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Larry Lipson - Costa Rica wine correspondent
He's been the Daily News restaurant critic for 50 years, but Larry Lipson has finally called it quits: "Sure, there have been editors who have leaned somewhat heavily on me - especially during one period when I was the only restaurant critic/writer in America featured in a newspaper seven days a week." Talk about knowing the restaurant scene in LA.
Sean Conway "Cultivating Life: 125 Projects for Backyard Living"
SEAN CONWAY is the host of “Cultivating Life,” now in its fourth season on WGN America. He also has a line of outdoor living and gardening products available at Target, where he has been a design consultant since 1998. The American backyard is being transformed from an unused patch of grass into a new oasis, an extension of our living space. In the new book, SEAN CONWAY’S CULTIVATING LIFE Conway embraces this notion and showcases 125 simple projects from creating a simple herb pot that yields seasonal ingredients right outside our kitchen door to building a portable salad table that’s ideal for growing baby lettuces in the spring time. All of the user-friendly ideas provide easy elegance for an often overlooked space. SEAN CONWAY’S CULTIVATING LIFE offers the instruction we need to extend our home into the backyard by transforming this underused space into a kitchen, a family room and a place to entertain—or simply a nice, quiet spot.
Garen Staglin - Staglin Family Vineyard
Garen grew up with an appreciation for his Italian father’s favorite things in life: Good food, wine, family, and friends. Pasquale “Pat” Stagliano was born in the mountains of Calabria, in the village of Bella near Nicastro, Italy, in 1912. When Pat’s family emigrated to Rochester, New York in 1916, they brought to the new country their tradition of eating lively meals together—sometimes with as many friends as would show up and the table would hold. Pat eventually became naturalized as Ray Staglin--during the Depression, it was much easier to find work as an Italian-American by changing his name. Ray married Darlene Guilliams, whose family immigrated from France, while he was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps stationed in Lincoln, Nebraska. The family moved to California in 1945, where Ray learned a new trade as a custom upholstery and drapery designer and manufacturer, and bought his own workshop. He introduced his son, Garen, to wine at an early age, of course diluted with soda water. At age 7, Garen began his own career in his father’s shop, where Ray’s initiative, tenacity, and good business sense began to rub off. Garen spit tacks and tucked fabric there throughout high school, and went on to major in electrical and nuclear engineering at UCLA, the foundation for the technology background he would later use in his own entrepreneuring. Garen and Shari, joined at the wrist in matrimony. UCLA was where Shari met Garen, at age 19, on a blind date. Garen introduced Shari to wine during a dinner with his family. They graduated college together in 1966, and Garen went on to Stanford Business School, which was close enough to the Napa Valley that Shari and Garen could travel there often to explore their growing passion for wine. The openness of the winemakers and grape growers they met helped encourage them to form a dream. By the time they got married in 1968, they had a goal to own a Napa Valley vineyard and make world class wines someday. Are you ready to rock for mental health research? Join us on September 12, 2009 for the 15th Annual Music Festival for Mental Health featuring Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo! Hit the dance floor with your best shots end enjoy an unforgettable day of learning, food, wine, and hope as you give a hand to the 57 million Americans who live with mental illness. Are you ready to rock for mental health research? Join us on September 12, 2009 for the 15th Annual Music Festival for Mental Health featuring Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo! Hit the dance floor with your best shots end enjoy an unforgettable day of learning, food, wine, and hope as you give a hand to the 57 million Americans who live with mental illness.
Are you ready to rock for mental health research? Join us on September 12, 2009 for the
15th Annual Music Festival for Mental Health featuring Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo! Hit the dance floor with your best shots end enjoy an unforgettable day of learning, food, wine, and hope as you give a hand to the 57 million Americans who live with mental illness.
Joseph Peter "Joe" Pantoliano film and television actor.
He is perhaps best known for his roles as Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos, Cypher in The Matrix, Captain Howard in Bad Boys and Bad Boys II and Teddy in Memento. He first grew to fame as "Guido the Killer Pimp" in Risky Business, appeared as Cypher in The Matrix, and won an Emmy as Ralph Cifaretto in HBO's The Sopranos. Pantoliano is also known for his role as Eddie Moscone, the bail bondsman, in the Robert De Niro comedy Midnight Run, as double-crossed mafioso Caesar in Bound and as police officer John Edward "Teddy" Gammel in Memento. He also played Deputy Marshal Cosmo Renfro in The Fugitive along with Tommy Lee Jones and reprised the role in the sequel U.S. Marshals. In 1985, he appeared as the villainous Francis Fratelli in The Goonies. He is known for his portrayals of criminal investigators, detectives, and forensic specialists. In 2003, Pantoliano replaced Stanley Tucci in the Broadway play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. That same year he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for The Sopranos. He is often referred to as Joey Pants, due to the difficulty some have pronouncing his Italian surname.
Carole Bloom "BITE-SIZE DESSERTS"
CAROLE BLOOM is a professional pastry chef and confectioner. She studied at La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Paris, Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine et de Pâtisserie in London, and the E. Rosa Salva Pasticceria in Venice, and has worked at the Stanford Court Hotel in San Francisco, the Beau-Rivage Palace Hotel in Lausanne, and Mille Fleurs Restaurant in Rancho Santa Fe. Her articles and recipes have appeared in Bon Appétit, Fine Cooking, Eating Well, and Gourmet, and she has appeared on ABC World News This Morning, CNN, and the Today show. Her eight previous cookbooks include The Essential Baker and Truffles, Candies, and Confections. Master baker Carole Bloom has collected a wide range of mini desserts here, and you're sure to find one (or two or three) that are perfect for every occasion. Wicked Brownie Bites, Double Lemon Meringue Tartlets, Chocolate–Espresso Pots de Crème, Spiced Buttermilk Doughnut Holes, Raspberry Sorbet Shots, and Salted Caramel–Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles are just a few of the petite goodies you'll discover. Throughout, more than forty striking color photographs show you just how appealing these bite-size desserts can be.
Michael Cudlitz- "Southland" (NBC TONIGHT)
stars as patrol officer John Cooper, a 20-year veteran and training officer in NBC's new drama series "Southland." Born and raised on the East Coast, Cudlitz graduated from the California Institute of the Arts Theatre program and has established himself as a versatile character actor in both television and film. Although his first love was the stage, Cudlitz found early success working in front of the camera. Since then, Cudlitz has appeared in over 20 films, including "A River Runs Through It," "Grosse Point Blank," and "The Negotiator." A few of his notable television credits include roles on NBC’s "Life," "Standoff," "Lost," "Prison Break," "Vegas" and "24." Finally, the HBO Emmy Award-winning miniseries "Band of Brothers" continues to be one of the most rewarding experiences of his life. (10-11 PM ET/PT)