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10 The Main Channel 34 Thoughts from 18 Porthole the Man Cave What’s hip at Lake Norman

The LNHBA 12th Annual Best of the Lake Design Competition and Gala and Tastes of Habitat

Mike Savicki delves into personal style

22 Captain’s Chair 42 Game On 34 24 Game Changers 44 The Galley with

Don Miller’s Stocks for Tots

Pat Millen wants to give everyone access to the future

28 Rip Currents — Style

Sparkling finds for the season

Crystal Sain found her place on the pitch

Lynn and Glenn Things are getting toasty in Mooresville

46 Grapevine

All that sparkles is not champagne

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Modern living in Mooresville

19 ways to celebrate the holidays at Lake Norman

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Lori K. Tate cooks up fun at Sur La Table

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uring college I studied sense memory in a theatre class. Our teacher asked us to hold our hand close to the floor, close our eyes and imagine our hand was over a hot stove. After a couple of minutes, we opened our eyes and discovered that our palm was hot — magic.

Sense memory is essentially the way certain sensory stimuli trigger memories, and I think one of the best ways to test it out is with food during the holidays. Regardless of what you celebrate during the month of December, the holidays are all about eating.

Look through any magazine (including this one), and you’ll find recipes for delicious dishes. Look through even more magazines and you’ll find ways to curb your appetite during this festive season, so as not to gain weight from these delicious dishes. It’s a time of mixed messages, but most people usually cave to their taste buds, and there’s more than one reason why.

Sure sausage balls, cakes and pies taste yummy, but so many holiday dishes also serve as portals for time travel. Growing up, there were certain foods that I knew would make an appearance during the holidays. My mother’s chocolate sheet cake topped with pecans would be at my parents’ Christmas

THE TASTE OF TIME TRAVEL With one bite, I’m a little girl sitting at my grandmother’s table

party, and her red velvet cake would definitely have a place on the table at her extended family’s get-together. My cousins would have vehemently protested if she even mentioned not making it — it’s that good.

When I take a bite of these desserts at other venues today, I’m immediately taken back to those parties. I remember all the kids at my parents’ Christmas party playing Billy Joel’s newly released It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me on my record player over and over, while our parents talked in the other room. I feel the chill of Christmas Eve late in the evening after church when mom’s extended family would get together. Being able to relive those times is often worth the high caloric intake.

Going back even further, I remember the buttery taste of my Grandma Krimminger’s cream potatoes. She passed away when I was in eighth grade and stopped making her mashed masterpiece years before that, but I can still remember how extraordinary it tasted. It wasn’t until Sullivan’s Steakhouse opened in Charlotte in the 1990s that I tasted anything close to grandma’s potatoes. Though they still weren’t as good, I was transported back to her red metal dining table and the comfort of her farmhouse kitchen.

As a mom of young children, I’m trying to create holiday traditions for our family.

Sometimes we make cookies together, but we haven’t hit upon anything that’s going to stick in their memory bank yet. And as I’ve written before, I believe that traditions that last are often discovered by accident. Right now, the two things the three of us enjoy making together are egg salad and pancakes — not at the same time, of course.

I’m sure a super mom will post an ingredient-intensive recipe on Facebook that renders Santa cookies that rival those of Mrs. Claus and that I’ll be shamed into making it to try to attain super mom status for myself. And I will bet you the result will look nothing at all like the picture online.

I can only hope that my children have fun baking with me and learn that the holidays aren’t about perfect cookies. They’re about celebrating with each other and discovering unintended memories that we can taste for a lifetime.

Happy Holidays!

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Sweet and Healthy

Abby Kircher’s nut butters are catching on For the health-conscious consumer, finding a meal to please taste buds and a calorie plan can seem like an impossible dream. Enter Abby Kircher, the homeschooled 16-year-old behind Abby’s Better Nut Butter, a new product gaining popularity at the Davidson Farmer’s Market. Kircher’s butters have five or fewer ingredients and a total lack of artificial sweeteners or added sugars, but they certainly don’t lack flavor. “Health is very important,” says Kircher, who lives in Mooresville, “but taste is important, too.”

Kircher started working on her company over the summer, the result of having little to do and wanting to improve her own health. “I know what its like to come from eating unhealthily and having an unhealthy lifestyle and trying to improve,” she explains.

Kircher uses coconut oil instead of conventional peanut oil, and her flavors are as unique as they are delicious, like date pecan or strawberry cashew. With the help of her supportive family, Kircher has produced a healthy sweet that appeals equally to dieters and sweet-lovers.

— Connor Roberson, photography by Glenn Roberson THE SCOOP

You can buy Abby’s Better Nut Butter products online at www.abbysbetter.com or in person at the Davidson Farmer’s Market and select Great Harvest Bread Co. locations.

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Mooresville’s Abby Kircher has created a line of nut butters that contain five or less ingredients.

Tony Abbott wins North Carolina’s highest civilian honor

On November 12, Davidson’s Tony Abbott was one of six North Carolinians presented with the North Carolina Award, the state’s highest civilian honor. Governor Pat McCrory presented the honor to Abbott at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham.

A professor of English at Davidson College and a Sunday school teacher at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, Abbot has engaged students, communities and individuals in his passion for writing for more than 50 years. “To be on the same stage with five other extraordinary recipients, to win the same award as Reynolds

Dennis’ Beef From left, Governor Pat McCrory, Tony Abbott and Susan Kluttz, Secretary of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Price, Maya Angelou and Lee Smith, whose work I revere, is both deeply gratifying and humbling,” says Abbott.

