tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11982925695616523092024-02-07T02:51:40.650-08:00La AmericanaTwo Cultures. Two Languages. One Home.La Americanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07817459979762831486noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198292569561652309.post-45178680234045337652021-10-14T15:33:00.001-07:002021-10-14T15:33:00.154-07:00CREAMY ARROZ CON POLLO (CHICKEN WITH RICE) WITH SAFFRON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Luis' recipe for arroz con pollo (chicken with rice). It's a traditional dish throughout Latin America and a close cousin of paella.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Recently, he made this and as we took our first bites, there was a collective hush across the dinner table. The saffron. The rice. The chicken. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It's homey, it's healthy. It's elegant. It also feeds a lot of people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One 4 lb. chicken, cut into 8 pieces </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4 tablespoons vegetable oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1 small yellow or Vidalia onion, diced</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1/4 green bell pepper, seeded and diced </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1 1/2 cups Arborio rice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1 cup vegetable broth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1/2 cup tomato sauce</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1/2 cup frozen green peas</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1. Wash and dry the chicken. Cut chicken breast into four pieces and halve the quarter legs. Salt and pepper the chicken pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2. Heat vegetable oil on medium high heat and sear the chicken approximately 7-10 minutes, until the skin is golden brown. Lower the heat and remove the chicken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3. Add the onion and peppers to the pan and slowly turn the heat up to medium. When are the onions are translucent, add garlic and cook about two minutes, moving the mix constantly. </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">*If you would like to add chorizo to the dish, this is the time do it.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4. Lower the heat and add the tomato sauce. When it begins to bubble, add the white wine and let the alcohol burn off for a couple of minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">5. Add saffron and stir. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">6. Add the chicken. Luis likes to organize the legs and thighs in the center of the pan (they can take the heat and won't dry out as much). He then arranges the chicken breasts, bone-down, around the outskirts of the pan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">7. Rinse the rice once and pour it in-between the chicken pieces. Push the heat up to high and bring the mix to a boil. Cover, lower the heat and let the chicken simmer for about 35 to 45 minutes. With a digital meat thermometer, make sure the chicken reaches a minimum of 165 degrees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">8. Turn the heat off, add green peas and let the dish rest for a few minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When plated, give a good squeeze of lime on top and serve immediately. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The dish doesn't need a side, but Luis fried plantains for the kids and made a simple salad with butter lettuce, avocado, tomato, olive oil, salt and pepper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For the adults, he recommends a light beer. Luis is a fan of Michelob Ultra Pure Gold organic light lager, which has a denser flavor than most light beers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In this strange age of social distancing, our family, like many others across the world, is tighter than ever before. Homeschooling while working from home can be challenging, yes, but we also have more uninterrupted time to be together. Instead of our normal daily hustle, race to pick the kids up after work, then to taekwondo or basketball, and studying, we have time for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We take daily bike rides and play rounds of pingpong, Clue and Uno Flip. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Luis and Ana potted sunflowers and Mexican sage, which will bring butterflies to our back porch soon, and planted tomatoes, peppers, summer okra, arugula, sweet onions, watermelon, basil, rosemary and mint in the organic box garden he constructed a few years ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As always, Luis continues to cook. Apparently, the rest of country is doing the same. I</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">'ve had numerous requests for Luis' Cuban black beans recipe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Why? They're comforting, sublime, healthy, affordable and can feed an army. In my opinion, they're perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So much so, that when a network TV producer asked for a video of Luis cooking a recipe of his choice so that he could shop a show around last year, that's the recipe he shared.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On a deeper level, Luis very much believes that we are what we eat. He considers his greatest legacy to our kids is the food that he cooks for them everyday. And his Cuban black beans are at the top of the list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Just ask our seven-year-old how she feels about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"Daddy's food makes me feel alive!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Luis' Cuban Black Beans</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">serves 10-12 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2 cups organic dried black beans, picked over and rinsed thoroughly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1 bay leaf</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1 large red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded and cut into four pieces (highly recommend roasted peppers, as they give incredible depth and flavor)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4 cloves garlic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2 teaspoons ground cumin </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1/2 cup olive oil plus more for drizzling when serving</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1 large yellow or Vidalia onion, diced</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1 cup red wine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1 tablespoon vinegar (Luis like Bragg Organic Apple Cider)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">6 cups prepared rice (optional for serving)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In a 6 quart pressure cooker, add the beans, bay leaf, bell pepper and 8 cups of water. Following the manufacturer's directions, cover, lock the lid and cook on high until the pressure kicks in, then lower to a simmer for about 40 minutes. Remove from heat and let rest for 5 minutes before releasing the steam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While beans are cooking, prepare the <i>sofrito</i>. Mash the garlic with a mortar and pestle (trick: if you add a pinch of salt the garlic won't fly out) and set aside. Add the oil and diced onion to a sauce pan over medium heat. Cook until the onions become translucent (about 5 minutes). Stir in the garlic and cook for an additional 2 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Blend the <i>sofrito</i> with the beans and return the mix to the stovetop to simmer over medium-low heat for 5 minutes. Stir in the red wine, vinegar and sugar. Remove from heat, cover and let sit for 20 minutes. Add the cumin and salt and pepper to taste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">To serve, ladle beans over rice and drizzle with olive oil. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #222222;">I'm so excited to finally be able to share details about my newest project, which was two years in the making. The book, </span><b>Leopold's Ice Cream: A Century of Tasty Memories 1919-2019, with a foreword by former President Jimmy Carter</b><span style="color: #222222;">, chronicles the lives and storied history of the Leopold brothers and their family in Savannah, Georgia, between 1901 and 2019, including the life of film producer and renowned ice cream maker Stratton Leopold. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;">Stratton grew up in the ice cream business under the guidance of his father, Peter, and uncles, George and Basil, who immigrated from Greece and opened the original Leopold's Ice Cream at the corner of Gwinnett and Habersham Streets in Savannah in 1919. The humble fruit and ice cream stand became a cornerstone of the community, and later an iconic venue in the heart of what is now one of the world's top destinations. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;">The book also illustrates Savannah's growth and Georgia's multi-billion dollar film industry, kickstarted by Stratton and a group of his peers in the 1970s. Stratton, who later served as executive producer of "Mission Impossible III," "Paycheck" and the "Sum of All Fears," recounts a mentorship by film legend John Huston, the brilliant antics of Robin Williams during the filming of "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" in Italy and tales of Tom Cruise's death-defying stunts in China.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;">Among his many accomplishments, Stratton considers the continuation of his family's business as one of his greatest.
With the help of Oscar-nominated set designer Dan Lomino, Stratton and his wife Mary opened a flagship location on Broughton Street in Savannah in 2004. They continue to honor the family legacy, serving the 100-year-old artisan ice cream recipes in a classic soda fountain setting to visitors from around the world, and shipping pints to customers across the country.
Leopold's Ice Cream has been featured on CNN, The Food Network and The Travel Channel and in Food and Wine, Travel + Leisure, Garden and Gun, GOOP, Southern Living and USA TODAY. Hosts of the daytime talk show, "The View" chose Leopold's as one their favorite ice cream venues in the country and the Toronto Sun ranked it as one of the top five ice cream shops in the world.
"Today, Stratton and Mary are stewards of much more than a business, which they have expanded in many ways," former President Jimmy Carter writes. "They are conservationists of the Leopold brothers' precious legacy, bound by <i>philotimo</i>, the Greek word for a set of principles that places honor, duty, family and service to community above all else."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); white-space: pre-wrap;">Pre-orders of <b>Leopold's Ice Cream: A Century of Tasty Memories 1919-2019</b> are available online at <a href="http://leopoldsicecream.com/">leopoldsicecream.com</a>. Beginning on February 15, the book will be available for purchase in Savannah at the <a href="https://www.savannahbookfestival.org/" target="_blank">Savannah Book Festival</a>, the Leopold's store on Broughton Street, the two Leopold's locations at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and the Ex Libris Bookstore. Proceeds from the book will benefit local education initiatives in Savannah.
I'll be signing books at Leopold's Ice Cream on February 15.
Hope to see you there!
<b>Book Signing</b>
Leopold's Ice Cream, A Century of Tasty Memories 1919-2019
Saturday, February 15
12-2 p.m.
