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Lose Those Love Handles! Wine Distributor Supports WSM's Tsunami Fund  WSM's Task Force Update WCOM Benefit Party Tsunami Benefit Concert Lunchbox Concert Series Tsunami Music Events Supplements & Cancer  Wine Wednesdays 10% Off for Owners Open Valentine's Day |
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| Heart Healthy Herbs Gearing up for the season of love, we should be mindful of our super vital organ, the heart. Luckily, the plant world offers a huge amount of supportive options for helping our hearts. Digitalis which everyone has heard of comes from the flower, foxglove. Lesser known helpers are the hawthorn and linden trees and the herb, motherwort. You can use hawthorn as a general tonic for high blood pressure, angina, and palpitations, to maintain contractility, and even out electrical impulses. Even people with pacemakers can supplement with hawthorn. Read more... |
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Organic Braeburn Apples | 88¢ /lb. | Super Low Price! |
| Organic Cauliflower | 2 heads/$4.00 | Nutritious! | |
| Organic Lady Moon Cherry Tomatoes |
2 pints/$4.00 | Save! | |
| Organic Kent Mangoes | 3/$4.00 | Juicy! | |
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| Tips and Recipes from Caroleena's Tuscan Kitchen |
Local chef and cooking instructor, Carol Barrow, resided in the center of Florence and in the province of Tuscany for ten years where she learned regional cooking from the masters: restaurant owners, farmers, family and friends. She owned Ristorante Vien under the Volta dei Peruzzi in Florence for four years. Caroleena cracks the mysterious code of Tuscan cooking and translates her very special language into easy, delicious and healthy recipes. She will be sharing recipes and tips with us from time to time.Spaghetti- Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino Spaghetti comes from the Italian word for string (spago). This classic dish can be served with many different sauces, but Italians DO NOT eat spaghetti and meatballs. In fact, they do not have meatballs in Italy! Not to worry, there are other dishes that are just fine for eating in that country, even if they aren't meatballs. Spaghetti used to be a southern dish, but these days, just about everybody eats it. The reason that I say that it was a typically southern dish is because many years ago, southern Italy was generally a lot less wealthy than northern Italy. Spaghetti is the type of pasta that stretches your sauce. So, unlike spirals or macaroni, spaghetti does not have nooks or crannies for richer sauces (i.e. meat sauce) to hide in. If cooked correctly (not overcooked until mushy), spaghetti sauce can pack a lot of punch without using a whole lot of sauce. This first recipe, is definitely good tasting and very easy to fix. First, boil your water. Don't be cheap. Use a big pot. When your water comes to a rolling boil, add salt. I use a palm-full at a time. For a spaghetti pot, I would start with a palm and a half. Your water should taste like salt water if you want your pasta to taste good. Add a box of spaghetti, stirring often. ' When pasta turns white, there is a good chance that it is cooked. It shouldn't be either chewy (too hard) or mushy (too soft). Drain thoroughly. Add to your garlic and oil sauce (see below). Compromising ingredients is equal to compromising flavor. In a big sauté pan, add the following ingredients: 3/4 cup of extra-virgin Tuscan olive oil a handful of chopped, fresh Italian parsley half a head of fresh, finely chopped garlic Cook on medium flame until just before the garlic turns brown (never burn the garlic). Add pasta and another handful of freshly copped parsley on top. If you feel really daring, sprinkle on a little crushed, red pepper (aka peperoncino)! Buon Appetito! Don't forget - always cook with love and DON'T BE CHEAP! |
| Weaver Street Recipes can be found here. |
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| WSM's Task Force Update | |
 The Board of Directors posted an announcement back in December for a Task Force that was convening to explore 'what are the limits of cost from the owners to achieve our mission.' Yes, this means the Task Force of owners is discussing share price and discounts. We all know this is scary stuff to be bringing up, but the committee of 9 consumer owners, 2 worker owners and 2 board members is committed to doing it right.
The first meeting was for all the folks in the group to get to know each other a bit, clarify the context and purpose of the Task Force, and start brainstorming issues and concerns related to owner investment. We ended up with 9 pages of hastily (but legibly) scrawled notes by our intrepid facilitator. Our equally dauntless Board Assistant culled a full page list of questions out of the notes. These questions, about the current system, motivations for change and examples of what other co-ops are doing, are being answered by staff and presented at the next meeting tonight. After the questions are addressed, we'll get to the juicy part of the meeting - identifying our values! The Task Force will begin to peel back the layers of their thoughts and feelings to really get down to the bottom-most bit of what matters - their values. Once the Task Force agrees on a set of values, we can begin re-constructing some new options for the board to consider and to bring to the full ownership later in the spring. Owners are welcome as observers at all Task Force meetings. The Task Force meets Tuesdays, January 18, 25, February 8, 15, and 22 from 6:30-9:00 pm in the Corner Building across North Greensboro Street from the Carrboro Weaver Street Market. | |
| Listen Up! for WCOM 103 Community Radio | |
Join us for our Listen Up! literary fundraiser on Monday, January 31 at Panzanella in Carrboro from 6 to 9 p.m.Local authors Hal Crowther, Allan Gurganus, Haven Kimmel, Alan Shapiro, Lee Smith, and Daniel Wallace will read from their works. Pianist Robert Griffin and saxophonist Tim Smith will play. And of course we'll have great appetizers and libations from local restaurants. Come rub elbows with Piedmont literary stars and support your new local radio station. Tickets are $45 and are on sale at Grimball Jewelers, the Regulator Bookshop, and Weaver Street Market's Carrboro store. Listen Up! will be broadcast live on WCOM, but you must be present to win door prizes and bid on a pair of Carolina basketball tickets and an original critter donated by artist Clyde Jones. A great big thank you to these local businesses who are helping make this event a success: Algonquin Books, Carrboro.com, Chapel Hill Brewery, Chapel Hill Wine Co., Clyde Jones, Grimball Jewelers, Panzanella, the Regulator Bookshop, and Weaver Street Market. |
