These will include homemade beer cheese, barbecued chicken wings with blue cheese dressing, black-eyed pea chili with cheese and sour cream, mango slaw, marinated flank steak tacos and cream cheese bars. Topics include familiar favorites such as Asian cuisine, beginning cake decorating, sushi and "Time for Tea," as well as three new classes: catering the business side; party planning; and the well-dressed turkey. New menu items Cast Iron Chef co-winner at Westport General Store Today is...

These early accounts give valuable clues as to why the prairies remained in grass in an area that seems great for growing trees. On the way back from the Umpqua a month later, his diary describes the area west of the Long Tom River: Parts of the plain gravelly & soil poor, herbage getting dry & ground has an arid appearance; on the lower spots grass luxuriant. They may have done this to chase out game, to make better pasture for elk and deer, to clear areas for harvesting of seeds and...

Wednesday - Breakfast: Hot biscuit, country gravy, fruit juice and milk. Lunch: Ham and cheese sandwich, sandwich salad cup/mayonnaise, baked potato chips, mixed fruit, milk. Lunch: White beans and ham, corn on the cob, coleslaw, cornbread, chocolate cake and milk. Lunch: Turkey and cheese sandwich, pretzels, fresh fruit and milk. Lunch: Beef steak fingers, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, seasoned green beans, pudding and milk. Lunch: Fish strips, mixed green salad, French fries, sherbet...

In his oblique, Victorian manner of speech, Charles points out that "one of the great difficulties associated with the adoption of organic or, perhaps more appropriately, sustainable principles at the time I started turned out to be convincing others that you had not taken complete leave of your senses. When he wants to be wholly free from the glare of a world that has been judging him all his tangled life, Prince Charles turns the doorknobs in ritual sequence and enters his hermitage. It...

Like traditional still lifes, Mahaffy's digital videos capture a carefully composed scene of elements, usually domestic objects such as furniture, candles and vases of flowers. In "Composition with Grapefruit," a grapefruit sits on a pile of books until it rots and attracts fruit flies. But recording time-lapse footage of the compositions allows her to push the boundaries of the still life. In another series, the video captures the silhouettes of furniture against ornate wallpaper, which...

Linda Morel Jewish Telegraphic Agency A desire for a sweet New Year -- expressed in the form of honey cake, apple crisp and other special goodies -- brings Jews with differing needs together on Rosh Hashanah, when the menu typically revolves around turkey, brisket or veal. Linda Morel Jewish Telegraphic Agency A desire for a sweet New Year -- expressed in the form of honey cake, apple crisp and other special goodies -- brings Jews with differing needs together on Rosh Hashanah, when the...

While its impossible to generate the return-on-investment of a gnome, having consumers actively purchase a constant reminder of its brand has helped Travelocity.com separate itself from a pack of online travel sites. Both companies, while pleased with the incremental sales of these tchotchkes, are absolutely elated by the fact that their brand icons have gained cultural currency a marketer's dream. The novelty items, born out of a Staples ad campaign and available at its stores for $5,...

You know what we're talking about -- a vocabulary full of words like "majuberous" and "turkey letter" that make perfect sense in your own home but don't mean anything to the rest of the world. But instead of fighting over who would eat the last serving, the Wilson kids had a system: If you reach for the final portion, you cut it in half. In fact, their mother never really noticed it -- at least, until Jerry got married and his wife, Betty, marveled at the routine. It was passed down to the...

You will need soft tortillas, eggs for scrambling, some cheese (if your kids like cheese and what kid doesn't), milk, your frying pan and you are ready to begin. I know they, and many people from Newark, make the trek down, though it seems many of the geese go only as far as the orchards and ponds in our area. We were in the area during the week, as we will be a lot in the next few weeks off and on. Pretty soon, the older kids will be going to school and coming home sharing tales about...