“I was extremely touched by the event itself, which was beautifully planned and orchestrated by the Department of Cultural Resources. Memorable in every way.”

— Lori K. Tate, photography courtesy of Tony Abbott

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by Angelina Danette Angelina Danette is not a quitter. Four years ago she designed a product called Boot-Tapas. She launched the decorative boot covers (with boots) in 2012. Though people were interested in the business and folks purchased the product, she had to put her product in the closet because she didn’t have the financial backing to take it to the next level.

In 2014, The Investors Show reached out to her, and she made it on the show.

That’s when she decided to re-think things. She eventually took the zipper out of the design and created a boot topper with bands that conform to any calf. She spent most of September in India working on the production of her 2016 Collection. “It just works,” says Danette, who also owns The Pick-It Furniture Co. in Cornelius. “I hope to move 100 percent of the production here [Hickory] in the future.”

Photography courtesy of Jill Dahan

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In the Kitchen with Jill Dahan

Now you can wear her Boot-Tapas with any boot, as she no longer sells the boot part, which significantly reduces the cost of production. BootTapas come in a variety of designs from silk and satin to exotic leathers, which are made in North Carolina.

You can purchase Boot-Tapas at The Pick-It Furniture Co. in Cornelius or at www.boottapas.com. Prices start at $45 for satin and silk designs.

Every December for the past nine years, I have traveled to Colorado with a frozen beef tenderloin tucked among my ski clothes to celebrate my dear friend Dennis’ birthday. I am convinced the meat, along with this marinade, have secured my invite every year.

The marinade only requires a few ingredients, and by cutting the beef lengthwise it cooks in a snap. Use grass-fed beef, which has omega 3s and is leaner than its other grain-fed friends. Whip up this recipe and it promises to be “better than great” this December and all year long with all your family and friends!

Ingredients 2 to 2 1/2 pounds grass-fed beef tenderloin roast, whole watercress for garnish Marinade 1/2 cup (4 ounces) Soy Vay Veri Veri Teriyaki Sauce 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice (1 large orange will do) 2 large garlic cloves, crushed Instructions Cut the tenderloin in half down the length of the roast to form two long 4-inch filets. Mix marinade ingredients together and place in a large bowl or bag. Add the meat, and marinate at least three hours at room temperature or chill if marinating longer.

Remember to remove the beef, and leave at room temperature three hours before cooking to relax the muscles and increase the tenderness after cooking.

Drain marinade into a wide-bottom saucepan, and cook on medium heat uncovered for about 10 to 15 minutes until thickened. Set aside.

For the beef, heat a frying pan on medium-high heat until hot, then add beef and cook on each side about 5 to 7 minutes until very lightly browned. Check for desired doneness by pressing your finger in the middle, and if it feels the same as when you press your finger between your thumb and first finger, it is medium rare.

Remove and let rest about five minutes, and then slice crosswise into medallions. Serve with the reserved sauce drizzled around and over the beef.

Garnish with watercress and serve warm or at room temperature. Serves 4 to 6.

Jill Dahan lives in Cornelius and is the author of Starting Fresh! Recipes for Life. You can learn more about her at www.jilldahan.com.

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From left, Current Board Chair Mike Russell; Immediate Past Board Chair, Hilary Broadway and Incoming Board Chair Callan Bryan.

Lake Norman Chamber Tops the State

The Carolinas Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (CACCE), an organization that represents the chambers of commerce in North and South Carolina, has selected the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce as the 2015 Chamber of Commerce of the Year. The selection is based on the overall performance of the chamber during 2014 and 2015 (to date) from a nomination made by President and CEO Bill Russell and the Board Chair Hilary Broadway. Sally Ashworth, executive director of Visit Lake Norman, wrote a supplemental letter of recommendation.

“In our 28-year history, I cannot recall our chamber of commerce receiving this type of recognition from our peers within the industry,” says Russell. “What an honor to our board, staff and membership.”

— Lori K. Tate, photography courtesy of Callan Bryan THE SCOOP

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BENEATH THE SURFACE

DRS. COLEMAN & COLEMAN

How a cotton war Winter break . . . created Cornelius There’s still time!

The Civil War had hit the Catawba River communities in North Mecklenburg hard.

Confederate troops tore up the newly lain railroad track between Charlotte and Statesville to use for scrap metal and weapons. Shelves in country stores went bare.

With so many young men off fighting the war, Davidson College nearly shut down.

By the 1880s, though, things were looking up. The railroad had reopened, and the cotton crop boomed.

Farmers on both sides of the river — the Lincoln County west side and the Mecklenburg By the 1880s, things were looking up in County east side — hauled tons the area. The railroad had reopened, and of the crop to market each year. the cotton crop boomed.

The farmers grew so much cotton, that by the late 1880s, three cotton buyers thrived in the small city of Davidson alone.

Cotton weighing was lucrative, but it wasn’t always easy. Farmers would often complain of unfair treatment or inaccurate scales. So, in 1888, the cotton market of Charlotte hired an official cotton weigher to avoid disputes between farmers and merchants. A two days journey to the south by wagon, but only a few hours by train, many farmers began bypassing Davidson cotton weighers for the Charlotte market.

Losing business, the town of Davidson scrambled to hire its own official cotton weigher.

Not everyone was happy with the decision, especially not R.J. Stough, one of the three merchants. When the town voted for the new official anyway, Stough picked up his scales and headed out of town.

A little over a mile south of Davidson, the main east-west highway (today’s West Catawba Avenue) and the main Charlotte-to-Statesville road (today’s N.C. 115) intersected. Stough set up his shop right there, saving eastbound farmers the trip up a muddy hill to Davidson.

