Pucker: A Cookbook for Citrus Lovers Reviewed by Ruth Paget

Pucker: A Cookbook for Citrus Lovers Reviewed by Ruth Paget 

Pucker: A Cookbook for Citrus Lovers by Gwendolyn Richards, a Calgary Herald food writer from Alberta Province (Canada), provides several recipes of interest for agricultural sales in places like California. 

The recipes that I thought looked especially interesting include:

-baked ricotta dipping pots with lemon and chives 

-shaved Brussels sprouts, shaved shallots, and chopped walnut salad with lemon dressing 

-chopped asparagus cubes (raw) with chopped green onions and sliced almonds with lemon dressing  

-roasted sheet pan lemon potatoes with garlic and oregano. After 15 minutes of baking, you add chicken stock and lemon juice to make the potatoes very tender. (A rimmed baking sheet would cut down on oven mess.)

-linguine with tuna and lemon dressing with arugula leaves mixed in 

Citrus lovers will enjoy the recipes for lemons, Meyer lemons (a cross between lemons and oranges), limes, and grapefruit in Pucker as well as chefs, busy young professionals, college students who like gourmet food, farmers’ market patrons, and world travelers. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Chicken or Shrimp Caesar Salad Recipe Created by Ruth Paget

Chicken or Shrimp Caesar Salad Recipe Created by Ruth Paget 

Note: Alone a Costco Caesar Salad is a great value. You can serve 4 people a large salad with it for less than $9 in California. I use one as a part of more protein rich salads in this recipe also using ingredients from Costco. 

Serves 4 

Ingredients: 

-1 Costco Caesar salad serving 4 to 6 people 

-4 (4-ounce) chicken breasts at room temperature 

-2 tablespoons olive oil 

-4 tablespoons steak seasoning 

Steps: 

1-Squeeze lemon juice on the Caesar salad and toss it to double up the volume of the salad. Sprinkle croutons across the top of the salad. Place salad dressing in a small serving dish alongside the salad. 

2-Heat a frying pan with olive oil in it on high. Add chicken breasts. Sprinkle with seasoning on both sides. 

3-Cook chicken for 15 minutes, turning several times to cook all the way through. 

4-Remove chicken from frying pan. Cut chicken breasts into cubes. Place in a serving bowl to go with the salad and dressing. 

Note: Coscto cocktail shrimp can be used instead of chicken in this recipe. Cut off the tail and cut the body in two. Place the shrimp pieces in a serving bowl alongside the salad and dressing. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

UNESCO names Italian Cuisine as an Intangible World Heritage reposted by Ruth Paget

Condé Nast Traveler just posted a story about Italian cuisine being named an intangible world heritage :

https://www.cntraveler.com/story/unesco-just-recognized-italian-cooking-as-intangible-cultural-heritage#:~:text=The%2520selection%2520is%2520a%2520timely,shared%2520moments%2520around%2520the%2520table.%E2%80%9D&text=Other%25202025%2520additions%2520to%2520the,See%2520UNESCO's%2520full%2520list%2520here.

I went to a book signing by Sophia Loren in high school in Detroit.  Like a lot of groupies I told her she was beautiful.

“I owe everything to pasta,” she replied.

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Playing Classic Games to Create New Ones at the University of Chicago by Ruth Paget

The following transcript repost from CBS provides a peek inside the University of Chicago’s gaming lab:

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/retro-bay-university-of-chicago-weston-game-lab/

Game on!

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Halo Founder and UChicago Alumnus Interview reposted by Ruth Paget

Halo Founder and University of Chicago alumnus Alex Saropian interview at UChicago’s Year of Games follows:

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/trailblazing-halo-video-game-producer-advises-students-make-stuff

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France 

Mary Lee Sunseri - Big Kids Like her Too reposted by Ruth Paget

Mary Lee Sunseri is the Monterey Peninsula’s little kids’ entertainer that big kids like, too.

Her website information follows:

https://www.maryleemusic.com/

Reposted by Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France

Charlesworth Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget - Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget

Charlesworth Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget 

I have used cemetery records for the most part to put together this mother lines genealogy project for all the great-grandmothers in our family trees. 

G1 refers to generation 1 and so on below: 

G1 – Florence Paget 

-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington 

G2 – Ruth Pennington 

-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle 

-daughter of Frank Henry Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley 

-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter 

Born: April 25, 1905 

Died: April 14, 1984, buried in Arena Cemetery, Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin 

G5 – Edward Charles Bardsley

-son of James Edward Bardsley and Anna C. Charlesworth 

Born: July 31, 1863 in Blue Mounds, Dane County, Wisconsin 

Died: July 31, 1949 in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin 

G6 – Anna C. Charlesworth 

-daughter of Samuel Charlesworth and Elizabeth Catlin 

-immigrant to the United States 

Born: June 19, 1845 in England 

Died: December 22, 1912 

G7 – Samuel Charlesworth 

Born: 1814 in England 

Died: 1901 

He was a lawyer and Justice of the Peace in Dane County.

Note: Samuel Charlesworth’s wife was Elizabeth Catlin (1818 – 1905). She was born in England. 

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France