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A coloring contest for kids of all ages will result in a $50 prize to the top child in each of four groups. There will be lots of prizes, popcorn, cotton candy and snow cones. Call 727-6000 for more information. AGLOW meeting AGLOW will hold the annual Christmas Brunch meeting 9:30-11:30 a.m., Dec. 15 at Water from the Rock Church, 1370 E. Matthew Lane. Feel free to bring a dish to share. Personal prayer and ministry time is set aside. Child care provided. Call 727-5181 for more information. Cowboy Santa The Pahrump Gunfighters will have the annual Cowboy Santa Claus, 12-2 p.m., Dec. 16 at Dusty Flats next to Our Bar/Charlie's Place, 3770 W.
An A-MAIZE-ing Beast and Island Fresh Tostadas With Pineapple-Avocado ...
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Veggie enthusiasts, artists and culinary aficionados showcased how they see veggies differently by submitting photos/videos and recipes to the first-ever Morningstar Farms(R) Veggie Creations Contest on www.seeveggiesdifferently.com. Melissa Pantel-Ku of Chagrin Falls, Ohio created the winning photo/video entry entitled, "The Unicorn: An a-MAIZE-ing beast." Selected by veggie sculptor and founder of Veggy Art, James Parker, Melissa has won a trip for two to Bunol, Spain for La Tomatina Festival. This festival boasts the world's largest tomato fight, which takes place during a week-long celebration of art and culture. Renowned vegetarian chef and produce expert, Curtis Aikens, selected "Island Fresh Tostadas with Pineapple-Avocado Salsa" as the contest's winning recipe.
Penn.’s Farm Show Puts Best Hoof Forward
(AP) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Immaculate grooming isn't just a concern for beauty-pageant contestants. At the Pennsylvania Farm Show, Brandy, an 11-month-old Angus heifer, needs to look good, too. As Jamie Brozman was sizing up her heifer last week, her main objective was to de-emphasize the animal's bulging shoulders by giving her coat a closer shave. "It's really an art form, like sculpting," said Brozman, from the Just Enuff Angus farm in Nazareth. She spoke over the din of electric hair clippers and blow dryers that resembled distant cousins of wet-dry vacuums. Brandy was among nearly 8,000 animals that will be on display at the 92nd annual Farm Show, billed as the nation's largest indoor agricultural exposition. Nearly a half million people are expected to attend the event, which opened Saturday and continues daily through Jan.
Tongue-twisting names for tasty treats
Krumkake, brun brod, piparkakut and sandbakelser.The holiday season doesn't begin at Karen Karpen and Glenn Krasner's Los Altos Hills, Calif., home until the traditional Scandinavian cookies with tongue-twisting names emerge from the oven, filling the kitchen with the sweet aroma of butter, sugar and spice.Others might mark the season with a day of baking, but Karpen goes all out. To the quartet of standards, she usually adds several more varieties of buttery cookies to round out her annual production. Baking is a cherished tradition in Norway, her grandparents' homeland, where custom dictates seven varieties of cookies be served at Christmas."We always make too many,'' she says. "We give them away and eat a lot of them, too.''Most of the recipes date back to Karpen's childhood in Oregon, where she learned to bake from her mother.
October 2006 Archives
Sharon Stone is a little too old for slobbery public make-out sessions at bars, but that didn't stop her from swapping spit with Rick Fox, the ex-husband of Vanessa Williams. Brooke Shields loses cool points by hanging out with Katie Holmes over the weekend. .
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