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Cooking On The Hill: Fajita Super Souper Bowl Soup
When it comes to sauces there isn’t a better bottle in Chautauqua County than Burning Asphalt. So, to help promote some of their amazing creations the Chautauqua Star will be featuring a recipe each week that utilizes one or more of their delicious products. Fajita Super Souper Bowl Soup 1 lb Skirt Steak cut in 1” strips 1 can of Pinto Beans (15 oz) 1 can Whole Kernel Corn (15 oz) 1 can Green Beans (15 oz) 1 can Ranch Beans (15 oz) – DO NOT DRAIN 1 can Stewed Tomatoes (14 oz) 1 can of Beer
8 oz Beef Broth 1 jar of Burning Asphalt Sauces Peppers and Onions burningasphalt.com/shopitalianspecialties.asp 2 oz of Burning Asphalt Sauces Fajita and Steak Seasoning burningasphalt.com/ shoprubs.asp 1 oz of Burning Asphalt Sauces Popcorn Ranch Seasoning burningasphalt.com/ shoprubs.asp 1/4 cup Scallions and/or Onions 4 – 5 Corn Tortillas (6 inch)
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In a large soup stockpot (lightly oiled), brown the Skirt Steak Strips. Add rinsed and drained Pinto Beans, Corn, and Green Beans. Stir the mixture while adding all the other ingredients except for
the Corn Tortillas. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and continue to simmer for 35 minutes. Cut the Tortillas into ½ inch strips and place on a baking sheet. Bake strips for 8 minutes at 400 degrees. Soup is ready to be served. Top with the Torti-
On-Going Events Chautauqua Shores Chorus (Women Barbershoppers) (Mondays)
First Baptist Church, 358 E. Fifth St., Jamestown, NY. 7 p.m.
Dunkirk Free Library StoryTime and Craft - (Tuesday and Thursday) 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. For children ages 3 - 5 years old. Story time is free. For more information call 366-2511.
stown, NY. Museum hours are from 10am-4pm Tue-Sat and 1-5pm on Sun. RTPI is closed on Mondays. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children and members of the Institute are free. Call (716) 665-2473 or go to www.rtpi. org for more info.
Souther Tier Woodcarversʼ Guild Exhibit (January 13 through February 10)
Prendergast Library Art Gallery at 509 Cherry Street in Jamestown. 716.484.7135 “Material/Ethereal Constructs” www.prendergastlibrary. art exhibit at Weeks Gallery org. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. – Mon, (Feb. 6 through Mar. 22) Tues, Thurs, Fri. 10 a.m. to The exhibition, which 4:30 p.m. – Wed 10 a.m. to includes works by Judith 3:30 p.m. – Sat. FREE. Olson Gregory and Dianne Baker, will be on display . Free Tax Help at Library The Weeks Gallery on JCC’s (Fridays, Feb. 3 - Mar. 23) Jamestown Campus is open Through VITA, IRS-certified 11am-5pm, Mon. through volunteers will prepare and Wed.; 11am-7pm, Thur.; and file federal and state returns 11am-3pm, Fri. The gallery is electronically at no cost to closed on college holidays. income-eligible clients. Help For more information, visit will be available in the Public weeksgallery.sunyjcc.edu. Computer Center at Prendergast Library, 509 Cherry “Tropical Inspirations” art Street in Jamestown from exhibit at Patterson Library 4-8 pm. Dial 2-1-1 for information or an appointment. (through Fri., Feb. 24) The Resource Center’s Creations art program presents Thursday February 9 “Tropical Inspirations,” an art exhibit featuring painting by artists with disabilities. Audubon Center and The exhibit will run at the Sanctuary: Jamestown Patterson Library Octagon Audubon Photography Club Gallery located at 40 South Portage Street in Westfield. 6:30 - 9 p.m., Project Time 6:30-7. Business meeting Regular viewing hours for and program, 7-9. Free to the exhibit will be 9:00 to members, $5 for non-mem8:00 Mondays, Tuesdays bers. For more information, and Thursdays, and 9:00 to call (716) 763-9492 or visit 5:00 Wednesdays, Fridays www.jasphotoclub.wordand Saturdays. For more press.com. information about the exhibit, contact Ms. Briggs at 661-1076 or kristen.briggs@ Local Early Intervention resourcecenter.org, or Coordinating Council to Meet Nancy Ensign, the Octagon The Chautauqua County Gallery’s Curator at 326-2154 Department of Health anor octagongallery@gmail. nounces that the nextcom. nmeeting of the Local Early Intervention Coordinating “Here Comes The Sun” Exhibit Council (LEICC) has been scheduled for Thursday, Feb. at RTPI (through Apr. 7) “Here Comes The Sun,” Rog- 9, 2012, 12:30 pm. James Prendergast Library, Fireer Tory Peterson Institute’s newest natural history exhi- place Room, Jamestown, bition features the astro-im- NY. Please call (716)753-4788 for more information or atages of Alan Friedman and Ted Wolfe, along with a rare tend a meeting of the LEICC. collection of space rocks courtesy of our friends at Friday, February 10 Mercyhurst College. Come visit the Institute and and leave better informed about Christian Singles Dance our local universe, questions The Master’s Plan Cafe to ponder, and your sense of wonder renewed; just the at 9586 Railroad Ave. in Dayton, NY will be hosting antidote for the midwinter a nondenominational Chrisand “mud season” blahs. tian Singles Dance on Fri., The exhibit can be viewed Feb. 10, 2012 from 7pm-11pm. at 311 Curtis Street, Jame-
A light dinner of pizza and snacks will be served. There is no charge but a love offering will be collected. For more information you may contact Val at 716-203-7198.
