Dining

Last Chance to Vote on Creole Nouvelle … So Far Thursday is Top Night!

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Esther Lucchini last Friday night at her packed restaurant. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Staff Report

The top vote getter in the survey underway for which night Creole Nouvelle should reopen for dinner is Thursday night.

Cast your vote here through tonight and read the results in the morning in the Los Alamos Daily Post on which night Creole Nouvelle should reopen for dinner. 

Co-owners Esther Lucchini and her husband Peter began Feb. 23 reopening their restaurant at 1793 Deacon St., at 5:30 p.m. every Friday night and have been overwhemed by the crowds.

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Food on the Hill: Mashed Potatoes With Rosemary

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This week’s recipe: Mashed Potatoes with Rosemary
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

1 1/2 pounds of red medium size potatoes, scrubbed and cut into quarters
2 bays leaves
5 cloves of garlic, whole
5 tablespoons butter
¾ teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped fine
2 cloves of garlic, pressed
6 oz. cream cheese, softened
½ cup chopped onions
½ teaspoon fresh black pepper
1 cup of reserved potato water

Directions:

Put the potatoes in a pan with water enough to cover them by two inches. Simmer about 25- 30 minutes until fork tender.  Reserve 1 cup of potato water.  Read More

Survey: Name Another Night Creole Nouvelle Should Open For Dinner

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Take the survey here through Wednesday night and read the results in the Los Alamos Daily Post Thursday morning on which night Creole Nouvelle should reopen for dinner. Co-owners Esther Lucchini and her husband Peter began Feb. 23 reopening at 5:30 p.m. every Friday night for the dinner crowd and have been overwhemed by the response. Tonight drew another packed dining room at the eatery, 1793 Deacon St. ‘Now we would like to invite the community to choose a second night of the week they would like us to stay open for dinner,’ Esther Lucchini said. Photo by Carol Read More

Food on the Hill: Limoncello

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This week’s recipe: Limoncello
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
 
2 bottles (1.75 liters) Vodka
25- 30 lemons, washed and dried
3 ½ cups water
4 ½ cups sugar

Directions: 

Peel all of the lemons with a sharp knife or a sharp vegetable peeler. Do not cut into the pith (white part). If you do get some of the pith off with the peel, cut it out!
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 

Set all of the pieces of peel to the side. Cut all of the pith off the lemons, and throw the pith away. Slice the lemons into ¼ inch pieces and seed as you go.

 
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Posse Lodge Pancake Breakfast Benefits Los Alamos Friends of the Shelter April 6

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Thayla Sullivan with Pyrite at last year’s event who was adopted and renamed ‘Cannon’ and now lives in Albuquerque. Courtesy/FOS

FOS News:

Sunday, April 6 is the third year in a row that the Los Alamos Friends of the Shelter (FOS) has participated in the  Posse Lodge Pancake Breakfast. All proceeds will benefit FOS.

The  regular menu items of various flavors of pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, juice and coffee will be available. FOS will feature a silent auction of gift baskets donated by Zena Thomas and Best Buddy Baskets. The auction goes on all morning, as well Read More

Food on the Hill: Cream Wafers

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This Week’s Recipe: Cream Wafers
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
Ingredients:
 
Cookies:
3 cups butter, room temperature
1 cup whipping cream
6 cups flour
sugar
 
Filling:
 
3/4 cup butter
2 1/4 cup powdered sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla
different colors of food color
 
Directions:
 
Cookies:
 Mix together the flour and the butter by cutting the butter into the flour until it looks like small peas.
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
 
I use a pastry blender, but it can be done with knifes. Add the whipping cream and
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Tickets Still Available For The Family Y’s East Meets West Red & Black Ball

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From left, Los Alamos County Clerk Sharon Stover, YMCA Executive Director Linda Daly, LANB’s Karen Easton, LAMC CEO Feliciano Jiron, YMCA Board Chair John Wolfe of LAPS, Roger Waterman of TRK and State Farm agent Lou Santoro are honored for their generosity at The Family Y’s Red and Black Ball last year. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

YMCA News:

The Family Y’s Red and Black Ball begins at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 22. “East Meets West” is the theme of this year’s festivities at the Buffalo Thunder Hilton – Tewa Ballroom.

The Red and Black Ball raises funds for the Family

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