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TUSCAN FARMHOUSE COOKING: Prepare and cook a menu reminiscent of an Italian country dinner. 6:30-9 p.m. next Thu. $39. Registration required. Black Hawk Middle School, 1540 Deerwood Dr., Eagan. 651-423-7920. www.district196.org/ce. BAKING YEASTED BREADS: A hands-on class led by Jeff Sherman includes recipes for hot cross buns, poppyseed and jam hamentashen, Italian Easter cheese bread and more. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. March 1. $55. Registration required. Let's Cook, 330 E. Hennepin Av., Mpls. 612-623-9700. www.letscook.cc. EASY ENTERTAINING - SPRING CELEBRATION BRUNCH: Learn how to make food ahead of time for your brunch, including blueberry muffins, Mediterranean strata, ham and leek quiche, asparagus with orange vinaigrette and more. 1-4 p.m. March 1. $65. Cooks of Crocus Hill, W. 50th St., Edina.
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.
The Republican system
Hardly anyone in the Republican Party, in Congress or at the White House, seems to recall ever having met Jack Abramoff. Collective amnesia has suddenly descended upon the capital. The super-lobbyist, whose plea bargain with prosecutors requires the extensive naming of members of Congress, staffers, ex-staffers, lobbyists, friends, colleagues and his own personal assistants, is spending his days racking his memory for details of their relationships that may become the basis for bills of indictment. Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials, has left a trail of hard evidence in addition to his sworn confessions. At the end of every business day his former assistant wrote a summary of all his contacts and their conversations, emailed it to him and carefully saved it; these documents mapping the days and ways of Jack Abramoff are now in the hands of the prosecutors.
Flint area honors Martin Luther King Jr.
Droge, who built Indian Village Condominiums at 28th Street and Breton Avenue SE in 1972 -- the city's first condo complex -- and watched as fire consumed much of the building on Sunday. "There's 101 people who don't have a pillow to sleep on tonight," he said. "There were 101 families or couples or singles that had a wonderful place to live. Now it's gone." Fire investigators were trying to determine whether a faulty bathroom exhaust fan started the fire that drove 200 people from their homes. Several hours before the fire, a condo owner noticed smoke and "some melting" in a bathroom ceiling exhaust fan, Fire Investigator Pablo Martinez said. She shut down her electrical breakers and called an electrician, who disconnected the wires, taped them off and turned the power back on, Martinez said.
Holiday TV shows Dec. 1-15
Mulled Red Wine; and Roasted Garlic Bread. 4280029
12:00 p.m. LIFE Movie: A Very Cool Christmas (04) A whiskery old man instills the Christmas spirit in a teenage girl who feels spending time with her family during the holidays is un-cool. 610549
2:00 p.m. FOOD The Essence of Emeril Christmas Recipes include Emerils Favorite Roast Pheasant, Savory Wild Mushroom Bread Pudding, and Nutty Brussel Sprouts. 7598162
2:00 p.m. LIFE Movie: Christmas on Chestnut Street (06) The profit-hungry owner of a store sets neighbor against neighbor when she kicks off a Christmas light showdown in an attempt to sell extra lights. 640655
4:30 p.m. CW 50 Reba Valentines Day While Rebas plan to avoid a Valentines Day date with her boyfriend backfires, Brock and Van try to outdo each other romantically.
Chef Peg takes on T.V. challenge
A chili recipe developed as a way to fill up hungry sheep shearers in Polson has landed a local chef on national television. Sean Sperry/Chronicle Peg Schaefer, executive chef at Santa Fe Red's, was recently a finalist in the Food Networks' Ultimate Chef Showdown, with her bean-less chili recipe. She can't reveal whether she won or not, but the show airs March 2. The Food Network announced last week that Peg Schaefer, the executive chef at Santa Fe Red's, is a finalist in their Ultimate Chef Showdown, which premieres in February.Schaefer has settled back into her normal routine at the local Mexican restaurant after three days of filming and excruciating judgment by culinary experts in Los Angeles, who had to choose among her "Mexitana Ancho-Lamb Chili" and the recipes of two other finalists in the show's chili portion.Schaefer knows how the competition turned out, but she's not talking.
Half-time helpings
The Patriots and the Giants are gearing up for the Super Bowl — while you may be trying to develop a game plan for healthful eating at your Super Bowl party. That may be a big challenge now that you’ve resolved to eat healthy this year. Recent food coupons and recipes in the newspaper inserts focus on not-so-healthy food choices — cocktail wieners, chicken wings, cheese dips and, of course, potato chips. In order to stick to your personal game plan of maintaining your waistline, try these winning plays. Have a game plan. Whether you’re the hostess or preparing food to take to the party — prepare healthier dishes to tag along side high-fat foods. This offers you a few healthy foods to choose from during the party. Pre-game warm-ups. Add extra physical activity into your day before the game to get a step ahead of the excess calories to come.
Veillette pleads not guilty to murder
LEBANON — Michel Veillette pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Feb. 20 to more than a dozen counts of aggravated murder and aggravated arson. Veillette, 34, of Mason appeared before Warren County Common Pleas Magistrate Andrew Hasselbach with his hands and feet shackled, wearing orange and white jail-issued, clothing and flanked by his attorneys. .
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