. " read full review by – Anna Zanetti
"It's all about, as the programme tells the audience, 'songs and vignettes', and as all the material is Marsa's own, it all fits like a glove. A few still images are projected at the appropriate moments, saving the time and effort involved in laborious descriptions. The first half seemed, at least to me, to be skilled and tuneful enough but more than a tad reserved, though patience is rewarded after the interval as the best stories are saved for last.
But whatever your level of familiarity with Marsa, her life and her career, it's good to be reminded of the importance of keeping everything in perspective. A nuanced and fascinating show." read full review by – Chris Omaweng
CM: So it's based on your own life, and is therefore factual, but do any particular themes emerge from the telling of it?
DM: Yes, as I work on it I realise there are many themes and defining moments. Strength. Artistic survival. Not giving up. Timing. Being resourceful. Being yourself. Doing it for yourself. Grabbing Opportunities. Courage. Being a strong woman and not backing down because in your head and heart you know what is best for you. Doing your art as you see it and feel it (especially when I first got started, I was producing myself and there was push back). Not being forced subtle or otherwise, to do what makes you uncomfortable. Also, on a personal level, the challenges and struggles between being who you are and keeping your identity, while in a very close long-term, intimate, committed relationship. Caro Moses This Week London
You're bringing The Pass to The Playground Theatre what can you tell us about it?
It's many of my life's defining moments, through vignettes and songs. Decades of my original music and stories about my life, in the music business, PR and working in various cities like London, New York City and Los Angeles. It expands on my growth as a woman, artist, songwriter, entrepreneur, publicist, mentor and my struggles with relationships and being alone. – Greg Stewart
That was 2014, and when I tried it again in 2016, I began to think maybe it would be an interesting concept for me to tell longer stories as well as sing my songs. It would give people an idea of my background, what it's like to be a songwriter, what it's like to be in the music business and a woman, to share something of my journeys. – Nick Awde
What was the spark to put together the vignettes and songs in The Pass that relate to your life as a singer and songwriter?
After not performing for a while, I decided to book a few performances in the States. Some of our libraries here put on these really nice intimate Sunday concerts, and some also function as museums with a special room for art or exhibits – some even have pianos.
One was a library-museum in Springfield, New Jersey. It was such a lovely environment that I suddenly decided to make the show a Q&A. After each song, people asked about me and the song and said what they thought, what they felt, just off the cuff, and they really enjoyed it.


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By Emmanuel Todd, Youssef Courbage
We are advised that Western/Christian and Muslim/Arab civilizations are heading in the direction of inevitable clash. The demographics of the West stay gradual, whereas the inhabitants of the Muslim international explodes, widening the cultural hole and all yet ensuring the outbreak of battle. Leaving apart the media's sound and fury in this factor, measured research exhibits one other truth taking form: rapprochement among those civilizations, taking advantage of a common circulation with roots within the Enlightenment.
The ancient and geographical sweep of this booklet discredits the proposal of a particular Islamic demography. the variety of fertility between Muslim girls, for instance, is as various as non secular habit between Muslims typically. no matter if agnostics, fundamentalist Salafis, or al-Qaeda activists, Muslims are a various staff that end up the diversity and individuality of Islam. Youssef Courbage and Emmanuel Todd contemplate diversified levels of literacy, patriarchy, and shielding reactions between minority Muslim populations, underscoring the unfold of big secularization during the Arab and Muslim global.
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Muslims in Bosnia, Albania, and Kosovo are resolutely exogamous, as are those in Chechnya and Kazakhstan. In the area of the former Soviet Union, Uzbeks and Tajiks follow exogamous practices, but precise statistics are unavailable. For Azeris, most of whom live not in Azerbaijan but in Iran, rates seem to be between 10 and 20 percent, probably closer to the higher figure. 1 Rate of Endogamy (%) in Muslim Countries at the Beginning of the 1990s Sudan 57 Pakistan 50 Mauritania 40 Tunisia 36 Saudi Arabia 36 Syria 35 Jordan 33 Oman 33 Yemen 31 Qatar 30 Kuwait 30 Algeria 27 Egypt 25 Morocco 25 United Arab Emirates 25 Iran 25 Bahrain 23 Turkey 15 Bangladesh 10 Source: World Fertility Survey, Demographic and Health Surveys, PAPCHILD, PAPFAM, Gulf Surveys, giving proportion of women investigated between the ages of 15 and 49, according to their family connection with their husband.
In Iran, Shiism uniformly covers the areas where Persian and Azeri are spoken. It is the underlying bond that ties the Turkophone Azeris to the Iranian nation. But the Azeri family is more patrilineal and more patrilocal than the central Persian system, with rates of patrilocalism exceeding 98 percent. Endogamy The condition of women in Muslim countries is different from what it is in Russian and Chinese families: They are not exchanged between families, but married when possible to a cousin. The ideal "Arab" marriage is union with the daughter of the father's brother, that is, the patrilateral parallel cousin, in current anthropological terminology.