Within a year, Stough was outselling his Davidson competition.

Before long, a small village grew up around it. They named it Liverpool, after the English town, which was the home of the cotton market commodity exchange.

A few years later, in 1891, Stough teamed up with J.B. Cornelius to fund a cotton mill in the village, which would ultimately take Cornelius’ name.

Chuck McShane is director of research at the Charlotte Chamber and the author of A History of Lake Norman: Fish Camps and Ferraris. Contact him at chuckmcshane@gmail.com. On Twitter: @chuckmcshane

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When Ashlee Meadows moved with her husband and their three daughters to Huntersville from her native Raleigh a year ago, she brought her creativity with her in the form of ASH, her porcelain jewelry line.

Modern Made Ashlee Meadows’ ASH jewelry delivers a fresh and feminine look Ashlee Meadows has always been a creator. When she was a little girl she enjoyed drawing and painting, and later when she enrolled at Brigham Young University, she earned a BFA in ceramics.

When she moved with her husband and their three daughters to Huntersville from her native Raleigh a year ago, she brought her creativity with her in the form of ASH, her porcelain jewelry line. With various ratios of matte porcelain, smooth glaze and golden luster, her pieces exude a modern, fashion-forward feel. She accentuates the elegant look with 14k gold-filled chains and earring components.

“I was doing a lot of colorful and stamped jewelry, and then I kind of changed my mind and decided to go with more stuff that I would want

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to wear,” explains Meadows. “About two years ago, I just decided if I’m going to put this much time into the process, which is just such a long process making something out of clay and glazing it, I’m going to elevate it a little bit.”

Meadows forms and fires the clay, then she dips it and fires it again.

Finally, she gilds it with a gold luster and fires it once more. Her work can be purchased locally at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte.

Boutiques across the United States, as well as in Australia, England and Switzerland, also carry her pieces.

“I didn’t really anticipate being a jewelry maker when I was in school,” explains Meadows. “I just thought I’m

going to be an artist. I’m going to make sculptures and have them in a museum somewhere, but this just fits me. I love fashion too, so it just came to me naturally.” — Lori K. Tate, photography courtesy of Ashlee Meadows

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The LNHBA 12th Annual Best of the Lake Design Competition and Gala Photography by Barry Gardner Photography

The Lake Norman Home Builders Association (LNHBA) held the 12th Annual Best of the Lake Design Competition and Gala on Friday, November 6 at River Run Country Club.

This year marks the most entries by area homebuilding professionals with 46 entries.

The Best of the Lake Design Competition and Gala was created to recognize and celebrate homebuilding industry professionals, such as architects, builders, associates, realtors and industry trade partners who have contributed to the residential homebuilding industry in the Lake Norman area.

Projects were selected by a panel of experts in the home building and design industry.

Southern Cottage Corp. walked away with the Best In Show for the Best Outdoor Living project costing more than $100,000.

The LNHBA is a not-for-profit professional association that represents and protects the interests of the building industry in and around the Lake Norman area. The Best of the Lake is the largest fundraiser for LNHBA, funds raised help provide leadership, advocacy and education to its members.

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Tastes of Habitat

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Attendees enjoyed wonderful tastes from Lake Norman-area restaurants at Tastes of Habitat on November 5. Held at the Charles Mack Citizen Center in Mooresville, the event included live music, great food, desserts, beverages and an auction. The money raised was for the 9th Women Build home for the Our Towns Habitat community.

Zuriyah Clary, the 8th Habitat Women Build homeowner, shared her story and talked about her Habitat journey and how much her children enjoyed playing in their own back yard in Huntersville. Habitat for Humanity prides itself in providing new homeowners a hand-up not a handout and works to actively address the problem of substandard housing, one house, one family at a time. For more information regarding Our Towns Habitat for Humanity, visit www.ourtownshabitat.org.

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The community quickly embraced the event, and the energy has continued.

Mooresville’s then-mayor, Joe Knox, first found space at the Mooresville Armory for a car show and autograph night event, and Miller and Wallace brought together more than two dozen personalities for an event they named Stocks for Tots. And now, as the event turns 27, Miller, along with a team of 25 North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame volunteers, as well as leaders of UTI/ NTI (Universal Technical Institute/NASCAR Technical Institute), continues to organize an event that has become a holiday tradition across all of motorsports.

What are some of your earliest memories of Stocks for Tots?

We had the first event at the armory, and I’ll tell you what, it was an absolute barnburner. It was a total, complete, unabridged success. People were lined up everywhere, parking all over the grass, just waiting and waiting to meet the personalities. We filled a Penske truck full of toys that night and took some to SCAN’s (Stop Child Abuse Now of Iredell County) distribution center and some to the children’s hospital. Before the dust settled, people were asking us when we were going to do it again.

How has the event changed through the years?

Don Miller reflects on 27 years of Stocks for Tots, the tight-knit motorsports community that drives the event, and his dedication to supporting abused and neglected children

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n early 1989, shortly after racing legends Don Miller and Rusty Wallace made the decision to start their own race team, the pair was enjoying a morning breakfast when a member of the Mooresville community approached them with an idea. The gentleman suggested Miller and Wallace use their public stature to

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The only real thing that has changed has been the location. After the armory we moved to the Charles Mack Citizen Center then to a group of race shops who kept their doors open while people waited through the rain and cold. Moving to the tech institute (Mooresville’s Universal/NASCAR Technical Institute) means guests can now have more places to meet personalities while also learning about motorsports and relaxing.

