JUST when you re thinking that there can t be anything remotely amusing about cheese, please accept my invitation to browse through an Italian cheese catalogue. Then we tried a cheese which is made from a combo of the milks from cows, sheep and goats: Bra Tenero DOP comes from the Piedmont region and is a slightly aged cheese (45 days minimum and six months for a fully seasoned wheel) Geographically the produce was well represented: we had Piedmontese (northern) and Sicilian formagio...

Kokkari also features a daily lunch special ($13); I make it a point to drop in Wednesdays for the rice- and veal-stuffed cabbage rolls in creamy lemon sauce. At dinner at Kokkari, Cosselmon offers pikti, a warm terrine of Berkshire pig trotters and headmeat ($10), two round slices of headcheese studded with little melting cubes of fat and toothsome bits of gelatin. On May 18-19, the aquarium is throwing its annual fundraiser, "Cooking for Solutions," which features food and wine tasting...

Mariachi music by Mariachi Zapata, authentic food and beverages for sale, children's games, inflatable rides, dance with live music by Ilusion Latina. Family festival will include a parade, contests, indoor kite flying, a mega kite show, sport/stunt kite demos and lessons, a children's kite making workshop, raffles, giveaways, lighted night flight and more. Celebration of Dutch heritage with three afternoon parades and three lighted evening parades. Taste a favorite space food treat,...

Krzywosiuski spent a recent weekend at Creative Passions, a crop and quilt retreat in Chesaning, with a group of other sock knitters - some traveling great distances to come for the weekend. Many of the machines date back to the late 1800s, and were at one time purchased by women who wanted to work at home and earn money from selling their products. She also loves knitting with wool from her sheep - leading her to an unusual hobby. Today, sock knitters who use the machines make more than...

After fighting an election campaign that has made much of Labour's past achievements, it was perhaps fitting that Mr McConnell yesterday visited the statue of Donald Dewar in Glasgow, paying tribute to the first First Minister with an impromptu election rally. After fighting an election campaign that has made much of Labour's past achievements, it was perhaps fitting that Mr McConnell yesterday visited the statue of Donald Dewar in Glasgow, paying tribute to the first First Minister with...