| Come On, Have a Taste!
There is only one day left to send your palate off to paradise, and Saturday is the ticket as the Taste of Vail continues with cooking, wine seminars and the Grand Tasting and Dance. The Taste hit turbo drive on Friday with the Mountaintop picnic, in which dozens of the valley’s most exquisite restaurants offered exotic and delicious dishes and wineries handed out samples of their most coveted reserves. The desserts topped the treat totem for us. Vail Gourmet Cookie CO. had plenty of people loitering around its baskets of mint chocolate shortbreads and caramel-injected brownies while Chap’s dished out mini limoncello custard cakes with blueberry compote. You’re drooling, aren’t you?The savory offerings ranged from fish tacos to Colby meatballs to brie soup with truffles.If any of this sounds appealing, here’s what’s left to taste on Saturday, April 14.9:30 to 11 a.m.: The Food Network’s Michael Chiarello demonstrates the art of Southern Italian Cuisine at the Lionshead Marriott12 to 1:30 p.m.: Spanish Wine Seminar discussion and tasting of Spain’s comeback into the world of indulgent grape beverages at the Lionshead Marriott.2:30 to 4 p.m.: Grape nuts will have a ball with this rare chance to taste eight vintages from Domaine Louis Latour at the Vertical Tasting; Lionshead Marriott.7 p.m.
Port Townsend Offers Tea Parties for Young Girls
Fancy hats, elegant table settings and delicious cuisine await you and a special someone at the Port Gamble Tea House. Enjoy sandwiches, fruit tarts, quiche, tea cookies, fondue and gourmet truffles. Delicious beverages include many imported teas, flavored hot chocolates and French press coffee. The tea room also features Theme Tea Parties for "Little Ladies" (ages 5 to 12) in both a "Victorian Dress-Up Party" and a "Ballerina Party." Parties include dress up clothing, hats, boas, make-up, party favor bags and more. This is a unique atmosphere for creating very special memories. Where: Port Gamble Tea House, 32279 Rainier Ave., Port Gamble .
Red Robin burgers come bobbin' along
A new casual dining restaurant, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, will open next month at Brannon Crossing on Nicholasville Road. The Greenwood Village, Colo.-based chain, with more than 300 restaurants in the United States and Canada, serves 22 burgers with bottomless steak fries. Take a look at the menu at www.redrobin.com. A taste of Thai dancing Taste of Thai, 101 West Main Street, will present a traditional Thai dancer during tonight's Gallery Hop. Juthamard "Loknok" Suan-Udom will perform the candle, lotus and heaven dances from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Suan-Udom is a graduate of the College of Dramatic Arts in Thailand. Call (859) 388-9500. 2nd farmers market reopens The Blue Grass Farmers Market will open Saturday on Richmond Road.
FreshDirect And Rosa Mexicano Launch Exclusive Line of Chef ...
NEW YORK, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- FreshDirect, one of the nation's leading online gourmet food purveyors and delivery services, continues to evolve its selection of prepared foods by launching all-new "Fresh Dining" meals and ready-to-grill items created in partnership with renowned New York City restaurant, Rosa Mexicano. Award-winning chef Roberto Santibanez, Culinary Director of Rosa Mexicano, recently collaborated with FreshDirect's chefs to create a selection of savory, restaurant-worthy dishes perfect for any fiesta. "FreshDirect is delighted to be working with Rosa Mexicano and its talented culinary director, chef Roberto Santibanez," said Steve Michaelson president and CEO of FreshDirect. "The meals in this new line are not only delicious and flavorful, but bring customers an easy way to enjoy authentic home-style Mexican cuisine in the comfort of their own homes." Packaging for the new "Fresh Dining by Rosa Mexicano" features a special valve designed to steam the meal, allowing a variety of raw ingredients to be cooked together.
In the land of sequels, creativity still stands out
Spider-Man skipped this year's ShoWest convention, at which movie studios typically try to woo theater owners with celebrities, sneak previews and splashy events. Harry Potter never materialized. Shrek apparently had better things to do, too. After all, when you're a movie hero with a surefire sequel on the way, why bother making friends with those who already love you? Theater owners know that Spider-Man 3 May 4, Shrek the Third (May 18) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (July 13) are blockbusters they'll want on their screens. The only question is how much popcorn to stock for the summertime sequel glut. Except for New Line Cinema's dynamic coming-out party for Hairspray and a couple of closing-night banquet appearances, ShoWest 2007 was as predictable as this summer's slate of movies.
24 hours in the Nitzana dunes
Even long-time Negev residents can't remember such a tremendous profusion of spring blossoms like the ones they've been witnessing during the past few weeks in the dunes of Shivta and Nitzana. Stretching out on either side of the empty road that leads across the border to Egypt are purple carpets of stock (mantur), yellow carpets of Negev groundsels and soft, undulating expanses of verdant vegetation. But the main attraction in this excursion is desert agriculture. The green agricultural areas and large hothouses are not something you necessarily expect to see in a region that receives an average of just 50-100 millimeters of rainfall per year.
In the early centuries C.E., the descendants of the Nabateans grew olives and grapes here by using the rainwater and floodwaters that collected on the loess soil, via a complex system of terraces, small dams and drainage ditches.
To Peep or Not to Peep
There are a number of stories and legends that exist around Easter. My personal favorite is the legend that has grown up around the humble Easter egg. On the Sunday morning following the Crucifixion of Christ, Mary Magdalene took a basket of hard-boiled eggs along with her as she went to Christ’s tomb. Roman soldiers were guarding the tomb, the authorities having been alerted to a possible theft of Christ’s body. Roman soldiers were no different than any other soldier at any other time in history. Judea was a detested posting. Their pay did not allow for gourmet items like hard-boiled eggs and there was no Fed Ex to ship care packages from their families back in Rome. Mary was going to use the eggs as an incentive (bribe) to allow entry into the tomb.
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