Daisies Learn Restaurant Business in Butler

Troop 4881 prepares desserts after touring the kitchen.

Daisy Troop 4881 took a tour of Applebee's in Butler last Sunday. During the tour, the girls saw the kitchen and walked into the very cold walk-in freezer. After their tour they were able to prepare food, including their desserts. Once they were finished preparing food, they went back out into the dining room and had lunch. The girls had a great time and learned what goes on in the kitchen of a restaurant.

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Cooking With Cheri: Recipes From a Bloomingdale Kitchen

Silence the Sniffles With a Soothing Soup

With cold and flu season looming over us, ease your suffering with a hearty turkey meatball soup.

Believe it or not, I have been inspired by illness. Unfortunately, I have had a cold all week, complete with stuffy head, runny nose, body aches…you know, the works. And it couldn’t have been a worse week to feel under the weather. It was the second full week of school, complete with “Back to School Night.” Nothing like greeting the parents of your students with “Ah-choo!” Also, having to stay at work late when all you want to do is go home and crawl into bed was no picnic either. But I survived it and although I am still not 100 percent, I am feeling much better. I also found out that I was not alone in my affliction this week. A few of my co-workers and students have been sick as well. Then, my cousin announced that her three children …

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Cheri Orlando

8:08 pm on Wednesday, September 28, 2011

That's the center of my chopper. I was using it to chop the garlic and parsley for the meatballs.   more ›

Pistachio Pineapple Fluff: A Cool Summer Dessert

A quick and easy recipe.

Many readers took interest in my last quick and easy summer recipe for Dirt Pie, so I thought I'd share another of my personal favorites. Just to give you a little background about me and my kitchen experience: simply, I don't have any. I avoid the kitchen as much as possible because almost everything I make in there ends up disasterous. However, I have been asked to bring dessert to several family gatherings. Yea, I could have gone to the store and picked up a box of cookies, and, in fact, I often do, but sometimes, I feel like doing something a little bit special. And so I bring you my Pistachio Pineapple Fluff recipe. Basically, this dessert is extremely light tasting (and feeling in your belly), and, although it has a fairly unusual …

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