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Simply Epicureous
Simply Epicureous
Brownie Cake
lower right (Erin Pembroke/April 7, 2013)
Erin Pembroke
Freelance Writer
April 8, 2012 | 4 p.m.
HOLLYWOOD, Florida - Tasty morsels
for the soul of epicureans can be found at Chocolada. Chocolada is a café and a
bakery in which people can either eat breakfast or lunch or choose to take
their desserts to go with them. Among these options, the desserts are the most
highly recommended. One such dessert that is highly prized and named after the
café is the Chocolada.
The Chocolada is a very intense,
creamy and rich chocolate mousse brownie with hints of hazelnut that merely add
to the dessert’s outstanding taste. This dessert is not only palatable but
leaves your taste-buds always wanting to return to taste it. It is recommended
that the consumer drink plenty of water with this or a cup of milk because it
is very sweet. On a scale of 1 being the worst and five being the best, the
Chocolada deserves a rating of 5 stars and may even surpass the rating scale of
excellence because of its pleasing saporific taste.
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The next dessert, the Rich Chocolate Ganche is similar to
the Chocolada but with a bit of a difference. The Rich Chocolate Ganche is also
creamy, rich and intense in taste but without the hazelnut. Unlike the
Chocolada, nothing else is added to enhance the taste. Using the same rating
scale above, the Rich Chocolate Ganche is rated 4 stars and not 5 because of
the lack of an extra added flavor such as hazelnut, almond or vanilla.
Contrary to the desserts stated above, the Amaretto Cake is strong, bold and soft. It reminds one of biscotti and is suggested to eat this with an espresso, latte or a cappuccino to enhance the taste. The Amaretto Cake does not need any additional flavors and does fine on its own. Using the same scale above, the Amaretto Cake is rated 3 stars because of the bold and powerful acquired taste in which the dessert may be too strong for most to handle.
First Time
First Time
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Freelance Writer, Erin Pembroke attempts snowboarding
(Courtesy of Adam Jones / March 23, 2013)
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Erin Pembroke
Freelance Writer
April 7,
2013 |10
p.m.
KEYSTONE, Colorado – Despite the
initial falls of snowboarding for the first time, you leave with an exhilarating
blood-pumping-thrill in your veins that leaves you wanting to come back to not
only the sport but to Keystone Resorts. First, you tumble for several miserable
and lousy times until your knees, arms and legs get sore and banged-up but then
everything changes. You start to get the hang of it. You put one foot forward
and the other back, strap yourself in and let yourself rapidly descend a
mountain. Imagine, the cool, icy winds rushing to meet your face at 40-50 mph.
Your heart is racing, fear is upon you and yet, an overcoming feeling of
achievement sets in your mind.
First, before you experience all of
this excitement, you need to know some of the essentials to be prepared for
this sport. You should have a well insulated jacket, long underwear and snowboarding
pants. In addition to this, a person will require goggles, a helmet, snowboard
boots, a snowboard and only one pair of thick snowboarding socks.
The reason why you need one pair of properly thick socks is
because if you wear two, your toes will be jammed and hurt in your snowboarding
boots. You also need thick and well insulated mittens and may want to consider
purchasing hand-warmers to place inside your mittens, a ski mask or a well
insulated hat with flaps that protect your ears from the cold. It is a
recommendation to wear sun-screen, chap-stick and drink sufficient amount of
water before you start snowboarding to avoid dehydration, dried skin and
chapped lips.
Next, snowboarding lessons are highly
recommended. It is not necessary if you have a friend or know someone that can
teach you for free. The first-time snowboarder must figure out if they are
“goofy footed” or “regular footed,” meaning which foot are you going to put
first; left (“regular”) or right (“goofy”). It is important to know this
because your body and its weight will use which ever foot you put forward to
steer down several slopes.
Lastly, the key secrets or elements
to the actual act of snowboarding are all about posture, knee position and
toe/heel movements. A first-time snowboarder’s goal is to have a stance as if
you are a goalie playing in the game of soccer. You should have your knees
slightly bent while not flailing or moving your arms. Following this position,
the person has to slightly move your toes as if you are slightly scrunching
them in a ball but not quite curling your toes. Third, while doing the step
above, the beginner must add somewhat move your knee. To stop, tilt your heels
back so that the board tilts back in the same way a butter knife slightly scraps
against a piece of toast.
All this fun can be possible for
you, the traveler at Keystone Resorts where the style of the hotels resemble
warm and cozy cabins and night skiing is possible until about 8 p.m. (when the
gondolas and lifts close). Keystone Lodge offers skiing, snowboarding,
ice-skating, snowbiking, tubing, and a dinner sleigh ride. The resort also
offers several restaurants, shops and different spa options to choose from on
your stay.
LOCATION
22864 U.S. 6, Keystone, CO 80435, (970) 496-4155, http://www.keystoneresort.com/
PRICES
Please see website or call the ticket office for details;
prices change with the number of days, people and rental gear available
DETAILS
8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (for mountain activities) on Nov. 2nd
- April 7th.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Speak Up Against World Hunger
This is a PSA video clip for Bread for the World on world hunger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgAGp0xC0jI
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