Lifestyles

Learn, Cook and Eat in Co+op Cooking Class

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Chef Emily Schmidt shows off ingredients for her family-friendly, nutritious cooking class. Courtesy/LA Co+op Market

Co+op News:

The Los Alamos Co+op Market’s Shop with the Chef cooking classes give local chefs the opportunity to share their love of cuisine, starting with picking out the ingredients and taking participants through the process to enjoying the final product.

Three upcoming classes include:

  • Jan. 28 – Healthy One-Dish Meals by Emily Schmidt
  • Feb. 11 – Valentine’s Day Dinner Made Simply by Steve Watts
  • March 11 – The Key to French Cuisine by Edwin Theodore

The classes are 6 p.m. Read More

TOTH: Does God Answer Prayers?

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The Generations Band performs Sunday at Trinity on the Hill. Courtesy photo
 
By LISA ROTHROCK
Trinity on the Hill

Do you believe in prayer? Do you struggle when your prayers aren’t answered—or at least, not answered the way you want them to be? If so, you’re not alone—we all struggle with prayer in some way.

Mother Alicia Pope will be talking about this topic in our next service on Jan. 26 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. A free (that’s right—free!) dinner starts us off at 5:15 p.m.; then the service begins at 6:07 p.m. with a live praise-and-worship band and music.

Some people have stopped Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Efficiency Can Secure the Future

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How the Hen House Turns: Efficiency Can Secure the Future
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

In his book Anasazi America, David E. Stuart (https:////www.anasaziamerica.com) illustrates the point that when it comes to surviving for the long term, energy efficiency in a society trumps power and growth. The implications for our current addiction to overproduction as an economic panacea are ominous.

A few related thoughts from the Hen House: Chickens are very efficient nibblers. They can spend all day roaming around the yard, pecking at this and that—it’s hard to tell what—and Read More

Food on the Hill: Appetizers, Part One

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This week’s Recipe: Caprese on a stick

Photo by Sue York/ladailypost.com

Ingredients:

Grape tomatoes
Small mozzarella balls (found in the specialty cheeses)
Fresh basil leaves
Good extra virgin olive oil
Good balsamic vinegar
Little bit of flake sea salt (optional)
6 inch long skewers

Directions:

Arrange them to look like the picture above. Drizzle the oil and vinegar over the top. Sprinkle very little salt over the top also.

Chocolate Hazelnut spread with Orange zest

Ingredients:
Hawaiian sweet dinner rolls
Nutella hazelnut spread
Orange zest

Directions:

Slice the dinner rolls Read More

Journey of Holocaust Torah Scroll Detailed Jan. 26

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Rabbi Marvin Schwab reading from the Torah. Courtesy/Temple Beth Shalom

Staff Report

Imagine “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” minus the Hollywood special effects and you’ll come close to the story of the Holocaust Torah Scroll.

How was the Torah found? How was it liberated? How did it find its way from its hiding place to London, England, and from there to, of all places, Santa Fe?

Rabbi Marvin Schwab will tell the fascinating tale of this scroll’s journey, its near destruction, and now its restoration at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26 at White Rock Presbyterian Church, 310 Rover Blvd. The public is invited

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Solo Traveler: Culture Shock

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Solo Traveler: Culture Shock
By SHERRY HARDAGE

No matter where you go, even if they speak your language, every country in the world presents something to the traveler that is surprising, possibly even shocking.

Coming home after being away for some time can be a kind of culture shock as well. Each time I return to the U.S., I am struck with how little time people spend meeting my gaze. In many other countries, when people speak to you they look you in the eye the whole time. It’s not meant to be threatening. The steady gaze is just their way of seeing you as a human being. But to Americans, who don’t spend Read More

DK and the Affordables at Dixie Girl Friday

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DK and the Affordables on stage. Courtesy photo

Dixie Girl News:

The Dixie Girl Restaurant has a lot going on these days, including Dart League on Mondays, Open Mic Tuesdays, Karaoke Thursdays as well as plenty of music.

This week, DK and the Affordables will perform starting at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17. There’s no cover charge.

On Saturday, Beer and Band will move operations to the Dixie Girl from the ski hill at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18. Square Peg from Taos will perform. Taos Mesa Brewing will be serving beer and Dixie Girl will offer its bar menu. Read More

Pajarito Mountain Beer and Band @ Dixie Girl

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PAJARITO MOUNTAIN News:

Because ski hill operations have been suspended, beer and band has moved to the Dixie Girl Restaurant. The event starts at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18. Taos Mesa Brewing will be serving drinks and Dixie Girl will offer its bar menu. Square Peg, a favorite house band at Taos Mesa, will provide the music.

Thanks to Victor Medina, the new Dixie Girl owner, for supporting Pajarito Mountain events. Come downtown this weekend and do some snow dancing so we can be back on the mountain soon. Read More

Unitarian Forum Explores Interracial Relationships

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UNITARIAN News:

As part of the continuing forum presentations at the Unitarian Church, Dean Carstens will present a forum topic exploring the portrayal of interracial relationships in movies and books. 

The forum will take place at 10:10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 19 at the Los Alamos Unitarian Church, 1738 N. Sage Loop.

Movie clips will be included and some of the movies discussed will be: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “In the Heat of the Night,” and “Island in the Sun.” The book version of “Island in the Sun” will also be reviewed. This will be a thought provoking presentation and Read More

How the Hen House Turns: Rabbits

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How the Hen House Turns: Rabbits
Column by Carolyn A. (Cary) Neeper, Ph. D.

Middle Daughter’s rabbits didn’t live in the Hen House, of course, but they impacted our lives, and I would be remiss if I didn’t include them in these animal tales.

There were lots of them, especially one summer. Most of them lived in hutches behind the garage. We tried very hard to segregates the sexes. We failed, but they didn’t. Somehow rabbits know who’s who.

We housed two “females” together, and the one named Pepper produced a litter of ten adorable balls of fur—each one a different

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