Month: April 2021

Food truck chef wins Diamond Chef title; kBird reopens

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago

Chef Geovanny Villagran, whose current “gig” is the La Casa de Mi Abuela (Mawmaw’s House) food truck, took the title of 2021 Diamond Chef in a twice-postponed, ultimately virtual-for-viewers competition April 22. His winning dish: Salmon Ceviche, featuring a roasted poblano pepper dip and caramelized baby turnips.

He beat out defending champ Jordon Davis of Chenal Country Club; Bonner Cameron of Allsopp & Chapple; Matias De Matthaeis of the Capital Hotel; Brian Townley, currently at large; and Joseph Salgueiro of the Pleasant Valley Country Club.

In the mold of Food Network shows “Iron Chef America” and

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Plan Early For Home Improvement Projects

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago

As a result, the CRTC denied a 2003 utility requesting permission for Fox News Channel to be carried in Canada. However, in March 2004, a Fox executive said the enterprise had been shelved; in November of that year, the CRTC added Fox News to its whitelist of international channels that may be carried by television suppliers. In late September 2009, Obama’s senior advisor David Axelrod and Roger Ailes met in secret to attempt to clean out tensions between the two camps. Obama noticed, “If media is operating mainly as a talk radio format, then that’s one thing, and if it … Read More

California Law School

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago

The Institute additionally aims to create a vibrant learning neighborhood for students and students who lead and examine urban analysis. The Institute for Law & Society is a three way partnership between the law faculty and the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science. It serves as an mental center for college, graduate students, and law college students thinking about finding out law and authorized establishments from an interdisciplinary social science perspective. The college was based by Benjamin Franklin Butler, the United States Attorney General, at the request of the Council of the New York University. Butler submitted to the … Read More

At Nani’s, home cooking informs restaurant fare

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 1 year ago

Before most people open a restaurant, ample competitor research is conducted. Visits to restaurants of the same cuisine are usually considered square one in determining what food to offer, how to price it and how to make it different from similar dining spots.

But not for Nafeesa Koslik, who simply computed yields on her home recipe book to turn the family food she had made for decades into restaurant quantities before opening Nani’s Indian Kitchen last fall. The restaurant is located at 256 Milton Ave. in Ballston Spa.

Koslik arrived in the Capital Region from India during the blizzard of

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