| On the Plate: Upcoming Food and Wine Events
Since the real nominees are unavailable, Bottlerocket has chosen wines to represent the actors in their absence. A sampling of stand-ins: - Peter O'Toole - Bordeaux - Tour Simard 1999 - A classic Claret with a little bit of bottle age. But holding up very well thank you very much. - Forest Whitaker - Earthquake Petite Sirah - An actor so powerful, so compelling, so strong. Oh yeah. You know what we're talking about. - Penelope Cruz - Cellar Can Blau - Sexy, Spanish with lots of shiny diamonds on the dress. Soft, velvety and beautiful underneath.3 - 6 p.m.; free tastings. 5 West 19th Street; 212-929-2323. February 25: Winter Barbecue Cure the mid-winter blahs with a barbecue at Flatbush Farm, featuring beer-braised bratwurst, wild boar sausages, grilled venison skewers and oysters, along with beer from Six Point Brewery.
Chartwells Celebrates National Nutrition Month(R) With Nutrition ...
In honor of National Nutrition Month(R), Chartwells School Dining Services, the company that serves breakfast and lunch to over 2.5 million school children each day, is pleased to launch Pete's Pyramid Food Drive and Read Across America with Pyramid Pete and the Creatures. Both events recognize National Nutrition Month(R) during the month of March by promoting nutrition education and supporting the communities Chartwells serves at the same time. Over 1,300 Chartwells schools are prepared to participate in the events. "National Nutrition Month(R) is an opportunity for Chartwells and its school districts to demonstrate our commitment to teaching students how to lead a healthy lifestyle in school and at home," said Keith Cullinan, President of Chartwells School Dining Services.
What's happening-3/2/2007
LifeHouse Theater's production of "The Wizard of Oz," 7:30 p.m. at 1135 N. Church St., Redlands. Performances continue weekends through March 18, at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2:15 p.m. Sundays, and there is one Thursday performance, at 7:30 p.m. March 15. Advance tickets are $12 or $17 for adults, $6 or $9 for children 3 to 11 (no children younger than 3 admitted). Tickets can be purchased over the phone with Visa or MasterCard by calling (909) 335-3037, ext. 21. Checks can be mailed to the theater, provided reservations are made far enough in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the box office between 1 and 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Fridays and one hour before showtimes on weekends. Tickets are $1 more the day of the performance. Christ the King Lutheran Church's couples Bible study, first Friday of the month 7:30 to 9 p.m.
A foodie road trip: Victoria's burgeoning specialty food shops ...
When I first moved to Victoria from Toronto 14 years ago, what I missed most, beyond going to Blue Jays' games, was the city's ethnic neighbourhoods and the specialty food shops they contained. Over the years that longing has been sated by an ever-growing group of entrepreneurs who want to offer Victorians a taste of the world. Below are short profiles of 17 such establishments that I recently visited -- there are more, but I couldn't fit them all in. On a day off, use the map, take a spin and discover what a tasty place Victoria is to live in. Eric Akis's columns appear in the Life section Wednesday and Sunday. The author of the Everyone Can Cook series of books can be reached at ericakis@shaw.ca 1. Seven Valleys Fine Food and Deli, 2506 Douglas St. This well-established store is aptly named; it's packed with Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and European foods that could have easily come from seven valleys or more.
Health and Wealth Lecture Draws Many in Chinese Community
More than 250 people flooded the auditorium of the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco to attend a lecture organized by UCSFs Asian Heart and Vascular Center. Part of the Health & Wealth Lecture Series, the Feb. 24 event commemorated the seventh day of the Lunar New Year of the Boar, which is known to many in the Chinese community as everybodys birthday. .
Food, music and books join in perfect harmony
FRIENDS OF ALLITERATION COULD HAVE FUN HERE: Couperin and coq au vin; Brie and Brahms; Monteverdi and Montepulciano. They may seem like random combinations, but they meld harmoniously at a quirky Berkeley music and book store/cafe. The confluence of happy listening, good reads and good eats is not unusual. But Berkeley's Musical Offering takes the concept several steps further, making it one of the Bay Area's most unique watering holes. The offerings: Classical music played at a conversation-friendly decibel level, CDs for sale (plus books in an adjoining room), and an eclectic cafe that jump-starts the day with coffee and tea drinks and pastries, moves on to interesting lunches and tops it off with three or four dinners a week. Just how many nights dinner is served hinges on the schedules of two nearby event venues, the University of California's Haas Pavilion basketball facility and Zellerbach Auditorium just across the street from the cafe.
R15 feels like home
Picture this, you walk though a beautiful patio which takes you to two large double doors. You enter a large space that is intimately lighted with what appears to be red shot glasses on the ceiling. Warm colors such as red and yellow surround you. Large plasma televisions hang above your head and appetizing smells fill your nostrils. This may be your future home, but it's actually your local downtown bar, R15.
The name completely gives away this fabulous location that is the R15 Bar at night and Caf Bernardo by day, and home is exactly the feel that it's going for. This bar/caf is located in the heart of downtown right next to Empire nightclub. It opened Sep. 8 of 2006.
The large building is divided into three sections. When entering you immediately face the bar, which is the center and main attraction.
Workers rally against NHS cuts
Nurses, doctors, hospital cleaners and other health workers will join a series of protests across the country to protest at cuts to NHS jobs and services. Marches and rallies will be held in dozens of cities including London, Belfast, Manchester and Birmingham as well as towns across England and Wales. The events are being co-ordinated by NHS Together, an alliance of unions and other organisations representing staff working in the NHS, as well as the TUC. The aim is to defend the NHS and warn that services are under threat from deficits, the "rapid expansion" of the private sector and too much reform. Unison said the demonstrations had been given added impetus by the row over the staging of a below-inflation pay rise for nurses. "Nurses and other health workers have been upset enough about the cloud hanging over their jobs, but to be told that they will be receiving a below inflation pay rise, and in two stages, is a real slap in the face," said a Unison official.
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