Archive for November, 2014
Nordic Ice with Spice ”“ Having fun with spice, food, and imagination
By Carstens Smith “It”'s yummy, wicked good, ”enthusiastically exclaims Heather Jansz as she tastes rice pudding with lingonberries, coconut milk, cardamom, and ginger, a recipe she developed for the “Nordic Ice with Spice” class hosted by Ingebretsen”'s on November 7. The class is a four course dinner and cooking class that features favorite Nordic ingredients, combined in new ways with liberal doses of spices. Heather is well qualified to create such recipes. She is the Curry Diva, a chef who specializes in the cuisine of Sri Lanka and who incorporates Ayurvedic principles in her use of spices. A former co-owner of the Sri Lanka Curry House, a cookbook author, and chef for the Highland Grill”'s Monday evening Curry Nights, Heather grew up on the island of Sri Lanka and is of Portuguese-Dutch descent. She learned from an early age how different ingredients and cultural foods can be combined in new and appealing ways. Curries are a popular [...]
Carl Peterson Passed Jan. 6, 1912 – Oct. 9, 2014
By Patrick Cabello Hansel He who passed the span From horses to spaceships, From telegrams to Twitter, From sitting around the radio On cold nights, listening To “Hit Parade” and “Sky King” To the first black and white TV, Then color, then laptops, Now watches you can surf from, From the “ja” of Swedish To the “yes” of English To the “si” of Spanish All still spoken in his town, His community, his Phillips. His hands, trained to mold Metal to magnificent shapes, To caress his wife, to Build his workshop, (more…)
