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No more dry chicken breasts, thanks to this marinade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

Beth Dooley | (TNS) Star TribuneChicken breasts are notoriously tricky to cook. Because they’re lean, they tend to dry out quickly and their thickness varies significantly from end to end. Often, by the time the wide side has cooked through, the tapered end becomes stringy and tough.There are a couple of tricks to employ to keep the meat tender, moist and juicy. The first, of course, is to use the best chicken. Choose pasture-raised chickens, birds that have lived outside in the sun. They are healthy birds, raised without hormones or antibiotics, and their meat is flavorful, firm and more “chickeny.”To deal with the meat’s shape, try placing it on a hard surface and pounding it a little with the back of a skillet. Marinating the meat in yogurt can work wonders, too. Greek yogurt is your best choice because it contains calcium and lactic acid, and the two work together to break down the meat’s protein so it becomes super-tender and moist. It’s simi...

Quick Fix: Provencal Pork with Pepper Potatoes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

Linda Gassenheimer | Tribune News Service (TNS)Thinking about the flavors of Provence brings memories of the simple and delicious cooking in the South of France. For this Provencal Pork, I decided to add a simple tapenade to oven roasted pork tenderloin to make a quick meal. Another secret to bring out the French flavors is using Herbes de Provence seasoning. It’s an aromatic mixture usually including thyme, basil, rosemary, tarragon, marjoram and oregano. You can also use it to flavor poultry or lamb.Sauteed potatoes with red and green peppers are a perfect accompaniment to balance out the meal. To speed up the cooking, I first microwave the potatoes and peppers and then finish sauteing them in the same skillet used to make the pork.Helpful Hints:Italian seasoning can be used instead of herbs de Provence.Red wine vinegar can be used instead of balsamic vinegar.COUNTDOWN:Preheat oven to 450 degrees.Microwave potatoes and peppers and set aside, covered.Prepare pork, saute and place i...

This La Jolla restaurant just earned Michelin Guide status

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- It's been described by Michelin Guide as an upscale tropical paradise filled with floral patterns and warm vibes, where tiki drinks flow alongside contemporary dishes.This restaurant in La Jolla, which has only been open since fall of 2022, has quickly made its name known within San Diego's culinary scene. Named after the "greater bird-of-paradise," Paradisaea has become a newcomer to the Michelin Guide’s California selection of restaurants. It's the only San Diego-area spot to be mentioned in December's wave of new additions. Three California freeways among ‘most loathed highways’ in America: survey Here's what the Michelin Guide had to say about the prestigious La Jolla establishment: "As might be expected, the mood extends to the bar, where tiki drinks take center stage. The kitchen turns out simple, contemporary cooking featuring local ingredients with Asian and tropical inflections. Case in point? Coconut shrimp, though here it's grilled over a robata and se...

Armed robberies: More convenience stores hit overnight

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A local crime spree continues as two more armed robberies were reported in San Diego County overnight. This comes on the heels of a string of robberies that occurred from North County to San Diego Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, as well as a wave of weekend robberies. Gang detectives called in after gunfire rings out in Golden Hill, two shot La MesaAs for Wednesday night, the La Mesa Police Department confirmed to FOX 5 that a robbery occurred at a liquor store located at 5755 Baltimore Dr.According to authorities, one suspect appeared to have a handgun. LPD said there was a loss of cash as well as store products during this incident. No suspect information or further details have been released at this time. LPD said this incident does appear to be connected to the most recent string of robberies. San DiegoAnother overnight robbery, as confirmed by the San Diego Police Department, occurred at a convenience store located at 3100 54th St. in Oak Park.Police said ...

Marine killed during training at Camp Pendleton identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO --A servicemember who was killed in a tactical vehicle rollover during training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Tuesday has been publicly identified.According to military officials, Sgt. Matthew K. Bylsk, a crewman assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was the sole Marine killed during the overturning of a Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV). Circle K is offering San Diego drivers 40 cents off fuel for three hours only The Marine Corps said the ACV rollover occurred as the vehicle was "making a ground movement" during training with 14 other Marines. One Marine remains at the hospital in good condition, while the others have since been treated and released.The Royal Oak, Michigan native joined the Marine Corps in January 2019. The Marines Corps said his awards and decorations include two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War...