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Right here on Wrightsville Beach, at the Little Chapel on the Boardwalk, is the 2nd Loaf Ministry. During the summer months, this outreach allows both locals and visitors to donate food to The Good Shepherd Ministry�s soup kitchen, as well as to its Second Helpings program for needy families in our community. This year will be 2nd Loaf�s seventh summer of service, and as always, the collection tent will stand in the church parking lot, accepting all nonperishable, as well as most perishable foods, each Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, beginning May 26 and continuing through Labor Day. Church-member volunteers of all ages will man the booth, offering water, sunscreen and a "doggy cool-off pool" to all passers-by. Donated items may also be dropped at the church office Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon, and from 2-4 p.m. The generosity of Wrightsville Beach residents has been witnessed time and time again: Last year, more than 300 pounds of food and other items were donated, as well as monetary donations. So once again, please make a point to stop by the tent this summer. Your kindness makes a huge impact in the lives of less-fortunate children and families in our community.
On March 31, 2008,
Myrick Howard
Myrick Howard serves as president of Preservation North Carolina and has led the statewide membership organization for 30 years. He attended Brown University and UNC Chapel Hill, where he received a master�s degree in city planning and a law degree in 1978. The author of Buying Time for Heritage, Howard has taught preservation classes at the University of North Carolina Charlotte for more than 20 years and was recently made an honorary member of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.) for his work in historic preservation.
Beverly Ayscue
Beverly Ayscue is the executive director of the Bellamy Mansion Museum. She has overseen many restoration projects that have taken place, including construction of the Carriage House Visitor Center and the completion of the mansion�s historic gardens. From 1992 to 2000, Ayscue served the North Carolina Arts Council as project manager/public art administrator. As exhibition coordinator for Preservation North Carolina (1993-1998), she coordinated the organization�s educational series "North Carolina Architectural Heritage Exhibitions," which was created to augment public knowledge of the state�s heritage.
William D. Moore
William D. Moore is an associate professor of public history at UNCW. Director of the public history program since 2005, Moore earned a Ph.D. in American and New England studies from Boston College and a degree with high honors in folklore and mythology from Harvard College. Currently, Moore serves as a preservation consultant for the Planning Division, City of Wilmington, and as a board member of Old Baldy Foundation of Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Moore was the recipient of Historic Wilmington Foundation�s Preservation Award of Merit, honored for his work in preserving local sites of historic and architectural importance in 2002 and 2003.
Marjorie Taylor Way
Marjorie Taylor Way has been a resident of Wrightsville Beach for 40 years. She received master�s degrees in intermediate interdisciplinary studies and educational administration from UNCW. Way is the historian for women of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilmington, as well as a Sunday school teacher. She is on the board of directors of the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, Wilmington Kiwanis Club and is vice chair of Wrightsville Beach Historic Landmark Commission.
Edward F. Turberg
Edward F. Turberg holds a master�s degree in architectural history from UVA. He has worked as an architectural historian, restoration specialist and National Register consultant. He has also served on the board of directors for Bellamy Mansion, Inc., Historic St. Thomas Preservation Society, Inc., the board of trustees for Wilmington Railroad Museum Foundation, Inc., as the chairman of the 13th Annual Old Wilmington by Candlelight Tour, as well as the Wilmington Historic District Commission and the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society, Inc., co-chairman of Wilmington Historic Preservation Network, and on the Historic Preservation Foundation of NC Advisors. He received the Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit from the Historic Preservation Foundation of North Carolina in 1996.
Kaye Graybeal
Kaye Graybeal holds a master�s degree in design, with a concentration in historic preservation, from UNCG. She has served as director of development services for the Planning Division of Wilmington for the last year. Before becoming director, Graybeal served as manager and was instrumental in establishing long range plans for the city. She authored the "Historic Preservation Element" for the city�s Future Land Use Plan. In the past, she has held jobs as a historic resource specialist and preservation planner. She is a member of the American Planning Association, Preservation North Carolina Board of Advisors, Historic Wilmington Foundation and National Trust for Historic Preservation.
George W. Edwards
George W. Edwards, the sixth executive director of the Historic Wilmington Foundation, moved to Wilmington in 2004 from Virginia, with his wife, Angela, also a professional preservationist. Edwards has worked on historical preservation for more than 23 years. Before moving to Wilmington he served as the executive director of the Atlanta Preservation Center, the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, and the Preservation Alliance of Virginia. Edwards has two master�s degrees, one in educational administration from West Georgia University and one in heritage preservation from Georgia State University. He also received a graduate certificate in contemporary planning from Hamline University. Edwards serves on the board of Wilmington Downtown and the facilities committee of the African American Heritage Foundation.
Beverly Tetterton
Beverly Tetterton, special collections and research librarian at the New Hanover County Public Library for 27 years, received a master�s degree in library science from NC Central University. She authored Wilmington: Lost But Not Forgotten and Wilmington Historic District Design Guidelines. She was a member of the Wilmington Historic District Commission from 1990 to 2000, serving as chairman from 1993-1998. A member of the Historic Wilmington Foundation, Tetterton has sat on the board of trustees and chaired the Historic Plaque Committee since 1983. She was the recipient of the Historic Wilmington Foundation Award of Merit for Wilmington: Lost But Not Forgotten in 2006, and the Katherine Howell Award for long-time work in historic preservation in 2001.
J. Robert Warren
J. Robert Warren, operator of J. Warren Antiques, served the community for 30 years as a College Park Elementary School teacher. Warren is a consultant for the Bellamy Mansion Museum, as well as the St. James Episcopal Church�s 275th Anniversary project. He served as president of Preservation North Carolina, Residents of Old Wilmington, Lower Cape Fear Historical Society and Friends of Stagville Center Corporation. He is the author of the acclaimed article "History in Towns, Wilmington NC," which won him the Clarendon Cup for historical writing from the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society in 1981. That year, he was also the recipient of the Ruth Coltrane Canon Award from Preservation North Carolina.
