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Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Cooking for Solutions 2008 Set For May, '08
- By Monterey Peninsula.org News Services
- Published 11/9/2007
- Special Features
Great chefs from the United States and around the world, including Ireland’s Darina Allen, Australia’s Kylie Kwong and Food Network all-star Alton Brown will share their passion for fine dining and environmentally sustainable living as award-winning culinary leaders to be honored at the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Cooking for Solutions 2008.At the two-day celebration on May 16-17, 2008 celebrity chefs – selected and recognized by the Monterey Bay Aquarium for their leadership in promoting cuisine that protects the health of the ocean and the soil – will create gourmet dishes, host food and wine adventures, and present cooking demonstrations that feature sustainable seafood and organic ingredients.
A Look Back At Monterey Auto Week: Jay Leno, The Quail, The Concours d'Elegane & Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca
- By James Raia
- Published 09/4/2007
- Special Features
About the time Jay Leno and friend arrived in a chocolate-brown vintage Bentley sedan, 78-year-old Mike McNally had likely fixed the persistent oil leak in his 1931 Riley Port Ford.
Leno, comedian, late-night talk show host and obsessed automobile motorcycle owner and enthusiast, doesn’t know McNally. But while Leno was meandering through an early morning crowd on a pristine Friday morning at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, McNally, of Sacramento, California was tinkering.
A race car driver for more than 50 years, McNally was finally set to compete on Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway after spending a few days practicing, prepping and fixing the oil leak with a few cranks of an oversized crescent wrench.
Leno, owner of more than 80 cars — Duesenbergs to a Honda Insight hybrid — and McNally, an independent owner/driver/mechanic, couldn't be further apart in the world of automobile ownership. Yet Leno and McNally were solidly connected, just like the thousands of others who attended Monterey Auto Week.
Whether to gawk or bid on a Berlinetta Lusso, the Ferrari 250GT once owned by actor Steve McQueen or to appreciate a restored 1946 Ford Woodie, what began 57 years ago as a centrally located display of rare automotive works of art at Pebble Beach Golf Links, is now something substantially more. It's a weeklong extravaganza of all things automobile.
Leno, comedian, late-night talk show host and obsessed automobile motorcycle owner and enthusiast, doesn’t know McNally. But while Leno was meandering through an early morning crowd on a pristine Friday morning at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, McNally, of Sacramento, California was tinkering.
A race car driver for more than 50 years, McNally was finally set to compete on Laguna Seca Mazda Raceway after spending a few days practicing, prepping and fixing the oil leak with a few cranks of an oversized crescent wrench.
Leno, owner of more than 80 cars — Duesenbergs to a Honda Insight hybrid — and McNally, an independent owner/driver/mechanic, couldn't be further apart in the world of automobile ownership. Yet Leno and McNally were solidly connected, just like the thousands of others who attended Monterey Auto Week.
Whether to gawk or bid on a Berlinetta Lusso, the Ferrari 250GT once owned by actor Steve McQueen or to appreciate a restored 1946 Ford Woodie, what began 57 years ago as a centrally located display of rare automotive works of art at Pebble Beach Golf Links, is now something substantially more. It's a weeklong extravaganza of all things automobile.
Sustainability: It's A Lot More Than Meat & Potatoes
- By James Raia
- Published 06/3/2007
- Special Features
Cooking Solutions
2007, an outgrowth of the Seafood Watch program ochestrated by the
Monterey Bay Aquarium, was held in mid-May, and featured the
sponsorship of Bon Appetit Management Company, Whole Foods, Inc.,
Earthbound Farm and many additional restaurants, wineries and other
food product companies concerned about sustainability and organics.The goal of the yearly three-day conference, according to program literature, is "to raise consumer awareness about the connection between individual seafood choices and the health of ocean ecosystems; and to transform the seafood market so that it favors sustainable fisheries and fish farming.
As a newcomer to organics and sustainability, I wrote this essay following the conference. It details my childhood raised in a family where good food ruled, but also at a time when sustainability and organics weren't yet in the public consciousness.
The Vines And Wines Of Monterey
- By Monterey Peninsula.org News Services
- Published 06/1/2007
- Special Features
The blend of Monterey County's unique landscape and climate with its history of innovation and tradition in winemaking form the recipe for success for Monterey County wines.Wines produced in Monterey County possess distinctive qualities that distinguish them from those produced anywhere else in the world.
Monterey's Naval Post Graduate School Gives Leaders Languages
- By Monterey Peninsula.org News Services
- Published 05/30/2007
- Special Features
Perched
atop a knoll on the outskirts of Monterey on the grounds of the former
Del Monte Hotel sits a premier U.S. defense education institution that
has trained leaders from 70 nations.The Naval Postgraduate School has educated 45,000 foreign officers and defense officials since its founding in 1909 in Annapolis, Maryland. Its alumni include: King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein of Jordan; Admiral Ozden Ornek, commander of Turkish naval forces; General Elyezer Shkedy, chief of staff of the Israeli air force; and professor Lui Pao Chuen, chief defense scientist of Singapore’s Ministry of Defense. The school moved from the U.S. Naval Academy to its current location in Monterey, California, in 1951.