Course one // Grilled kabobs slathered in middle-eastern muhammara sauce [tofu, lemon, mushroom, red onion] Course two // Heather's quinoa with a twist [corn, kale, pan-seared chicken with pesto and roasted cherry tomatoes] / Big Sur Bakery rolls [flax, sesame, oat, sunflower, amaranth] Course three //Mini buttermilk berry milkshakes / Grandma Young's Springerlies [ageed German … Continue reading Best of 101 Cookbooks (plus Grandma Young’s Springerlies)
My work
A 101 Cookbooks Thankgiving
This is three vegetarian courses, all served family style, all from 101cookbooks.com, one of my all-time favorite websites. Course one // Thai-spiced pumpkin soup / firecracker cornbread [corn kernels, red pepper flakes] Course two // Hazelnut and chard ravioli salad ["Plump raviolis tossed with toasted hazelnuts, sauteed ribbons of chard, and caramelized onions ... finished … Continue reading A 101 Cookbooks Thankgiving
World Traveler
Course one // Dubai: Sesame seed-coated falafel with tahini yogurt dip Course two // Thailand: Thai-spiced grilled salmon [Salmon wild, sustainable-fished, from Alaska] / complimentary literature about sustainable fishing Course three // Grand Cayman: Griddled pineapple and mango on toasted panettone [sweet bread] with homemade Chantilly cream [organic cream] (For those of you following this, … Continue reading World Traveler
zing»»subtle
Course one // zing: Onion tarts with goat cheese Course two // strong: From-scratch roasted tomato soup [organic tomatoes, cream] Course three // mild: Local, organic chicken blackened on a grill Course four // subtle: Bread pudding and whiskey sauce (Bet you just can't wait to hear what this is all about... a few more … Continue reading zing»»subtle
Grains of winter
Course one // Butternut squash and apple soup Course two // Wild rices with chili powder, cayenne, green onions / minted organic quinoa / organic plain yogurt Course three // From-scratch pumpkin pie [organic pumpkin, organic cream, organic brown sugar] (The next several days I’ll post menus I’ve created. At the end of the series … Continue reading Grains of winter
School
So school. Class equals pointless stories, demonstrating to older people things I've known for several years now. Not that it's not fun, sometimes, to do what I like to do without any responsibility to readers or repercussions that would deal direct blows to my livelihood. It's like playing a game. Except that, like playing Zelda … Continue reading School
Seeing Green
Course one // Olive oil and kale smashed potatoes [skin-on red potatoes, organic california olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano] Course two // Spinach quiche [Jarlesberg cheese, organic spinach, organic eggs, organic half and half] Course three // Pistachio pudding—or—green tea and mint ice cream / Wheatgrass shots (The next several days I'll post menus I've created. At … Continue reading Seeing Green
Cheese and cream
The next several days I'll post menus I've created. At the end of the series I'll clue you in as to why. Course one // Insalata Caprese [local heirloom tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, organic fresh basil, organic california olive oil] Course two // Goat cheese ravioli with tomato cream sauce [organic tomatoes, cream] / Parmigiano Reggiano … Continue reading Cheese and cream
BrandonSmith.com
Is now mine. For my entire life (okay, the twelve years the internet has been mainstream) I didn't have any hope I'd actually own my name's domain. There's a pro football player with the same name, as well as several other quasi-famous people. I thought they'd be all over the bidding wars, life savings in … Continue reading BrandonSmith.com
Bobby Kennedy, Jr. liveblog transcript
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at my school this morning, at an environmental conference. Had to post a stock photo because I don't yet have a camera... I ate breakfast with him before his speech, basically a preview of the kinds of things he was gonna say, then live-blogged the speech itself on twitter.com/greenletters. The … Continue reading Bobby Kennedy, Jr. liveblog transcript
Summer 2008 work
Here are four clips published summer 2008 in the Wilmington (Ohio) News Journal. For more representative samples of my work, see the this page. May 21, 2008 — A feature describing how kids learn about life on the American frontier. Oxen had to pull their bus from the mud. — June 21, 2008 — At first … Continue reading Summer 2008 work
Photography
I uploaded my recent art photos of an abandoned building to my Flickr account. You should check them out.
Spike in soup kitchen attendance
60 Minutes may be following up on its January segment on Wilmington. They had a producer here yesterday who witnessed the free lunch at the soup kitchen... Here's my story on the increase in soup kitchen attendance.
Busy, busy, busy
One reason I haven't updated this in a while is that I've been busy... looking for an apartment in Chicago (the city I'll call home for at least two years to come), looking for a job in Chicago, visiting a friend who was recently diagnosed with Leukemia, and getting classes and financial aid squared away … Continue reading Busy, busy, busy
Today’s story
Today's story of mine in the paper is called "Domestic and sexual assault victims struggle to find attorneys." Pretty self explanitory. It's a sad story. I don't have time to process the PDF for you this morning, but the piece had above-the-fold placement on page 1. Here's the link to the web treatment.
Uncle Sam, here’s $38.8 billion. I want $9.6 billion of that back.
Tuesday's paper headlined my story on two dentists indicted on tax fraud charges. (Here's the PDF, but it doesn't have all the content the web treatment does.) Sounds supremely boring, right? That is, until you slog through a dull-as-nails 29-page indictment. Then you find juicy tidbits, such as the following details that federal prosecutors allege: … Continue reading Uncle Sam, here’s $38.8 billion. I want $9.6 billion of that back.
DHL’s last sorting shift
Between 4 and 6 this morning, the DHL air park held its last shift of package-sorting in Wilmington, Ohio. It represents the conclusion of the largest single layoff in Ohio history. I covered it with two colleagues from the News Journal, as well as reporters from 60 Minutes, Dayton Daily News, and channels 7 and … Continue reading DHL’s last sorting shift
Wind farm stories
It occurs to me I never linked to two stories I wrote about possible wind farms in Clinton County. My friends who head up the local green energy/green jobs advocacy group would be appalled. Here's the first, about the drive to get people interested in a possible wind farm. Here's the second, about the very … Continue reading Wind farm stories
Applied Sciences slideshow back online
I was able to work out the bugs in the Flash embed code, so you can now, once again, view my slideshow about Applied Sciences. This company, near distressed Dayton, Ohio, invented the tech to double the capacity of any lithium-ion battery. Here's the link.
Story-version mixup and a possible exclusive
Because of a few mixups and misunderstandings by more than one person (not necessarily including myself), a prior-to-final version of my story headlined Tuesday's Wilmington News Journal. Needless to say, I like the final version much better (thanks to my editor's good suggestions), so I'm not even going to link to the printed version. Right … Continue reading Story-version mixup and a possible exclusive
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