Dining

Kiwanis Autumn Wine Dinner Oct. 24

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Courtesy/Kiwanis

KIWANIS News:

Put on your fedora and step back in time for a culinary treat of food from the 1940’s paired with wines of today.

Be a time-traveler and get your taste buds ready for the annual Kiwanis Autumn Wine Dinner, “Then and Now” 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 Kelly Hall at the Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. The Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos will host a celebration of the foods from the Manhattan Project Era paired with the wines of today, catered by the Blue Window Bistro.

Building on the excitement and enthusiasm of the recent designation as part of The Manhattan Project National Read More

Letter To The Editor: Pancake Breakfast Supports Lunch Program For Local High School Students

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JOHN ARROWSMITH
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

Nearly every Friday during the school year, 200 to 300 Los Alamos High School students take the short walk from the high school to the Trinity on the Hill church to have lunch together. 

Lunch is provided by a small group of volunteers who prepare and serve the food. On Saturday, Oct. 17, the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos and the Los Alamos Family Council are partnering on a pancake breakfast to help support this community building activity.

Please join us between 7 and 11 a.m. at the Betty Ehart Senior Center for a breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausages, Read More

Experience 17 New Mexico True Adventures During Balloon Fiesta Beginning Saturday Oct. 3

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The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta begins Saturday. CourtesyNMT

STATE News:

The New Mexico Tourism Department has created a list of 17 things for visitors to do during Balloon Fiesta week, encouraging an extended stay for the hundreds of thousands of visitors that travel to see New Mexico’s sky burst with color in early October.
 
The list, titled “17 New Mexico True Adventures You Need to Experience During Balloon Fiesta,” showcases the wide variety of cultural activities and authentic experiences visitors can encounter before, during and after the Albuquerque International Read More

Food On The Hill: Red Green Chile With Corn, Mushrooms And Goat Cheese

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Red and green chile with corn, mushrooms and goat cheese. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Roasted red chile. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Food On The Hill
By FELICIA ORTH

Red Green Chile With Corn, Mushrooms And Goat Cheese

I get as excited as any New Mexican in the summer when first greeted at the market by the smell of roasting green chiles, the whoosh of the flames, and the crackling of the blistering pepper skin.

I get just as excited at the end of the chile roasting season, right about now, because this is the time the green chile is ripening to deep red. This is when I purchase my sacks of chile for the freezer, Read More

Food On The Hill: Confit Byaldi New Mexico

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A serving of Confit Byaldi with Vinaigrette. Photo by Felicia Orth
 
Food On THe Hill
By FELICIA ORTH
Los Alamos

Confit Byaldi New Mexico

There’s an awful lot to say about this recipe; I will offer just some of it briefly:

  • The name of the original Turkish dish “Imam Byaldi” translates as “The Imam Fainted.” He swooned because the dish was so tasty, or perhaps because it required the remainder of his wife’s dowry of olive oil.
  • It is the tastiest vegan recipe I know, and is gluten-free as well.
  • Although it is not quickly prepared or quickly cooked, the time spent is worthwhile. This would be a good recipe
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United Way Youth Team Hosts ‘Taste The Sky’ Dinner Event At Los Alamos Airport Sunday

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Community members on the tarmac at the Los Alamos County Airport during the 2014 ‘Taste the Sky’ event. Courtesy/UWNNM

UWNNM YOUTH TEAM News:

My name is Ally Edelmann, one of the Los Alamos United Way Youth Team co-chairs for 2015.

Our Youth team is about to hold one of our best events, “Taste the Sky”, 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 on the tarmac at Los Alamos County Airport As chairs, Emily Hopkins and I would be honored and privileged to have you and your families participate in United Way by donating to the cause.

In case you did not know before, United Way is a nonprofit organization Read More