Leopold's Ice Cream
212 East Broughton Street,
Savannah
xoxo,
Melanie</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">The kids call Luis’ curry chicken with apples and pears “Yellow Chicken,” and go cuckoo over it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">On a recent trip to Charlotte, Luis pulled the dish together with the help of our godson, Noah. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It’s only a handful of steps and the smell of the chicken, curry, fruit and cream bubbling on your stovetop is reason enough to give it a try. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">Step 1: Chop a whole, preferably organic, chicken into pieces. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21;">Step 2: Heat a douse of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Salt and pepper chicken a</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;">nd add to pan. Sauté until skin browns. Add 2 cups chicken broth and bring to a boil, then lower heat to simmer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;">Step 3: Peel and chop 4 apples and 4 pears into small squares. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;">Step 4: Put half of the fruit in a blender and add 1 pint heavy cream, 4 tablespoons curry powder (or to taste) and a hefty pinch of salt. Blend. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;">Step 5: Arrange chicken pieces on bottom of a cast iron cooking dish. Pour curry blend on top and add remaining chopped fruit. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1c1e21; display: inline;">Step 6: Cover dish with lid and cook on medium on stovetop until it begins to boil. Lower heat to simmer and cook approximately 45 minutes. Add salt to taste and serve over rice. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">On a recent Wednesday night my
husband Luis was hit with a craving for </span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">bizcocho</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">,
the sponge cake he grew up eating with a heaping scoop of vanilla at Coppelia, Havana’s
"</span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/14/future-of-coppelia-cuba-socialist-ice-cream-cathedral" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;" target="_blank">ice-cream cathedral</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">." Lucky for us, he whipped up his own take on it filled
with a layer of his homemade guava preserves tucked in a glass jar in the door of our fridge. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The poor cake didn’t have a chance -- 24 hours later there were only crumbs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2 ¼ cups wheat flour <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1 ¼ cups Organic Turbinado raw cane sugar<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1 cup plain Stonyfield Organic Greek Yogurt<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Splash of almond extract</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">8 large eggs <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2 teaspoons baking powder<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3/4 teaspoon salt<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1 lemon</span><br />
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pan and line with parchment paper. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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lock the side latches. Luis drizzled oil on the parchment paper and spread around the entire pan, but you can also use a spray. Trim the excess paper around the edge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Separate the eggs from the egg whites and place in two medium-size bowls. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2d2d2d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-family: Times; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Around the age of 16, Luis was introduced to the British rockers of Queen. Mind you, this was Fidel Castro's Cuba, 1993, and no outside information flowed into the country</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, with the exception of select international music and American movies that were played on Saturday nights on one of the only two TV stations in Cuba.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2d2d2d; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Luis didn't understand a word that the lead vocalist Freddie Mercury sang or even know that he had died two years prior, but it didn't matter. He </span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(45, 45, 45);">responded deeply to the soul-reaching, unparalleled vibrato, the force of nature that was Mercury's voice, and blasted it from his Colonial home on Calle 19 in Havana for the better part of three years. It was then </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: center;">that Luis learned of Mercury's death and in a</span><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2d2d2d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: center;">personal requiem, he stopped playing Queen albums altogether.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fast forward to last week, when we saw the biopic, "Bohemian Rhapsody," and Mercury's voice, the one that Luis says can translate any human emotion into song, swept him straight back to Havana, mid-nineties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Inspired, he transported us all back in time with him the next day, cooking a batch of Papas Rellenas (fried stuffed potatoes), </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a homey, Cuban classic, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">which he served over an arugula, spinach, avocado and tomato salad while </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Bohemian Rhapsody"</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">blared overhead. Luis'</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> joy was palpable and it flowed right on over to our plates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The crispy, fried potato balls are traditionally stuffed with a savory ground beef mixture, </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">picadillo</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, but Luis is always on the hunt for the healthiest route possible and substituted with a turkey version. It's one of the most satisfying dishes I've eaten, especially on a cold day, and the kids loved picking them up with their hands and dipping them in a sour cream-BBQ sauce he whipped up on the side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The recipe calls for the rolled potato rounds to take a dive into bubbling oil, but it's not a heavy dish. Luis fried them just enough to give them a nice brown crust.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When I cut into my </span><i style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">papa rellena</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, steam billowed out. There was down-home, fireside comfort in each bite, and I was impressed by the purity of the flavors. Give it a go and I think you will be too. </span><br />
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La Americanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07817459979762831486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198292569561652309.post-25168553459334146242018-07-27T12:55:00.000-07:002018-07-27T13:03:10.165-07:00LUIS' SIMPLE, SUBLIME CAESAR SALAD <h2 class="m_-6155655496641860786gmail-recipe-print__h2" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5rem 0px; outline: none;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Our 11-year-old son has an aversion to eating anything green. So when he asked for firsts, then seconds of the Caesar salad my husband whipped together a few nights ago, I knew the recipe was special.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As for me, I'm obsessed with it. It's a simple blend of chopped romaine, Parmesan cheese, homemade garlicky croutons and a creamy, bowl-scraping anchovy dressing that is flavorful, but not overpowering. </span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Did you know?</span><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Caesar Salad was invented not in Italy, but Mexico. Or so goes the legend. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Supposedly, Italian restauranteur </span></span><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Caesar Cardini owned a spot in Tijuana that catered to Americans looking for escape from Prohibition in 1924. In a pinch in the kitchen, he improvised with ingredients and created the base for what is one of today's culinary staples. But we can thank his brother, Alex, who threw anchovies into the mix two years later and created what Julia Child called "a </span></i><span style="color: #2d2d2d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><i>sensation of a salad from coast</i> to <i>coast." </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://melaniebowdensimon.blogspot.com/2014/03/claudia-deen-talks-venezuela-fitness.html" target="_blank">Claudia Deen talks Venezuela, fitness and bicultural life with Bobby</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #000018; white-space: pre-line;"><i><b>“I’m American, but I feel like a French expatriate. But I’m not enough to be French.” - Joan Juliet Buck</b></i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #000018; white-space: pre-line;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #000018; white-space: pre-line;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #000018; white-space: pre-line;">I recently had a fascinating chat for the better part of two hours with American writer, actor and former Paris Vogue Editor in Chief Joan Juliet Buck. She had just wrapped a day of recording the audio version of her memoir, <i>The Price of Illusion</i>, which Oprah named as one of the “20 Best Books To Pick Up” in 2017. The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Price-Illusion-Joan-Juliet-Buck/dp/1541465865/ref=tmm_abk_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">audiobook</a> is out now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">We had an engaging, thoughtful conversation that largely
circled around Joan’s approach to writing, her memoir, acting with Meryl
Streep, the power of illusions and the complexity of living among dual cultures
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">It was the latter part of that conversation that
initially compelled me to reach out to Joan for an interview. As the daughter
of a film producer, goddaughter to John Huston and a three decades-long
journalist for Condé Nast publications <i>Vogue</i>, <i>The New Yorker</i> and <i>Vanity
Fair</i>, Joan delivers a serious dose of glitz and glam in her memoir.</span> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Clockwise from top left: with Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston at Cannes Film Festival; with Peter O'Toole at the premiere of <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059399/" target="_blank">Lord Jim</a> in 1965; Portrait for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_(magazine)" target="_blank">Talk</a> magazine, 1999; Portrait, 2007. (Photos: Yahoo/Pinterest/The Guardian/In Style)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">She also deftly chronicles her fall from the Condé Nast family, following a not-quite-seven-year stint as the only American to ever helm Paris <i>Vogue</i>--- and later, the violent backlash from a 2011 </span><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/joan-juliet-buck-my-vogue-interview-syrias-first-lady-65615"><span style="color: blue;">assignment</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> on Syria’s First Lady that nearly ended her career.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Yet, Joan’s observations on cultural identity are what
tugged on me most. Born in California and raised in Paris and London, Joan
struggled, even at the height of her success, to wriggle comfortably into any
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">“For expatriates there is no firm ground,” she writes as
the opener to <i>The Price of Illusion</i>. If my Havana-born husband
wrote a book, I’m pretty sure he’d lead with something similar.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Here are a few highlights from my conversation with
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Was it difficult for you to write the book?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">God, was it difficult, but it had to be done because I
had no other way of figuring out what had happened.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">The first draft was 1,050 pages. It was like a
deposition; there had been so many things in my life that were incomprehensible,
that I really needed to just write down, as if answering the questions: “What
did you see?” “And then, what happened?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">How did you feel when you wrapped the first draft?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I felt fantastic, and I sent it in to my editor. I
remember I stayed with some friends in East Hampton, and I was lying in their
pool, just so happy. It was such a feeling of completion. And then I didn’t
hear from my editor for about four months.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">What did you do?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I was completely freaking out, climbing the curtains, climbing
the walls. Shouldn’t he be answering me? I think he was overwhelmed by the size
of it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">There are journalists and novelists who know what
they’re going to write before they write it; they set themselves the task, and
they write it. They know where they are going and where the beats are going to
fall. They know what their intention is in writing something.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Mine was really exploration. I get very involved in the
lives of my friends and the people I love, so I had to put everything down to
sort out what had really been important, and what was just noise.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A little too much. After you put yourself through
something like that you don’t fall for – you don’t believe things so easily
anymore. (laughs). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">It’s much more difficult to get excited about things.
