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Recalling past vacations when you were younger and raising families, did it occur to you that someday you would be comparing travel notes with other geezers and boomers and find yourself saying, "Been there, done that"? It's a condition we won't complain about, and even if true, the travel industry keeps inventing enough specialty vacations to keep us coming back year after year. Examples are arts and crafts, bicycling, birding, boating and sailing, fishing, food and wine, golf, hiking, hunting, language schools, rock climbing, photography, scuba diving, spiritual trips and wildlife. Food and wine have been atop the list of popularity for a long time, but of late, culinary schools have become hot, especially for retired seniors who want to put a little spice in their lives, both figuratively and literally.
Recipe stacks up well in contest
Robert Anderson, a culinary arts student at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC), and his recipe for a stacked avocado salad with red wine vinaigrette earned the $1,000 second prize in the 2007 Avocados From Mexico "Fiesta Time" Student Recipe Contest.
The contest, sponsored by the Avocado Producer and Exporting Packers Association of Michoacán, included entries from several top culinary schools.
Chef Leslie Sieferle, Anderson's advisor, received $300, for a fund to encourage other students to enter recipe competitions, Sieferle said.
- Kathy Stephenson
Stacked avocado salad with red wine vinaigrette
Vinaigrette:
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 clove garlic, finely minced
1 tablespoon fresh shallot, finely minced
4 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
Salt, to taste
Semi-coarse black pepper, to taste
Salad:
2 slices (about 3 inches in diameter) fresh mozzarella cheese
4 slices Roma tomato, about 1/8 -inch thick
1 avocado, cut into 10 slices, about 1/8 -inch .
Off the Agenda: Friends, foes of schools split dig in history for analogies
No doubt about it, this is war.
Talk of an east-side secession from the Granite and Jordan school districts turned warlike last week as 300-plus people gathered at the Salt Lake County offices to battle for the council's vote.
Take a look at this exchange between Rep. Greg Hughes, R-Draper, and County Councilman David Wilde when talking about west-siders' exclusion from a possible November referendum.
Hughes dismissed claims that an east-side vote - involving only those who would break away into the new districts - was somehow unconstitutional or morally wrong.
Instead, Hughes reminded the council of another split - a revolutionary one - that required no vote by the party left behind.
Entree into the kitchen
The question is a hot topic in certain food circles: Why are outsiders being hired to open certain top-drawer Washington restaurants? Isn't the reputation or education of home-grown talent good enough?
Celebrity chefs Eric Ripert and Wolfgang Puck are scheduled to head up two first-class eateries in the District next year, following others who have come to the region from other large cities.
It's not the quality of local cooking schools that is in question, suggest District chefs Jeff Tunks of Passion Food Hospitality, a restaurant group that includes Ceiba, DC Coast and TenPehn, and Vikram Garg of Indebleu, but the high stakes of being successful in an extremely competitive field where problems include keeping young chefs who often think moving from job to job builds a more impressive resume.
Survey: Teens Face Stress At Higher Rate
Stressed out by your high-pressured job? Don't assume your kid is any less stressed out by school, especially if she's a she. Young people experience stress at a high rate, and females more than males, an extensive Associated Press/MTV survey shows.
A similar divide exists in terms of fears and safety: Girls and young women are less likely to feel safe in their neighborhoods, in schools, or from terror attacks.
The source of stress changes as we get older, the survey shows. Among 13-17 year olds, school is by far the most commonly mentioned source. Among 18-24 year olds, it's jobs and financial matters. In all, fully 85 percent of young people said they felt stress at least sometimes.
"I'm a pretty high-stressed person," says Katie Duda, 21, who's finishing up a degree in culinary arts and awaiting the birth of her first child in a few weeks.
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