Mooresville’s Don Miller founded Stocks for Tots with Rusty Wallace in 1989.

help raise funds and support for abused and neglected children in the area. As parents, Miller and Wallace immediately got behind the idea and set about bringing together the motorsports community for a holiday event that would raise not only funds but also awareness for the cause.

The admission price has remained the same through the years. Have you done this on purpose?

The first year we sold tickets for $10 or asked that people bring one new toy for an abused or neglected child, and we have purposely kept it the same because if we raise the price, or require people to do more, we would be making it more difficult for some to even attend. I know people who travel every year from as far away as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin just for the

event, and that’s a big investment in itself.

I also know some local people who can only afford ten dollars, and this is their one chance all year to see motorsports personalities so we don’t want to exclude them. Being a part of the Stocks for Tots community is what it is all about.

You now bring together more than 100 personalities from across all of motorsports to meet guests and sign autographs.

Did you imagine the event would become such a staple not only within the stock car community but also for all of racing?

The thing that makes it so universally successful is that it now includes every facet of motorsports because there is such an amazing and diverse collection right here. Of course, there is still a strong collection from the stock cars, but there is also a huge interest in drag racing, too. You have guys like Doug Herbert, Jason Line and Greg Anderson here, and people just flock to see them. You have young lions and

retired greats, too. And we always try to bring in someone new. Last year, the big draw was Shirley Muldowney.

The holiday season is a busy one for drivers and motorsports personalities.

Is it true that people begin calling you months in advance wanting to save the date?

Guys like Ned Jarrett, Doug Herbert, Ryan Newman and Larry McReynolds, who are being asked to be in many different places especially throughout the holiday season, call us and ask us when the event will be. Others make a point to come after photo shoots and daylong holiday events with sponsors. Bobby Allison is one of the guys who really drives it. He has been to every single event we have ever had. And I think Mike Joy says it best when he looks at me and says, “Miller, we come because it’s worth it.”

What keeps you involved and engaged year after year?

I do it for the history of the sport and for the kids. We live in a wonderful town

where racing has such a strong presence.

Generations of families have grown up in the industry, and so many are still here.

Seeing them all come together is a uniquely powerful endeavor. Personally, I still feel the same as I was when I started. I look around at all the personalities gathered together and think how lucky I am to be a part of such a community. I see the smiles and the energy for the purpose and can’t get the image out of my head. And for all of us to be together to help the children? How can you not feel the connection? With the racing seasons finished and the holidays here, we gather not as competitors but as a collection of givers.

THE SCOOP Stocks for Tots was created as a way to bring together stock car racing and its fans, while raising awareness of the child abuse problem in North Carolina. The idea was to collect toys and raise money during a festive, family-oriented holiday event. The 2015 event is scheduled for Tuesday, December 8, 5– 9 p.m., at the NASCAR Technical Institute in Mooresville. Visit www.stocksfortots. com for tickets and information.

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While the effort could have been considered a success then, Millen, his family, and the E2D volunteers and partners decided to double-down on their efforts.

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In August 2013, after securing a donation of laptops from Lowe’s corporate headquarters and working out a software deal with Microsoft and a broadband connection deal with MIConnection, Eliminate the Digital Divide (E2D) offered 75 computers, as well as training to families from Davidson and Cornelius. Pat Millen led the effort.

Up Close and Personal What’s the best advice you have ever been given?

Paraphrasing former Davidson College President John Kuykendall quoting Deuteronomy 6:11: “Give generously to others because ‘we drink from wells we did not dig; we warm ourselves with fires we did not kindle.’ ” What advice do you give regularly?

If you see a problem in your community, go fix it.

What is one thing or app you cannot live without?

My iPad to read books.

When you were 8 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A high school basketball coach and teacher.

What book do you love to recommend?

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.

What is your best habit?

I only have bad habits.

find solutions for the remaining 20,000 families in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools who we estimate do not have computer access in their homes. We cannot be done as an organization until we do the rest of them. This sort of access should be a basic human right. If you can get electricity in your house, you should be able to get broadband digital access,” says Millen whose passion has driven him to put his sports marketing work on the back burner while he serves E2D as a volunteer.

Since that initial distribution, more than 480 computers have been placed in homes in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, and the group is aiming to reach 1,000 computers this school year.

Moreover, in November, E2D and the town of Davidson received an award for the Most Innovative Approach when the National League of Cities and Next Century Cities presented The Digital Inclusion Leadership Awards, in partnership with Google Fiber. The quest for innovation and inclusion continues.

“When Franny asked that question, it really stimulated a nerve that had been in me for a long time. It was the time to say, ‘All right, let’s actually do something. Let’s make a difference,’ ” recalls Millen. “If you are going to take servant leadership seriously, you have to get up off your butt and start doing it.”

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was introduced to formalwear and fashion the same way most men were — the junior prom. It was a stressful time, not simply because I didn’t want to show up with that carload of all-too-cool-jocks who wore their letter jackets and jeans because they were secretly too afraid to get fitted for a tuxedo and subject themselves to that infamous inseam measurement, but also because I didn’t want to walk in solo. And by solo, I don’t just mean alone without a date. I mean looking so different than every other acne-covered teen who tried to play the part of a stylish high schooler comfortable in formalwear that I turned into a nervous ball of sweat that flooded and closed the dance floor.

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My date dressed me, and my mom approved. I survived.

Then began those required occasions where I needed a jacket and tie.

Graduation, weddings, funerals, holiday gatherings, that big event at church. I was as uncomfortable selecting slacks plus a shirt and clip-on tie as I was slow dancing, surrounded by an army of chaperones. At least I had a staple navy blue blazer that seemed to work just fine over everything from a clashing striped button-down and checkered tie to that Ozzy Osbourne rock concert T-shirt adorned with crosses and subliminal images of the devil that I believed had a place in the church pew.