Tommy Rogers
Tommy Rogers is a third-generation builder. His grandfather, Luther T. Rogers, started the family business in 1918. He built the Atlantic View pier (now called Johnnie Mercer�s) and also built many houses on the north end of Wrightsville after the fire of 1934. Tommy�s father, Luther T. Rogers Jr., was the mayor of Wrightsville Beach. Tommy helped his father and uncle with the restoration of Thalian Hall and also worked on the restoration of the Bellamy Mansion. Rogers Building Corporation has worked on a number of projects independently, which includes many houses downtown; most notably, the Murchison House. Rogers is a member of NC Preservation, Home Builders Association and the Wilmington Historic Foundation.
Dean Gornto
Dean Gornto, the parish administrator at St. James Episcopal, oversees the maintenance, restoration and expansion of the historic complex in downtown Wilmington. He has lived in an 1886 home in Wilmington�s original historic district for 33 years, and spends his summers in a 1927 cottage on Wrightsville Beach. He is the former president of the Historic Wilmington Foundation and Residents of Old Wilmington. Gornto was also chairman of the de Rosset House Restoration from 1984 to 1988. He is currently serving his fourth term on the board of directors of the Historic Wilmington Foundation.
Pat Bradford
Pat Bradford, the publisher and editor of Wrightsville Beach Magazine, was gainfully self-employed as a real estate broker for 16 years, prior to her present position. For many of those years she specialized in the sale of Wilmington historic homes. To her credits she lists historic restoration of the home at 101 Dock Street, as well as ownership of a historic cottage at Seventh and Orange Streets. She served on the Wrightsville Beach Landmark Commission from 2001 to 2005 and as its chairman for the last two of those years.
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Floral arrangements have been important
The first floor of the Bellamy Mansion was decorated with flowers typically found in the 1800s: hybrid delphinium, burgundy garden rose, Queen Anne�s lace, lisianthus, ranunculus, veronica, tulips, dahlias, feverfew, pheasant feathers, curly willow and gardenias. Beyond those beautiful arrangements, Thompson created tussie-mussies or "talking bouquets" for each individual place setting at the dinner table. The bouquets included rosemary for remembrance and wisdom, pansies for thoughts and inspiration, a rose for love and friendship, lavender for success and happiness and scented geraniums for preference. Instead of sending a card with your next floral delivery, let the flowers speak for themselves. �Jessica Haywood
Its hard to find a better example of historic preservation in the Cape Fear Region than the Bellamy Mansion. The structure�s antebellum beauty is a combination of Greek Revival architecture, with its columned porch, and Italianate style, with its tall, narrow windows. From first glance at the breathtaking facade, to the remarkable authenticity of the grounds� restored slave quarters, the mansion is a priceless asset of our community and culture. Ingrained in the woodwork are the stories of a family who lost, regained and all the while treasured their majestic home.
In 1859, on the cusp of the Civil War, architect James F. Post and draftsman Rufus Bunnell commenced construction of the mansion for esteemed physician, planter and community leader Dr. John Dillard Bellamy. Completed in 1861, the 22-room manor housed Dr. Bellamy, his wife Eliza McIlhenny Harriss and their nine children. While the house was known to be Dr. Bellamy�s great project, the garden was the undertaking of his wife. Today, the garden is maintained to reflect the lavish style and intricate design Mrs. Bellamy applied to her treasured plants and flowers.
Throughout the mid-1800s, the U.S. suffered a nationwide epidemic of yellow fever. The illness also plagued the South, leaving behind 399 yellow fever victims buried in Oakdale Cemetery. The Bellamy family was displaced by the life-threatening epidemic for a short time, eventually returning to their new home � but not for long. In 1865, federal troops poured into Wilmington, capturing not only the city but taking over the Bellamy residence, as well. The mansion served as military headquarters through the end of the war. When his property was later denied re-ownership by the Union Army, John Bellamy gained a pardon directly from President Andrew Johnson to recover his residence and return his family to their home.
The last of the children, Ellen Douglas Bellamy, passed away in 1946, leaving the estate to remote relatives. On occasion, it briefly housed tenants or a small shop, but was left vacant for many years. Then in 1972, the Bellamy Mansion was brought back to life by Bellamy Mansion Inc., an organization determined to restore the property and open it up to the public as a museum. But shortly after it seemed the mansion had been rescued, a fire blazed through the house, practically gutting its interior. The interior and exterior of the building were stabilized by preservationists for years until it was decided that the house would be reopened.
In 1989, efforts and planning commenced to restore the structure, and interior restoration began in 1992. The mansion became reacquainted with its city in the spring of 1994, when it opened its doors to the public once again.
Preservation North Carolina, a statewide membership organization dedicated to protecting the structures and landscapes important to the state�s heritage, adopted the mansion as a stewardship property. The organization has completed efforts to restore the residence, reconstruct the carriage house and install a parking lot for visitors to the museum. In addition to past projects, ongoing maintenance is constantly taking place to preserve it. "We�re always working on something � painting, re-doing floors," says executive director of the Bellamy Mansion Museum, Beverly Ayscue. "The mansion is such an important work of architecture, such a landmark of Wilmington, that when Preservation North Carolina acquired it, they knew it had to be kept open to the public as a resource."