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| Visit WCOM's website to learn more about the station. | |
| Tsunami Benefit with Chris Reynolds Swing 'n' Jazz at The ArtsCenter! | |
This Sunday! January 23 from 2 to 3:30 pm. Chris Reynolds (piano), Rick Keena (guitar), Wells Gordon (bass), Joe Izzo (drums), Howard Smither (trumpet), Lou Sawyer (sax) and Frankie Alexander (vocals) bring music and meaning together for a crucial cause. Proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity International's Asia Tsunami Response Fund. Habitat for Humanity has a presence in 6 of the 12 affected countries - Indonesia, sri Lanka, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh. Admission is FREE but donations will be collected during the performance. |
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| Visit Habitat for Humanity's website for more info on their work. | |
| Lunchbox Concert Series in Century Hall at the Century Center | |
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This popular concert series returns with additional shows, so stop by Weaver Street Market to pick up your lunch and walk over to Century Hall each Thursday in January & February to enjoy free concerts featuring the best of local and regional Classical and Jazz artists in concert. Last year's shows were packed to capacity, so come early! This year, the focus is on Classical & Jazz. Free coffee is provided courtesy of Open Eye Cafe. Thursdays in January & February Carrboro Century Center-Century Hall Admission: Free/Open to the public Look Who's Coming to Lunch! Concert #3: "A Folksong Fantasy" (Classical) Harpist Emily Laurance and flutist Alma Coefman are two of the areas most talented and sought after classical musicians. After hearing these two, you may not want to go back to work ... ever! Emily and Alma will be giving a special "Breakfast with an Expert" presentation at 9:30am prior to the concert, which will be more educational in nature. Thursday, January 20 from 12:00-1:00PM Concert #4: Scott Sawyer's "Guitarspeak" (Jazz) The genre-busting guitar work of Scott Sawyer and his jazz trio "Guitarspeak" will aide your digestion and send you back to work more productive than ever. From 1982-1996 Scott Sawyer spent much of his time in the jazz and improvised-music trenches. As schedules allow, he still tours with five-time Grammy-Nominated jazz singer Nnenna Freelon and remains a favorite accompanist and sideman of many North Carolina-based musicians. Scott has played in many settings and venues all over the world. Thursday, January 27 from 12:00-1:00PM |
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| Many Music Events at Local Venues to Benefit Tsunami Victims | |
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Five local venues and thirty of the area's most popular musicians are donating their time and energies in a series of benefits for the victims of the Southeast Asia Tsunami. Saturday, January 22nd Combined Event (One donation brings open admission to both venues) The Cat's Cradle: 8:00PM till 2:00AM 967-9053 or www.catscradle.com Tearless Farewell The Keep Alvarez Painting Saunter International Orange Pico Vs. Island Trees Local 506: 2PM till 1:00AM 942-5506 or www.local506.com Monsonia The Young Idea Erie Choir Cub Country Superchunk The Ghost of Rock The Hurt Nathan Asher & The Infantry Fashion Design Sorry About Dresden My Dear Ella Sunday, January 23rd The Pour House Music Hall: 2:00PM till midnight 821- 1120 or www.the-pour-house.com Emily Waszak Kenny Roby The Brown Mountain Lights Jon Shain Trio Chatham County Line Barefoot Manner Robert Kirkland & Kick The Future Slowhand Spencer Acuff Five Gallon Pale |
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| Go here to read about more music events that will be held in February. | |
| Supplements: During and After Cancer | |
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Come be demystified. Learn which supplementation strategies, when combined with standard cancer treatments, can enhance wellness, remission maintenance, and overall survivorship. Mark Mead is a research associate at the Institute for Integrative Cancer Care in Evanston, Illinois, and assistant editor for the peer-reviewed medical journal, Integrative Cancer Therapies. Call 401-9333 to reserve a space. Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, Overlook Building, Suite 220, 111 Cloister Court, Chapel Hill (west of the 15-501/I-40 interchange in the Eastowne Office Complex across from Blue Cross Blue Shield), see directions at www.cornucopiahouse.org. Call 919-401-9333 for information. Tuesday, February 1st, 2005 7:00-9:00 pm Mark Mead M.Sc., Research Associate, Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care and Assistant Editor, Integrative Cancer Therapies Cornucopia House services are free of charge to all cancer patients, their family, friends, and caregivers. |
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| Wine Wednesdays |
Due to popular demand, the Wine Wednesday Special has been extended through the month of January. Each Wednesday, Panzanella will feature 5 different specially selected bottles of wine for only $10 per bottle (tax not included)! Don’t miss this chance to enjoy a great bottle of wine at a great value. Featured wines will not be available by the glass. Regular wine list will be available.
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| Visit Panzanella's website to view all menus (lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch). |
| Owners Get 10% Off! |
Through the end of January, owners will receive a 10% discount EVERY time they eat at Panzanella Sunday through Thursday (closed Monday). Simply print out the coupon available in the link below, fill out your name and owner number and sign each coupon. Present to your server upon ordering your meal. Unlimited usage but you must have a coupon each time you dine. So print out a stack of coupons and dine often! There are so many delicious items on the menus this winter - you’ll want to sample them all!
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| Click here to print your coupons. |
| Open Valentine's Day |
Panzanella will be open Monday, February 14 for Valentine's Dinner from 5:30 pm until 9 pm with a selection of Valentine's specials along with the regular menu. Reservations are accepted. Please call 929-6626.
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