| Friends share dinners in all seasons
The word "progressive" can have many meanings, usually related to "progressing, advancing or moving forward, making progress." But how many people in today's busy world connect the concept of "progressive" to a gourmet meal, unless maybe it's moving to new and different restaurants for various parts of one meal? Bernie and Dolores Fiegel of Lewes were both career workers in the Washington, D.C. - Maryland area employed by a company that had defense contracts. They also had three children. They were busy but still, because of their mutual lifelong interests in good food and good wines, they shared, from time to time, gourmet meals with friends. .
Chester Food & Drink Festival Award Winners Announced
Chairman of the Chester Food and Drink Festival Stephen Wundke said: “The food and drink revolution in Chester and Cheshire is still very much alive. More than £500,000 was spent by visitors to Chester because of the Food & Drink Festival this weekend. We look forward to making next year's event even bigger and better."
Both the public and the food and drink industry voted for the award categories, so it was their favourite restaurant, bar, pub, café, hotel, shop and food producers, that received a prestigious Food & Drink Festival Award. There were two new categories at this year's Awards, including best website and best restaurant in a hotel.
The winners were:
Best Small Restaurant of The Year supported by Chester@ Large went to Upstairs at The Grill, Watergate Street, for the second year running.
Cricket is hot but I miss Jamaica!
Yes! It has been great travelling around the islands looking for great places to eat for cricket. But it has been expensive. Jamaicans are very lucky. And right now, I am missing the land of the Blue Mountains so much, it's unreal. I want a breakfast at Dragon Lounge at Whitehouse, Montego Bay, so bad I can smell the aroma of the greatest liver with 'nuff' food smothered in the thickest gravy ever. I dream of going to Kingston and hittingMarket Place at least three days in a row - Habibi Latino, Jewel of India and East. As I write this, I could cry thinking of Sunday brunch at the Contemporary Art Gallery on Old Hope Road and a delightful evening meal at Norma's On The Terrace, Devon House. The pumpkin soup, escargot (both with her magnificent bread), oxtail taken up a notch. To top it all, my mouth waters for the crme caramel as dessert.
Vallejo Deluxe, Estate of the Day
We are back on Vallejo Street in San Francisco (see a previous estate there here) to check out another gorgeous mansion. This home was build in 1919 by architect Clarence Tantau for Benjamin F. Schlesinger a prosperous department store owner. The current owner, Cinthia Coletti Haan is only the fourth owner of 2090 Vallejo in 88 years and she spent many years restoring this home to its former glory adding gilding, murals and more to complement the grand space.The home has six bedrooms and grand public rooms such as a formal dining room, living room, , library, a recreation room with a wet bar, billiard table, fireplace and lounging banquette. The eat-in gourmet kitchen has a butler's pantry, three sinks, granite counters and hardwood floors. There is also a wine cellar, fur storage, and a three-car garage.
The Glycemic Gourmet Announces Launch of New Website for Low ...
(PRLEAP.COM) Eating a diet based on low glycemic index (GI) foods is becoming an increasingly popular trend in fitness, dieting, and weight-loss circles, but is still not widely understood or accepted as a more sustainable alternative to traditional calorie counting. In response, The Glycemic Gourmet has launched www.GlycemicGourmet.com with a mission to "Demystify the GI." The website features lists of low glycemic index foods, a shopping list, low glycemic recipes, and tips for sustainably losing weight using low GI principles. "We are very pleased to bring this resource to nutrition and fitness professionals, and the general public alike." said John Somerton, president of Neostorm Inc. and founder of www.GlycemicGourmet.com . "Our mission when we set out was to make the principles and practices of low glycemic index dieting easily accessible to anyone.
Trieste offers unique expressions for the home
Trieste is a city in Italy, and it's also the name of Diane Young's home decorating store in the West Glen Town Center.
Young established Trieste (pronounced Tree-est) in February 2006. The shop is a compilation of furniture, decorating accessories, jewelry, personal products, packaged gourmet foods and gift items for just about anybody on anyone's list. Added to that is a staff of decorators who work with clients in need of advice.
Young, 61, and store manager and Jennifer Stence, 37, answered our questions about Trieste.
Q. Diane, what is the history of the store? Why did you start it?
A. I have been an interior designer for 20-plus years, but in the back of my mind I always wanted a storefront and when I sat in on a meeting about West Glen, I thought, "This could be it." I loved the location and the town-center concept behind it - and having home-furnishings stores on the same street for customers to come to an area where they could shop us all.
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