| A Life-long Passion for Food
While some school children enjoy skateboarding, video games, or dancing, Gino Arcuri always loved cooking. Gino grew up in New York where he worked in his father's deli. “My father [Guy] owned a deli and I used to love going there and helping when I was very little. I got the love for food from him. He taught me the way. He was a hard worker and a smart man," says Gino. “He was known as the cheesecake king and because of him I love making cheesecake. The last thing we did together was make a metropolitan cheesecake." With his initial interest in food inspired by his father, Gino pursued his love when his family moved to Florida. “When I was 18 we moved to Florida and I started working at hotels. We did a lot of banqueting and one of our biggest events was the Harley Davidson convention," says Gino.
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Eds: UPDATES with Bush quote; restores background. AP Photo LAAH101, LACG104, LAAH10, LAAH102 By CAIN BURDEAU Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, anger over the stalled rebuilding was palpable Wednesday throughout the city where the mourning for the dead and feeling of loss doesn't seem to subside. Hurricane Katrina made landfall south of New Orleans at 6:10 a.m. Aug. 29, 2005, as a strong Category 3 hurricane that flooded 80 percent of the city and killed more than 1,600 people in Louisiana and Mississippi. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. New Orleans churches staged memorial services, including one at the historic St. Louis Cathedral on Jackson Square, and ring bells in honor of the victims. People throughout the city will hold their own private ceremonies to remember where they were when Katrina hit, and what they lost.
Summer movie preview
Every summer brings its bumper crop of sequels and remakes. But the summer of '07 seems to be going for the gold: It began with a sequel last weekend ("Spider-Man 3") and it comes to an end with both a sequel ("Mr. Bean's Holiday") and a remake ("Halloween") on Labor Day weekend.Nothing says more about what's to come in the days ahead as virtually every weekend of the summer will involve at least some form of prior cinema acquaintance.Familiarity may breed contempt in some quarters, but where Hollywood is concerned, it's strictly love at second (and third and fourth and ...) sight.Following is a look at how much love will be dispensed over the long hot-weather haul, beginning next weekend and continuing through August.May 18• Captivity: Here's an original thought for a horror movie -- arrange for a beautiful fashion model (Elisha Cuthbert) to become kidnapped by a sadistic serial killer, then subject her to an array of tortures.• Shrek the Third: The flatulent ogre (Mike Myers) returns for his third outburst, this time in his new role as Far, Far Away royalty, courtesy that "Shrek 2" marriage to the Princess (Cameron Diaz).
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