Because you get excited about things if you think they’re going to work out
wonderfully (laughs). Or if they carry an illusion for you. If they’re not
carrying the illusion for you, then why bother to get excited? Everything gets
a bit neutral. You see what I mean?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Are you a trusting person now?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I’m still a little too trusting (laughs). But I see, a
little more easily, how things might play out.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">You’ve said that you have “lived in too many places to
belong anywhere.” How does that tug-and-pull play out today, and do you ever
feel truly at home anywhere?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Well, what a great question and it’s really sort of
heartbreaking.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I don’t have a place in the city anymore, but I’m
staying with a friend. When I left for Paris in ‘94 to go take the job
(at <i>Vogue</i>), I gave this friend my living room carpet. So I’m staying
in this place that’s not completely familiar, but I feel at home because
there’s my carpet on the floor, and the sight of the needlepoint flowers on the
black background tells me I’m at home. Objects have really important roles in
an expatriate’s life. As an expatriate, you don’t have the familiar
surroundings, you don’t have the familiar people, the people you went to school
with. You don’t have the context. But the context is in the things you own, the
things you bought. The things you were given.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">What do you have in your home now?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I have my things, and I want to get rid of my things
because I’m not sure where I want to be living and I want to be more mobile.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">But what I’ve really been thinking about it -- this is
such a good conversation -- I’m made so happy by seeing this rug. And it isn’t
like I look at the rug and it makes me happy. No. But it’s just being in this
room where I occasionally glimpse at a rug that I lived with for years, that I
chose, that I bought that was part of my life. It was there during a very
important relationship in my life, when a lot of friends and friendships and
things happened in my apartment on 77<sup>th</sup> street. Yet I don’t
really have much of a sense of ownership. I lease my car. I don’t particularly
want to own it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I don’t like the idea of owning a pet. I love that I
have wild fox who comes and visits me. I’ve got a groundhog. The fox is insane.
I put him on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/joanjulietbuck/"><span style="color: #355bb7;">Instagram</span></a><u>.</u> <span style="color: #1a1a1a;">He comes right up to my window.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I love having these animals near me, and we have a
relationship, but I don’t own them and they don’t owe me anything. And I don’t
say “mine.” They’re what the bird seed companies call ‘Outdoor Pets.” I don’t
like lending my books, but I’ll give them away. I don’t like lending my
clothes, but I’ll give them away.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">When I’m writing, I’m very grateful for the internet
because a lot of my vocabulary comes through in French. I’m not that great a
writer in French. I write like somebody who is very good in school, but not
that interesting. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">We’re built up in layers. So, there’s the baby layer,
and then there’s the infancy, and my layers between three and nine and then all
the way through school until I was 18 are French, so the vocabulary, the
emotionally reactive words and the emphatic words are French.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">So, I do have this vocabulary overload from being
between two languages, between two worlds. And that’s just the way it is. I
feel much more relaxed when I’m speaking French with people.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">How is your French today?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I’m not really going back to France that much, so the
people I speak French with are other expatriates. And so, we’re just talking in
French. We’re not reflecting the current context. I think that expatriates to
some degree always live in the past. Because that’s the home they knew. I’m
American, but feel like a French expatriate. But not French enough to be
French. I’m very grateful that the Albertine bookstore now exists in the French
cultural place on 5<sup>th</sup> avenue; it’s beautiful to look at, and it’s crammed
with French books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">In previous interviews, you've said that you are always
homesick for France, but also that it was easy to summon the character as the
'horrible head of the head of the Cordon Bleu,' in the film “Julie &
Julia” because you were around that sort of disapproval all of your life. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Well, they are very disapproving. But there’s the French
of poetry and novels, the French that’s very private, the French of love songs.
All of these words that get under your skin, give you your shape.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">It’d be like your Leonard Cohen language. It’s not the
language of people doing business. It’s a secret, lost language, the language
in which you read the poetry that makes you cry. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I don’t know where I want to live.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Where else would you consider living?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I truly don’t know. When I lived in Rome I was very
jealous of the people who lived around where I lived in Rome because I would
think, “They know where they belong.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">So, there’s not really a place that feels like home? At
least not yet.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">No, there isn’t. It’s like stars in the sky. You know
all those stars in the sky – they have names. XEW337. They don’t have names. We
just give them names. So, it’s what you choose to call home. It’s funny, it’s
such a cliché - what do I call home? I call home the place where I can write, a
place where I can forget everything around me.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">What now? Are you going to keep writing books or
whatever comes your way?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Everything except movie scripts. There’s too much hope
and too much waste of time with movie scripts. I’ve written five scripts, and
it’s ridiculous. Not a good idea.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">What about your book?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">We shall see. There’s movement.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">How do you approach writing?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I don’t come into a story with an attitude about it. The
only question I ever asked an interview subject was always, “You were born?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">And then they would start. I never put labels on things.
That’s the way I write; it’s the way I am. I don’t have an attitude about
what I’m writing, nor do I have an agenda. It makes me very much not an
investigative journalist.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Nor am I writing from a motivational thing where, “Do
what I do, you’ll have all kinds of great things happening.” </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">My attitude is always, alas, “Gosh, what was that?”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">The reason I love acting is that everyone is equal.
Again, this is probably an idealization, but when you’re acting with people
everyone is on the same level. Even acting with Meryl Streep. There’s no
hierarchy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Did that scare you?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Noooo.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">She’s wonderful?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Yes. And very, very generous. That’s the great thing.
It’s the reason I really love acting. It’s not about status. It’s not about the
person who knows everything. It’s about really going in there with an open
heart and full energy and kind of blind. And that’s how I write. I love that,
and I love it because it’s the same process as writing, except I’m not alone.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Writing can be so isolating, and you have to make sure
to keep yourself at certain point of boredom so that you’ll actually do the
work. So, if you’re fucking around on your phone, that’s no good.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I bet you’re very disciplined, aren’t you?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Well, I am and I’m not. I turn my cell phone to grayscale,
to make it less compelling, less exciting to look . I’m such a sucker for color,
those bright primaries draw me in.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">You write about color in the book. Tell me about the
effect it has on you.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">In the book, it’s the bit when I’m in school in London,
and while my school friends were discovering marijuana and alcohol, I was
getting drunk on color. It has a real effect on me. It’s an actual thing, it’s
an actual presence.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">At <i>Vogue</i>, you got rid of black.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">We couldn’t only show all that black. It was just too
boring, but the fashion editors were not very happy about that (laughs).</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">And I love that you did an issue on Quantum physics.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I wanted to know more about it, and I also thought <i>Vogue</i> could
probably express the uncertainty principle in a rather interesting way.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">It was interesting, but it also looked like some dreadful,
snot-nose who’s showing off. I can totally see that view too. But I was
indulging my curiosity. Which is, unfortunately, what I’ve always indulged, and
the results are not always happy.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">I think I’m old enough to really stop trying to be the
best kid in class, especially as I wasn’t that good in class.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">You’re in the middle of recording your book. How does
that feel?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Well, it’s weird. I’ve the spent last year promoting the
book. I’ve done a lot of reading from the book, but what I hadn’t done was to actually
go through the book from beginning to end. And I thought, “Oh, my God, do I
have to?” </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Is it easier to read now with perspective?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I had to read Ricki Huston’s (wife to John Huston and
surrogate mother to Joan) death yesterday, and it was so horribly sad that my chest
hurt. My poet friends say that a poem isn’t a poem until you read it
aloud.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">My first draft was 1,050 pages, and I’m the one who cut
out 600 pages. I didn’t go, “Oh, to hell with that section.” I just made
certain stories much shorter. But there are moments in the last several days
when I’ve gone, “This is so choppy.” It’s choppy because I chopped the shit out
of it. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Why are illusions so powerful?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">If you’re predisposed to illusions, it makes life kind
of difficult (laughs). I’m sure it’s like addicts, when they go off whatever substance
they’re addicted to. If I can’t turn something into a fabulous illusion, what
am I going to do with it? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: #262626;">Order the audiobook, hardcover or paperback of The Price
of Illusion </span></i></b><a href="http://bit.ly/2nGD5xt"><b><i><span style="color: #878787;">here</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="color: #262626;">. Follow
Joan on </span></i></b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/joanjulietbuck/"><b><i><span style="color: #878787;">Instagram</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">,</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #262626;"> </span></i></b><a href="https://twitter.com/JoanJulietBuck?lang=en"><b><i><span style="color: #0b4cb4;">Twitter</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="color: #262626;"> and </span></i></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joanjuliet"><b><i><span style="color: #0b4cb4;">Facebook</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="color: #262626;">, and
