Eating Out FOOD FEATURE
For German baker, there’s no slowing down In his long career, Ernst Ruckaberle has made pastries for cruise ships, airlines and celebrities orking beneath the skylight in an industrial kitchen recently, Ernst Ruckaberle’s gently wrinkled hands deftly molded a lump of marzipan. His movements were quick, efficient, as he transformed the red almond paste into a delicate rose. At 74, with six decades of baking under his belt, Ruckaberle could be traveling around the world, as he did when he worked as the pastry chef on a cruise ship in the early ‘70s. Or, he could be resting on his laurels: He’s made strudel for Arnold Schwarzenegger, petit fours for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and cakes and cookies for hundreds of
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TV celebrities. Instead, Ruckaberle shows up at 6 a.m. seven days a week at the Esther’s German Bakery kitchen on Old Middlefield Way in Mountain View, ready to turn flour, butter, eggs, chocolate and sugar into Old World cakes and confections. The German native surveys what’s already in the icebox, makes his mental list of what needs to be baked that day, and gets down to business. At Easter, there are hot cross buns. At Christmas, there is stollen. For New Year’s, melt-in-your-mouth doughnuts called Berliners. (continued on page 29)
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by Jocelyn Dong
Ernst Ruckaberle pours chocolate over cakes at the Esther’s German Bakery kitchen in Mountain View.
BULLYING, HARASSMENT, AND CIVIL RIGHTS:
What’s it all about? Representatives from the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights will be providing a workshop on bullying/harassment based on race, sex, or disability on
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Thursday May 16, 6:30-8:30pm Ohlone School MP Room, 950 Amarillo Ave, Palo Alto The presentation will include: » A brief introduction to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR); » Information about bullying/harassment based on race, national origin, disability, or sex (including not conforming to gender stereotypes):
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3 how a school learns about bullying/ harassment;
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3 appropriate response and possible remedies;
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3 how to file a complaint with OCR;
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» Q&A with OCR attorneys; » Who to contact if you have more questions.
Childcare will be provided. For more information contact Mary Vincent at maryvincent999@yahoo.com or email info@wecandobetterpaloalto.org
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