| Yin-Yang Cookies
To prepare the vanilla dough: In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter and sugar and use an electric mixer to beat until fluffy and smooth, about 5 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Set aside. In a medium bowl, sift or whisk together the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture, using a spoon or an electric mixer with a paddle attachment to form a stiff dough. Set aside. To prepare the chocolate dough: In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter and sugar and use an electric mixer to beat until fluffy and smooth, about 5 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Set aside. In a medium bowl, sift or whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture, using a spoon or an electric mixer with a paddle attachment to form a stiff dough.
Oceanic high
Old songs are not just great sources of inspiration, but also provide musicians with a perfect base to build up a musical superstructure, says Saurabh Malik after talking to four-member boy band Indian Ocean
CALL it fusion, or just amalgamation: Indian Oceans rippling music hits you with the intensity of Tsunami. For, unlike most music videos and cassettes flooding the market, its not just about adding basic beats to the existing numbers before labeling the stuff as remix versions. Its something original.
Making Waves: Members of the indian Ocean Band performed in the city on Saturday. Photo Vinay Malik
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Ex-Husker track star battling addiction
Tressa Thompson may come back to life in the eyes of her father, family and friends.The three-time NCAA shot put champion and record-setter from the University of Nebraska, by way of Bloomfield, is in a drug rehabilitation program in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.After years of living in the vortex of cocaine and meth, stealing, lying and cheating, Thompson now boasts she might try a comeback — almost eight years after she reached the peak as an athlete. .
A man called Machaan
Returning to his desk, Utsav found life going on smoothly. Rohan here was calling distributors, using his usual swear words; Sumant was telling admin in his flat tones that yet again there was no paper in the printer. Anahita was telling the pantry: "Baba re, chai bhejo..." Nothing had changed; the need for paper and tea and sales continued. "Utsav, are you alright?" asked Anahita. His voice cracked as he said: "I don't know, but it seems a batchmate of mine, Manjunath, was killed in UP." And Utsav broke down again. Rohan, a few feet away, continued to type his sales report. Eyes glued to his monitor, he asked: "How was he killed?" Someone said, "This is life," and added more sugar to his tea. Utsav left the room. Alone in the lawn, he recalled Machaan.
Borders(R) Celebrates Grand Opening of its First Concept Store Feb. 22 ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Borders will celebrate the grand opening of its first nationwide concept store beginning Friday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, Feb. 24 at its new store in Ann Arbor located at the intersection of Lohr Road and Ann Arbor-Saline Road in the Waters Place shopping center. The 28,900-square-foot concept store represents a significant enhancement over existing Borders stores inside and out and fulfills the company's mission to be a headquarters for knowledge and entertainment. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060208/BORDERSLOGO ) The festivities kickoff Feb. 22 when Borders Group Chief Executive Officer George Jones, Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje and Pittsfield Charter Township Supervisor James R. Walter host an official ribbon cutting ceremony followed by a celebratory toast to the new store with Seattle's Best Coffee(R).
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.
Dreams, bullpen stressing me out
Here I am the back-up beat writer in the middle of January. I'm dreaming this the night before I'm supposed to write one lousy fill-in blog for DOB? Such high standards you see, for the Braves/Man in Black. Or so sayeth my subconscious. Let me back up for a second. For those not reading carefully it's CARROLL again - hey! Wassup? Long time! - and I'm feeling a little out of it after submersing myself in hockey (hockey?) and a little Hawks and Falcons for the last three months. But with pitchers and catchers reporting in the we-can-almost-taste-it-now range, it's time for me to reacquaint myself with the little stitched round ball. And thank heaven for names with vowels. (Though I must say, Kovalchuk rolls off the fingertips pretty well by now
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Danville Goodyear plant to expand
The City of Danville has issued a building permit for an expansion at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant on Goodyear Boulevard. The permit, issued last Tuesday, will allow for a 26,000 square-foot, one-story addition, with mezzanines for industrial use. The estimated cost will be $4.6 million. The permit was issued to John S. Clark Co . .
The gluten-free phenomenon
Just when bread was starting to make a comeback after the low-carb craze, it has been hit with the gluten-free frenzy.
Hoards of people are giving up gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Yet the growing numbers of gluten avoiders are not only people with celiac disease--which was once dismissed as a rare condition but is now estimated to affect 1 out of every 100 Americans.
Gluten has become the dietary villain du jour, the new "carb," if you will.
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