Allegra McEvedy's sausage and fennel tortilla
11.03.10
550g potatoes – I like the red-skinned ones, unpeeled and cut into 3cm chunks
4 bangers, cut into 3cm pieces
2 tbsp olive oil
2 white onions, sliced
2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
8 or 9 eggs, beaten and seasoned
2 plum tomatoes, sliced
Pinch of dried oregano
Salt and pepper
▶ Preheat the oven to 170C/340F/gas 3.
▶ Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil with the spud chunks in it and cover. Simmer for about eight minutes until the potato pieces are just cooked, then drain.
▶ In a frying pan (25cm x 5cm) over a pretty high heat, fry the sausages in the oil until lightly browned. Keeping the pan on the heat, lift them out with a slotted spoon and put to one side.
▶ Fry the onions in the same pan, stirring regularly as you don't want too much colour on them.
Source: The Guardian
Allegra lives up to her name
08.03.10
In an elegant up-do, sparkling jewelry and a shimmering silk gown, Allegra Fisher looked radiant as she took the stage on Sunday afternoon for her senior piano recital.
While keeping a calm and collected facial expression, her fingers glided gently yet firmly across the keys through Mozart’s Sonata in A Major. As blue, red and green lights illuminated the stage of White Concert Hall, the audience gazed intently at Fisher’s polished performance. Fisher was met with uproarious applause as she bowed after the dramatic close of Mozart’s sonata.
Fisher executed every nuance of Schumann’s “Carnaval” masterfully with precise and refined pacing as she transitioned through the sometimes playful and sometimes moving classical pieces of the 19th century.
Schumann wrote “Carnaval” as “a masquerade of people and ideas, featuring pieces depicting the fictional characters from the commedia dell’arte, his ex-fiancé Ernestine von Fricken, his future wife, brilliant pianist and daughter of his piano teacher Clara Wieck, and his colleagues,” Fisher wrote in her program.
Source: Washburn Review
Diversity Makes a Difference – Part 3
11.03.10
Kaycee Keegan is part of the Rotary Interact Club, a group of civic-minded students. “One year, a performance raised several thousand dollars for the Children of Uganda,” wrote her principal Matt Grant. Keegan is the club’s organizer. “For the past three years, she has helped choose the beneficiary, solicited donations, marketed the event, and helped organize the show.”
“More specifically, her efforts raised thousands of dollars for the Malawi Water Project and for the Tronie Foundation,” wrote Grant. The project and foundation provide clean water and support victims of human trafficking.
“Last year, as a junior and vice president of the Interact Club, Kaycee secured the food donations of countless local restaurants to benefit the group. Kaycee had a hand in virtually all aspects of this big undertaking ranging from recruiting school volunteers to securing local cultural entertainment.”
Keegan’s greatest accomplishment is getting Nobel Prize Nominee Greg Mortensen, who dedicated his life to building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, to speak at the school and community. The effort included raising $25,000 for Mortenson’s nonprofit. “Kaycee helped assemble a team that included the rotary president and other leaders. She also made formal pitches to doctors, bank leaders, and other Rotary groups to secure funds. … Since that time, Kaycee has not stopped working.” Keegan has organized school assemblies, a community rally, an international dinner, and contributed to the Pennies for Peace drive for schools in Afghanistan.
Source: Northwest Asian Weekly