| Pomegranate syrup gives real pop to Persian chicken dish
Trying something entirely different is one of the perks of writing Cook's Corner. When Sarah Artecona of South Miami, Fla., asked for help finding a recipe "with dark chicken parts and a brown sauce" that a friend of Persian background had made, I was stumped. But our readers came through. Fiona Bergstrom of Southport, N.C., quickly identified the dish. "This must be the Persian-Iranian fasanjoon, which my maid used to make in Tehran when we lived there in the '70s. It is delicious. Unfortunately, I do not have a recipe for it, but this at least gives you a name to go after." Connie McGee of Miami provided a recipe from her friend Farzaneh Rastagh and a slightly different spelling: fesenjan. James Eighmey also sent a recipe, which he calls Khoresh fesenjan. "This is a special-occasion dish in Iran, in the north near the Caspian Sea and is usually made with duck or pheasant," he wrote.
For some, the glasses are always half-empty
Eyes are the windows to the soul. Therefore, eyeglasses are the outside pane of double-paned windows to the soul. I could expound further on this analogy, but tears really aren't the inner-pane condensation of the soul. What I am trying to say is that for 34 years, my glasses have sent a message to the world about who I am. I was fitted with my first pair of glasses at the age of three. They adorned my tiny, moonlike face like a cigar and a propeller beanie on a chimp -- they looked out of place, but they were so cute! My early childhood marked the only time in my life that glasses actually improved my looks. I did little comedy and dance routines in grocery stores and doctor's offices, to the great pleasure of the women present, who would clap their hands together and coo, "Oh, he's just darling -- like a miniature Woody Allen!" Even at that age, I knew that this comparison did not reflect well on my dancing ability.
Business licenses
New Asheville Business Licenses for February and March 2008 Adult Entertainer • Alicia Marie Hixson, 10 Monica Place, Candler, by Alicia Marie Hixson, of Candler. • Kala Blythe Mcguire, 907 Antioch Road Apt. 47, Johnson City, TN, by Kala Blythe Mcguire, of Johnson City, Tenn. • Miranda Lynn Long, 513 Merman Road, Kingsport, Tenn., by Miranda Lynn Long, of Kingsport, Tenn. .
Salon shows off building's new style
The former Firestone Building at the southeast corner of 20th Street and Grand Boulevard is about to take on another life. The eight-story, 1915-era building sat empty for years before investors took it over in 1994. Then it became the Abdiana Building, a massive home furnishing complex. But now it is turning into office space and more, including home to a new "urban-chic" hair salon and boutique selling beauty and home products, jewelry and accessories. Skyline Downtown Salon has moved into the 7,600-square-foot fourth floor and plans to open in early May. "We are a destination and not a walk-in business," said Carmen Gramajo, partner in the salon with John Escalada. "It will be an experience from the moment you walk in until the moment you leave." If it's raining, the salon will escort clients to and from their car with an umbrella.
Obama gathering modest?
Packing the house to the rafters won't be the plan when presidential candidate Barack Obama's wife, Michelle, speaks in Harrison High School's gym this morning. The Illinois senator's campaign, which requires tickets to attend the free event, won't say how many tickets it issued at local campaign headquarters and via Obama's Web site, but Harrison Principal Janet Leistner said the number is 1,700. When Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared at Harrison on March 20, the gym was filled with more than 4,000 people for a raucous, ear-splitting rally that Clinton's Indiana chairman described as an old-fashioned "hootenanny." "Often we create smaller events to enable a more intimate setting with Michelle Obama," said Obama campaign spokeswoman Gannet Tseggai. .
Calendar -- Des Moines
Art Store Employee Show - Through April 5. Current and former Art Store employees exhibit their works in a Mini Show. Ritual Cafe, 1301 Locust St., Suite D. 244-7000.
Color Photography - Through today. By Mark Peterson. St. John's Lutheran Church, 600 Sixth Ave. 243-7691.
Abstract Expressions Opening Reception - 5-8 p.m. today. New work by Kansas City artist Bev Gegen. Moberg Gallery, 2921 Ingersoll Ave. 279-9191; www.moberggallery.com. - BOOKSTORE EVENTS
Author Appearance and Book Signing - 2 p.m. Sunday. Author Anne Ylvisaker will read from her book "Little Klein" a tale of two misfits, a boy and his dog. East Village Books, 510 E. Locust St. teri@eastvillagebooks.com; 244-5999; www.eastvillagebooks.com.
- CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
Think BIG Start Small: Building Blocks to Personal Wealth - 6-7:30 p.m.
Baby infected with superbug
The last thing a new mother wants to hear is that her newborn baby has been infected with a superbug. But that was the bad news for Crystal Harte, whose daughter Angelina was born March 28 at Richmond Hospital. Harte said that, the day after her daughter was born, her fiancé noticed small red bumps under both of the baby's arms. The bumps later appeared on the baby's labia and neck, as well. Harte, who had entered hospital three days before the birth to be induced, was still in hospital at the time, recovering from a C-section. .
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