| Chef's Night In: At home, Maggie Pond's special is chicken
If an enlightened administration at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley hadn't ditched the stodgy, traditional home economics courses, Maggie Pond might have never become the top-notch chef she is now. Cooking had not been on the front burner for Pond as a teenager, but when the boring home economics curriculum was sent to the dustbin, to be replaced by a program called Feast in which students were taught real cooking, her interest was suddenly awakened. Several times a week, the students prepared meals for faculty and for themselves. Young Maggie soon decided that cooking and feeding people appealed to her on many levels. It still does. As executive chef of Cesar wine bar and restaurant on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto and its sister restaurant, which opened in 2006 on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, she fills her days with planning, experimenting and preparing small plates that fit one of the preferred contemporary dining styles without ever shouting "trendy." But at home, Pond often opts for comfort food like a fragrant chicken fricassee (see recipe): "It's delicious, it keeps well and you can make it with stuff you have on hand anyway," she explains.
Get it checked
A lump need not necessarily be the dreaded big C. LYING all curled up on the sofa in my sister�s house set me thinking about the gamut of emotions that had assailed me these past two weeks. I guess one could say that my recuperation has given me an opportunity to set straight an issue that has bugged many a woman � a lump in the breast. That �dreaded� lump may not be as ominous or life-threatening as you think it is. The important thing is, when you discover a lump, be it painful or otherwise, do check it out. Confide in a friend if you need to; drag one along to the doctor�s for moral support if you have to. But get a diagnosis on the lump. Taking pro-active measures helps set your mind at ease. It enables you to consider the options available, fast.
Submit An Abstract To Summer Forum 2008 - American Association For Respiratory Care
The AARC Education Section is looking for educational research on models and instructional methods for preparing entry-level therapists, continuing education and professional development for practicing therapists, or patient education. The 2008 Summer Forum, scheduled for July 11-13 in Phoenix, AZ, offers an excellent opportunity for participants to share their scholarly activities with colleagues through a research abstract. The Summer Forum program will include time for presenters to give a brief overview of their research abstract to all of the attendees, followed by a question and answer session.
This year the Education Section is connecting budding researchers with volunteer mentors. Our goal is to help respiratory therapists develop their research skills and share their scholarly work at the annual Summer Forum Education Research Abstract presentations.
Local briefs
Indiana Regional Medical Center Mobile Medical Unit is offering free blood pressure screenings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bi-Lo Foods, Blairsville, and 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Mercek's Bi-Lo, Homer City. Wednesday Indiana Regional Medical Center Mobile Medical Unit is offering free blood pressure screenings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Rankin's Exxon, Shelocta, and 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Riverhall, Saltsburg. Nov. 27 Indiana Regional Medical Center Mobile Medical Unit is offering free blood pressure screenings from 10 a.m. to noon at the United Methodist Church, Marchand, and 1 to 4:30 p.m. at Valeski's Fourth Street Bi-Lo, Indiana. Nov. 28 Sensory Processing & Play, 6 p.m., Indiana Regional Medical Center. Sponsored by the Western Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Autism Society of America.
Asthma education brochures aimed at minorities miss the mark in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin study found that take-home educational materials designed for the state's minority children with asthma do not adequately address the cultural and linguistic issues unique to racial/ethnic minority groups. The study evaluated the educational pamphlets using a tool created by the Wisconsin Asthma Coalition, a group of administrators, researchers and health care professionals. The researchers analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the language, visuals, depictions of cultural attitudes and medical provider practices. "This is a first of its kind. No one has developed a tool to gauge the cultural competence of asthma education materials," said lead study author Jane Brotanek, M.D. "It may serve as a model for other states." The study appears in the autumn issue of the journal Ethnicity & Disease .
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