Today, the mansion serves the community as a museum of history and design arts. Through the collaboration of community efforts and the dedication of individuals at Preservation North Carolina, the Bellamy Mansion is a property where, in a sense, time ceases to move forward. When you pass through the grand doorway, you forget about meetings, deadlines and unending to-do lists, and instead, travel back to an era when women sat with their white-gloved hands folded in place and cigar-puffing gentlemen stood by in their crisp frock coats.
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North Forest Beach Nourishment in Full Swing
The Town of Hilton Head Island beach renourishment project continues with the beach area between 2 North Forest Beach Drive and Dove Street currently being restricted for the construction.
Since starting adjacent to the South Forest Beach Neighborhood on Sunday August 21, 2016, the active construction zone has advanced approximately 4000 feet.
The public beach access at Coligny is now unrestricted with the town contractor, Weeks Marine Inc., now working at the North Forest Beach.
Work with this segment will proceed as far north as near the Windsor Court South development (adjacent southern Palmetto Dunes).
Construction of the south central oceanfront segment between South Forest Beach and southern Palmetto Dunes is expected to take approximately 30 days to complete.


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So we are coming to the end of our campaign with a total of nearly £5000 raised. We are humbled by the faith that those people have put in us to complete this project and promise you that we will continue to work tirelessly to make this film.
Just because the campaign has finished it does not mean that we have let up with fundraising, nor does it mean that we cannot go back to another campaign as we get closer to the shoot. In fact we plan another campaign in the summer of next year once we have dates and locations firmed up. At that stage we will be in a position to precisely define our finances and know exactly what we can do to keep costs to an absolute minimum.
It will also be at that stage that we will begin to firm up the full cast and crew as availability becomes more apparent, this will hopefully make it a more appealing prospect for those investors out there in cyberspace.
We will continue to follow leads for distribution and festivals, treading the fine line between the film languishing unseen because the festival circuit want NEW material and actually showing the film to people who care about films and the subject, especially given the proximity of the centenary. Fortunately we do not view this as an exercise to make money, there is no imperative for us to get it shown to a paying audience, in fact we anticipate initial showings for charity. Of course if we can find a way to make some money then we would be very happy but we are realistic about the likelyhood of that.
So if you have been wondering whether to contribute, have meant to but not got around to it or are stumbling across this as a new idea please do give a little, we vow to you that we will use it for one thing only and that is to make this film.


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Come altri mille - Storia della mia famiglia
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Mariuccia Costa con l'aiuto di Mauro Scotti racconta la storia della sua famiglia. Un viaggio di circa 100 anni attraverso il resoconto della vita di una normale famiglia Italiana viaggiando attraverso le gioie ed i dolori della nostra Patria.
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Normally when I attempt a recipe I halve it so I have a sane amount of food for me and him. I'm not sure why I didn't do it this time… This week, I have mainly eaten moussaka.
Week 61: Spanish Omelette
Ole! Nothing warms a December teatime more than eating something foreign. And simple food always tastes better, right? I had made myself the Gammon and Peas from Nigella's Express book, and was flicking through the rest and liked the picture.
I do like a good omelette, with this one containing potatoes I didn't have to do oven chips to go with it. Another bonus is that because you're meant to eat it cold it'll do 2 days – I'm not sure if I'm supposed to make it last 2 days, but we didn't die…
To make this for 4 (or 8 if you're doing a load more Tapas to go with it) you will need: 225g baby new potatoes, 4 eggs, 75g flame-roasted jarred peppers, 3 spring onions, 75g manchego/cheddar cheese, butter, oil, salt & pepper. You'll need to finely chop the onions, roughly chop the peppers, and halve the potatoes.
Also, you'll need a small-ish heavy bottomed frying pan that can go in the oven/under the grill – non of your plastic handles here!
I always think these look like tongues…
Depending on your grill you'll need to turn it on so its hot enough to finish off the omelette. My grill needs about a weeks notice before doing a round of toast so I have to turn it on really early – but you might be able turn your on when you start frying the omelette. Boil the potatoes for 15 minutes, then drain them. While they're boiling grate the cheese, then whisk the eggs together in a bowl/a big jug. Throw in the peppers, onions, cheese and free potatoes, then season to taste.
Heat 1 tsp of oil and a splash of oil in the frying pan, when it's hot (but not crazily hot) pour the omelette mix in. Now apparently you don't need to stir this, so didn't. When my lover makes omelettes there's grunting and pushing and alsorts – I quite like this sedate form of omelettry.
After the omelette has cooked for 5 minutes move the pan under the grill to finish off. This is instead of turning it over, which I guess would stop it being Spanish Omelette shaped. Leave it under the grill for a few minutes until it's pretty much set, then take it from under the grill and turn it upside-down onto a plate. If you can do it without burning yourself that would be great.
Nigella says that the omelette will keep cooking as it cools down so you don't need to worry if it's a bit wobbly in the middle – I can't comment on this as mine came out a little charred, so there's no way that bad boy was uncooked when I turned it out. Leave it to cool down the. Cut it into wedges.
I even remembered to buy some salad! I'd definitely make this again, nice and simple and really tasty – and I'll have a crack at some other Spanish-y bits.
Nigella Express, by Nigella Lawson (Chatto & Windus 2007 ISBN 9780701181840)
Week 60: Chorizo and Chickpea Stew
It was definitely the week for stew, I don't think it stopped raining, and we wanted something hearty… We had Nigella out on the side and my lover picked this, and chickpeas are kind of hearty?