give her a write-up on </span></i></b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30753831-the-price-of-illusion?from_search=true"><b><i><span style="color: #0b4cb4;">Goodreads</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="color: #262626;">.</span></i></b></span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">Today, Luis’ contribution
to our family's Super Bowl Sunday get-together is Ajiaco Cubano, the mother of all
Cuban stews. The recipe reels in more than 500 years of the island's history with
the use of indigenous root vegetables squash, yuca, boniato and malanga, as well as the Spanish and African additions of plantains, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ñame, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia";">corn, tomato, cumin, beef, pork
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<span style="font-family: "georgia";">It’s a gorgeous, complex
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia";">This is ñame, a versatile root vegetable that is common throughout the Caribbean, West Africa, India and parts of Asia. It's part of the yam family, but I think the mild taste of the tuber falls somewhere between a potato and turnip. Below, Luis shows you how to peel it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">Two tablespoons of vegetable oil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">½ cup of olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">1 cup of white wine <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">Spoonful of tomato paste<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">Meat<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">2 lbs. bone-in drumsticks<br />
3 lbs. pork chunks, cut into 3-inch cubes<br />
3 lbs. beef tenderloin (Luis had the upgraded meat from the holidays in the
freezer and thawed it out, but you can use any type of beef)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">2 thick slices of bacon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">Veggies<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">1 pound boniato, peeled and cut into 1-inch squares<br />
1 pound malanga, peeled and cut into 1-inch squares<br />
1 pound yucca, cut into 1-inch rounds (Luis used the frozen, peeled variety
from Publix)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">1 pound ñame (in the grocery's Latin section), peeled
and quartered</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: MingLiU; mso-fareast-font-family: MingLiU;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">1 ear corn, cut into
2-inch rounds</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: MingLiU; mso-fareast-font-family: MingLiU;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">2 large green plantains,
peeled and cut into 1-inch squares<br />
2 large yellow plantains, peeled and cut into 1-inch squares<br />
1 pound Calabaza (also called West Indian squash), peeled, seeded and cut into
1-inch cubes<br />
2 green bell peppers, seeded and cut into thin strips <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">½ red pepper, seeded and cut into thin strips<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">Handful of parsley, finely chopped <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">Handful of cilantro, finely chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">¼ cup loosely packed fresh culantro (you can find in Latin
markets), finely chopped<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">1 medium tomato, cut in quarters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">10 large garlic cloves, peeled and smashed with a mortar and
pestle<br />
5 teaspoons ground cumin<br />
½ cup sour orange juice (in the Latin section)</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; mso-bidi-font-family: MingLiU; mso-fareast-font-family: MingLiU;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia";">1 large white onion, cut
into thick strips<br />
5 cachucha peppers (also known as <i>ajies</i> <i>dulces</i> in Latin
markets), left whole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boil chicken in 8 cups of water for about 30
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Warm one tablespoon of vegetable oil on low heat
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Luis handed the bacon off to the kids for lunch,
then added another tablespoon of vegetable oil to the pan, along with the onion, green and red
peppers and garlic to make the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sofrito</i>. He then cooked all on medium low for about 5 minutes or until bubbling. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Salt and pepper the pork and sear it in a little
olive oil in the pan where the bacon was until the pork is golden. This should
take about about 8-10 minutes on high heat while moving constantly. Add the
beef and stir together for another couple of minutes. Pour the white wine in
and add the cumin. To this pot, add the chicken mix and remaining vegetables and herbs to
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "georgia"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let the stew thicken over medium low heat for about
40 minutes. Taste for a balance of salty and sweet and adjust accordingly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">My husband Luis has become a wizard in the kitchen. With no formal training, he's a home cook who isn't afraid to experiment. He's curious, creative and playful by nature and cooking has become the perfect outlet for him. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">Two nights ago, he brought the tropics to us in the form of </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Calabaza soup. It was new to him and us, but as our friend Melissa ate a spoonful </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">she declared that it had to have a million calories. It was too good. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">True, it's decadent in flavor, he explained, but it's actually super easy on the scale. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">Calabaza is a winter squash typically grown in the West Indies and roughly four pounds of it gives this soup its body. The l</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">eeks, carrots, zucchini and light pour of milk pump up the richness and a set of poached eggs with fresh cracked pepper and a drizzle of olive oil make the dish. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">Luis found the Calabaza below at Lucky's Market in Savannah and I was mesmerized by the marbled beauty.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Yield: About 10-12 meal-sized servings</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">1 onion, chopped into small cubes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">2 leeks, sliced into 1-inch rings</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">1 zucchini, chopped into small cubes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">5 lb. Calabaza, skin and seeds removed, flesh chopped into small cubes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">3 large carrots</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">1 cup of milk</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">2 cups of water</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">*Luis prefers </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">cold-pressed olive oil for nutrient-packed benefits and flavor</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Add the olive oil to a large pan on medium low heat and toss in the leeks and onions. Stay with them and stir frequently for about 6-8 minutes. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">The vegetables will start to soften and juice from the leeks will begin to pour out.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Add the Calabaza and carrots and let all come to a simmer. Add the zucchini, salt and water and let simmer another 10 minutes or until fork-tender. Add the milk and blend all together. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">Pour soup into a large, deep bowl (Luis used our Crock-Pot) and blend the soup lightly with a hand mixer. I 'm not a fan of baby-food texture so he left it chunky.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17.6px;">Poach eggs (you can buy adorable and highly functional PoachPod Egg Poachers <a href="https://www.surlatable.com/product/PRO-18176/Fushionbrands+Poachpods" target="_blank">here</a>), and nest into the soup. Drizzle olive oil over eggs, top with a grind of fresh cracked pepper and the Calabaza soup is an </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.6px;">irresistible eat!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">In honor of my paperback release, here's a short walk </span></div>
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After meeting Luis in Cuba in April of 2001, I returned to Havana in March 2002. He didn't speak English and I barely spoke Spanish then, but we bonded quickly. Smack in the middle of the high-tension era between Fidel Castro and President George W. Bush, we did our best to ignore nasty rifts between our countries.</span></div>
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From Luis' balcony we could see this plaza bordering the Swiss Embassy, which housed the U.S. Foreign Interests Section from 1977 to 2015. Fidel Castro called the American outpost, which is now home to the U.S. Embassy and just to the left of this photo, a 'nest of spies.' </div>
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Once, in retaliation to President Bush's installation of a Times Square-style ticker that streamed messages about free speech, Castro replaced the Cuban flags shown above with 138 black ones that blocked the visuals. <span style="font-size: 14pt;">This was also a favorite spot for Castro's half-day rallies and impassioned speeches, which called tens of thousands of protestors to action. </span></div>
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Ignoring politics, Luis and I married in the cathedral of Havana's 16th century Spanish-built fortress El Morro in April of 2003. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">With my brother Walter as we crossed under the colonial Spanish Redcoats' traditional formation. </span></div>
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In our getaway car, we were joyful, but uncertainty lingered. <span style="font-size: 14pt;">I</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">t would be another year before Luis would receive approval to move to the U.S. During that time, I traveled to Cuba frequently. We roamed beautiful spots like Hotel Nacional and Old Havana, shown below, while I immersed myself in Cuban culture. I also spent hours writing journal entries that would later become the base for my book. </span></div>
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A favorite spot along the Malecón, the seaside wall that wraps five miles of Havana's coastline.</div>
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La Americanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07817459979762831486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198292569561652309.post-91232005669843355842017-10-02T08:30:00.000-07:002017-10-02T08:35:50.386-07:00The Atlantan Magazine + Paperback + Upcoming Flannery O'Connor Lecture<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , " times new roman" , " times" , " serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Over the summer <strong><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Americana-Memoir-Melanie-Bowden-Sim%C3%B3n/dp/1510702555" target="_blank">La Americana: A Memoir</a> </span></strong>celebrated its first birthday with book club appearances in Savannah and Atlanta, which is always a special thing for me. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , " times new roman" , " times" , " serif"; font-size: 14pt;">I also joined childhood friend and Atlanta-based lifestyle ambassador Ashley Sparks Stamoulis aka </span><a alt="https://suthingirl.com/" href="https://suthingirl.com/" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">SuthinGirl</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , " times new roman" , " times" , " serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> during her weekend takeover of </span><a alt="https://www.modernluxury.com/the-Atlantan" href="https://www.modernluxury.com/the-Atlantan" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">The Atlantan Magazine</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , " times new roman" , " times" , " serif"; font-size: 14pt;">'s Instagram account.</span></span></div>
