‘Gifts from the Heart*
help fund HIV Alliance
Looking for a unique gift for
your Valentine? How about a
basketball autographed by the
Portland Trail Blazers’ 1999
2000 team or a romantic Sun
River getaway? Maybe three days
and two nights in a Heceta Beach
house in Florence or the British
editions of the Harry Potter
books are more your style.
Even a cherished and amazing
handlebar mustache will be sac
rificed to the razor for the right
price.
The “Gifts from the Heart”
auction and dessert gala to bene
fit HIV Alliance is Valentine’s
Day eve, Sunday, Feb. 13Tfrom 2
p.m. to 6 p.m. at the DoubleTree
Inn on Gateway Blvd.. Hundreds
of unique items and adventures
will be on display.
Indulge in delectable desserts
while Emmet Williams plies the
piano with songs of love.
Silent auction begins at 2 p.m.
Larry Tardie starts the oral auc
tion fun at 4 p.m. Comic News
editor Taft Chatham will emcee.
All proceeds of the auction
will benefit HIV Alliance, Lane
County’s only nonprofit organi
zation providing comprehensive
response to the challenges of HIV
and AIDS. HIV Alliance pro
grams include education, pre
vention, client services and
health care for people living with
HIV and AIDS.
HIV Alliance recently
launched “Here for Life,” a ma
jor gifts campaign to make up for
the loss of a major federal grant
last fall. Auction proceeds will
contribute to the drive for $1 mil
lion so that the agency can con
tinue programs such as Acorn
Center, which provides meals,
activities and life skills support
to clients.
You can also bid on the Blaz
ers’ basketball at www.ebay.com
in the days preceding the “Gift
from the Heart” auction.
Aphrodisiac dishes can
stoke your hunger lust
Can food really be an aphrodisiac? A few basic rules have to be fol
lowed. Firstly, the final preparation of a dish should only take a few
minutes. Secondly, it should be satisfying without being heavy. Thirdly,
it should incorporate at least one constituent with a reputation as an
aphrodisiac. Fourthly, it should give the impression of being more ex
pensive than it really is. And, finally, the taste should be delicious and
different.
The following recipes try to meet all these requirements. Even though
success cannot be guaranteed, at least you can expect a very pleasant
meal. All recipes are for two persons, except where otherwise explicitly
stated.
Main dish
Amorous pesto (feta dip)
The starting point for this recipe came from a Canadian contributor to
the Aphrodisiacs Exchange. As usual, we began experimenting and, af
ter a while and many attempts, came up some possible modifications.
The dip mix can be used, e.g. as a pesto sauce. A similar dip mix has
also been included in our collection of favourite recipes.
Ingredients:
150 grams feta cheese (preferably in brine)
1 bulb and 1 clove garlic
2 grams fresh basil (6 4-cm leaves) or
2 grams fresh cilantro (coriander) leaves
50 grams pine nuts
1/2 -1 tsp saffron - optional!
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil or 3 tbsp
creme fraiche (sour cream)
Proceed as follows:
1. Remove the papery skin from the garlic bulb and bake it in the oven
for 1 hour at a temperature of 350F. Let it cool and remove any residual
skin. You should have about 25 grams baked garlic with a creamy tex
ture.
2. If you use saffron, soak it in the lemon juice for at least 30 minutes.
3. Pur6e the feta cubes, the baked garlic, the raw garlic clove, the basil
or cilantro (coriander) leaves and the lemon juice (with or without saf
fron) in a food processor. Add olive oil or creme fraiche to get a smooth,
creamy consistency.
The dip mix based on olive oil is the original one. Substituting olive
oil by creme fraiche results in a dip mix with a softer taste and a
smoother consistency. Both forms can be used in the same way as ordi
nary pesto sauce. Deep-freezing is possible, especially of the creme
fraiche based dip. Remember: If you leave out the saffron, the aphro
disiacal effects might be very weak or even absent.
Dessert
Candied violets
This mildly exotic recipe is contained in the “Honeymoon Cook
book,” which the Swedish “Kooperativa Forbundet” distributed to all
newlyweds during the 1930's. Although we have not yet tried ourselves,
we believe it might also work with lilacs!
Ingredients:
Freshly collected flowers of violets
Sugar solution: 0.5 kg sugar, 0.1 kg
glucose, 1 dl of water
Proceed as follows:
1. Prepare the sugar solution by boiling the mixture until sugar and
glucose have dissolved.
2. Let the solution cool but not to the extent that sugar crystals begin
to precipitate.
3. Put the flowers of violets in a strainer and dip them into the solu
tion.
4. Let them cool and dry on a roster or a paper towel
Aphrodisiacs Exchange, www.santesson.com
A sample of items to
be auctioned at the
HIV Alliance event
Picasso reproduction, “Jacque
line”
DoubleTree Hotel package: Satur
day overnight and Sunday brunch
for two
Coffe (and coffee mug) with Rep.
Peter DeFazio
Antique Mall, refinished antique
furniture
Oak entertainment center
Custom-built computer desk
Heceta Beach package: three days,
two nights in home; 1/2 hour bay
tour on sternwheeler; lunch at
Traveler’s Cove; shop at Mo’s; din
ner for two at Mo’s’ and wooden
model of sailing ship
1999-2000 team autogra phed
Portland Trail Blazers’ basketball
Tickets to “Rent" at the Hult Cen
ter
High Priestess
Piercing
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Sweetheart Market is
the place to find a deal
Saturday Market’s annual
Sweetheart Market takes place
Saturday and Sunday at the Lane
County Fairgrounds. This special
market features gifts by Saturday
Market crafts persons, foods from
members of the Saturday Market
food court and a wide range of mu
sic from area musicians.
The market is open on Satur
day, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 13, from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Market
takes place in the Auditorium
Building, with free admission
and parking.
Special romantic music for the
weekend starts Saturday morning
at 10:30 a.m. with Chip Cohen. At
noon, Craig Einhom plays classi
cal guitar, followed at 1:30 p.m.
by blues from slide guitarist
David Bowers. Edson Oliveira
plays romantic Brazilian bossa
nova at 3 p.m. and duo Sweet
River performs swing, folk and
Delta blues classics at 4:30 p.m.
Sweetheart Market
The Lane County/airgrounds
hosts the Saturday Market’s spe
cial Valentine’s marketplace
Saturday Hours are from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Music begins at 10:30.
Sunday Hours are from 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. Music begins at 10:30.
Free admission and parking.
Sunday’s entertainment starts
at 11 a.m. as Janet Naylor plays
specially selected Celtic love
songs on harp. Paul Safar and
Lori Deskin sing Beatles’ love
songs at 12:30 p.m. The afternoon
ends with two well-known local
singer/songwriters, presenting
their best romantic tunes. Eileen
Hemphill-Haley sings her songs
from the heart at 2 p.m. and Neil
Bjorklund performs his soulful
songs at 3:30 p.m.
Call 686-8885 for information.
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necklaces & more
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