To make this for four you will need: 50g vermicelli, 500g bulgar wheat, teaspoon of cinnamon, sea salt, bay leaves, 350g chorizo, amontillado sherry, 100g soft dried apricots, 2 400g tins of chickpeas, 2 400g tins cherry tomatoes, pepper, and coriander (which I missed off)
If you use the full amount of bulgar wheat you'll be able to feed an army, I used half the amount just for me and him and there was enough left over to feed four more.
This is really quick to make, which is most unlike a stew. Start by warming 2 tablespoons of oil in the bottom of a thick bottomed pan, when it's warmed to about medium throw in the pasta and fry until they look like little bits of slightly scorched straw.
Add the bulgar wheat and stir for two minutes then add the cinnamon, 2tsp of salt, a litre of water and two bay leaves. Bring to the boil then turn it down to the lowest heat and leave (lidded) to absorb for about 15 minutes.
Cut the chorizo into coins and then cut them in half. Heat a second heavy bottom pan and fry the chorizo until the orange juice runs out. Add 4 tablespoons of the sherry and let it bubble for a minute or two. Wash the chickpeas and cut up the apricots and throw them in with the canned tomatoes, half fill each tomato tin with water, swill it round then pour it in to the pan. Turn the heat up high and bubble for 5 minutes. I completely forgot about the water, but i don't think it affected it much.
By now the bulgar wheat should be done, so turn the gas off and give it a fork around to loosen it up, then serve with the stew and an artistic sprinkling of corriander.
I'm not entirely sure what was wrong with it, but it just didn't quite work in my mouth. I don't like baked beans (never have, I know weird right?) and the tomatoes and chickpeas tasted a bit baked-bean-y for me. Also, it was a bit sweet for my sour tooth (I think next time I'd leave out the apricots) and I had to slum it with posh chorizo from Waitrose and they went really rubbery, and I've decided that I don't like cinnamon in bulgar wheat… So it wasn't the most successful meal I've ever made… But I'm sure you'll love it!
I thought I'd pop it in for this weeks Fiesta Friday – just because I didn't like it doesn't mean it's not great for a cosy winter 'do'. Chin chin!
Kitchen, by Nigella Lawson (Chatto & Windus 2010, ISBN 9780701184605)
Week 44: Polenta, Beans, Kale
So the other day my lover turned to me and said "you know I will actually eat soup, just not from a mug like my parents" this after 9 years or solid meals. So I set out to make a thick soup to lull him into soup-ness before making something runny.
The recipe I chose was from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Three Good Things on a Plate, it looked lovely, I had everything except the beans and kale in already, and I could finally try making something with Kale after years of people telling me it's a super-food. Word to the wise: kale definitely gives you certain super-human abilities, which aren't for demonstrating in polite company.
Hugh says this is his take on a traditional Tuscan Peasant dish, without wanting to give away the ending, if I gave what I made to a Tuscan Peasant I'd wake up with a horse's head in my bed. Unlike most of the other recipes that have gone wrong this year, I'm not entirely sure what I happened this time.
To serve four you will need olive oil (Hugh says normal oil and some really top-notch oil to drizzle afterwards), an onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 200g Kale, 850ml vegetable or chicken stock (Hugh recommends home-made stock or really good quality shop bought stock, but I used oxo cubes haha), 400g tine cannellini beans, 100g quick-cooking polenta, sea salt and black pepper.
Chop the onion and the garlic, drain the beans, and strip the kale from the tough stalks; you can cut the leafs into ribbons but I didn't. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pan, sweat the onions on a medium heat for 10 minutes until soft and golden.
Add the garlic and cook for another 5 minutes. Add the stock and the beans and bring to a simmer. Add the kale and return to a simmer for 5 minutes until it is tender. Stir the polenta in and return to a simmer (stir well and the polenta wont go lumpy). Simmer for another 3 minutes until it has thickened.
I'm pretty sure this is where I went wrong. Maybe my polenta was too quick cooking? Anyway, I was expecting it to be somewhere between a stew and a soup and its not what I turned out with… my lover had got bowls and spoons out, came over to look into the pan and said "well we can have that on plates" and went to get some forks. To serve spoon it into a warmed bowl and drizzle with your good olive oil. Et Voila:
Not much like soup… It wasn't very nice. I don't know if it was the not top-notch stock that I used, or maybe I had faulty Kale, or maybe it was just too delicately flavoured for our burly pallettes? It's not a dish that I'll make again. Sorry Hugh.
But wait, there's more… I didn't fancy having half a bag of kale hanging around in case I didn't like it, so I cooked for four. In the book Hugh says that to re-heat this add some more stock or boiling water to break up the polenta and heat in a pan until piping hot.
After 2 days in the fridge I didn't do that, I broke it into chunks and heated it in a frying pan with a knob of butter, and when it was cooked all the way through I served it up with some cooked chicken from the supermarket and a big dollop of Dijon mustard.
Hugh's Three Good Things on a Plate by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Bloomsbury 2012, ISBN 9781408828588)
Week 37: Mediterranean Grain Salad
This is my first attempt at a Martha Stewart recipe, from a book that's been baffling me for years. It was sunny again and it was demanded that I make another salad… and as a bonus this recipe is perfect for Fiesta Friday and a very tenuous contender for June's Cheese Please (if you count parsley as a herb).
