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The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

• Sep 18, 2010 from khemso(Hassan Khamis Eliwah) in *
  The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
  
  
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  For more than twenty years, Barefoot Contessa, the acclaimed specialty food store, has been cooking and baking extraordinary dishes for enthusiastic customers in the Hamptons. For many of those years, people have tried to get the exuberant owner, Ina Garten, to share the secrets of her store. Finally, the energy and style that make Barefoot Contessa such a special place are shown here, with dozens of recipes and more than 160 breathtaking photographs, in The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook.
  Inas most popular recipes use familiar ingredients, but they taste even better than you would expect. Her Pan-Fried Onion Dip is the real thing, with slowly car-amelized onions and fresh sour cream. Tomato soup is created from oven-roasted tomatoes and fresh basil to intensify the flavors. Meat loaf is as good as your grandmothers, but its healthier because its made with ground turkey and fresh herbs. The light and flaky Maple-Oatmeal Scones are baked with rolled oats, whole wheat, and real maple syrup. Now these and other famous Barefoot Contessa recipes can be prepared at home.
  Ina says that before she owned a specialty food store she often spent a week making dinner for six friends. Her experience at Barefoot Contessa has given her hundreds of ideas for creating wonderful parties in a few hours. And theyre all in this book. Crab Cakes with Rmoulade Sauce can be stored overnight in the refrigerator and sauted just before the guests arrive. Cheddar Corn Chowder can be made days ahead, reheated, and served with a salad and bread for a delicious autumn lunch. The ingredients for Grilled Salmon Salad can all be prepared ahead and tossed together before serving. The batter for the Raspberry Corn Muffins can be mixed a day before and popped into the oven just before breakfast.
  Ina Garten teaches us how to entertain with style, simplicity, and a relaxed sense of fun. There are notes throughout the book for giving cocktail parties, lunches, and dinner parties where everything is done before the guests arrive. And there are easy instructions for creating gorgeous party platters that dont even require you to cook!
  With Ina Garten and The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, you have the perfect recipe for hosting parties that are easy and fun for everyoneincluding the cook.Lauren Bacall gets cranky when Barefoot Contessa, an East Hampton specialty food store/institution for more than 20 years, is sold out of Indonesian Ginger Chicken. She can now thank her lucky stars that exuberant owner Ina Garten has written The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook and included this recipe. Ms. Bacall is sure to be pleased to discover how easy it is to achieve such fantastic flavor. Simplicity is something of a bottom line at Barefoot Contessa. Food is not about impressing people, Ina Garten says. Its about making them feel comfortable.
  Aimed at the cook who intends to entertain, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook draws on Gartens experience as a caterer, as well as her knowledge of what customers really want to eat when they arrive at her shop. She has culled her favorite recipes and has included timesaving tips, always striving for ease and simplicity. Neither cooking nor entertaining should be a chore, according to Ina Garten, and her lovely cookbook is a case in point.
  This is an intensely illustrated cookbook that shows the foods to best advantage (and makes it a lovely gift book). Presentation counts for a great deal, and Gartens food styling adds to any food platter. But just as relevant are photos that bring in the spirit of fresh, locally grown produce. Theres the local poultry producer proudly holding a laying hen in case anyone should wonder where the eggs come from.
  Starting with appetizers, Ina Garten isnt afraid to include such basics as hummus and guacamole: she knows from experience that her versions make a profound impact. There are French Onion Soup and Corn Cheddar Chowder, Baked Virginia Ham and Salmon with Fennel, Roasted Carrots and Caramelized Butternut Squashand then one killer dessert after another. Included, too, are some breakfast specialties. Any upscale bed and breakfast could have this book in the kitchen and get rid of all others.
  This isnt a cookbook about getting outrageous with food. The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook is about warming the hearts and souls of your guests with familiar food raised to a gourmet level. Schuyler Ingle
  
