| Happy Hour: PomIranian
Some nights I stay up too late catching up on email, work and my shows. One of my shows is Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie on PBS. The other night I caught an episode entitled "Raising the Bar" where they featured Bartender extraordinaire Scott Beattie. As bartender of one of Sonoma County's finest restaurants, Cyrus, Beattie is constantly pushing the envelope for mixed drinks - he even visits local farms to pick his own herbs and produce. His drinks are amazing looking (I only wish I could say I've tasted one personally) and contain things like candied lemongrass, thai basil, simmered fruit purees and essential oils. They also have ridiculously whimsical (actually they're terribly punny, but I love them) like PomIranian, Olallie Go Lightly and Grapes of Roth. Since most of us won't be able to head out to Sonoma to have one for ourselves, I thought I'd hunt down one of his recipes.
Local happenings
"Putting Down Roots," a tree-planting and mulching demonstration, is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today in Martha Baldwin Park in Birmingham. Fourth-graders from Pierce Elementary School will join with Southeast Oakland County Water Authority Treekeeper volunteers and the Birmingham Department of Public Services to enhance and beautify trees in the park. The free event is open to the public. It will include a tree planting ceremony, brief presentations and hands-on tree mulching with help from students, parents and community volunteers. For more information about tree mulching and tree care, call the authority at (248) 546-5818.
- From staff reports .
Fab Gift Guide: Engagement Present for The Happy Couple
Welcome to the third installment of FabSugar's Engagment Gift Guide. This guide is centered around getting the happy couple a suitable engagement gift. A great engagement present can vary from anything the couple has registered for such as: candlesticks, a bowl, or ice bucket, to something more personal such as: a compilation of love songs, a gourmet cooking class or even a few great romantic movies! Here are some creative and thoughtful ideas for the Mr. and Mrs. to-be in three different price ranges. Under $50 Wedding Fund Bank Box, $20, is a great little gag gift for the happy couple. It's a little something to put loose change in every night. Hopefully in a couple of months it will add up! Weddings are always more expensive than expected, and this a great way to lighten the pockets and save! For two more engagement gift ideas for the happy couple, $50 - $100 These ultra chic Leaf Trays by Michael Aram, range in price from $27.50-$75.
Terraillon Refocuses Brand Positioning Via Print Campaign with ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Independent, New York-based Badalato | Ginsberg (BG) was awarded print advertising, new marketing initiatives and other promotional business for highly respected kitchen and bathroom scale manufacturer Terraillon USA. Corporately headquartered in Paris, France, Terraillon houses international teams who work in collaboration with some thirty researchers throughout France and Asia. Design, development and production duties for the company's high-end, avant-garde kitchen and bathroom scales are divided between different countries in Europe and Asia. Each year, these international teams develop tens of new products at the forefront of technology, which are able to meet the diverse expectations of consumers around the world. Thus, unique design and product forms make up the company's primary market differentiator.
Time to try our food, glorious food...
Norfolk is bidding to establish itself firmly on the gastronomic map of Britain with the launch of the county's own food festival and an innovative centre helping farmers to market their products. JON WELCH and NICK HEATH report..........................................Norwich is famous for many things: its castle, cathedral and medieval churches, not to mention its history as a centre of the shoe industry.Now there are moves afoot to add another entry to that list: food.The city's food festival was launched yesterday, with organisers promising this year's event would be bigger and better than the previous two.The name of the event has been changed to the Bidwells Norwich and Norfolk Food Festival to reflect the contribution of the county as a whole.Meanwhile, Norfolk's platter could soon be overflowing with gourmet delights such as prime organic meat, mill-pressed apple ciders and hand-made ice cream, thanks to a new initiative in the county.The Norfolk Food Centre of Excellence, which officially opens its doors next month at Mattishall, near Dereham, has a mission to help the county's farmers turn their livestock and crops into high-quality products fetching premium prices.
Business briefs, April 24
Fired HealthSouth Corp. Chief Executive Richard Scrushy reached an $81 million settlement to end a government lawsuit in a huge accounting fraud, but he will pay less than $10 million - maybe much less - as his attorneys contend he is running out of money. A federal judge in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday approved the settlement of the lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which billed the financial deal as one of the SEC's largest against an individual. While not admitting that he did anything wrong, Scrushy agreed to give up $77.5 million that the government claimed he profited from in the $2.7 billion fraud at HealthSouth, and he agreed to pay another $3.5 million in civil penalties. DELTA LOSS SHRINKS Delta Air Lines Inc. said its first-quarter loss shrank by 93 percent as an increase in international flights helped the third-largest U.S.
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