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Sept. 8, 2005 – W&S Beverly Hills
Fresh Summer Menu

Sept. 12, 2005 - W&S Sherman Oaks
PIZZA!

Sept. 19, 2005 - W&S Sherman Oaks
Lasagna in the Bologna Style!

Sept. 21, 2005, 6:30 pm - CHEFS INC.
Milan and a taste of Northern Italy

Sept. 22, 2005 – W&S Beverly Hills
South Italian Savory Menu

Sept. 28, 2005 – W&S Beverly Hills
Italian seafood

Sept. 29, 2005 – W&S Beverly Hills
A delicious  Italian fall menu

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Baby Safety Month - Chicken Month - Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - Children's Good Manners Month - Cholesterol Education Month - Classical Music Month - Healthy Aging Month - Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15, 2005) - Jazz Month - Honey Month - Mushroom Month - Organic Harvest Month - Rice Month - Self Awareness Month - Self- Improvement Month - Sewing Month - Women of Achievement Month

First Week: National Sobriety Checkpoint Week (Observed during the week of Labor Day. See  “Mother's Against Drunk Drivers” web site.) - Third Week: Constitution Week, Singles Week -  Fourth Week: Banned Books Week (Celebrate Your Freedom to Read), Deaf Awareness Week, Dog Week, Tolkien Week (2005 is the 50th anniversary of of the complete publication of The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.)


Sept.5: Labor Day (1) is declared a US national holiday by Congress, 1894
Sept.8: Literacy Day (2)
Sept.9: Bonza Bottler Day (3)
Sept.10:  Hot Dog Day - Suicide Prevention Day (4)
Sept.11: Patriot Day - Grandparent's Day (5)
Sept.16: Independencia de Mexico (Mexican Independence Day) - POW/MIA Recognition Day
Sept.17: Citizenship Day/Constitution Day
Sept.18:  Women's Friendship Day
Sept.21:  Autumn Equinox (First Day of Fall) - Biosphere Day - International Day of Peace (UN)
Sept.22: Centenarians Day-  Elephant Appreciation Day
Sept.24:  Family Health & Fitness Day
Sept.25: Good Neighbor Day - Heart Day
Sept.28:Women's Health & Fitness Day

(1) Labor Day is declared a US national holiday by Congress, 1894.

(2)  In 1965, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated September 8 as International Literacy Day. Each year, the UNESCO Secretary-General issues a statement, and four prizes are awarded.

(3) An excuse to celebrate. This happens every month when the day and the date are the same number. (May 5, June 6, July 7, etc.)

(4) Suicide Prevention Day. "Every 17 minutes someone in America commits suicide, and for every completed suicide, there are approximately 25 attempts."  According to the National Center for Health Statistics, suicide is currently the eighth leading cause of death in the United States."

(5) Grandparent's Day, Observed the first Sunday after Labor Day.

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Like hues on a painter’s palette, the dishes on a Sicilian table represent the various cuisines of the many civilizations that passed through the island.

How Sparkling Wine is Made
by Marcia Parks
There are three methods that may be used to make sparkling wine. These methods are: the Transfer Method, Charmat Bulk process and Methode Champenoise. Methode Champenoise is the most labor-intensive and costly of these. Marcia introduces us to these techniques in this very interesting article.
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Top Tips for Your New Restaurant
from Restaurant Consultants, Inc.
Your are a good cook: How many times friends and family told you “Why don’t you open a restaurant?”. Here is some good advice from the professionals in the business.
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Fennel - Delicious and Nutritious
By Claire Raikes
This vegetable is certainly gaining in popularity, but besides variations on braised fennel, what else can you do with it? It's worth finding out, because not only is it delicious, it's also very good for you indeed.

Petti di Pollo
con Burro e Salvia
Chicken Breast Scaloppine
with Butter and Sage

Tagliata alla Rugola
Grilled Steak with Arugula

No time to cook? Afraid of cooking? To help our busy readers and those who are starting to learn we have added a new category to our index pages: Fast dishes.
We have assembled in this category all the simple, fast, tasty Italian recipes that can be easily made in 10 to 15 minute and do not require special skills. Following here are the last recipes published on our site.

The Island of the Sun
History of Colorful
Sicilian Cooking

NEXT ISSUE: New step-by-step illustrated recipes: All Italian Cookies

In this issue we will continue to add menus by regional style to our Italian map. This month we will enrich our recipe collection with the step-by-step recipes for a menu in the NORTHERN ITALY cooking style: Truly Mediterranean, rich in piquant food, tomatoes, vegetables, and fish.

Cannoli represent the Sicilian dessert par excellence. They are among the most magnificent Sicilian pastries. The fried wafers are traditionally filled with ricotta cheese sweetened with powdered sugar and added of candied fruit, pistachios, and chocolate chips.

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1. Classic Tiramisu’
2. Basic Pizza Dough
3. Gnocchi
4. Pasta Alfredo
5. Tiramisu w/berries

1. Tiramisu’ History
2. Italian Cooking
3.How to eat spaghetti
4. All Tiramisu’
5. Pasta History

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A SICILIAN MENU. Sicilian cooking is undeniably the most complex and colorful in Italy. In Sicily, new and old, East and West, thrive side by side, blending uniquely together as in no other place in the world.

This tuna fish tomato sauce recipe provides a great second course of tuna fish, and, additionally, a wonderfully tasty sauce to use as the dressing for a first course of pasta.

Tasty green cauliflowers, sweet raisin and pine seed, savory anchovies, and saffron: This is a truly Sicilian dish!

It is hard to imagine Sicilian cooking without eggplant. Eggplant rolls are just another example of the versatility of Sicilian cuisine when it comes to  cooking with this wonderful vegetable.

Cannoli Siciliani
Sicilian Cannoli filled with Ricotta cheese

Involtini di Melanzane
Eggplant Rolls

Fusilli con i Broccoli Arriminati
Pasta with Cauliflower

Ragu’ di Tonno
Tunafish Ragu
Tomato sauce

If you like Authentic Classic Traditional Italian Cooking this is the site for you. A unique site where you will find step-by-step illustrated traditional Italian cuisine recipes for Tiramisu’, pasta, lasagna, gnocchi, risotto, pizza, and much more, articles on history of food, nutrition, and a food newsletter.

INDEX
• What’s new in our Web site
• New Menu: Northern Italy Recipes
• Fast Dishes
• New Articles by Anna Maria
• New Articles from our Contributors
• Cooking Classes Schedule
• Every day is a Holiday: September is...

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