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The Full Brazilian

• Sep 30, 2010 from trippyfood in Lifestyle
  Brazilian Day at the La Brea Tar PitsLos Angeles, CaliforniaThe 5th annual Brazilian Day festival in LAWith no disrespect intended, mention Brazilian and some people think, wax, but in Los Angeles on the weekend closest to the anniversary of Brazils independence from Portugal, the sticky substance in abundance is tar. The annual Brazilian Day festival has been held for the past 5 years in Hancock Park, a green area framed by the famous La Brea tar pits. You wont be sinking into the black gooey quagmire while participating in the festivities, although after the chowing down on rich Brazilian cuisine you might want to walk it off by a visit to the Page Museum located in the park, or simply stroll around the fenced-off pits. The festival area is ringed by a row of tents where vendors on one side offer goods and services from and for Brazilians, and on the opposite side offer up delicious traditional Brazilian fare prepared fresh locally. Its a one-stop shopping trip where you can get a Brazilian soccer jersey, a can of Guaran Antarctica, sign up for dance classes, stock up on Brazilian groceries, buy a painting of a green and yellow-clad Christ the Redeemer kicking a goal off Corcovado Mountain, enjoy a half dozen coxinhas and finish them off with a brigadeiro and a cup of coffee. The 2010 festival was hosted by radio personality Sergio Mielniczenko of the Consulate General of Brazil (the events founder and sponsor).The sights and sounds of SambajahEntertainment starts early on the stage set up at the back of the park, with a huge tent erected in the center for festival attendees to enjoy the music out of the oppressive sun. At the 2010 festival, Brazilian music acts Los Brazilian Boys, Muamba, Sambajah and Renni Frores provided musical entertainment while Capoeira Gaiamum dazzled the audience with the breathtakingly beautiful traditional art form of capoeira (a cross between dancing and martial arts) on the wooden dance floor. Brazilians know how to party and the summer heat did nothing to keep the samba dancing at bay; during the last song in Sambajahs set, the two female backup singers tore off their green tunics to gyrate at the front of the stage in skin-tight green and yellow outfits and 6-inch platform shoes to the gratification of the camera phone-wielding crowd. It was impossible not to get caught up in the music it seemed that a few people at the front of the crowd were dancing to the beat of a different drum, but their enthusiasm was contagious.The feijoada completa at Brazilian Exotic FoodsIf you worked up a good appetite there was plenty of Brazilian favorites to choose from. The event was free, so naturally food was available for purchase; even though there were only about 6 food vendors, there was a decent selection from each. Most stalls had Brazilian favorites pastels and coxinhas, but I took advantage of the opportunity to have what many consider the national dish of Brazil: feijoada. Brazilian Exotic Foods had what looked like the best at the festival, and I was almost tempted to try the feijoadinha, a small, breaded and fried football made of the feijoada and collard greens, but it seemed like the feijoada completa had everything I could possibly want. The rich, slow-cooked black turtle bean and pork stew was savory and filling; the pork simply melted in my mouth. In addition to the feijoada, little compartments held fresh and still crispy sauted collared greens, cassava flour farofa, white rice and big, thick cross-sectioned sausage. There was an overall salty flavor to the dish, but fortunately it wasnt overpowering. In the meantime, Claudia had waited in line for Brazilian pizza from Bella Vista Brazilian Gourmet Pizza. At their restaurant in Culver City the mode of dining is all you can eat, but at the festival it was by the slice. They offered flavors familiar with Americans, but also featured pizza popular in Brazil such as frango con catupiry (chicken with the cheese used in coxinhas) and a remarkably sweet and delicious pie appropriately named Romeo and Juliet. Upon first consideration, one wonders how a pizza with star-crossed ingredients like cheese and guava paste works; the answer is quite well. There is no tomato present leaving the crusty dough to serve as an edible plate for the cheese and guava (which is eaten in that combination in many Latin American countries anyway). After we shared our dishes, I had queued up to get some coffee at Sabor da Bahias booth while Claudia stood in line for some brigadeiro when I ran into Street Gourmet LAs Bill Esparza and Joshua Lurie of FoodGPS. They were digging into plates of xinxim de galinha, a dish from Bahia that features a combination of lightly fried shrimp and chicken in a spicy sauce. Bill urged me to try it, but I was already stuffed. I purchased the coffee and met up with Claudia, who instead of getting us a couple of dainty, chocolaty brigadeiros returned with a slab of brigadeiro cake the size of your head. I think I prefer...

What to Do in Tulsa This Weekend

• Sep 17, 2010 from tashadoestulsa(Natasha Ball) in *
  Enough baklava to turn you Greek. Men in kilts. Ribs and rock.
  As heard every Friday morning on the KRMG Morning News with Joe Kelley, heres what to do in Tulsa this weekend.
  Friday, Sept. 17
  
  Tashas Pick: Greek Holiday, 50th Anniversary Edition
  When: Friday, 11am-10pm; Saturday, 11am-10pm
  Where: 12th and Guthrie in downtown Tulsa (see below for directions)
  Opa! Its time again for Tulsas premier ethnic festival, Greek Holiday. Get your fill of Greek cuisine, dancing, shopping and learning at this weekends cultural festival and culinary delight. Check out the full TDT write-up on this years festival here.
  Jump to Fridays events.
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  Saturday, Sept. 18
  
  Tashas Pick: Ladies First 5K Skirt Chaser
  When: Starting at 5pm; 5K starting at 5:45pm
  Where: River West Festival Park, 2100 W. Jackson Ave.
  Ladies get a three-minute head start in this race that coincides with the kilt-clad Oklahoma Scottish Festival this Saturday, and the guys spend all their time chasing those skirts in an effort to catch up. Stick around after the race and watch the men compete in the sexiest leg contest, a veritable Tulsa tradition. Look also for a kid-, dog- and stroller-friendly fun run at 5pm.
  Jump to Saturdays events.
  Jump to live music.
  Jump to movies.
  Sunday, Sept. 19
  
  Tashas Pick: Rock n Rib Festival
  When: Friday, 11am-12am; Saturday, 11am-12am; 11am-3pm
  Where: 3rd and Frisco in downtown Tulsa, just outside of the BOK Center
  Like to rock n roll? Not someone who will turn down a plate of ribs? Then check out this four-day festival featuring award-winning BBQ pitmasters from across the country and 14 local bands worth of live music on the streets outside the BOK Center. Look also for a kids area and a mechanical bull. Admission is free on Thursday and Friday before 5:00pm, $3 per adult all other hours. Kids 12 and under get in free.
  Jump to Sundays events.
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  Jump to movies.
  
  
  
  
  
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  What other week of the year can you splurge on an appetizer, entree and dessert at an exclusive Tulsa restaurant and pay only $12.95 for lunch or $29.95 for dinner? You can during the fourth annual Tulsa Restaurant Week, today through the 18th at lunch and dinner. If youre on the go, check out the Restaurant Week iPhone app to help you choose which restaurant to try that day. The event benefits the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma.
  
  
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  Who needs regular-sized horses when you can have a barn full of those cute miniature ones? Get a weekend full of em at this national event at Expo Square.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Grab the kids and head to Claremore for Made in Oklahoma products, arts and crafts, baked goods, a childrens area, a car show, livestock exhibits and, if you can believe it, more. Admission is free.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Experience Tulsas temporary space reclamation project, which challenges people to rethink how paved surfaces are used, reinforcing the need for urban, open, green space. Until 7pm. Also? Be prepared to get your groove on Luchador Style. The event includes music, activities, prizes and, of course, luchadors from 5-7 p.m. Visit www.parkingday.org for more information on the worldwide event.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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