Jamestown Ironmen at Port Huron Fighting Falcons 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 11 Women Create Opening Reception
6-8 p.m., Join the artists and their friends and families at the 3rd on 3rd Gallery in Jamestown, NY to celebrate the opening of this exhibit of women’s art. No fee, but donations gratefully accepted to benefit the Arts Council of Chautauqua County and Infinity Visual and Performing Arts Center. More information at http:// womencreate.wordpress. com.
lla strips (and Cheese or Sour Cream if you wish). Submitted by: Jeff Furash This super soup is a great addition to any party or as a main dish for lunch and dinner. The Burning Asphalt
“Correcting Civil Wrongs through Civil Rights in an Uncivil Time” is the topic for the February 11, 2012
find Burning Asphalt (facebook.com/pages/BurningAsphalt.../116859848352432) and Soulshine Coffee (facebook.com/pages/ Soulshine-Coffee-Company/127145254011315) on facebook. You can also contact Burning Asphalt by calling (716) 5326686 or by emailing customerservice@burningasphalt. com. If you’d like to submit a recipe for ‘Cooking On The Hill,’ email dusten.rader@maytumcompany.com, customerservice@burningasphalt.com or call 716-366-9200. Tell us your recipe, where it came from, and a favorite memory of it!
What’s happening meeting of the Jamestown Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Gregory Rabb, will be the speaker. The program will take place in the Carnahan Theater at Jamestown Community College. There will be a social hour at 10:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 11:00. The Jamestown Branch of AAUW offers a reduced membership of $44.50 (from $69) to anyone who joins at a meeting. The public is welcome to attend. www. jamestown.aauw-nys.org
“Are You Considering A Career Change?” Workshop
Sat., Feb. 11, from 10am12pm Brenda J. Hayes, Ph.D, personal coach, will be conducting “Are You Considering A Career Change?” workshop. The session will explore participants’ strengths, talents and passions and discuss the associated career possibiliChautauqua County Music ties. Practical goals for each Teachers Association-sponsored person will be established as we review the many Winter All-County Concert aspects of a career change. The Silver Creek Central Each workshop session $20 School District will once again host the 2012 concert and are held at the office of Brenda J. Hayes at 123 East that will take place at 5 Main St., Fredonia. Space p.m. This event features is limited. To register call the county’s best student musicians from the eighteen 716-785-3555 and leave a message or email brendaschool districts located hayes@fairpoint.net in Chautauqua County, in one of several music ensembles. Featured in this Audubon Center and Sanctuary: Little Explorers/ festival are the Elementary Band, Women’s Chorus, Nature Detectives Brass Ensemble, Vocal Jazz 10 a.m. - noon, Children aged Chorus, and All-County Jazz 3 to 8 attend with a favorite Ensemble. grownup to learn about the natural world. $5 for Audu“Love Fest! with the Kev Rowe bon members; $7 non-members. Reservations required Band” by Thursday, February 9: presented at the Jamestown Clarion Hotel in their call (716) 569-2345. Walk-ins Lounge. Fans of local music may be accepted, but might not be able to participate in will want to be in downcraft and/or snack. town for a night of music and love as the Kev Rowe Band celebrates Valentine’s Audubon Center and weekend with a free show Sanctuary: Reiki at the Clarion Hotel. Led by 1 - 4 p.m., Enjoy this ancient Jamestown-based musician Japanese energy treatment. and Big Leg Emma member Your donation benefits Kev Rowe, the Kev Rowe Audubon. Band will feature a variety of soulful and roots-based Valentine Card Crafts at the original jams, along with Dunkirk Free Library various covers from such 10:30am – 11:30am. Kids acts as the Beatles, Paul can make valentine cards Simon, and Neil Diamond. for friends and family. This is a free event open to the AAUW Meeting: “Correcting public. For more information Civil Wrongs through Civil call 366-2511.