Dressing up is still a must for bankers and most financial professionals.

In hindsight, I’m glad the jacket covered most of the T-shirt.

Sitting down and talking style with Ed Wheeler, owner of Downtown Mooresville’s The Back Room Men’s Clothier, not only helped me come to grips with the fact that, as a teen and even a young adult, I was not alone in my fear of dressing the part. It also helped me see that the clothing decisions I made, and continue to make, aren’t terribly out of bounds or against the rules, because, as Ed says, there aren’t that many rules.

“On the surface, it might appear that there really isn’t a lot to men’s clothing and the rules are set,” Ed told me as we sat in his showroom, which was surprisingly and unintimidatingly lacking of the wallto-wall racks of suits in every size, shape and color that I feared would suffocate me. “Lapels go fat to skinny, and pants are either pleated or flat-front. Sure, if you wear a pleated pant you should have a cuff on it, and if you wear a flat-front pant, you shouldn’t. But if you are a man who likes a pleat with no cuff? Certainly do it because

Sweaters are always a great choice for holiday gatherings.

"We are in a society now where even lawyers are tying ties from their briefcases right before they go before the judge," says Wheeler.

that’s what personal style is all about.”

Hearing Ed talk about personal style gave me hope. Sure, he not only fits more than 1,000 tuxedos each year, and makes sure each and every guy looks great in Michael Kors, Stephen Jeffries, Calvin Klein or perhaps Ralph Lauren, he also dresses men with a wide range of style sense and experience when it comes to clothing that isn’t worn to the gym. I was with an expert.

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black suit, followed perhaps by either a tan or olive four-season wool suit. Sportswear often complements formalwear.

Ed helped me understand my closet isn’t trapped in a past decade — or century for that matter. But I did wonder why my suits have migrated to the back of the closet.

“In my opinion, we live in a society where things like the television and ads in magazines dictate what we wear,” Ed explains. Take the television for example, when you see what it is putting forth as far as what people are wearing on the shows that are popular, it educates the majority of people and gives them a picture of what is stylish and in fashion. Suits aren’t generally on the screen.

“And today, if you look around, there are few professions where dressing for work is still the norm,” he adds. “We are in a society now where even lawyers are tying their ties from their briefcases right before they go before the judge, and the only people who still dress for work are the banking and financial professionals.”

Point taken. I’m not the only one who is making more infrequent trips

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to the dry cleaner after wearing a suit.

Yet the suit, along with most other types of fine clothing like vests, hats, sweaters and even jewelry, continues to survive. Men who dress as a part of their day know what they want and continue to buy while those who dress only when necessary are willing to listen,

learn from and trust guys like Ed. “No matter what the rules are, to thine own self be true,” Ed affirmed.

“Dress in a way that makes you feel good.

Because when you are being yourself, and wearing what helps you feel the way you want to feel, I don’t think you are ever more comfortable.”

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“Rugby was everything that soccer hadn’t been to me,” Sain, 28, explains, looking back to her first practice in 2006. “It was aggressive and high energy and gave me the chance to express myself, and let myself out, like I never knew. And the brotherhood and sisterhood of the athletes in the sport was unlike anything I had ever experienced before. I was glad to finally be part of a sport with values that matched mine.”

Destination, San Diego After graduation and a San Diego relocation to become a counselor at a boarding school and camp that treated morbidly obese youth (her passion as she was once more than 100 pounds overweight herself), Sain joined the San Diego Surfers, a top-level women’s club team, with the hope of continuing to learn.

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rystal Sain first met up with rugby the same way the vast majority of college athletes across the country do. Not knowing the difference between a ruck, a maul, a tackle and a try, yet looking for a different sort of athletic outlet, she simply showed up to a practice at the urging of a friend. As a lifelong athlete, Sain thought that if things didn’t work out for her in this crazy, physical pursuit, she could at least add rugby to the growing list of sports — soccer, basketball, softball and even mixed martial arts — that she had tried in her life.

But what happened when she stepped onto the pitch came as a huge surprise. Unlike in soccer, the sport in which she had been recruited to play at Appalachian State, rugby gave her a chance to be physical, uninhibited and free. She could roam the field as opposed to being trapped defending a goal.

She could get down and dirty with her teammates. And she could unleash her athletic energies in a way she never before thought possible. Rugby gave Sain an outlet to be the athlete she always knew she could be.

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“But I found that top-level and college rugby were two entirely different things,” she recalls. “The girls out there were doing things I had never seen, and I went from being who people considered one of the best players on my college team to barely being a ‘B’ side, scrimmage player. Humbling is the best word I can use to describe my arrival.”

However, within the first season, Sain earned a position on the starting 15. The Surfers won a national championship and were subsequently invited to move up in stature to the Women’s Premier League, a division reserved for the nation’s top eight teams. The following season they again won the national

Sain runs the ball for the Denver 7s.

championship, and Sain was riding the rugby wave, loving every bump, bruise and broken nose that came with the rush.

But when her company was sold, and the new management took the program in a direction that she felt systematically detracted from its effectiveness, Sain became dismayed.

Insomuch as the program that had helped

so many, including herself, learn the tools of weight loss and healthy living had changed, she could no longer ethically work with those in desperate need given the model that had been put in place.

When she made the decision to resign and move cross country for a head training job at Raw Fitness in Cornelius, one that would allow her to inject her personal dedication to faith and family, Sain all but closed the door on believing highlevel rugby would remain on her plate.

Charlotte had a women’s rugby program, yes, but they were nothing like the Surfers.