Martha suggests that this is an ideal dish to make the next time you're invited to a pot luck party. I'm pretty sure that's not the car-keys party… but even if it is, bulgur wheat is a healthy alternative to pasta.
All the measurements are written in crazy measurements, so I've put them into grams. This will make enough for 4 as a main course, or 8 as a side salad with something more filling.
You will need 275g Bulgur Wheat, 300g (a pack) cherry/grape tomaoes, parsley, 2 shallots, 4tbs red-wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper, 120g fresh goats cheese.
Firstly put the bulgur wheat, a teaspoon of salt and a pint of boiling water into a heatproof bowl and cover with clingfilm for 30 minutes. While the wheat is soaking half the tomatoes, mince the shallots, and roughly chop up the parsley. The recipe calls for an actual bush of parsley but I probably put in about a handful.
Drain the bulgur wheat really well so no water remains and put back in the bowl with the 4tbs of vinegar, 2 tbs plus 2tsp of olive oil (I'd just round it up to 3tbs), the tomatoes, shallots, and parsley, stir it all up so the oil is combined. Next season it with some pepper. Serve with goats cheese crumbled over the top.
I'm not sure what I think about this salad. I love bulgur wheat so that was good – but it really wasn't very Mediterranean. Maybe if it had used some sun-dried tomatoes it would have been a start… and been less vinegar-y. I think to change the recipe I would try putting the vinegar in with the boiling water so it's less over-powering.
One of my favourite things about doing New Recipe Night is cooking with new ingredients that have newer before darkened my kitchen counter. This week that honour fell to the the humble shallot. They're pretty tricky to cut aren't they?
This time I just used bog standard goats cheese from Chiswick Sainsbury's, but next time I'll head over to the cheese shop and get a better one.
I would recommend this for a party, or a barbeque, or just a simple fiesta, but you should make it the day before and keep it in the fridge over night so the flavours blend better, and then drizzle with some fresh olive oil before fluffing it up and serving.
Check these out for something else to cook if Martha's not so Mediterranean Grain Salad doesn't tickle your fancy:
Fiesta Friday #21 http://thenovicegardener.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/fiesta-friday-21/
Junes Cheese, Please! http://fromagehomage.co.uk/2014/06/02/junes-cheese-please-recipe-blog-challenge-herbs/
Martha Stewart's Everyday Light, by Martha Stewart (Transworld Publishers 2011, ISBN 9780593070529)
Week 30: Pasta alla Genovese
I know its a bit of a cop out, but my brain dribbled out of my ear as I chewed on the ears of my seventeenth Lindt bunny, so I chose this recipe purely because it was green.
Green just like the spring haha. I have never cooked with Pesto before, or said the words "Ooo its got pesto in, I'll have that", so I thought it would be good to try something new. And it meant I got to use the machine again…
As I read the ingredients list, I thought about getting garlic bread so I could pack all the carbs into one dish, but decided that the pasta and potatoes would be enough on their own.
To make this for 4 you will need: 500g floury potatoes (like King Edwards, cut up into half inch chunks), 500g linguine, 200g fine beans, 100g basil leaves, 100g grated Parmesan, 1 garlic clove, 100ml olive oil, and 100ml extra virgin olive oil.
You will need a large pan, filled with enough salted water to boil the potatoes and the pasta. Put the potato chunks in and bring to the boil and boil for 20 minutes.
Add the pasta and boil for the length of time recommended on the packet and four minutes before the end, then throw in the beans. Note: if you are using fresh pasta, boil the potatoes for 28-30 minutes and then put the beans in, put the pasta in so it will be cooked when everything else is done… use dried pasta.
Nigella says that for this dish you need to make the pesto yourself, in a blender! Vroom! While the pan is on with the potato and pasta put the basil leaves, Parmesan, garlic and oil into the mixer and blitz it until it looks like pesto… which is really hard to photograph.
Take half a cup full of the cooking water from the pan and then drain the potatoes, pasta and beans. Off the heat return them to the pan and stir in the pesto and the cooking water and serve immediately.
I'm not entirely sure what I did wrong; it just didn't really taste of anything. My friend suggested that I'd not salted the water enough (I had) and I thought maybe my Parmesan wasn't flavour-full enough. While it smelled amazing and looked devine it was pretty bland so I don't know if I'll make it again.
And I still don't totally see what all the fuss is about with pesto!
Kitchen, by Nigella Lawson (Chatto & Windus 2010, ISBN 9780701184605)
Week 27: Sapori Forti
So I slightly burned this the first time round, so I had another crack at it!
It's been a couple of months since I tried something new from my trusty Cupboard Love book, and as my lover pointed out: a while since I've stirred something different into some pasta. Sapori Forti translates as Strong Flavours, and I'd been glancing at the recipe in a quizzical fashion ever since Week 9 (http://wp.me/p42Dr4-T) and when this week's New Recipe Night crept up on me I realised I had everything in the cupboard!
To make Sapori Forti for two you will need: 200g pasta (linguine or spiralli), 1 onion (thinly sliced), 2 garlic cloves, 4 or 5 anchovy fillets, 50g black olives, 1 tbs capers, 50g raisins, 1 tbs pine nuts, 1 tbs chopped mint/oregano and some extra virgin olive oil.
