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DECEMBER 2001 ARCHIVE:
After the Non-Tour Party
and Mushroom Risotto |
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Postcards from Stately Bangle Manor
We’re on our
way!!! It’s true. Believe us this
time… We have a fabulous studio in a beautiful house
and we’re having a splendid time…Debbi’s been working hard, playing
great—solid and Ringo-like—and we’ve tracked most of the
drums…Michael’s up next…and then guitars. Check out
Debbi's
& Michael's pages for pics and more on the making of a
new Bangles CD!!!! |
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The After-the-Non-Tour
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The last performance we gave before moving
into Stately Bangle Manor was in Atlantic City, NJ
for the winners of AOL’s My Town
Contest. (Some of
you were there…)
After the show we let loose a bit, like we
would at the end of a long tour. (Why is it
that a quick trip to New Jersey can feel like
months on the road?)
i
snapped some shots backstage and thought it’d be a
good opportunity to introduce some of our road
crew to you… |
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FOOD!
Here’s
a good, quick meal for hectic and chilly
December days.
It’s almost cheating to call it a
risotto, since it doesn’t require constant
stirring and attention, but if you use arborio
rice (a Spanish style rice available in most
larger or specialty grocery stores), you’ll get
a creamy
approximation…
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QUICK MUSHROOM
RISOTTO
- 2
TBSP butter
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
(about ¼ cup)
- 8 ounces sliced fresh crimini
mushrooms
- 1 cup Arborio rice
- 2 cups
mushroom or vegetable broth
- ½ cup finely
grated parmesan cheese, as fresh as
possible
Melt butter in a 10-inch skillet. Add
onions and mushrooms, and cook over medium-high
heat until onions are soft, about tow minutes,
stirring occasionally. Add
rice and stir to coat with butter in pan. Stir in
broth and bring to a simmer. Cover
skillet, reduce heat to very low, and cook until
rice is almost tender and liquid absorbed, 20 to
25 minutes. Stir in
parmesan.
Remove from heat and let stand, covered,
for five minutes before
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Bon Voyage, George
i knew he’d been sick. i knew
he’d been battling cancer, a fight so often
unfairly lost. i even
knew that Paul and Ringo had been to see him,
presumably to say goodbye. But i
was not ready to let another Beatle go. And so,
when i heard early Friday morning of the death
of George Harrison, i did not immediately
react.
i listened to the radio and heard the
tributes and the recorded quotes from Paul
McCartney and Ravi Shankar…but then they played
a tape of George, just George and his
guitar.
i had to pull the car over.
He taught us that simple is best. He
taught us to look outside of ourselves and our
garden walls for answers. He
proved that music has the power to motivate and
heal by organizing the first all-star benefit
rock concert.
He taught me (and scores of others) how
to play guitar. i think
of him nearly every time i pick up my Gretsch
Tennessee Rose (a re-issue of the Tennessee
Gretsch he played for years). He
worked hard to write songs that could compete
with his bandmates’ and he succeeded
gloriously. He gave
us some of the most beautiful songs of the last
century and he was all too often overlooked and
underrated. And i
don’t think that, really, he cared about
that.
That is probably the biggest lesson of
all.
Safe travels, Mr. Harrison.
You will be sorely missed
here.
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Check back with me 'cause I'll
be posting new recipes, photos, and
assorted
ramblings every month...until
then...
Love,
Vicki |
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