A second opportunity on the pitch Fast forward two years to last fall and Sain’s phone rings. It’s one of her former collegiate teammates calling with an update.

A member of the Minnesota Amazons had just relocated to Charlotte as had a member of the Glendale Raptors. A Penn State standout had even joined the team, too. Pieces were falling into place for the team to become more competitive. "Would you consider coming out?" the voice on the other end asked. Why not, Sain thought to herself. What could be the harm?

“It was the last 15s practice of the fall season, so I said ‘sure,’ not expecting much,” Sain recalls. “But being on the field with my cleats on, and running around the field again reignited something in me I hadn’t expected.

I was happy to be out there even if it was just to have fun.”

Playing the final minutes of Charlotte’s final fall game a few days later closed the deal.

“We were up by a lot, and the coach turned to me and asked if I wanted to go in,” she recalls. “I was in for all of 10 minutes, and scored my first try, then walked off the field with my pinky finger pointing sideways.

‘I’ve been playing rugby again for all of 10 minutes, and I’m already injured’ I thought to myself. ‘This is stupid.’ ” Then, with a twisted smile, Sain knew she was back.

Hopes of red, white and blue To say the last 10 months have been nothing less than a whirlwind for Sain would be like saying rugby is a sport for the squeamish. Following a successful USA Rugby spring tryout in Atlanta, she fundraised and pieced together enough funds to attend two

Sain at Infinity Park during a weight room session during USA 7s Developmental Camp powered by Atavus Rugby Academy.

national team camps, first at James Madison University then in Denver, where she was first coached in rugby 7s, a quicker and soon-to-be Olympic version of the traditional sport that is higher scoring and more fast paced. At the end of the camp, playing in an international tournament on a pieced-together, all-star team that Sain says, “was expected to get smashed,” she joined a handful of other girls in celebrating a finals victory. Sain also walked off with tournament MVP. And now, with both World Cup and Olympic team selections on the horizon, Sain is more fully invested in the sport than she might have ever imagined. She is a top prospect for selection to either squad. So 2016 may take her across Europe as a World Cup flanker, eight or prop, or to Rio as an Olympic hook or prop.

“Representing my country would be an honor that goes right alongside playing a sport that highlights the principles in my life that are important to me. Number one is family, those girls are family to me. Then there is discipline. And lastly,” she exclaims, “there is the goal of focusing on something that is bigger than myself. To know that every other girl out there is willing to lay themselves out for you, and you for them, is a feeling that motivates me every day.”

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by Lynn Roberson photography by Glenn Roberson

Toast to Mooresville’s Famous Toastery continues a delicious tradition

That French Toast stuffed with strawberry and cream cheese served with bacon is a tasty way to start the day.

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From left, Stacy and Chuck White, Grace White, and Chef Vinnie Francica.

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egulars at Famous Toastery of Mooresville are an eclectic bunch — among them the octogenarian who brings in her grandchildren, teenagers who fill the space with laughter and Eisenhower “Ike,” whose growth from a fluffy puppy to a handsome dog has been chronicled with photos taken in front of the restaurant.

The coming together of a diverse, yet unified, community is what owners Stacy and Chuck White envisioned when they opened

the eatery with their son Mac, daughter Grace and her husband, chef Vinnie Francica.

“I have always loved the relationships you develop in a restaurant,” Stacy says.

“Since we’ve opened the restaurant, the number of people we have coming in who are the same people, the relationships we have developed, we know as soon as they walk in the door where they sit, what the children have been doing, what the grandchildren have been doing.”

An easy fit The family became restaurant owners when Brian Burchill and Robert Maynard decided to franchise what originally was called Toast Café, which began in a small Huntersville house converted into a restaurant. Other locations followed, and the franchise operation began in 2013.

“For 30 years I worked in restaurants, and I put myself through college in restaurants,” Stacy says. Daughter Grace and son Mac worked at Toast locations. Mac recruited Stacy to join the team, and Vinnie started in Dilworth the same weekend.

Even as she worked weekends in the restaurant, Stacy continued working fulltime as a teacher. Chuck also came to the restaurant business from a career as an educator. She retired as a math teacher at the end of the 2015 school year, and he closed out his educational career about a year before. They had long discussed opening a restaurant.

“One day we were sitting around the kitchen table, and we had the kids there,” Stacy says, “we thought, why should we go reinvent the wheel when we all know this concept? We all know this restaurant. We love this restaurant.”

They signed the paperwork in 2014 and started the process of renovating the Mooresville site.

“I spent 30 years in education, and my last seven years my role turned into sort of an administrator in school,” he says. “My job was as a career development coordinator. I had 14 teachers that I was responsible to. My experience comes from managing people. It’s just a matter of me understanding the duties and what everybody is responsible for, and that’s a pretty easy fit.”

The restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch seven days a week, serving all menu items throughout the day. The family found the commitment to quality and fresh food

compelling. Famous Toastery is known for its lobster (flown in daily from Maine), its freshcut fruit, its roasted vegetables, and its housemade salsas, dressings and sauces.

Eggs are available in a variety of ways, including Benedict, Florentine, New Yorker, and as breakfast sandwiches, sharing space on the menu with omelets, flapjacks and French toast. Sandwich fare includes grilled chicken, meatloaf and a Reuben. Melts, hotdogs, burgers and salads also tempt, as do specialties such as meatloaf and mac

Cappuccino is a must.

and cheese. Banana pudding and Frannie’s Chocolate Delight are dessert choices.

Gluten-free and vegetarian options provide additional choices for diners, while the full bar extends the drink choices.