First up, pop the raisins in a bowl in some warm water; while these are plumping up finely chop the onion, chop the garlic, roughly chop the capers and the olives and measure out the tablespoon of pine nuts (because you'll only forget them later, like I did)
Heat 2tbs of normal olive oil in a fairly wide pan and fry the onion and garlic for about 5 or 10 minutes until really softened (keep stirring, but a bit of browning is OK). Set your pasta water boiling in a different pan.
When the onion is really soft turn the heat down and add the anchovies, cook until they disintegrate and melt into the onions. While this is melting, put your pasta into the water and cook as recommended on the packet (if you're the sort to make your own pasta or buy that posh fresh pasta that cooks really quickly, don't do this for a few more minutes)
After the anchovies are cooked add the olives, capers, raisins, pine nuts and herbs and remove the pan from the heat. Give it all a good stir and add the extra virgin olive oil, it sort of loosens up and the oil picks up the combined flavours.
When the pasta is done, drain it and return it to the pan – fold the sauce around the pasta and serve.
So the first time I tried it I somehow blackened it to a crisp – without actually burning it – but it tasted so good I had a second bash at it, with new less charred pictures. I'm glad I did it's one of the tastiest things I've made! Open your copy of Cupboard Love to page 28 and have it tonight!
Cupboard Love by Tom Norrington-Davies (Hodder & Stoughton 2005 ISBN 0 340 83525 5)
Week 26: Merzuez with Halloumi and Flame-Roasted Peppers
Here is a recipe that takes longer to say the title than it does to prepare.
This is a very simple recipe from Nigella Express, the page before my favourite Curry in a Hurry (from Week 8 http://wp.me/p42Dr4-O). To make this for four you will need 8 Merguez (or spicy sausages 340g-ish) 250g block halloumi cheese, 220g jarred flame-roasted peppers, 1 tablespoon of garlic oil.
I had bit of a mission trying to find the ingredients; it was Monday and my usual butcher was shut. Off to the big Sainsbury's I went like a fool. Sainsbury's in Chiswick don't sell Merguez sausages, but they sold spicy pork sausages. I picked up a pack and went to the butcher's counter and asked if they were like Merguez – a simple enough question – and the butcher looked at the pack and said:
"I don't know sir, I'm not a sausage expert"
Off I went to my back-up butcher (who opens when mine is shut) and they had proper lamb Merguez, although they were quite small so I bought six… can't have enough sausage haha! I also had a little trouble finding garlic oil – after coming up blank in Sainsbury's, I googled how to make my own and up popped Nigella's website which told me that making your own garlic infused Olive Oil was actually a Botulism risk. So I used olive oil instead.
Enough waffle! To make this dish start off by turning your oven on to 220c/gas 7 (alter if you have a fan oven) and dust off your low-sided roasting tin. Put the sausages in the tin:
Cut up the halloumi into 5mm slices and put them in the pan, then cut up the peppers and throw them in too.
Drizzle with oil (I only put a little on, the peppers are pretty oily) and put it in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
While its cooking I would recommend preparing some sort of rocketty salad, or come cous cous to soak up the oil. I forgot, but my friend made it with salad and really liked it.
When its done in the oven the halloumi should have coloured in places – my ovens pretty fierce so it burned a little, but I think that added to the flavour!
I like this, and I really liked how simple it was to make, but my lover isn't keen on halloumi so I'm not allowed to make it again! Can't win them all.
Nigella Express, by Nigella Lawson (Chatto & Windus 2007 ISBN 9780701181840)
Week 24: Beef Kofta Curry, fluffy rice, beans & peas
That processor has corrupted me, corrupted I say. I'm power mad, and to prove it I cracked open Jamie's 15 minute meals… one of the many recipes that requires electricity!
I know it irks you when I say these things, but I had no idea what a puy lentil was, or that it was a different thing to the orange art-class lentil. I couldn't get even a sniff of a puy lentil in Hammersmith and had to go searching. But I had the rest of the ingredients.
To make this for four you will need: 1 x 250g pack of ready-to-eat Puy Lentils, 1 heaped tsp garam masala, 400g lean mince, 3 ripe tomatoes, 1 thumb sized piece of ginger, 2 spring onions, 1 red chilli, bunch fresh coriander, 1 tsp tumeric, 1 tsp runny honey, 2 heaped tsp Patak's Rogan Josh Curry Paste, half a tin of coconut milk, 300g basmati rice, 5 cardamom pods, 200g green or yellow beans and 200g frozen peas. Jamie also says to use fat-free natural yoghurt, a lemon and 2 uncooked poppadoms, but I didn't bother with those. I'm not sure how big a bunch I was supposed to get, but Sainsbury's sold me this:
I reckon it was too big.
After trying the last two recipes from this book I decided to ditch the frantic 15 minute malarky and calm down a bit. To start with I scrunched together the lentils, garam masala, mince, with some salt and pepper. It made a brain:
I had a whole Sainsbury's fail and could only get a 500g pack of mince (the butchers was miles away in the other direction, I still feel bad cheating on him) so it made a much larger brain than was intended. Once you have your brain, wet your hands and divide it in half and then mould each half into 6 fat fingers. They look like mice at this point, which was the exact moment my squeamish lover chose to pop into the kitchen to see how I was going. Oops.
At this point Jamie says you should put them in the pan, but to avoid burning everything I skipped that bit and skipped straight to the exciting blender bit. Speed freak.