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Melanie Bowden Simón -- author of the La Americana, an acclaimed memoir about her journey of discovery from Savannah to Havana -- will discuss how her own personal experiences in Cuba echoed Flannery O'Connor's remarkable power to find grace and beauty in life's darkest moments. Drawing on her own experiences with love and loss, Simón will share a universal story that resonates with Southern-inspired themes that define O'Connor's fiction.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Last up: </strong></span><strong style="font-size: 14pt;">"Half of my heart is in Havana..."</strong></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Friends keep texting over the new hit song "Havana" by Cuban-born Camila Cabello. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Super catchy, it plays like a soundtrack to my book. Check out Camila's </span><a alt="https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/camila-cabello-havana/3591388" href="https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/camila-cabello-havana/3591388" linktype="1" shape="rect" style="color: blue;" target="_blank" track="on">performance on Jimmy Fallon</a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> last week. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Melanie Bowden Simón is a writer and publicist in Savannah, Georgia. Her </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">#1 Kindle bestseller </span><strong style="font-size: 18.6667px;">La Americana: A Memoir </strong><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">was named as one of </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Bustle's </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">"21 Best Nonfiction Books of Summer 2016" and </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">deemed </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">"a fascinating and important read at this pivotal moment in US-Cuba relations" by NPR.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I am honored to be included in this year's <a alt="https://35over35.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0017cF9rMC-jIInFbkWsKLsbuc5WxyYmbQJMuHXBH21P5H-LN6UCFImXuWNbZaOutzbAyxKOBhEuzEaBz9VY_3qZldB_wvCKp1rHf8QdanDIyZBPdc3R87i67rtlcYujqDaipPlGTUJfzz56e9RyF0lwJ3678tGcTVSAdaPYDbgZc8%3D%26c%3D13-CeP_cn-Bh-0gGnMow2iGhpZNzdIhmlLkBf8PaZYUBblssJaJAUA%3D%3D%26ch%3DAeqg6OhZm_7hB0Q09Iow6Z-4-UdMwTKmtf2h8fCsIXal1WNr4koSHg%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1481722990945000&usg=AFQjCNH-PGmWOH8ViCLGldcc9tWwMkEVnA" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017cF9rMC-jIInFbkWsKLsbuc5WxyYmbQJMuHXBH21P5H-LN6UCFImXuWNbZaOutzbAyxKOBhEuzEaBz9VY_3qZldB_wvCKp1rHf8QdanDIyZBPdc3R87i67rtlcYujqDaipPlGTUJfzz56e9RyF0lwJ3678tGcTVSAdaPYDbgZc8=&c=13-CeP_cn-Bh-0gGnMow2iGhpZNzdIhmlLkBf8PaZYUBblssJaJAUA==&ch=Aeqg6OhZm_7hB0Q09Iow6Z-4-UdMwTKmtf2h8fCsIXal1WNr4koSHg==" shape="rect" target="_blank" title="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017cF9rMC-jIInFbkWsKLsbuc5WxyYmbQJMuHXBH21P5H-LN6UCFImXuWNbZaOutzbAyxKOBhEuzEaBz9VY_3qZldB_wvCKp1rHf8QdanDIyZBPdc3R87i67rtlcYujqDaipPlGTUJfzz56e9RyF0lwJ3678tGcTVSAdaPYDbgZc8=&c=13-CeP_cn-Bh-0gGnMow2iGhpZNzdIhmlLkBf8PaZYUBblssJaJAUA==&ch=Aeqg6OhZm_7hB0Q09Iow6Z-4-UdMwTKmtf2h8fCsIXal1WNr4koSHg==">35 Over 35</a>, which </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">celebrates 35 debuts in 2016 by writers over 35. Writer Kera Yonker and publicist Sarah Russo began the list in 2014.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #666666;">Los Angeles Times Book Critic David Ulin wrote a column, <a alt="http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-celebrating-late-bloomers-with-35-over-35-20141230-story.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D0017cF9rMC-jIInFbkWsKLsbuc5WxyYmbQJMuHXBH21P5H-LN6UCFImXuWNbZaOutzbpmFxN0XUnuzuy7jzT29N00x3pWSONLlgQ9RNBP0V9We2ueja24dUmWjTR-TY63naoZSTvl5iszLBVUtlPu-n3wrUiRJOSc_X55IaGJVZLNTxBIQkyJ99eKTlDI3wCyvNlj0zJzIHiG0ppRiOr1RyQ2-nPw3pUj8Ja5tGJxEfJ6Yregt21NtusRHCkZWEc5FxPbRNJRzsJKTXSOHmlXXZanvZ_ob4iKfXDSQNBgcnmEo%3D%26c%3D13-CeP_cn-Bh-0gGnMow2iGhpZNzdIhmlLkBf8PaZYUBblssJaJAUA%3D%3D%26ch%3DAeqg6OhZm_7hB0Q09Iow6Z-4-UdMwTKmtf2h8fCsIXal1WNr4koSHg%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1481722990945000&usg=AFQjCNHg5btGA9mxSZQA4a8XGkNiB_Vzkg" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017cF9rMC-jIInFbkWsKLsbuc5WxyYmbQJMuHXBH21P5H-LN6UCFImXuWNbZaOutzbpmFxN0XUnuzuy7jzT29N00x3pWSONLlgQ9RNBP0V9We2ueja24dUmWjTR-TY63naoZSTvl5iszLBVUtlPu-n3wrUiRJOSc_X55IaGJVZLNTxBIQkyJ99eKTlDI3wCyvNlj0zJzIHiG0ppRiOr1RyQ2-nPw3pUj8Ja5tGJxEfJ6Yregt21NtusRHCkZWEc5FxPbRNJRzsJKTXSOHmlXXZanvZ_ob4iKfXDSQNBgcnmEo=&c=13-CeP_cn-Bh-0gGnMow2iGhpZNzdIhmlLkBf8PaZYUBblssJaJAUA==&ch=Aeqg6OhZm_7hB0Q09Iow6Z-4-UdMwTKmtf2h8fCsIXal1WNr4koSHg==" shape="rect" target="_blank" title="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017cF9rMC-jIInFbkWsKLsbuc5WxyYmbQJMuHXBH21P5H-LN6UCFImXuWNbZaOutzbpmFxN0XUnuzuy7jzT29N00x3pWSONLlgQ9RNBP0V9We2ueja24dUmWjTR-TY63naoZSTvl5iszLBVUtlPu-n3wrUiRJOSc_X55IaGJVZLNTxBIQkyJ99eKTlDI3wCyvNlj0zJzIHiG0ppRiOr1RyQ2-nPw3pUj8Ja5tGJxEfJ6Yregt21NtusRHCkZWEc5FxPbRNJRzsJKTXSOHmlXXZanvZ_ob4iKfXDSQNBgcnmEo=&c=13-CeP_cn-Bh-0gGnMow2iGhpZNzdIhmlLkBf8PaZYUBblssJaJAUA==&ch=Aeqg6OhZm_7hB0Q09Iow6Z-4-UdMwTKmtf2h8fCsIXal1WNr4koSHg==">"Celebrating Late Bloomers With 35 Over 35,"</a> dedicated to the inaugural list:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">"35 Over 35 renews my faith in the long haul, which is what literature, expression, is about," he said. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">"I am so pleased by 35 Over 35, with its assurance that writing is a lifelong engagement, a marathon and not a sprint."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;">I couldn't have written La Americana, or any book for that matter, at 21. I didn't have much life experience - or the nerve - to take on the task of drafting a book. But by 30 years old, perspective on loss and love, flanked by eye-opening experiences in Cuba, pushed me to write. Personal expression became more important than fear. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;">The journey to publication was not easy. In fact, it was very (very, very) long, sometimes painful and exasperating, but, in the end, worth it. So, here's to 'Late Bloomers!' </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Order</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong> La Americana: A Memoir </strong></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">today</span><strong style="font-family: Georgia, " Times New Roman", " Times", " serif"; font-size: 14pt;">!</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Today begins the official six-month countdown to my book launch and yes, I'm a ball of nerves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I am also eternally grateful to be surrounded by supremely talented women like Chia Chong of <a href="http://www.chiachong.com/" target="_blank">Chia Chong Photography</a>, Jules de Jesus Fritz of <a href="http://dollfacebyjules.com/" target="_blank">Dollface by Jules</a> and Nikki Edwards of <a href="http://www.colorboxx.com/" target="_blank">ColorBoxx Salon</a>, who wrangled me into shape for a recent La Americana photo shoot in downtown Savannah.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I haven't chosen an official back-of-book author image or nailed down which pics I would like to use for an impending website, but I am wide open to any and all recommendations!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.skyhorsepublishing.com/" target="_blank">Skyhorse's</a> design team rocked it with my book cover!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I also got word that the official release date for <i>La Americana</i> is July 5, 2016.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Bravo
Channel’s <i>Top Chef</i> judge and James
Beard award winner, Hugh Acheson, releases <i>The
Broad Fork: Recipes for a Wide World of Vegetables and Fruit </i>(</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Random House)
today. In it produce takes the main stage while Hugh not only reels Southern food back to its roots, but also lends
importance to community-supported agriculture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“It’s all
about cooking from your CSA box,” says Canadian-born Hugh in a mid-morning call from his home in Athens, Georgia.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Utilize what's in season and around in the market.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You know, basically answering the age-old
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question was, in effect, the impetus for the book, after a neighbor found the
unfamiliar, knob-like German vegetable in his home-delivered produce box and
hit Hugh up for ways to craft it in the kitchen.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On the
spot, Hugh offered a couple of ideas that included slaw and a lobster and
curried butter blend, both of which are included in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Broad Fork. </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">However, </span>forever fascinated by connections between food
and community, he began to think more about creative and uncomplicated ways to make
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Hugh Acheson, <i>The Broad Fork</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Similar to his other two cookbooks - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A New Turn in the South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for Your Kitchen</i>,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>which took home the award for Best
Cookbook in the field of “American Cooking” by the James Beard Foundation in
2012, and his canning swatch book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pick a
Pickle - The Broad Fork</i> quickly dispels the notion that Southern food is an
endless stream of cornbread, fried chicken and biscuits with its use of pure,
regional ingredients. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hugh is adamant
that the Southern table isn’t one of convenience food, but,
rather, an agrarian reaction to the season that exists. That's why it's m</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">ost important to
him to understand one’s surroundings.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“So if I live in Northeast Georgia I know that in September I can drive
20 minutes away and buy local apples," he says. "And
I understand when corn season is and what fish are in season along the coast of
Georgia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's connecting the dots in
your community.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The new 200-recipe
turner, which travels across the four seasons with three pared-down recipes and
one that is more in-depth for each of the 50 ingredients showcased in the book, is an all-out harvest love fest. Spring bites deploy classic cabbage kimchi and roasted
pork tenderloin with bok choy, tomatoes and avocado.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Summer rounds out with raspberry cobbler with a drop
biscuit topping and seared scallops with corn, spinach and bacon. Hugh delivers fall with lamb loin and root puree,
pomegranate and celery vinaigrette while winter is homey with chicken thighs over barley Brussels risotto and a side kale salad with crisp shallots and caper dressing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As the
guy who grew up in an academic family, but hated school and doesn’t boast
formal culinary training, yet is considered one of the country’s star chefs and
restaurateurs with four critically-acclaimed eateries in his adopted state,
Hugh comes across as a little bit quirky rebel (in a nice way) and all
down-to-earth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s also been dubbed the
Jamie Oliver of Southern Cooking, drawing reference to the English celebrity
chef who campaigns globally for food education and reform.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“You know
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think he's a really good chef and I think he's been amazingly successful at business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he <i>cares</i>. He really, really does
care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> H</span>e cares because he has kids
and he cares about his community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately we convinced America and everyone in the U.K. to put sugar
in everything we eat and nobody ever notices.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hugh’s
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“And cooking
should be fun!” he shares.