Leave happy Family collectibles — hen and rooster figurines, and authentic farm tools, baskets and crocks — add touches of country charm in a space that deftly balances cozy and chic.

A center fireplace greets guests, and cream and blue woods and accents provide warm tones.

A side room can be closed off with sliding doors, giving privacy for meetings or private parties. For catering, the staff can provide options not on the regular menu.

Famous Toastery also has shown its commitment to giving back, with regular fundraising for Relay for Life, Make-A-Wish and the Wounded Warrior Project.

As a family that has experienced the deaths of two of their children in recent years, they want to provide a safe haven.

“We know what we’ve been through, and there are other people going through hard times,” Stacy says. “We try and help people

Fresh-cut fruit is a perfect side for an omelet.

forget something for a while during their time here or just give people time to escape.

We want people to see life does go on. You take it day by day. You never forget, but you still have to share in what you have. When people come into the restaurant, they’re coming for a reason. And, if they leave happy, you’ve done your job.”

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by Trevor Burton

he end of the year is celebration time.

That raises a time-honored conundrum, how to entertain lavishly without going broke. Those of us with a mile or two on life’s odometer will recall a beverage whose slogan was “The Champagne of Bottled Beer.” While hops instead of grapes would certainly be a good economic approach, I’m not advocating replacing a glass of bubbly wine with a bottle of frothy lager.

So, skip the hops, and jump to replacing Champagne with something that is equally good.

First, though, let’s do a little myth busting.

The wide opinion is that sparkling wine is good only for toasting, whether that be at weddings or at midnight on New Year’s Eve.

The truth is that sparkling wine has to be one of the most versatile wines when it comes to pairing with food. Sparkling wines contain high levels of acidity and a small amount of sugar. These two extremes complement elements in almost any food, from a mild poached salmon to a spicy number. There are classic pairings like caviar or oysters on the half shell.

Expand a little. Try a sparkling wine with a plate of fried chicken and you’re in for a real treat. And, best of all, there are the bubbles. Every sip of wine cleanses your palate to start the taste buds from scratch.

You get the pleasure of a first taste with every forkful. Pretty nifty.

Back to the main story. There are a

All That

sparkles is not Champagne

number of wines that are made in exactly the same way that Champagne comes into the world. Champagne is the end result of a second fermentation that takes place in the bottle. When grape juice ferments, yeast acts to convert sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. In normal fermentation, the carbon dioxide simply vents off into the atmosphere. When fermentation takes place in a closed bottle carbon dioxide has nowhere to escape to and gets absorbed into the wine. That’s where the bubbles come from.

There are some terrific wines that emanate from the Champagne region, especially the so-called “Grower Champagnes.” These are wines made using a minimum of 95 percent estate fruit. They exhibit terroir — that untranslatable French term for the convergence of climate, soil and aspect that gives a vineyard and its wine an identifiable character. You can recognize Grower Champagnes by the letters, RM, tucked away somewhere on a label. RM stands for Récoltant Manipulant.

For us, though, these wines are the exception rather than the rule. What you mostly see in our neck of the woods are wines that have been produced in huge volumes from grapes coming from all over the Champagne region — identifiable character not so much.

It’s all in a name Crémant, so much more than a cheap alternative to expensive Champagne.

Latch onto it, anyway.

A great bubbly experience without hitting your wallet too hard

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And that brings me to my point — two points, actually. First, winemakers in Champagne are very chauvinistic. Sparkling wines that are made from grapes grown in that region are the only ones allowed to carry the name Champagne on their label. There are a few exceptions in California. Second, Champagne has been cleverly positioned as a luxury item associated with celebration.

Limited supply, luxury wine — simply stated, you’re paying a premium just for the Champagne name. Let’s latch onto the alternatives.

Pretty well all of the main wineproducing regions in France have their own sparkling wines. These wines are called Crémant. Each of them is made in exactly the same manner as Champagne; on the label you’ll see the notation méthode traditionnelle. You absolutely can’t go wrong with them and they carry a price that will have you bringing lots of them

Spain’s Cava, more than just a simple bubbly wine.

home. They’re really easy to find, and they are so much more than cheap alternatives.

They have their own character. They are interesting and great to sip on. Happy New Year and happy bank balance.

A whole crop of Crémant

of Spain. The Penedès wine region, where most Cavas come from, is located along the Mediterranean coast in northeastern Spain.

Its grapes are grown under a particular Mediterranean climate, characterized by plenty of sunshine and heat during the growing season, lack of humidity and a mild winter. Cava is distinctive. It demonstrates not only regional but also cultural character. The Catalan region is significantly different from the rest of Spain — even to the point of having its own language, a mélange of French and Spanish.

And, no doubt about it, Cava is Catalan’s wine, linked, to the ways of its people — more than just a simple bubbly wine.

It’s that time of year. Go for the bubbles.

There are so many ways to toast to good fortune without spending one. Enjoy.

About The Writer

I love the wines from Burgundy, so I like to sip on the Crémant de Bourgogne.

Burgundy Crémants are made from some of the same grapes as Champagne — Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. You’re getting as close to Champagne style as possible. Burgundy is not as cool as Champagne, so you get a different type of wine — deeper, warmer and less crisp.

Move a little north and you get the chills;

chills that produce crisp wines, but you won’t get Champagne’s grapes. And that’s fun; exploring what different grapes and different terroirs bring to their wines.

Life is about more than just Champagne.

One great wine to search out is Crémant de Loire; they are particularly good. Their main grape is Chenin Blanc. Another northern star is Crémant d’Alsace. Here the grapes are Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and several others. If you’re on the lookout for bottled bubbles, both Crémant de Loire and Crémant d’Alsace are good bets, and there are many more from other regions around France.

