Heather Munden started her career as a chef. Now, having switched careers, the head of artisanal winemaking at St. Francis winery is always thinking food when making wine.
"I don't want to have a wine that doesn't go with food," she said. "A wine needs to have elegance, substance and acids."
Since 2007, the woman who grew up in Marin County, Calif., wanting to be a lion tamer has been taming the style of St. Francis wines. The Sonoma winery has been known for its big reds - meals in a glass with dense flavors and sometimes high alcohol. These wines can overwhelm, rather the complement, a meal. Founded in the late 1970s, St. Francis championed merlot and, later, syrah. It still does well on those counts, but starting about 20 years ago, the winery embraced zinfandel and Ms. Munden makes several iterations on this quintessentially American grape.
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By Helen Kishel
MINI-CORN DOGS
1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup yellow cornmeal
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cold butter or margarine, cut in pieces
2 teaspoons shortening
3/4 cup milk
1 (1-pound) package mini frankfurters, drained and patted dry
Mustard
Ketchup
Stir together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Cut in butter or margarine and shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add and stir in milk with spoon until mixture forms a soft dough that leaves side of bowl. Remove dough to lightly floured surface and knead until smooth, 4 to 5 times. Roll dough 14-inches round and 1/8-inch thick. With a floured 2-1/4-inch round biscuit cutter, cut out as many rounds as possible. Place 1 mini frankfurter on each round of dough; bring sides of dough up and around frankfurter and pinch only in center to seal. Place, seam side up, 1-1/2-inches apart, on ungreased large cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes or until biscuits are golden. Reroll trimmings 1/8-inch thick and cut out additional rounds. Repeat with remaining frankfurters and rounds. Serve warm with ketchup or mustard, if desired. Makes about 48 corn-dogs.
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Newly displayed at the Clymer Library in Pocono Pines is an historical account of the Pocono Pines Assembly Hotels as they existed from 1910 to 1926. The resort complex became commercial after the dissolving of the Pocono Pines Assembly and Summer School patterned after the Chautauqua movement. In 1926, the properties were acquired by Lutherans as a summer resort, retreat and camp complex. Today, it is the site of Pinecrest Lake Golf & Country Club.
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The annual Delaware Water Gap Celebration of the Arts Jazz Festival will mark its 33rd year when it takes place Sept. 10-12 in Delaware Water Gap.
Originally created as a small festival for musicians to celebrate the end of the summer season of performing in the resorts and a chance to gather and perform together, the festival has become a staple on the local music scene. With a reputation for hosting the finest jazz musicians in the world, the festival may have its strongest lineup yet this season.
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Army Pvt. David W. Singletary has graduated from the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Crewmember Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, Lawton, Okla.
Singletary is the son of David W. Singletary of Fulda St., Roxbury, Mass., and Shelly A. Tillman of Wilderness Acres, East Stroudsburg. The private is a 2004 graduate of South Boston High School, Mass.
The course is designed to train the crew member in launch operations of various missiles and ammunition in quick strikes during combat. The student was trained to perform maintenance in various launchers and re-supply vehicles and reload ammunition on these type vehicles.
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