“The best times in your life are cooking with your family in your
kitchen and enjoying yourself. Because I always say this: Nobody has a life
moment over a pizza pocket.”</span><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">O</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">uttakes:</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On why he doesn’t like the New
Southern cooking label sometimes thrown on him:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“I’ve
never been a big fan of the New Southern cooking thing. I think it fails to
properly take credence to a lot of things in our past we need to own up
to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It moves on too quickly from the
fact that we need to come to terms with what we call Southern food is the food
of West Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We owe it to the African
Americans in the South who basically are responsible for our food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We can change it, we can evolve it, we can
make it better with their help, but we have to come to terms with it didn't
start on the plantation main house table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It started in the slave quarters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And that's kind of a painful thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So I think that the term ‘New South’ sort of glosses over it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On balancing creativity and
entrepreneurial efforts:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“The
bottom line that I always need to realize that I'm a pretty much a restaurateur
now as opposed to an executive chef. But you know I also have two kids who are
10 and 12 and need taxiing around everywhere they go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that's fine and we enjoy it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm beyond the point of working at one
restaurant for 90 hours a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I
love the business aspect of it and I love the really intriguing aspects of how
you build something that people want to go to and how you create a brand and
how you continue it and what you do to encourage people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That requires building a team and I also love
that building of team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love – <i>love</i>
– delegating to other people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More so, I
like to be surrounded by people who are better than me at a lot of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because I'm not pompous enough to think that
I'm the best at all this. I need help and down in Savannah (at his restaurant,
The Florence), Kyle's better at executing Italian food than I am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He's there for a reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of executive chefs and restaurateurs
don't have the ability to give up those decision making things and you've gotta
give these people control.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On the books he wants – and
doesn’t want - to publish:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“I never
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use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I treasure it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm a professional chef so I'm always looking
for different ideas that people have in the high end of dining, but that's not
what I want to publish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to publish
something that people say, ‘Geez, man, we make that salad of yours every week
and that vinaigrette has become a staple in our house.' That's what means the
most to me.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On feeling connected to his
adopted community:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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feel the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever community you're
in immerse yourself in it, get to know your neighbors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And respect it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make it better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have nobody to blame but yourself if you
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Check out more on Hugh Acheson at <a href="http://hughacheson.com/">http://hughacheson.com</a> or<a href="http://www.bravotv.com/" target="_blank"> www.bravotv.com</a></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Recipe share of that beauty of a kohlrabi dish above:</span></b><br />
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<b style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">SKILLET KOHLRABI, LOBSTER,
FENNEL, and CURRY BUTTER</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hugh Acheson | <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THE BROAD FORK<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Make
sure you buy lobsters alive and kicking, and buy them when they are in season. They
really don’t take that long to cook. I usually figure about 6 minutes per pound
in boiling water, and onto the table. In this recipe, we cook it a little
further in the pan, so I </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;">shorten
the boiling time, to 4½ minutes per pound.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Serves
2 as an appetizer or a light main course:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3
tablespoons Curry Butter (recipe follows)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">½
bulb kohlrabi, peeled, halved and sliced into ¼-inch-thick half-moons<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">½
fennel bulb, cored and thinly sliced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2
garlic cloves, thinly sliced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1
live lobster (1¼ to 1½ pounds), boiled for 4½ minutes per pound and cleaned and
cut into pieces (instructions follow)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Kosher
salt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2
scallions, thinly sliced on the bias<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1
teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In
a large sauté pan, melt half of the curry butter over medium heat. When it
begins to bubble and froth, add the kohlrabi and the fennel. Cook for 5 minutes
to soften the vegetables. Then add the garlic and the lobster pieces. Season
with kosher salt to taste.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Cook for 3 minutes, to warm through
and finish cooking the lobster pieces. Then add the scallions, lime juice, and
the remaining curry butter, stirring well to fully incorporate the butter,
beautifully glazing the vegetables and the lobster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Spoon the contents of the pan onto a
platter, and serve. Maybe a chilled white Burgundy will appear if you think
nice thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">CURRY BUTTER<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;">Makes
1 cup</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">¼
pound (1 stick) plus 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1
tablespoon minced shallot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1
teaspoon ground ginger<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1
teaspoon curry powder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1
teaspoon lime juice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Melt
the 1 tablespoon of butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. When it
bubbles and froths, add the shallot and cook for 2 minutes. Add the ginger and
curry powder and cook for 1 minute more. Then add the lime juice, stir to
combine, and remove from the heat. Set the mixture aside to cool to room
temperature.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In a small bowl, mix the remaining
stick of butter with the sautéed shallot, ginger, and curry. Mix well, then place
the mixture in a jar and refrigerate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">HOW to COOK a LOBSTER<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I
remember my family committing culinary atrocities with the classic Canadian
lobster. Boiling it for too long in insipid water made for a less than regal
end for the poor little<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">crustacean.
To me, lobster is an attainable luxury, so one should know how to turn it into
an impressive meal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Makes
1 lobster<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2
tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1
lemon, thinly sliced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">3
sprigs fresh thyme<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">4
bay leaves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sea
salt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1
live East Coast lobster<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Pour
2 gallons of water into a large stockpot set over high heat. Add the Old Bay,
lemon slices, thyme sprigs, bay leaves, and enough sea salt so that the water
tastes pleasantly like the ocean. Bring to a boil and then add the lobster.
Cook for 5 minutes per pound—so a 1¼-pounder will take 6 minutes—and then
transfer it from the pot to a platter (if you are going to eat it then) or to
an ice bath (if it is for later use in a recipe.) If it’s the former, get a
bib, some claw crackers and picks, and go to town. If the latter, then let’s
clean that lobster up:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">
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paper towels on top of a cutting board, and twist off the tail. Using poultry
shears, cut off the outer side of the tail’s shell, being careful not to
actually cut into the flesh. Twist off the claws and knuckles, and cut the
shells on those too and remove the meat. (Sometimes it is safer to use a claw
cracker than shears. I leave this to you.) Inside each claw is a sheer piece of
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Such a pleasure to write my latest piece on Libbie Summers for <i>THOM</i> magazine. Tapped by Oprah's OWN Channel, <i>Elle</i>, <i>Vogue</i>, <i>Huffington Post</i>, Food Network and many others to work her styling magic, Libbie is a creative tour de force.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I a</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">m thrilled to report that after roughly nine years of writing and editing a memoir, <i>La Americana</i>,</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> I recently scored a book deal with Skyhorse Publishing, a New York-based house with nine imprints and a stellar roster of authors,
including best sellers and 2012 Nobel Prize winner for
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My story begins in 2000, as a newbie University
of Georgia journalism grad pressing to climb the editorial ranks of Talk Media,
the joint venture between Tina Brown and Harvey Weinstein that produced Talk magazine
and Talk Miramax Books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when my
mother was hit with an advanced stage of cancer that same year and died seven months later, it sent me head-on into a tailspin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I left New York in March 2001, devastated and lost, only to land in Havana’s <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">José Martí</span> airport weeks later. I was there in escape and never expected to meet my now husband, Luis,
nor spend the better part of next three years on Castro’s isle as we waited for
a visa that would allow him to move to the U.S. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">The warmth of Cuban locals, the exotic locale and exposure to intimate cultural experiences like the raw and riveting power of Afro-Cuban ceremonies, were offset by my introduction to police harassment, the Cuban hustle to survive, mounting travel costs and growing bitter sentiment between President Bush and Castro. </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It was a very crazy,
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Slated for a Spring 2016 release, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">La Americana: A Memoir/Love Story in Cuba</i> (or something like that,
as the subtitle is still yet TBD) intrigued my new editor, Julie, for its cross
sections of travel, culture, politics, love and loss. </span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I got the offer via email, sitting
poolside during one of my daughter’s swimming lessons, it felt like a quick sting,
a slap to the face, and then my eyes welled.</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It was a very emotional thing for me, having such a huge
dream realized, especially during one of life’s everyday moments, but in the following
week my nerves played somewhere between excitement and disbelief, so much so
that I literally couldn’t eat for days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
had been, after all, plucked out of obscurity with no “platform” to ride
on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t have thousands of followers
on Facebook and I just opened a <a href="http://mbowdensimon/" target="_blank">Twitter</a> account a couple of
months ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While Cuba is a hot topic and I did the hard work, pushing
