| Kitchen Mailbox: How to deep-fry perfect fish
Deep frying fish is messy and not the most healthy way to eat fish. But once in a while... Today's recipe was sent by Helen Lamison of Carnegie in response to a request from Stephen Hika of Cadogan, Armstrong County. Mr. Hika was searching for a seasoned, beer-battered fish recipe that can be used with various fish. We used cod for its mild flavor and firm meat. The recipe calls for quarter teaspoon of hot pepper sauce. We made a batch of fish with the hot sauce and one without. Our taste testers gave both versions a thumbs up. Here are a few tips on deep frying: Fish deep-fries quickly. When the coating is brown, it's likely the fish is done. Do not heat oil until it smokes -- that's a sign the oil is breaking down, which affects the flavor. Fry in small batches.
Marten Transport, Ltd. Recognizes January Drivers of the Month
Headquartered in Mondovi, Wis., Marten Transport, with its signature blue trucks and blue bird logo, is a premium supplier of time and temperature-sensitive transportation services and offers outstanding, growing opportunities. For more information on the exciting driving opportunities call 800-395-3331 or visit www.marten.com. .
How to help your child lose weight
When Zoe Silver from Glasgow was 12 years old, she weighed in at 12 stone. "I remember thinking: is she going to go up a stone each year?" says her mother, Caroline. Zoe is now 15 and in much better shape, but her mother has not forgotten how difficult it was to manage her weight. Zoe's problems began before she started secondary school, and were clearly making her unhappy. But helping an overweight child to slim down takes more than filling up the fruit bowl and feeding the chocolate biscuits to the dog. "It's a struggle," says Caroline. "With our climate, children don't play outside as much as they should - and there are vending machines everywhere. Zoe was over-eating but under-active. Her body didn't need as much food as she was eating." .
Abortion foes are getting public funds
(02-12) 04:00 PST Austin, Texas -- In an experiment that's opening a new front in the culture wars, a growing number of states are paying anti-abortion activists to counsel women with unplanned pregnancies. At least eight states -- including Florida, Missouri and Pennsylvania -- use public funds to subsidize crisis pregnancy centers, Christian homes for unwed mothers and other programs explicitly designed to steer women away from abortion. As a condition of the grants, counselors are often barred from referring women to any clinic that provides abortions; in some cases, they may not discuss contraception either. Most states still spend far more money subsidizing comprehensive family planning, but the flow of tax dollars to anti-abortion groups has surged in recent months, as grants took effect in Texas and Minnesota.
Kitchen Dish
GREEK CHIC Anthos (36 W. 52nd St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-582-6900) will open this Monday, serving creative, high-end Greek food. The restaurant, where Acqua Pazza was until recently, is a joint venture of restaurateur Donatella Arpaiaand chef Michael Psilakis, the team behind the recently shuttered Dona. The cuisine and service style are expected to combine Dona and Onera, Mr. Psilakis's Upper West Side restaurant. It served "interpretive Greek food" until he remade it into a more casual, traditional Greek restaurant, Kefi. Although Anthos's food will not be traditional, Mr. Psilakis said the flavors of all of the dishes would be recognizable as Greek by his immigrant mother. ARBOR DAYS Tree (190 First Ave., between 11th and 12th streets, 212-358-7171) is open, serving moderately priced food in a downtown, exposed-brick setting designed and renovated by partners Colm Clancy and Andrew Robinson.
Filipino Cooking
February 23, 2007 - Out of the hundreds of cookbooks that hit store shelves every year, only a handful come from Chicago-area authors. ABC7's Hungry Hound says a new book from a local chef not only traces her Filipino roots but it also provides a window into a fascinating, yet little-known cuisine. .
GM seeds are blowing in the wind
Genetically modified foods are dangerous. They create self-propagating genetic pollution. Scientists are adding novel characteristics to foods, tomatoes that wont rot quickly, corn and cotton that produce their own pesticides and soybeans that are herbicide tolerant. It is vital to look beyond short-term benefits and think through consequences outside the laboratory. Weird manipulations present technology that uses genes from viruses, bacteria, plants, animals and even humans to create new life forms that dont occur in nature. Accidental cross-pollination between conventional crops and wild relatives is a reality.Lab animals fed GM food showed damage to virtually every system studied, said Jeffrey Smith, who collaborated with more than 30 scientists on his forthcoming book, Genetic Roulette: The documented health risks of genetically engineered foods.
A sweeping diary
Horses from here to Montana are getting on their fastest snow shoes because it's February and that means ski-joring is on. The extreme sport pairs daring horsemen and women on the truest, fastest horses pulling the bravest skiers through a challenging snow course of jumps and ring catches created by The Wood River Extreme Ski-Joring Association (WRESJA), a nationally sanctioned group of ski and equine enthusiasts who took over the event two years ago. Opening ceremonies begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 24, and race finals will be Sunday, February 25. Organizers also will honor two familiar faces who loved the games, both of whom lost their lives in separate accidents last fall—Mama Inez' restaurant's former owner Mark Fisher and longtime valley builder Mo Hinajosa.
|
