Author: Scott Partin
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Adama Foundation and the Lighthouse Peace Initiative
Below is a note from Mahasti’s friend and fellow baker, Jeffrey Hamelman, about his experience working with the Adama Foundation in Uganda. It is a beautiful and powerful telling of his experience teaching Ugandans to bake bread. Dear Friends, I recently returned from Uganda, where I spent two weeks with another American baker, Sara Molinaro,…
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Happy New Year
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Featured Artist David King
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To Our Customers
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Richard Hood – featured artist
Truth is stranger than fiction. Live life long enough and the truth of that old saw may smack you about the head more than once. But what’s also often the case that truth and reality don’t need much embellishment to cross from the mundane to the glorious; in fact, sometimes, all it takes is a…
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David Luttrell – Featured Artist
You’ve likely seen more of David Luttrell’s work than you realize. For years David was one of the staff photographers for Knoxville’s late and lamented weekly alternative Metro Pulse and its successor the Knoxville Mercury. He’s shot lots of commercial work and was a photographer for TVA in the 80’s. So he’s seen a lot,…
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Cynthia Markert – Featured Artist
Cynthia Markert’s work may be among the most currently recognizable art created in Knoxville. Her most identifiable paintings feature variations of women, all flapper-esque with distinctive page-boy coifs. It’s a theme she pursues religiously and has for many years. And although she was raised in Oak Ridge and traveled and lived elsewhere, notably in DC,…
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Centro Hispano de East Tennessee – Student Art
For the second time this year, the walls of Tomato Head are covered with the art work of the young. It’s easy to consign children’s art only to that frequent gallery called the fridge, where bright splashes of color and abstract figures are hung with magnets and soon overlooked in the daily quest for snacks.…
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Thumbprint Cookies – Nowruz Recipe
I‘m at an age when I may be guilty of idealizing my youth in a kind of “the good old days” filter that blocks out any unpleasant memories of political or cultural unease. Of course, I wasn’t aware of any such issues, at least not in a way that was meaningful: I had a privileged…
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Tomato Head’s Chicken Enchilada Dip
Ingredients 2 packs Frontera Enchilada Sauce 2 oz Cream Cheese at room temperature 1/2 tsp Salt ¼ tsp Cayenne Pepper ¾ tsp Cumin 2 tsp Light Brown Sugar 4 cups Cooked & Shredded Chicken 1.5 cups Frozen Corn Kernels 2 cup shredded Monterey Jack or Mild Cheddar Heat the enchilada sauce in a 10-inch cast…