that book out in the madness of babies, marriage, work and life, I also have to
do a shout out to Savannah’s creative set.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Specifically, Polly Powers Stramm, who edited my manuscript with a
sharp, compassionate knife, and Janice Shay, who guided me over the
course of a year and made the deal happen a couple of weeks ago.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Our seven-year-old son, Marcos, threw a
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and my dad's music because I'm half-Cuban or is it just because he has all of
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argument for nature versus nurture, as he begins to consider his place in the
world.<span style="color: black;"> </span>In response, I set out to do a
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In a recent exchange with an editor
at NPR, he told me Marcos touched on an incredibly complex and politically
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I needed it, too), chromosomes containing DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, sit in
the nucleus of a cell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inside the DNA
are genes, which are pliable segments that determine our development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These self-regulating genes that give
organisms choices, based on the variables surrounding them, set up camp for our
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surrounds biological evolution, which, depending on who you decide to listen
to, may or may not have stopped 40,000 or 50,000 years ago when Homo Sapiens
took the place of Neanderthals in Europe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Archeological records show that at that time we made a huge leap in our
species, no longer relying on natural selection, as we began creating art and
infinitely better tools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of
growing more hair, we made clothes; instead of becoming stronger, we invented
weapons; language created a new way to pass down behavior, instead of having to
discover it alone, and so on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A number
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disagree emphatically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They say while
genes evolve very slowly, it is impossible that we have not progressed,
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">What is known for sure is this: </span><span style="color: black;">Purdue University's psychology
teachings show that humans around the world share more similarities than
differences in terms of language capacity, genetics and biological needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unquestionably, h</span><span style="color: black;">umans from all backgrounds have the
same chromosomes, organs and body functions while genetics are responsible for
the color of our eyes and skin, whether our hair is straight or curly and the
passing of certain diseases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the
fringe of that are height, weight, male hair thinning and life expectancy,
among other things, all of which are strongly linked to family lines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">IQ, personality and temperament are deemed
hereditary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Most behavior geneticists agree that
parenting does have an effect on biologically related and unrelated children,
influencing ideas on strongholds like faith and politics, but not on
everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Enter culture, an rapidly evolving
group of behavior norms, or set of socially accepted rules quietly – or
perhaps, not so quietly – encoded in us since birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In much of the Middle East, for example, male
friends hold hands, but not in the U.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In parts of Asia, personal space is a non-concept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may find yourself taking a step back only
to have someone take a step closer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A <i>New
York Times</i> piece on proxemics notes that Americans like a good two to four feet in
distance from one other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Ben Franklin coined the phrase, “Time
is money,” and clock-bound Americans often don't understand Latin America's
casual take on punctuality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having spent
extended periods of time in Cuba and Spain, I learned that, “I'm on my way,”
really means, “I'll be there in the next few hours.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found this exasperating at first, but
eventually learned to go with it for the most part, as I was on vacation, after
all.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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alone, mere microcosms of the explosive cultural growth that has occurred across
the globe over the last 40 years, we’re raising three unique individuals who
absorb our blended environment in their own particular ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Marcos is our sweet-toothed Southerner who
physically looks like a cross between Luis and my father and understands, but
rarely speaks Spanish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The kid who raps
his best Eminem and Iggy Azalea in car rides home from school has learned to
appreciate his Papi's black beans and rice, but prefers his mom's grilled
chicken and rice, dark chocolate chip pancakes and peanut butter banana boats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though, as he gets older and bonds with his
father and brother in his big boy way, I see that side of influence take hold more
firmly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Connecting with them through
crazy fits of wrestling play and lots of laughter, drowned only by the heavy Latin
beats of Gente de Zona, there’s also a lot of importance given to nature and
organizational skills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a boys night
out he dabs himself with Adidas Sport cologne and throws a little hair gel on. In the kitchen, with a stool pulled up, he smashes garlic and a pinch of salt in the mortar and pestle to
add to whatever Luis is cooking that night. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Our two-year-old, Ana, came into the
world as a petite reflection of her father and his mother, showing a particular
zest for life that is often associated with Cubans, chats often in Spanish and lights
up at the sight of</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> <i>frijoles negros,</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">as well</span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">as the rich, smoky
flavors of lamb pops, yuca and smelly cheeses that her momma can't even get
near.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">You can see glimpses of me in her
gaze and her slightly parted two front teeth when she smiles, and she also
has a thing for nut butters and chocolate, but I'm not sure at this point where else I reside
in her.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Though, her take-the-world-on
walk is probably a by-product of two very strong-willed family lines.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The appearance of different influences in Luisito, our 16-year-old who split the first 11 years of his life
between Cuba and Guatemala, then moved to Houston and finally here to Savannah three years ago, is distinct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He's Latin through and through, but is also
incredibly open to all things new.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
loves his dad's food and emulates that similar Simón resourcefulness and
strength while curbing Cuban humor and cheek kiss greetings to fit American
standards. I've watched not only his
everyday teenager language evolve, conducting much of it in English, but also
the way he thinks and speaks about his future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just a year-and-a-half shy of college, his options are wide open and his
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or a muddled version of both, Luis and I work hard to give options to the kids
and it's fascinating to watch all three of them discover
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La Americanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07817459979762831486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198292569561652309.post-62043099768652053732015-01-21T12:33:00.000-08:002015-01-21T12:33:15.127-08:00TEA WITH TOM (STOPPARD)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In
2001 I was an assistant to the vice president and special events
coordinator at Talk Media, a hybrid magazine/book imprint run by Tina Brown and Harvey Weinstein. My job
was a busy one with occasional perks. Usually it came in the form
of backstage passes, special movie screenings or baskets of goodies
that my boss or one of the editors handed off. For a young
twenty-something new to New York sometimes a phone call or office
sighting was enough. Indiana Jones himself or uber model Iman
ringing in, Madeleine Albright quietly walking through to a meeting
and ticking Diane </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">von
Furstenberg</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> and Ralph Fiennes off a check-in list at parties could boost normal tasks to
interesting for a millisecond anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">As such, it was a February morning when someone asked me to run a package to Tom
Stoppard, the Czech-born, English-raised writer and producer who is
known for clever plays, like the Tony winner, <i>Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead</i>, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">and films like <i>Brazil</i>, <i>Empire of the
Sun</i> and <i>Shakespeare in Love</i>. At that time he was on the heels of a 1999 Oscar as a co-writer for the latter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The man is a genius in the way he plays with words and ideas and any other day of any other year I would
have run full tilt to his apartment, but it was my second day back to work after a two-week hiatus. My mom had just died and in an upside down fog, I asked if someone else could go. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">My
friend, Nikki, who was Tina's second assistant, went in my place and when she got back she told me he was lovely. He had offered her tea.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">I'm
not typically one to regret, but I will forever kick myself for missing the chance to have Tea with Tom.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #161616; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">January
is (unofficially) National Hot Tea Month.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #161616;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In Mr. Stoppard's honor, I defer to <span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://downtonabbeycooks.com/2012/05/22/online-guide-to-afternoon-tea/" target="_blank">Downton Abby Cooks Online Guide to Afternoon Tea</a></span> for a quick tutorial on how to make a proper English tea:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #242424; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Don’t
get too stressed about making tea, particularly since much tea is now
sold in tea bags. To distinguish yourself as a tea aficionado,
however, just follow the time honored tradition of first warming the
tea pot. Add a bit of boiling water to the pot, give it a swirl and
pour it out before adding your tea. Steep 3 or 4 minutes and don’t
let the tea steep too long or it will become bitter.</span></div>
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</span></div>
<span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">If
you go with loose tea, the general guideline is to allow for 1 tsp
per person, 1 tsp for the pot, and allow 10 ounces per person. Use a
tea strainer and pour into cups. You may wish to fill your tea pot
with tap water, pour into a measuring cup to determine how many cups
your pot will hold. You can keep a heated pot of water nearby in
case to help dilute tea if it is too strong.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Tea Lingo</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Cream
Tea: </b>A simple tea service consisting of scones, clotted cream,
marmalade or lemon curd and tea.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Elevensies:</b>
Morning coffee hour in England </span></span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Afternoon
Tea:</b> What we imagine all British teas to be. An afternoon meal,
served typically from 4 – 6 pm, which includes the tiers of smart
little crustless sandwiches, scones, clotted cream, curd, 2-3 sweets
and heaps of tea.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Low
Tea:</b> This still an afternoon tea, but called “low tea” because
guests are seated in low armchairs with low side-tables on which to
place their cups and saucers.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Royale
Tea: </b>A social tea served with champagne at the beginning or sherry at
the end of the tea.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Celebration
Tea:</b> Another variation of afternoon tea with a celebratory cake which
is also served alongside the other sweets.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>High
Tea:</b> High tea is eaten in “high chairs” at the dinner table.