Former Jaguars financial manager pleads guilty to stealing $22M. He faces up to 30 years in prison

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 31-year-old former Jacksonville Jaguars financial manager accused of stealing more than $22 million from the NFL franchise through its virtual credit card program pleaded guilty to federal charges Thursday and faces up to 30 years in prison.Amit Patel, wearing a dark suit and a burgundy tie, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of engaging in an illegal monetary transaction in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville. As part of his plea agreement, he will have to forfeit property and assets funded with the money he admittedly stole from the NFL franchise between 2019 and 2023. He also will be required to provide restitution to the victim.He will be formally sentenced at a later date.Patel and his attorney, Alex King of First Coast Criminal Defense in Jacksonville, declined comment after the hearing.King said last week that Patel had gambled away “approximately 99%” of the misappropriated money. Patel said in court he is undergoing weekly tr...

Fuming over setback to casino smoking ban, workers light up in New Jersey Statehouse meeting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With prospects for a smoking ban in Atlantic City’s casinos looking hazier than ever, workers who want smoking banned took matters into their own hands, lips and lungs Thursday.Members of the United Auto Workers union disrupted a meeting of a state Assembly committee that had been scheduled to take a preliminary vote on a bill to ban smoking in the casinos by lighting cigarettes and blowing smoke toward legislators.That vote was canceled Wednesday night when one of the main champions of workers who want smoking banned in the gambling halls gave up on a bill that would end smoking in the nine casinos, and embraced some measures the casino industry wants, including enclosed smoking rooms. That had some employees burning mad — literally.Seven members of the union, which represents dealers at three casinos in Atlantic City, began smoking in the meeting hall of the State House Annex, where, like virtually all other workplaces in New Jersey, smoking is pro...

A 4-month-old survived after a Tennessee tornado tossed him. His parents found him in a downed tree

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A 4-month-old boy has survived after a tornado in Tennessee sucked him up from his family’s mobile home, which was demolished in the storm.Sydney Moore told WSMV-TV that when the tornado hit their home in Clarksville on Saturday, it ripped off the roof and lifted the bassinet with her son inside. Her boyfriend, the child’s father, tried to grab the bassinet but was spun up into the twister as well, Moore said.“He was just holding on to the bassinet the whole time, and they went into circles, he said, and then they got thrown,” Moore said.At about the same time in another room, as the wind howled, Moore decided to jump on top of their other son, who is 1. She grabbed the child as the walls collapsed, she said.Moore and the 1-year-old were crushed under the trailer, but she said she managed to push them out.They searched for the younger son for 10 minutes, and ultimately found him lying in a fallen tree in the pouring rain.“I was pretty sure he wa...

Air Jordans made for filmmaker Spike Lee are up for auction after being donated to Oregon shelter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The shiny, gold Nike sneakers were hard to miss in the donation pile at a shelter in Portland, Oregon, earlier this year.They were Air Jordan 3s, size 12 1/2, and one of just a few custom pairs that had been made for filmmaker Spike Lee. Now they’re up for auction, where they could fetch $20,000 to benefit the shelter.The shoes were anonymously dropped in the donation chute at the Portland Rescue Mission in the spring. A formerly homeless man in the mission’s long-term shelter program found them while sorting through donations and brought them to the attention of the staff, according to a blog post on the mission’s website this week.Nike designer Tinker Hatfield designed the kicks in 2019 for Lee, who wore his pair to the Academy Awards that year when he accepted an Oscar for his “BlacKkKlansmen” screenplay. The donated sneakers weren’t Lee’s personal pair, but were among a few made for him to give out to his inner circle, the Port...

Behind the sumptuous, monstrous craft of ‘Poor Things’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — “Poor Things” is a Frankenstein-esque fantasia about a young woman (Emma Stone) reanimated by a demented surgeon (Willem Dafoe), but the behind-the-scenes work that went into crafting the movie’s wildly warped world may be the film’s greatest act of mad science.Though Yorgos Lanthimos’ earlier films — at least leading up to “The Favourite” — were more spare productions, “Poor Things” fuses all the tools of classic Hollywood filmmaking — grand sets, miniatures, sumptuous costumes — with subtler touches of modern technology. The movie is, itself, a Frankenstein.Only the scars (not counting the ones on Dafoe’s elongated face) don’t show in the magpie design of “Poor Things.” The film’s style is rooted in an 1890s Victorian setting, but it expands surreally from there. “We were looking at the Victorian era as if it had been written about in a sci-fi movie,” says Shona Heath, one of the two production designers on the film along with James Price. “We basically gave ...