| THE HEALTHY PLATE: Hearty, healthy, and yummy, maple-pumpkin dinner ...
Warm, fresh rolls improve nearly any meal, which can make it awfully tempting to grab some at the grocer.That is, until you look at the label and see all the mysterious, unpronounceable ingredients.Fortunately, baking dinner rolls at home doesn't have to be a chore. And besides knowing every ingredient that goes into the dough, you also get the joy of filling your home with the aroma of freshly baked bread.This recipe for maple-pumpkin dinner rolls is easily prepared in any moderate to large food processor, though you also can make the dough in a stand mixer with a dough hook or by hand.The rolls bake up moist and tender, though the recipes calls for minimal added fat. Canned, unseasoned pumpkin puree adds plenty of moisture, along with autumnal flavor and beautiful color.Maple syrup, rather than refined sugars, gives the rolls a delicate, earthy sweetness.
Keswick Hall offers escape in style
Keswick Hall, a luxury 48-room inn and Tuscan-style viilla on 600 acres of Virginia countryside, features an 18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed golf course, a spa, pools, tennis and dining facilities. Audio gallery Experience the dining menu Fun facts about Keswick Hall The hotel has a helipad on-site, which is used for the jet set and for launching hot air balloon excursions. The jet set probably includes famous regulars including Anthony Hopkins, Paul Newman, Gary Oldman and Michael J. Fox. Room No. 12 is featured in a 1981 film, "The Four Seasons," starring Carol Burnett and Alan Alda. When Mick Jagger stayed at Keswick Hall, he dined on spinach and goat cheese whipped potatoes with Chesapeake Bay rockfish. Wonder if he remembers it? Every evening, guests are treated to a bedside snack prepared by the pastry chef.
Presidental hopefuls exposed by Christmas ads
The advert caused controversy because the bookshelf illuminated in the background forms the shape of a floating cross and Huckabee was accused of sending a subliminal message about his Christian credentials. Polls suggest the furore has not done him any harm with evangelical voters. John McCain also used the cross as a central image of his Christmas message, describing how his captors drew the symbol in the sand during one of the five Christmases he spent in a Vietnamese PoW camp. Mr Huckabee's chief rival Rudy Giuliani responded with a spot in which, dressed seasonally in red, he offered voters the gift of "a safe America, lower taxes, secure borders" and "probably a fruitcake" — a curious piece of word association when Mr Giuliani is dogged by claims that he was a somewhat erratic mayor of New York.
County delays emergency land-use law, will allow testimony
They keep passing the buck," said 72-year-old Kenneth Bigham of Sams Valley. "They're just waiting for the older people to die. It's not right." Bigham is one of 571 property owners who received a waiver of land-use regulations from Jackson County commissioners that he's worried may no longer be valid. Commissioners had scheduled a first reading of an emergency ordinance that deals with the thorny issue of vested rights under Measure 49, but said no public testimony would be allowed today. After public outcry, however, commissioners decided to delay a first reading of the ordinance. Both the first and second reading of the law is now set at 9:30 a.m. on the same day, March 12, at the Jackson County courthouse. The public will have the opportunity to speak on the issue then.
Fettucine Almost Alfredo
Boil a large pot of water; cook the pasta until al dente, according to package instructions. While the pasta is cooking, combine the ricotta, milk, water, vegetable stock or chicken broth, garlic, and Parmesan cheese in a food processor or blender; process until creamy and smooth. Stir in remaining ingredients. When the pasta is done, drain it well. Rinse the pasta cooking pan with warm water. Return the pasta to the pan, add the sauce, and toss. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve immediately with garnishes. Advance Preparation The sauce will keep in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Bring it to room temperature before tossing with freshly cooked hot pasta. .
Fraud Roshambo: Paper Beats RFID
Fingerprints aren't just for fingers anymore. Now, they could be an important new tool for fighting document forgery. All paper, as well as plastic credit and debit cards, bears a unique "fingerprint" of microscopic surface imperfections. According to Russell Cowburn, professor of nanotechnology at Imperial College London, detecting these unique patterns is easy to do with a portable laser scanner. And it's cheap, too: "Our field scanners could be manufactured for $1,000 or less (when made) in volume," said Cowburn. The detection process makes use of the optical phenomenon known as laser speckle. Light coming from a focused laser is coherent, or in phase, but when it strikes a microscopically rough surface like a piece of paper, the light is scattered, producing a pattern of light and dark "speckles." The scanner's photodetectors digitize and record this pattern.
Chicken Council Stir-fried chicken fillets with honey and ginger
In large bowl, combine all ingredients for marinade.Stir well. Add chicken pieces, cover with plastic wrap, and marinate in refrigerator 8 hours or overnight.In large sauté pan or wok, warm canola oil. Add chicken, one-half of marinade mixture and tablespoon light soy sauce. Stir-fry for two minutes over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high and continuing stir-frying until cooked through, about another 3 minutes.Chicken will be slightly caramelized.Arrange chicken on platter and top with sliced onions.Nutrition Information, Per Serving: 390 calories; 22 g fat; 4.5 g saturated fat; 10 g carbohydrate– Chicken Communications Council .
Texas Roadhouse's Legendary Ribs
At Texas Roadhouse we use only American grown product. USDA #1 inspected fresh domestic Pork Loin Back Ribs. Starting with the right product will give you a Legendary result. We will show you how to make the best ribs possible with the equipment available in an average home kitchen. Just remember that most home kitchens do not have the equipment we have in our restaurant, and the product may differ some from our fall-off-the-bone ribs.STEP ONE: Seasoning,In a deep baking pan, add water and some type of Liquid Smoke. (We do this step a little differently at the restaurant, due to our equipment, but if I shared that information, I would be fired.)Mix well. Take Ribs, use a shaker and your favorite dry seasoning (we have our seasoning for sale online at TexasRoadhouse.com) and thoroughly coat each of the Ribs.
Louise Aldrich Bugbee Wrote Well-Liked Column in Gazette
Louise Aldrich Bugbee, whose columns about the Island she so loved enlivened the pages of the Gazette for more than 30 years, died on Sunday in Crystal River, Fla. She was 94. She expressed that love in her writing about cooking, cats, nature, her neighbors on Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs and in the Camp Ground — and in virtually anything else that captured her fancy. Over the course of three decades, Mrs. Bugbee wrote some 1,500 On Circuit Avenue and All About the Town and On My Mind columns. As recently as three years ago, she was still writing them, remarking tartly (but with tongue in cheek) that she was jealous of the Louise Aldrich Bugbee Orchid that her orchid-growing son had named for her. "I’ve worked hard, committed no crimes, accepted a few favors, but never asked anyone to earn my living for me — then that parasite stole my name and will keep it long after anyone remembers me," she wrote on her typewriter.
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