In your powerful yet sleek liquidizer put in the tomatoes, peeled ginger, spring onions, half the chilli, the coriander stalks (although not all of them if you've accidentally bought a tree of it) the tumeric, honey, rogan josh paste and half the tin of coconut milk. It will look like this:
Blitz that mother down. Vroom. Now time to start cooking, calmly and serenely.
Put a tablespoon of oil in your large frying pan and turn the heat up high, then boil the kettle. When the oil is hot stick the koftas in the pan, turning them when golden. Put the rice, 2 mugs of boiling water and the cardamom pods into a medium lidded pan and the (pre-halved) beans on top. Put the lid on.
After a few minutes, give the liquidizer another quick blast, because its fun, and then pour the mix into the frying pan with the koftas. Bring it to the boil and then simmer. My pans don't have tight fitting lids, so I had to weigh the lid down to stop the bubbly rice water from going all over my hob… which looked like this:
By now, I reckon you should be about 5 minutes before the rice is done, so open the lid of the rice pan, put the frozen peas in and give it all a good stir round. After this Jamie says you should microwave your poppadoms, but I don't have a microwave and forgot to buy the poppadoms, so I skipped it to take pictures.
Slice the other half of the chilli and the coriander leaves to artistically scatter over the dish. Next time I make this I won't scatter the chilli because it was really hot and gave me the hiccups.
This was the first recipe from this book that I have loved, and the first where my lover has said I can make it again.
The quantities are to serve four, and rather than mess around with halving all the quantities I made the curry for four and the rice for two (150g rice, 1 mug water, 100g beans & 100g peas) and froze half of it. It froze, defrosted and re-heated really well (although the koftas fell apart and were more like chunks than mice) so I will definitely make it again. As a bonus I can use the other half of the tin of coconut milk, the other half of the bunch of spring onions and the other half of the pack of fine beans for Nigella's curry in a hurry (https://newrecipenight.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/week-8-curry-in-a-hurry/) – no waste and I get to process stuff, Boom!
Jamie's 15 Minute Meals by Jamie Oliver (Penguin 2012 ISBN: 978-0-718-15780-7)
Week 21: Aubergine, tomatoes, chickpeas
This is a dish that has completely exposed my lack of culinary knowledge.
In my mind I skipped into the kitchen to create a magical roast aubergine on a tomato-y, chickpea-y bed of loveliness. Actually, it made a slightly spicy version of ratatouille; I had completely skimmed over the line "Like many dishes of its kind (ratatouille, for one)…" and kept the vision of the big meaty spatchcocked aubergine in my mind.
Somehow I held on to my mental image long after I cubed the aubergine… The recipe is another from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstalls: Three Good Things on a Plate. I was hoping it would be as tasty as Lentils, spinach, potato (https://newrecipenight.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/week-20-lentils-spinach-potato/) without stinking my house out.
To go with the 650-700g of aubergines (egg plants), the recipe calls for sunflower/rapeseed/olive oil, a cinnamon stick, 350g cherry tomatoes, pinch of chilli flakes, a tin of chickpeas (400g drained and rinsed), 2 garlic cloves and the finely grated zest of one lemon. As usual, I completely forgot to buy basil or mint leaves.
One thing I didn't notice when I started cooking this at 7pm was that in total this dish takes over an hour in the oven (200c/gas 6), plus another fifteen minutes cooling time. My lover's force ten hunger nearly caused a disturbance to passing aircraft, and I ended up lobbing biscuits at him for the last half hour of cooking.
To start off, heat the oil and then toss the seasoned ( salt and pepper) aubergine chunks into the oil with the cinnamon stick, and put it in the oven for 30 minutes.
Add the cherry tomatoes and chilli flakes, and roast for another 20 minutes. Drain the chickpeas and chop the garlic up small and put it back in the oven for the final 10 minutes.
Grate the lemon zest and stir it in and leave to cool for 15 minutes. I served on warm pittas but Hugh also recommends rice and green salad (which I also forgot to buy)
I can't tell if it was the hanger talking, but halfway through his plate of aubergine-y ratatouille my lover turned to me and said "don't make this again." A bit harsh I think… it was ok, I wasn't crazy about it, but maybe with a nice steak or some chicken/duck and a peppery salad it would be lovely. If I make it again it will either be for my mother or if I ever do a hot buffet. Sorry Hugh.
Hugh's Three Good Things on a Plate by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Bloomsbury 2012, ISBN 9781408828588)


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We don't have any fiddleheads growing in our woods but I did find some in a local shop. They make a good addition to a potato salad.
4 to 6 servings
30 minutes prep time
Make the Dressing:
1/2 cup mayonnaise (light is fine)
1/3 cup thick yogurt OR sour cream
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar OR dill pickle brine
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/4 cup finely chopped chives
salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste
Start the potatoes just before you start the dressing.
Mix the mayonnaise, yogurt, vinegar or brine in a mixing bowl. Wash and pick over the chives, and chop them finely. Add them, with salt and pepper to taste. Stir well. Keep in the refrigerator until ready to add the salad.
Make the Salad:
750 grams (1 1/2 pounds) potatoes
1 large carrot
1 1/2 cups fiddleheads
1/2 cup diced peeled celeriac OR 1 stalk celery
Wash and trim or peel the potatoes. Cut them into small bite-sized chunks. Wash and peel the carrots, and cut them just slightly smaller. Put both in a pot with water to cover, and bring to a boil. Boil for 10 to 15 minutes until the potatoes are just tender. Drain, and rinse under cold water until cooled. Drain again well.
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