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Recipe: Make a golden beet gazpacho to pair with chardonnay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

Looking for an aromatic and refreshing summer gazpacho that pairs well with wine? This is your recipe.Found in the pages of “Gather: Casual Cooking from Wine Country Gardens” (Harry N. Abrams, $40) by Janet Fletcher, this recipe was developed at Beringer Vineyards in St. Helena, one of Napa Valley’s most popular wineries. The winery has a sensory garden, which wine educators use as a “scratch-and-sniff playground” to help guests connect more fully with the aromas and sensations of the wines they offer.Fletcher is a Napa-based author and recipe developer, and is the writer behind the “Planet Cheese” newsletter. She has written a number of cookbooks highlighting wine, cheese and farm-to-table fare. Her latest book highlights more than 60 recipes from 13 edible gardens in wine country, and includes suggested wine pairings.Beringer Vineyards’ Golden Beet GazpachoServes 6INGREDIENTS3 extra-large golden beets, greens and any roots removed1 cup extra virgin olive oi...

These 10 airports are the most chaotic in Europe this summer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

By Sarah Rappaport | BloombergAirlines in Europe are trying to avoid a repeat of last summer’s travel chaos, when strikes and staff shortages were so bad that London’s Heathrow Airport capped passenger numbers and asked airlines to limit ticket sales. Travelers are going to jam European airports once again in July and August, with passenger numbers returning to or exceeding pre-pandemic levels.To get a sense of how airports are handling the crush so far, passenger rights-company AirHelp analyzed delays of more than 15 minutes and cancelations in June at European airports with 5,000 or more flights that month. The worst offender was London’s Gatwick, with 54% of its flights meeting the company’s criteria for disruption, while Finland’s Helsinki Airport ran the smoothest, with 18% of flights disrupted.Some of Europe’s busiest airports landed in the middle. At Amsterdam’s Schiphol, which handled 72 million passengers in 2019, 36% of flights were affected, while Heathrow, which handled ...

Stagecoach Country Music Festival announces 2024 dates and advance ticket sales

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

Goldenvoice’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival will return to the Empire Polo Club in Indio on April 26-28, 2024.The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival‘s sister country fest will follow the back-to-back weekends of Coachella on April 12-14 and 19-21, 2024.ALSO SEE: Stagecoach 2023: Our 50 best photos from the country music festival Though we don’t know the lineup just yet, advance tickets will go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday, July 14 at stagecoachfestival.com, but will only be available for 48-hours at the discounted rates. General admission passes start at $399; Rhinestone Saloon passes are $799; Corral Reserved seating is $949-$1,999; Corral Standing Pit passes are $1,599; VIP packages are $1,499-$2,999.Stagecoach celebrated its 15th year in Indio earlier this year with headlining sets by Luke Bryan, Kane Brown and Chris Stapleton. Festival curators rearranged the layout of the festival this year to expand restauranteur and TV personality Guy Fieri’s Stagecoach Smokehouse and ...

Nevada man’s license plate revoked for defaming Californians

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

RENO, Nev. — A Nevada man is challenging the revocation of his license plate, which the state says defames Californians.Adam Steelmon, of Fallon, said he has had the plate GOBK2CA for more than 20 years. In May, it was recalled by the Department of Motor Vehicles because of a complaint, Reno TV station KOLO reported.A section of the Nevada Administrative Code bars license plates from bearing defamatory references to a person or group.“In this case, the defamed group is Californians,” DMV spokesperson Eli Rohl told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He said that the department “regularly” turns down requests for license plates with anti-California messages, and that it would not be fair to allow Steelmon to keep his.Steelmon is appealing the recall and will have a hearing on July 12, KOLO said.A Hawaii man’s fight to keep a plate interpreted as a vulgar attack on the Black Lives Matter movement made it to a federal appeals court, which last month denied his challenge.Nevada regulati...

Man stabbed while walking his dog in San Rafael, suspect in custody

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

(KRON) -- A community member was stabbed while out walking his dog on Friday, and the San Rafael Police Department has made an arrest in connection to the incident. Family contracts COVID while on board Ruby Princess cruise, medical records show A 42-year-old man named Alexander Amaya-Rodriguez was arrested in connection with the stabbing. He was booked into Marin County Jail on felony charges of attempted murder and felony assault with a deadly weapon. His bail amount is set at $500,000. At 8:40 p.m. on Friday, SRPD received a 911 call reporting a victim had been stabbed at an apartment complex on Kerner Boulevard. Officers arrived on scene with paramedics with the San Rafael Fire Department within minutes and found a man who had been stabbed three times, police said. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now KRON4 Breaking News ...

