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( Imagine eu! Dando receita! Me achaaaando!!! Mas até que esse Strogo é tão gostoso e tão facinho de fazer que vale a pena dividir!) StrogOnofre da Ana Cissa • • 2 peitos de frango • • 3 colheres de sopa de gengibre picado em pedacinhos • • 3 colheres de sopa de pimenta vermelha em flocos • • 3 colheres de sopa açucar demerara • • 3 colheres de sopa alho picado • • 2 tomates maduros sem pele e sem sementes • • 3 colheres de sopa de oleo de gergelim (sesame oil) • • 1/2 xicara de molho de soja ( shoyo ) • • 1 cebola picada • • sal a gosto • • 1 lata de creme de leite • • 100 g de champignon fresco picado • • 1 colher (sopa) de mostarda • • 1 colher (sopa) de manteiga Para começar, uma técnica ótima que eu aprendi para deixar o frango bem macio é o que aqui se chama BRINING: Coloque os peitos de frango num ziplock contendo 2 chícaras de água fria e uma colher de sobremesa de sal. Deixe na geladeira por 3 horas. Prepare o molho para marinar o frango. Adicione o gengibre, o alho, o açú

I fell in love with this little boutique vineyard in Mendoza - Argentina. I visited about 10 wineries during my stay in Mendoza, and nothing came close to ACHAVAL FERRER. From the minute I stepped in their property I was treated like royalty. Their vineyard is just precious. Very chic yet a very simple set up. Their staff gave me the impression that they truly love what they do and that they are very proud of the absolutely precious wine that they produce. After a short but very interesting and informative tour, I got to sit down outdoors, along with a few other visitors, facing the view of the vines down the valley, and we got to taste their beautiful wines. A very knowledgeable vigneron told us the history of their vineyard and went over each wine we were tasting, talking about the flavors, the notes, the years, & the blends... Achaval Ferrer is the first Argentine winery to score 96 points in Wine Spectator and their wines will continue to blaze a trail and prove to the skeptic

From the New York Times - Interesting article for us, gourmands! (thanks tio miguel!) Unearthing the Sex Secrets of the Périgord Black Truffle By NICHOLAS WADE The black truffle of Périgord, the cynosure of every foodie’s dreams, is about to yield its most intimate secrets to a team of French and Italian researchers who have decoded its genome. Surely a great day for gastronomy and yet — truffle-lovers be advised — some of the new discoveries may reveal more than you really wanted to know. Truffles are the fruit of fungi that infect the roots of certain trees. They are of keen interest to pigs, particularly sows, because some secrete androstenol, a hormone produced by boars before mating. People who use sows to hunt for truffles often find it hard to prevent a sex-crazed animal from eating the truffle she has found and may lose fingers in the attempt. It turns out the truffles, too, have sex lives, said Dr. Francis Martin, a plant biologist at the University of Nancy in France and lea

Brumes et pluies Ô fins d'automne, hivers, printemps trempés de boue, Endormeuses saisons! je vous aime et vous loue D'envelopper ainsi mon coeur et mon cerveau D'un linceul vaporeux et d'un vague tombeau. Dans cette grande plaine où l'autan froid se joue, Où par les longues nuits la girouette s'enroue, Mon âme mieux qu'au temps du tiède renouveau Ouvrira largement ses ailes de corbeau. Rien n'est plus doux au coeur plein de choses funèbres, Et sur qui dès longtemps descendent les frimas, Ô blafardes saisons, reines de nos climats, Que l'aspect permanent de vos pâles ténèbres, — Si ce n'est, par un soir sans lune, deux à deux, D'endormir la douleur sur un lit hasardeux. — Charles Baudelaire

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If you live in the East Village or near Union Square, take advantage of the Village Farm Grocery. They are the big deli on the corner of 9th Street and 2nd Ave, across the street from Veselka. They have great, fresh and organic products (and they buy from local farmers too!), f resh squeezed juices, fruit salads, an entire selection dedicated to Gourmet Foods, cheeses, 400+ kinds of Beer ( dozens of varieties beers with a global span of U.N. proportions, from sweet raspberry Lambic Belgian ale to fragrant Harpoon India Pale Ale) & Huge selection of sweets, chocolates, cookies, biscuits, and teas from around the world. Entire aisle stocked with cereal from bottom of the floor to the roof. Etc Etc... And they Deliver! Within the hour! With a smile! You can go on their site: http://www.villagefarmgrocery. com and order! (WHO NEEDS WHOLE FOODS!?)

