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A theme arises when talking to chefs about how they originally felt drawn to cooking. Many credit their love of food and craft not to a favorite restaurant experience or a celebrity chef but instead to good ol’ mom. Namely, warm memories of sitting, playing, and helping in the kitchen
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A theme arises when talking to chefs about how they originally felt drawn to cooking. Many credit their love of food and craft not to a favorite restaurant experience or a celebrity chef but instead to good ol’ mom. Namely, warm memories of sitting, playing, and helping in the kitchen
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE MASUM GHAR, Afghanistan - Military traditions are often time-honored events that represent a part of military history. One civilian started a subtler tradition nearly two years ago when he mailed a hand-stitched quilt made by members of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans
Military Life
One rose print dress looked made for a flamenco dancer, another adorned with sequins had 1980's style. Inside an infantry company operations building, spouses of deployed Soldiers browsed racks of gently used formal dresses ready for new owners. The family readiness group of 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry
Focus
Officials from the City of Tumwater and the City of Sumner received a rare treat on Joint Base Lewis-McChord Nov. 15 as the 1st Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Fires Brigade, hosted its first Community Day and Fires Demonstration. Officials not only got up close and personal with the
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A seven-man mission recovery team assigned to 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron deployed to forward operating base Shank in the remote Logar province of Eastern Afghanistan to complete repairs and recover a downed C-17 Globemaster III. They recovered the vital aircraft amid daily enemy mortar attacks. "We
Focus
After eleven years of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama administration is shifting U.S. attention to the Pacific in order to counter-balance China's rising clout and North Korea's sometimes erratic foreign policy. To those ends, I Corps' leadership discussed how that affects local troops here, during a round-table discussion with
Focus
Twenty-three years ago, a PBY Catalina OA-10 arrived at McChord Field. "The idea was for a Catalina to fly here," explained Raymond Jordan, the administrative curator of the McChord Field Heritage Center. "Instead, it came through the front gate in pieces by truck." So begins a remarkable tale of restoration. In December of 1987,
Focus
Every Friday night, come rain or shine, heat wave or cold front, holiday or workday, Bill and Sharon Myers provides warm home-cooked meals in the Airmen's dorm on McChord Field. But that's just one of the many services they provide under the umbrella of The Navigators (Navs) - a nonprofit, international
Music
Legendary rockers Dick Dale and Girl Trouble have shared a stage in Tacoma many times, the last being over a year ago. These influential musicians have 50 year and 30 year careers, respectively. They have stood the test of time, sticking to our hearts like a home cooked meal sticks to the
Music
>>> Thursday, Nov. 22 APRICOT & THE BEGINNERS The New Frontier is where to be Thursday after you fill your pie hole with turkey and all the trimmings. The Thanksgiving show features Apricot & The Beginners and Si Si Si and will help you forget all about that smart-ass comment your brother
Arts
It's about dreams at the D.A.S.H. Center for the Arts. The Hilltop Tacoma organization offers a unique avenue to Pierce County young adults - an avenue straight to the arts. For the students, this often means opportunities to move onward and upward, and ultimately fulfill dreams. For the Pierce County
Music
It is getting close to the end of the year. So, I inevitably ponder what the album of the year was from Tacoma. There are still a couple of more months to drop something and make your impact on 2012. Right now I would say the top contender for album
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TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan - "Get seated as fast as possible, we have to fill this jet all the way up," said the loadmaster, giving directions to the passengers who had just entered the C-17 aircraft from Camp Bastian Airfield, Afghanistan. On this day, his passengers were more than 150
