Lifestyles

Menu Announced For California Table Event

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ROTARY News:

The community is invited to attend the Rotary Club of Los Alamos’ California Table event 4:30-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 at Smith’s Marketplace outdoor Pavilion.

The annual fundraising event includes a six-course meal paired with wines to complement each course:

Course 1:  Brie with honey

Course 2:  Pesto crostini with grilled shrimp

Course 3:  Smoked salmon pizza

Course 4:  Chicken Skewers

Course 5:  Peppered baby back ribs

Course 6:  Chocolate fondue with lady fingers

The event includes wine tasting with Smith’s Marketplace Read More

Youth Mental Health First Aid Course Sept. 29

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COMMUNITY News:

Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church along with United Healthcare is pleased to offer a Youth Mental Health First Aid class in Los Alamos 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29 at TOTH.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is primarily designed for adults who regularly interact with Read More

Food on the Hill: Fried Halibut

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This Week’s Recipe: Fried Halibut
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

1 to 1½ pounds of halibut, Skin off
canola oil for frying
one egg white, beaten
½ cup beer
1/3cup plus 2 tablespoons flour
1/8 cup cornstarch
½ teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
 
Directions:
 
Clean your fish fillets so that most of the dark meat (gray) is trimmed off. Take out any pin bones. Rinse the fish and pat it dray with paper towels. Cut the fish into smaller pieces, about 4 “x 1 “ thick. Mix together the ingredients with a whisk.
 
Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com
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Fall Plants At Farmers Market Thursday

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Courtesy/LAFM

LAFM News:

As the weather starts to cool down and crops and plants start to slow down, vendors at the Los Alamos Farmers Market will begin closing up shop for the season. This week is the final of the season for Joel Daeschel of Cedar Grove Nursery and the last chance to buy his plants this year.

The market opens 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., every Thursday through the end of October in the Los Alamos Library parking lot.

Other products available at the market include: Pork / Honey/ Salad Greens/ Spinach/ Squashes/ Melons/ Pears/ Apples/ Peaches/ Cheeses/Cider Snow Cones/ Roasted Green Chiles/ Read More

Pain Free Athlete: Gravity and Back Pain

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Pain Free Athlete
Gravity and Back Pain
By JESSICA KISIEL

 

Gravity: it’s a constant, unrelenting force pushing down on your body all day long. If you are not vertically aligned against this continuous pressure, not only will you fail to build your bones (Prevent Osteoporosis with Aligned Posture),but you may also suffer back pain.

As I’ve said before, if you are not in vertical alignment, the constant pull of gravity will be sent through your soft tissue instead of through your bones. This will over stress your muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia, which can cause strain, breakdown and Read More

Los Alamos County 2nd Most Affordable Wedding Destination Across America

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Courtesy/NerdWallet.com

Getting married is not only one of life’s most exciting experiences, with an average cost of more than $25,000, it’s also one of the most expensive. According to a new NerdWallet study, residents of Los Alamos County may be better off – they live in the second most affordable place to have a wedding in the nation.

 

By SREEKAR JASTHI 
NerdWallet.com

Everyone knows weddings are expensive, but they don’t have to be. There’s a lot you can save on the details — such as the venue, flowers and even Save the Date cards — leaving more room in your budget to spend elsewhere. Read More

Visit Raul Rodriguez Of S&J Farm At Thursday’s Market

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Raul Rodriguez of S&J Farm in El Guique

 

By CINDY TALAMANTES
LAFM

I recently visited Raul Rodriguez at his S&J Farm in El Guique just north of Espanola. After crossing the Chama River, his farm is about four miles to the turn off into the valley where El Guique sits among the trees that line the river basin.

S&J Farm is nestled in a community filled with small backyard gardens and farms. Cornfields are everywhere you look, along with all the rock formations that line this side of the river.

Raul and his wife live in a house that sits at the edge of the local irrigation ditch, just a coin Read More

NMED Inspector Provides Food Handling Training For Los Alamos Restaurants At Time Out Pizzeria

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Co-owners Trisha and Omar Sanchez of the Time Out Pizzeria in White Rock and their new location in Los Alamos spoke with Northern New Mexico Environment Department Inspector Michael Bencomo to request a food service training session for their growing staff. Bencomo provided that training this afternoon in the Los Alamos Time Out Pizzeria meeting room, which also was opened to the owners and staff of other local restaurants including the Blue Window Bistro, Creole Nouvelle and Ruby K’s as well as folks from mobile eateries around the area. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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LDS White Rock Ward Welcomes New Bishopric

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New and former bishoprics of the White Rock Ward from left, second counselor David Gartz, Bishop Steven Harris, first counselor Terrill Lemke, former first counselor Robert Parker, former Bishop Steven Stokes and former second counselor Steve Painter. Courtesy photo

LDS News:

A new bishopric has been called to preside over the congregation of the White Rock Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A bishopric consists of a bishop and two counselors and is called to oversee the congregation of the membership of a ward and administer the temporal affairs and spiritual and social Read More