Mira en cuánto está el premio mayor del Mega Millions que se sortea el martes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

El premio mayor del Mega Millions ahora se estima en alrededor de $480 millones, lo que lo convierte en el decimocuarto premio más grande en la historia del juego de lotería, luego de que ningún boleto vendido coincidiera con los seis números en el sorteo del viernes.El sorteo del premio será el martes, que será el sorteo número 24 desde que se ganó el premio mayor por última vez el 18 de abril en Nueva York.Hubo seis ganadores del premio mayor en menos de cuatro meses a principios de año, según Mega Millions.El primer premio del año fue de $1,348 mil millones ganados el 13 de enero en Maine; este fue el segundo premio más grande en la historia de Mega Millions. En el próximo sorteo del 17 de enero, alguien ganó $20 millones en Nueva York. El Powerball sortea este lunes $650 millones, el noveno premio más grande en la historia del juego Revela su secreto: cómo ganar la lotería de $1,000 semanales por el resto de tu vida Source

5 strategies for wasting less food in the kitchen. (Start with that shopping list)

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

Nobody likes to waste food, especially when grocery prices are high and landfills keep growing. It feels like an imperative to make use of every ingredient we buy (or maybe grow).But about 40% of food in the U.S. is wasted, according to estimates from the non-profit Feed America and other sources. That figure includes excess from industry, grocery stores, restaurants and our very own kitchens.There are lots of ways to reduce the amount of wasted food at home, and many are downright easy. Any step in the right direction is progress, and the results are satisfying on many levels.Five strategies:PLANA good place to start is making a meal plan and purchasing just the foods you have specific plans for. Make a shopping list and avoid impulse buys that might languish in your fridge.When you are cooking, start thinking already about Intentional Leftovers, one of my favorite cooking mantras. Planning to use those extra cooked chicken breasts in a Mexican Tortilla Soup recipe, or those extra ...

J-Rod Show gets All-Star stage at home despite challenging second season in majors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Less than a block from T-Mobile Park, the image of Julio Rodríguez plasters the side of a warehouse. The mural is an ode to the Emerald City’s young baseball star — one the Seattle Mariners plan to have in center field for the next decade.At only 22, he’s already the face of the franchise, the one whose No. 44 jersey floods the stands nightly, both home and road. He’s carrying the expectations as the next generational player watching over that sacred position of center field in Seattle.This All-Star week in Seattle was supposed to be Rodríguez’s party. The “J-Rod Show” at home for the world to see on the All-Star stage.And it still might be, even with a season that to date hasn’t matched those expectations, for Rodríguez or the team.Already committed to competing in the Home Run Derby, Rodríguez was an injury replacement on the American League roster after injuries to outfielders Yordan Alvarez and Mike Trout created an opportunity for Rodríguez to be added.But his se...

Investigation continues after man shot in Hollywood neighborhood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

The search for a shooter continues Monday after a victim remains in critical condition after being shot in Hollywood. Hollywood Police officers responded to the area of Fillmore Street, near North 26th Avenue, Sunday afternoon, after they received a 911 call about a possible shooting in the area at around 3:00 p.m.The home is believed to be a vacation property. “We see police patrolling during the day, during the night so we feel pretty safe. This house doesn’t really bring good news for the neighborhood,” said Christophe Barbier, who lives nearby. Responding officers arrived at a home to find the victim suffering from gunshot wounds.Barbier said he sees a lot of activity in the house with people constantly coming and going. It has not been confirmed if the home is linked to the shooting or if it just happen to occur in front of the property.Detectives said an altercation between two people led to the gunfire. They are investigating the incident as a possible attem...

Shiniest exoplanet ever found has reflective metal clouds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:10 GMT

(CNN) — An ultrahot exoplanet that zips around its host star every 19 hours is the shiniest exoplanet ever discovered.The scorching world, dubbed planet LTT9779b, has reflective metallic clouds made of silicates and metals like titanium.The exoplanet is the largest “mirror” in the universe that astronomers have spotted to date. The planet is located 262 light-years from Earth.Initially spotted by NASA’s planet-hunting TESS mission in 2020 and ground-based observations from the European Southern Observatory in Chile, the exoplanet was selected for follow-up observations by the European Space Agency’s Cheops mission.Cheops, or the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, collected measurements that revealed LTT9779b reflects 80% of the light from its host star, outpacing the high shine of Venus in our own solar system. After the moon, Venus is the brightest object in our night sky, and its thick clouds reflect about 75% of the sun’s light. Meanwhile, Earth reflects only about 30% of sunlig...