Affordable , sustainable produce sourced from small farms is now delivered to your home or office! " Basis’s Good Food to You " sources all of its fruits, vegetables, meat, and dairy products from family farms, many of them local. Deliveries are weekly or biweekly and you can get cage-free eggs from Columbia County; raw honey from Stockin’s Apiaries in Strasburg, Pennsylvania; cream-line yogurt from Meadow Creek Farm in Interlaken, New York.... If you live in the Big Apple but doesn’t have the time to source your own State-grown fruits and vegetables, then Basis could be great for you! Check them out! http://www.basisfoods.com/ Here's an interesting article by Nicole Reed: The hardest part of change is always the moment when we know only what we are losing and nothing of what we’ll gain. We’re accustomed to our old ways, even if they are ruinous. In the case of food, the large companies in our old system are big revenue generators in our economy. We need this liveliho

By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO for the New York TImes http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/travel/28next-1.html?emc=eta1 (please copy and paste link)

Me apaixonei por essa serie! Olha só que lindo esse trabalho! Soul Reverie is a range of 14 surreal photo montages using vintage imagery with an enchantingly eerie twist. The swiss artist, Catirn Welz-Stein, has developed a unique style of digital collage with a very magical feel to it. These stunning art cards are all blank inside to compliment the simple beauty of the images. http://www.souluk.com/department/soul_reverie/

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by Zelio Alves Pinto

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie

Terapeuta Holístico - Anníbale Longhi O Terapeuta Holístico é um Profissional que atua na área da saúde, porém, com uma visão diferente do ser humano; ele o vê como um todo e não em partes como as outras formas de tratamentos. Ele busca encontrar o equilíbrio entre o ser humano e o meio ambiente que o circunda; a relação dele com seu próximo mais íntimo e os seus semelhantes mais distantes; procura colocar em harmonia o Homem físico com o Homem energético , alcançando assim um ser humano em equilíbrio. Desta forma, ele poderá se relacionar com o mundo vegetal e o mundo animal em perfeita harmonia. O Terapeuta Holístico lança mão de recursos naturais para estabelecer equilíbrio ao desequilíbrio. Ele usa desde o primeiro instinto que é a carícia, passando pelas expressões corporais, englobando os toques, as fragâncias, as essências, as manifestações magnéticas, os cristais, etc., até a técnica mais apurada como a Medicina Tradicional Chinesa , valendo-se para isso, do mundo animal e v

Estou repassando umas dicas que mandei para um amigo meu que está indo passar 4 dias em NY. Ele pediu dicas de hotéis legais em Downtown, um restaurante bom, diferente e divertido para levar os amigos no Sábado a noite, e um bar bacana perto do restaurante, para after dinner drinks. Aqui vai: Hotéis http://www.hotelonrivington. com/ http://www.hoteleasthouston. com/ http://www.theboweryhotel.com/ http://www. thecoopersquarehotel.com/ (fazendo a reserva por aqui fica mais em conta: http://the-cooper-square. hotel-rv.com/ ) http://www.gramercyparkhotel. com/ (meu favorito - se não ficar hospedado lá, va conhecer! Tome um drink no Rose Bar que é LINDO. E no inverno ainda tem uma lareirinha.) Restaurante: La Esquina (no andar de baixo!) http://www.esquinanyc.com/ index.php Bar - PRAVDA http://www.pravdany.com/home. php

Achei fantástico quando vi o texto "Everybody loves Brazil", que fala sobre a vitória brasileira para sediar as Olimpíadas de 2016 e sobre como o Brasil precisa gostar mais do Brasil Ricardo Kotscho Viram que chique? Agora tem até título em inglês no Balaio. Pena que não é meu. É o título dado ao editorial da edição número 27 da revista mensal de reportagens que tem o sugestivo nome de "Brasileiros", escrito pelo meu velho colega e parceiro Hélio Campos Mello, que acumula as funções de fotógrafo, diretor de redação e publisher desta bela experiência editoral independente. Acabei de pegar nas mãos a edição de outubro da revista, que já está nas bancas, com o Antonio Fagundes na capa - de terno, colete e descalço - e uma bela matéria com o grande artista gráfico brasileiro Elifas Andreato - modéstia à parte, feita por mim mesmo. Participo desta aventura desde o processo de criação da revista e, ao longo destes mais de dois anos nas bancas, sou testemunha da garra e da

That's what happens when you try to cook lunch, talk on the phone, type a proposal, and plan a dinner party at same time. So I burned my arm, and it hurts. Actually now it doesn't hurt anymore because I applied EGG WHITES on the burn. Did you know that egg whites are a miracle cure for burns, even severe ones? Soak or coat affected area in egg white. While the egg white is still wet you will feel no pain from the burn. As soon as it dries up the pain comes back so reapplication is necessary. This method not only alleviates the pain it actually heals and prevents scarring from the burn. Egg whites are also great to lower fever. Soak 2 cloths or handkerchiefs in egg whites and put on the soles of the feet (cover with socks). The egg whites instantaneously start to draw the temperature DOWN from the brain (where it is dangerous) to the feet (where it can do no damage). I would like to let more people know about the miraculous effectiveness of treating fevers and burns with egg whi

Today I rode my bike past a gallery in the Meat Packing district and had to stop. From the outside, the art looked interesting, very POP, very Andy Warhol. I parked my bike and walked into the 15,ooo Square Feet gallery, full of fine art and installations. The exhibit in fact is FUN. Some of the art, I think, is a tiny bit cheesy, but over all it's kind of a good ride. All about icons. Well, the show is called "icons", and the artist's name is Mr. Brainwash. I hear he is Bansky's friend. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by. I think you will enjoy it. Here are some shots I took of the exhibit . Click on the images to enlarge them.