Rights in an Uncivil Time”
Sauces Peppers and Onions burningasphalt.com/shopitalianspecialties.asp add the perfect texture to the soup while the Burning Asphalt Sauces Fajita and Steak Seasoning and Popcorn Ranch Seasoning burningasphalt. com/shoprubs.asp bring the Latin flare. This recipe can also be made vegetarian by not adding the steak. For more recipes visit burningasphalt.com/saucerecipes. asp, to order a bottle of sauce online visit burningasphalt. com or to read Jeff Furash’s blog called Cooking On The Hill that also features recipes and news on Burning Asphalt then visit cookingonthehill. com. You can also find a listing of retailers who carry Burning Asphalt products by visiting burningasphalt. com/saucelocations.asp. Plus,
Jamestown Ironmen at Michigan Warriors 7:00 p.m.
to reserve your spot today. Open to the Public.
Sunday, February 12
Friday, February 17 (Friday, Feb. 17 – Sunday, Feb. 19)
Jamestown Ironmen at Kalamazoo Jr. K-Wings 2:00 p.m.
2012 Presidentʼs Day Weekend Winter Festival
Wednesday, February 15 “Empowering Ourselves to Reach Our Own Personal Best” Workshop
Workshop will teach six components which aid in achieving potential. Attendees will explore the application to their lives and clarify steps to reach their goals. The workshop is planned for Wed., Feb. 15, from 7-9pm. Each workshop session $20 and are held at the office of Brenda J. Hayes, Ph.D at 123 East Main St., Fredonia. Space is limited. To register call 716-785-3555 and leave a message or email brendahayes@fairpoint.net
The 2012 President’s Day Weekend Winter Festival, scheduled the weekend of February 18 from 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 19 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., at Lakeside Park in Mayville, New York, will again feature many contests and sports competitions. Check out our web site www.mayvillechautauquachamber.org soon for updated Festival information or call the Chamber of Commerce at (716) 753-3113.
Wine and Chocolate Weekend (12-5pm, Sat. and Sun., Feb. 19-20: 10am-5pm)
Calling all Lovers! This Valentine’s treat is especially for you. Wineries will pair their own splendid chocolate creations with a delightful wine accompaniment. Thursday, February 16 A perfect match! Your $35 Ticket Allows You to Enjoy: A food and wine paring at Life and Times of The Little each winery; Wine tasting; A great gift of a small box House Garden of specialty chocolates Start the new year right: from Finney’s Chocolates; A hear the story about the booklet containing all of the very special Lana’s The recipes of the foods you’ll Little House garden, and be tasting; A Lake Erie Wine how it grew from its idyllic Country wine glass; and A $5 countryside and woodland setting. We’ll talk about the voucher to use at any winery or at certain restaurants deshistorical developments to led to what we call the Cot- ignated on the back of the tage Garden, and the factors voucher. www.LakeErieWineCountry.org that influence our notions of gardens as they continue to evolve today…all while February “Soup and a Song” we enjoy an easy, exhilarat- to Feature Wind River ing walk through The Little Jamestown’s St. Susan CenHouse Garden and grounds. ter will continue the monthGarden Workshop hosted ly “Soup on Friday, Feb. 17 by Sara Baker Michalak. Res- with featured performers, ervations required. $52 per local bluegrass favorites, person; $47 per person for Wind River. For the modest groups of 3 or more. 11:30 admission price of $10, ata.m. to 1:00 p.m. tendees will be treated to an evening of fine live musical Get Moving with the Spirit! entertainment and a meal Get Moving with the Spirit! consisting of hearty soup, Amy Livengood, OTR/L, several varieties of breads, CEAS II. Lunch: 12-1pm. crackers, desserts, coffee, Presentation: 1-2pm. Bemus tea and hot chocolate. GatePoint United Methodist way Center, 31 Water St., Church Family Life Center. Jamestown. Persons interWear comfortable footwear ested in performing during and clothing as we will be open-mic should contact Jim moving to some “Big Band Holler at (716) 665-4490, or Music!” *A $ 5.00 fee for a sign up in person at Trinity delicious catered meal will Guitars, 800 West Third St., be collected at the door. in Jamestown. www.stsuSeats are limited! A firm sancenter.org RSVP is required no later than Friday, February 10. Please call Judi at 488-2322