Free Range

The 13th annual Bite of the Arts gala, a fundraiser for various University departments that features a three-course meal followed by a silent and live auction, will be hosted in the Cotillion Ballroom Friday at 6:30 pm. This year's theme is "LaFete de Lyon: Celebrating Chef Paul Bocuse and his World Class Cuisine." Chef Randy Cheramie, associate dean of the John Folse Culinary Institute said the theme was picked in honor of Chef Bocuse, who was one of the first internationally known chefs and is known by some as one of the first celebrity chefs.  

Children's Day celebrations may have been largely reduced to a ritual in India 45 years after Jawaharlal Nehru's death, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's arrival here on Sunday has given a fillip to a pioneering observance of the event in the White House. As the very first official event in the run up to Singh's state visit to Washington next week, the US state department yesterday brought together a group of Indian and American children for "a taste of India" at Blair House, the American President's ...  

WHEN my husband, Daniel, took up distance running, I knew it would have an effect in our kitchen. Strange space age food began to appear in the cabinets, shiny silver packets of ultra endurance energy gels and bottles of electrolyte hydration tabs. I objected to the gallon of dehydrated egg protein concentrate he tried to stash next to the blender, believing that unprocessed free-range eggs are more healthful.  

At Westward Look Resort, there are two choices. The resort's restaurant, Gold, will offer a Thanksgiving brunch for $49 per guest. The three-course family feast will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., A Thanksgiving buffet will be offered in the Sonoran Ballroom for $47 per person.  

Loudoun farmers, bakers, vintners and graziers put together the freshest Thanksgiving menu ever. •Ayrshire Farm offers organic, humanely and pasture-raised heritage turkeys and organic chicken at the Home Farm Store. Fresh turkeys range from $95 (less than 10 pounds) to $225 (more than 20 pounds).  

This week, Juneau residents will crowd grocery stores, cramming shopping carts with turkeys, potatoes, pie fixings in preparation for their Thanksgiving feasts. Imagine what Thanksgiving would be if every single one of these carts contained one extra food item to donate to charity? Helping others certainly doesn't take a grand gesture, small gifts can make a difference.  

Eating Animals is not an easy read. Especially when on page 24 Foer argues "A Case for Eating Dogs" followed by a recipe for dog stew. While I can't even stomach the thought of eating man's best friend, Foer actually does have a point.  

My family hosted a Japanese exchange student a few years back. After attending a Christmas candle-lighting ceremony at Roscoe Village, a friend asked Mariko how an American Christmas compared with Christmas in Japan. Mariko said her family bought inexpensive gifts for immediate family members, and they only shopped the last week before the holiday.  

Burston farmers' market is about to celebrate its third Christmas providing fresh, locally-sourced produce and is very much a family affair. Organised by Peter and Rosemay Schaay at BOCM Paul's pavilion, many items are grown, produced or baked by members of their family. Free range eggs and chickens are provided by son and daughter-in-law Nicholas and Lizzie Schaay, while daughter Julie Botwright provides homemade scones and cakes.