Afternoon Tea is traditionally served on lower couches and lounging
chairs. It actually is a meal that the working class had at the end
of the day with cold meats, potatoes, as well as other foods with tea
and perhaps a beer. Americans confuse the two, and since some London
tea houses use the terms interchangeable to keep tourists happy, it
adds to the confusion.</span></span></span></div>
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La Americanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07817459979762831486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198292569561652309.post-385275402006823442014-12-29T08:55:00.000-08:002015-06-22T06:47:33.556-07:00THE PERFECT STORM<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">On Tuesday, December
17</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><sup>th</sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">, it was – finally - the perfect storm.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">With
Raúl</span> in place of Fidel, Barack in lieu of George W., and a
common sense, Latin American Pope able to hold both sides
accountable, a fence that was shattered on October 19, 1960 following
President Kennedy's U.S. embargo, was rebuilt.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The complicated and
ferociously-barbed relationship between U.S. and Cuban leaders seemed
beyond repair, but on Pope Francis' 77<sup>th</sup> birthday and
Cuba's holiest day,<span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">el
día de San Lázaro</span></i></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">, which is </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">the
birthday of Babalu Aye, the Santería god of healing who is also
known as Saint Lazarus in Cuba's blended version of African and
Catholic religions, </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">the
impossible became possible. </span></span>
</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">On
the day that is celebrated by thousands who make the pilgrimage to
the Church of Saint Lazarus in Havana and in front yard
and corner store shrines throughout many of Miami's neighborhoods,
Babalu Aye is commonly referred to as a miracle worker.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Nothing short of a
miracle, there will now be eased travel restrictions to Cuba, though
firm guidelines are still in place. Larger monetary remittances will be allowed for both individuals and humanitarian services and there will be expanded
imports and exports, credit card use (this is huge as we don't have
to carry wads of cash there anymore), Internet access and better
telecommunications in general for Cubans, as well as fully restored
diplomatic relations with the reopening of embassies. There will
also be more open dialogue about many more issues, such as migration,
environmental policies and counternarcotics.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">In Cuba, they're
“freaking out.” </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Luis' mom, Ana, who was a little girl when Fidel
took office, was in such a fit the day of the announcement that all
she could say was, “Everyone here is so happy!”</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Many Cubans who
previously vied for an out off the island now consider staying and others who long ago left for better lives may look for the chance
to return one day with their world educations and experience.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">We've had a lot of people
tepidly ask us what we think about it all. In our house, it's
overwhelmingly exciting. I know how sensitive this is for the Cubans
who were forced to leave in the early 60s after everything was taken
from them. It's painful and certainly something to respect, but I've
also seen in person the positive impact of Cuba's slight eases
already put in place over the last five years, allowing individual enterprise.
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It's hard to say exactly
where all of this will lead and nothing will be overnight. But it's
powerful on so many levels and certainly, it's time. The
reestablished diplomacy will put more money and materials directly
into the hands of citizens and as an island full of bright and
talented minds who share a unique exuberance for life, they'll be no
turning back once they have the ability to do more for themselves.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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few months ago I had an interview with a well-known, West Coast
aesthetician to the stars all lined up to talk multicultural skincare
with me. In preparation, I welcomed questions on my Facebook pages
and the response was huge. Curiosity came from working mothers
hovering in and around 40 who are interested in simple, natural
regimens that won't break the bank.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Unfortunately,
the skin guru went MIA on me and reluctantly, I put the discussion at
bay. That is, until recently, as I had the great fortune to meet </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Jules de Jesus Fritz, who co-owns <a href="http://dollfacebyjules.com/" target="_blank">Dollface by Jules</a> with her husband, Josh, and is currently fundraising for her own
cosmetic line, <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/jules-more-than-makeup" target="_blank">Jules - More Than MakeUp</a>. She is also a
makeup artist to Paula Deen and has created looks for HBO, Lifetime
Channel, Travel Channel and Bravo, as well as countless other models
and brides.</span></div>
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to Jules, most of us in the U.S. have it all wrong when it comes to
skincare.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A
staggering concept when you consider that Americans spend more money
than any other nation on beauty products, doling out nearly $40
billion of the $426 billion spent around the world in 2013 alone.
And guys, before you go anywhere, you spent roughly $5 billion of
that, with more than half of it on skincare. The American Society of
Plastic Surgeons also notes that Americans cashed out another $12
billion on anti-aging procedures, such as Botox, chemical peels,
liposuction, eyelid surgery and facelifts in 2012.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">As
a beauty educator, Jules sits with women day in and day out
who share their insecurities and through mini consults it is her goal
to connect clients with who they see in the mirror. Sadly, she sees
way too many, a lot of whom are young, who go to extremes to dry
their skin to imitate trending matte looks, thinking that is what
looks clean. </span>
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our detriment, “we do not like oil in the U.S.,” Jules notes.
“Moisturizing is the step that most (women and men) skip,
especially in our culture. Well, guess what? Our skin is super
smart. If we don't apply moisturizer our skin cells scream that
we're dry and overproduce oil to compensate. We need a certain
amount of moisturizer on our skin to keep oil reserves at bay.” </span></span>
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darker complexions harbor oil naturally and often look youthful longer, Jules stresses that race and ethnicity aside, the fundamentals 0f skin are all the same. We all need to be cleansing and moisturizing
daily and for those with naturally oily skin then find an oil-free
moisturizer. But she's adamant: don't skip it.</span></span></div>
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preferred weapon of choice is coconut oil.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #242424;">Coconut
oil is made of medium-chain-length fatty acids and acts as a natural
antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial agent. It can also boost
your body's metabolism and in various parts of the world like Asia
and Latin America, the use of coconut oil for hair and skin is a
valued, ancient practice. </span>
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am a huge advocate of coconut oil, discovering it years ago when I
revamped my diet in response to health issues I
was experiencing. Working my way through various cleansing diets,
every single one of them listed coconut oil as a core ingredient. I used it not only in cooking, but also on my skin one day when
I ran out of eye makeup remover.</span></span></span></div>
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ever since, coconut oil is very gentle, not greasy, won't clog your
pores and swipes daily goop off while leaving your skin moisturized.
It's best to buy v</span></span><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">irgin and unrefined, available in just about any grocery store
with a health food section. Yes, you may briefly smell a little like
a Mounds bar, but in my book that's not all that bad.</span></span></span></div>
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keep it in my kitchen, my bathroom and in my baby's room,” Jules
says of the oil.</span></span></div>
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suggests first using it on your eyes to remove makeup in order to see how your skin reacts. If OK, then move to your
face, neck and chest areas. Note that only a small amount is needed, as a
little bit goes a long way. </span></span>
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a trial run, Jules breaks down an everyday routine that is simple,
inexpensive and effective:</span></span></div>
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Both morning and night, cleanse with coconut oil on a cotton ball. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Two
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night baby skin cells regenerate so it's important to
include the morning sweep. </span></span>
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you moms out there, you can use a baby wipe in a pinch, but this
isn't something you should do all of the time. And if you aren't
down with the coconut oil, she recommends the drugstore brand,
Cetaphil, for makeup remover and cleanser.</span></span></div>
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With a clean slate, your skin is prepped for exfoliation, which is
very important. This will remove dead cells hanging around in pores
and in effect, prevents acne. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Daily
you can use a Clarisonic brush or even a warm wash cloth in circular
motion. If you prefer a scrub her pick is the St. Ives Apricot
variety, but this is to be done only every other day.</span></div>
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Moisturize with SPF. </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The
coconut oil does part of the work, but Jules emphasizes the
importance of a moisturizer with SPF 30 at minimum, though she
prefers a higher range like 50. Sun hits the skin driving and in
offices with lots of windows. Outdoors, she tops all off with a hat
from Bass Pro, laced with with SPF 50 in the fibers, and sunglasses.
Aptly noted: “Skin cancer doesn't play a race card. It only likes
skin.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">According
to Jules, you should start to notice that fine lines will start to plump, as moisture is added with the everyday routine.</span></span></div>
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Jules reach her fundraising goal - today is the last day!</span></div>
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to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c;"><a href="http://julesmorethanmakeup.com/">Julesmorethanmakeup.com</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1c1c1c;">
to purchase one of her super simple makeup systems. Her goal is to
help women feel more confident by pulling quick looks together with the use of her paint-by-number makeup
kits, color pairings and video tutorials. </span></span></div>
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my longtime friends, Carrie and Colin McGranahan, threw out an offer
to do a location photo shoot at their rental house at <a href="http://www.vrbo.com/402923" target="_blank">504 East St. Julian Street</a>, I didn't skip a beat.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">A week later <a href="http://chiachong.com/" target="_blank">Chia Chong</a> met me to take pics for a blog re-design I'm working on. Not a bad way to spend an afternoon at all.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Tucked into a corner on a tree-lined street downtown, the location is as good as it gets. You are close enough to walk everywhere, but just far enough out from the central hub to get some quiet when you need it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The house is a piece of Savannah's history, built in 1842, but has been brought up to speed with all of the modern, custom amenities you and 7 of your best buddies or family members could ever want.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Shiny
pine floors, flat-screen TV’s, mahogany four-poster beds, lux
linens and a kitchen stocked full of snacks, coffee
and wine. There is also a private courtyard, garage for parking and
an additional 1-bedroom rental apartment below that can handle more
guests.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">And
yes, you -- my New York, Boston and D.C. friends --Savannah is a just a
<a href="http://savannahairport.com/%E2%80%8E" target="_blank">direct flight</a> away.</span></div>
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more rental info on the main house <a href="http://www.vrbo.com/402923" target="_blank">here</a> and the apartment
<a href="http://www.vrbo.com/492643" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Another website I love for super cool, kid-friendly home vacation rentals around the world is <a href="https://www.kidandcoe.com/" target="_blank">Kid & Coe.</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Check out Chia Chong's website <a href="http://chiachong.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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