| An energy- efficient kitchen remodel for a celebrity chef
Check out a slide show of Jamie's kitchen remodel.
Jamie Gwen pulls a batch of perfectly brown Ginger Chocolate Chip Cookies, with crispy edges and chewy centers, from her new energy-efficient convection oven. And that's a result not always easy accomplished from a conventional oven even in the hands of a professional chef. Gwen, a local celebrity chef and cookbook author, cooks and bakes with new eco-friendly appliances since the recent $75,000 remodel of the kitchen in her Newport Beach home. "The ultimate goal was to create a kitchen that wouldn't have a negative impact on our fragile environment," she said. The completed redo also gives her a more open and stylish space conducive to entertaining. After living in her townhome for five years, Gwen's motivation to renovate peaked when she hosted a dinner party for a group of friends.
COUNTY DA, EVERETT DIAL, FILES FOR REELECTION
The sheriff has to drive them to Coos Bay, Medford, or further and often that person is released from the hospital by the time the deputy gets back to Gold Beach." Dial said there is now a countywide major crime team organized to respond to major crimes. "I hope it stays a secret that Curry County is the best place to live in Oregon," Dial said. Dial and his wife, Amy, live with their pet rabbit, Nigel, a large black and white French Lop. "He follows us around the house and gets rather bossy sometimes," Dial said. "He won't let us put anything on his chair." Nigel has his own chair and ottoman, in different rooms. "He's somewhat petulant," Dial said. "He's not allowed in the room with the washing machine and dryer. He'll get in when he can, then bang his foot on the dryer to let us know he got in." Dial, a graduate of University of Oregon Law School, was a deputy district attorney for six and a half years in Crook County and came to Curry County as a deputy DA in December 2005.
Megson reveals transfer frustration
Local derbies at Blackpool, Preston and Burnley. And in seasons to come Bury, Accrington and Morecombe. (Morecombe!Licking my lips already). 3. We can re-sign Trevor Morgan. What a legend. 4. No queues for pies at half-time. 5. They can lay off dozens of those fat-ar*ed stewards and just open the West stand lower. 6. Far less silly kick-off times to suit Sky. The list goes on. Bear in mind that season ticket prices will go up. Remember that fiddle. When we are promoted ticket prices go up because of the higher standard, when we are relegated prices go up because there are more games. Contributions gratefully recieved. .
Warmth a precious commodity for reservation homes
Wearing sweaters, cooking pizzas in a toaster oven and turning down the water heater are not popular rules at Aldena Pretty Weasel's Eagle Butte home, but they are necessary steps the single mother of six and grandmother has taken to conserve propane. .
Finding good-tasting fiber to put in your diet is easy
If you don't already know it, February is Heart Health Month. My e-mail gets clogged arteries just trying to keep up with the information sent to me about healthy eating, so cleaning out the file last week, I saved some advice from Tanya Zuckerbrot, a registered dietician, nutritionist and the creator of The F-Factor Diet, a nutritional program that incorporates more fiber into your diet as the source of permanent weight loss. We probably don't spend enough time considering fiber in our diets. Yet, eating more is one of the major changes you can make to improve cholesterol. Fiber binds with cholesterol in the GI tract and ushers it out of the body before it reaches the bloodstream, resulting in decreased cholesterol. Here are some easily available and tasty sources of fiber to work into your diet for February Heart Health Month: Artichoke -- An entire artichoke has 6 grams of fiber and only 60 calories.
New cookbook features Yellowstone recipes
Perhaps the most unconventional recipe in Bozeman author Durrae Johanek's "Yellowstone National Park Cookbook" isn't really a recipe at all. It's Joe Mitchell's Fried Trout a la Maytag.Mitchell began working as a "gear jammer," or tour bus driver, in the park in 1947. Over the next 35 years he took summer "leaves" from his jobs with General Motors and Northern Pacific Railroads to don his uniform, grab a bullhorn and lead tours, Johanek wrote. "One time, Joe was asked to take Lady Bird Johnson to the top of Mount Washburn."But the best part of his job was that he could spend every spare minute fishing in the park's blue-ribbon trout streams."Joe says, 'I had a frying pan made from an old Maytag washing machine lid. The aluminum lid was light and easy to carry for cooking (trout) and eating on the spot,' " Johanek wrote.
Red Baron's big antiques auction Feb. 23-24
Among the most popular items sure to find buyers are furniture pieces, said Brown. This weekend's sale boasts a rosewood double dial clock from Vienna with a pearl inlay and gold-over-bronze paw feet. There's also an Italian Renaissance walnut mantel with figures of Atlas, bronze urns and detailed carvings of birds and flowers. In between will be lighting, dining room and bedroom sets, paintings, architectural pieces and jewelry. The action is fast and sometimes furious, with items that don't generate a lot of buzz being pushed aside to make room for the next. Prices can start as low as $100 and go into the multi-millions, but the majority of sales fall between $10,000 and $15,000. The fall auction featured Tiffany windows from an old church that sold for $29,000. A three-foot polished bronze wall clock pulled in $9,500.
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