So, there’s a huge array of Champagne alternatives to pick from in France. Move across the Pyrenees and you run into another. This is one of my favorite wines purely and simply because of the value you get. The wine is Cava. A really good bottle can find its way to your dinner table for under $20. Cava is made in the exact same way as Champagne. The grapes are way different — not surprising as you’re in Spain, not France. The grapes used in Spain are Macabeo, Parellada and Xarel-lo.

With Cava you’re into a whole new world. There’s nothing chilly about this part

Trevor Burton of Mooresville is certified by the International Sommelier Guild, he is founder of SST Wine Experiences and, along with his wife, Mary Ellen, conducts wine education and tasting tours to wine regions throughout the world.

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Just

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CURRENTS’ Recipe Columnist Jill Dahan offers three easy recipes that deliver smiles during the holiday season

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Cornelius' Jill Dahan is the author of Starting Fresh! Recipes for Life and she is also the recipe columnist for CURRENTS.

h the holidays — a time for celebrating, singing, shopping and most importantly, cooking. If you’re hosting a holiday soiree at your house, don’t sweat it because we asked the author of Starting Fresh! Recipes for Life and CURRENTS’ recipe columnist, Jill Dahan, to hook us up with three doable, yet delicious recipes.

On the menu for our get-together is Kale Caesar Salad, Breast of Chicken Stuffed with Apricot and Brie with a Berry Port Sauce, and a Chocolate Yuletide Log. “The reason I chose these specific dishes is because I have served them to literally hundreds of people, and they have all absolutely loved them — men, women and children,” says Jill, who lives in Cornelius. “These dishes have a wide appeal,

and they also have very limited ingredients.”

Jill says she selected the main course — Breast of Chicken Stuffed with Apricot and Brie with a Berry Port Sauce — because “it’s beautiful, it’s delicious and it’s very easy to prepare.”

She also adds that it can easily feed a crowd.

She chose a Chocolate Yuletide Log for dessert because everyone loves chocolate. “The yuletide log is very traditional to serve in Europe, but this one is made just with egg and chocolate and coconut sugar, so it’s very light. It’s good to serve if some of your guests have gluten allergies,” she says.

“It comes together in 15 or 20 minutes, so you can make it really quickly, and you can freeze it as well.”

Okay, enough chitchat, put on your apron and let’s get cooking. Happy Holidays!

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APPETIZER

Kale Caesar Salad Ingredients ½ head of curly kale 1 large avocado ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper or cumin seed or both 1/2 pomegranate (optional) Dressing 2 medium garlic cloves ¼-cup fresh lemon juice ½-cup extra virgin olive oil ¼-cup very finely grated Parmesan cheese Regianno Parmesan Cups One whole 3-inch piece of Parmesan Regianno, (grate on a medium-size cheese grater).

Instructions Remove the hard stalks of the kale, and place the washed and dried kale leaves in a blender or food processor, and blend on low until finely chopped. Place the lemon juice, oil, ¼-cup Parmesan and garlic in the blender, and blend on high until thickened and combined. Pour the dressing over leaves and toss thoroughly.

Dice avocados, toss with kale, and sprinkle with pepper and/or cumin. Cut the pomegranate in half and place in a bag and work out the seeds. Garnish the salad with the seeds.

For the Parmesan cups, spread out the cheese thinly into 3-inch circles on a piece of baking parchment. Bake at 375 F for about five minutes until melted and lightly browned. Remove from oven and immediately press into ungreased muffin cups. Leave to cool and then remove to fill with kale. These can be filled hours before serving and left at room temperature. You can also serve with flatbreads, tortilla chips or as a side dish.

APPETIZER TIPS

from Jill

• For appetizers, it’s always great if

you can do something ahead of time. It takes the stress off of you.

• Don’t overcomplicate things.

• Try the recipe out before you actually serve it to people. This way you can figure out some shortcuts of your own, and you can adjust the taste for your family and guests.

• If you can get ingredients seasonally, do. It makes them more affordable, and it also makes it taste better.

• Always look for recipes with a

short number of ingredients.

It makes it easier for shopping and also for preparation.

For an appetizer, try Kale Caesar Salad with a twist.

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Jill's Kale Caesar Salad pleases guests of all ages, plus it features the colors of the season in a healthy way.

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MAIN COURSE

MAIN COURSE TIPS from Jill

Breast of Chicken Stuffed with Apricot and Brie with a Berry Port Sauce Ingredients 1 cup of raspberries frozen or fresh 3 tablespoons all-fruit raspberry jam (St. Dalfour is great.)

1 cup Zinfandel or Cabernet red wine 4 responsibly raised chicken breasts, skinless and boneless 1 cup dried apricot pieces 1 large medium wedge of Brie cheese with rind cut into ½-inch long slices Instructions Cook berries, jam and wine on medium heat for about 15 minutes, and strain seeds through a fine sieve. Cut chicken lengthwise horizontally and open

• It’s better to undercook the meat or the

each out. Arrange each with pieces of apricot and one slice of Brie, reserving the others for the top of the chicken at the end.

Fold over to close. These can be done ahead, chilled and removed one hour before cooking.

To cook, heat a covered skillet on medium and then arrange the chicken in a single layer so there is plenty of room around each. Cook five minutes per side until lightly browned. Cover and turn down to low and cook an additional 10 to 15 minutes until juices run clear.

Top with remaining Brie to melt. Slice each breast across into rounds, or skewer each and place on a platter drizzling juices and sauce around and over the top. Serves 6.

turkey than overcook it. It’s easier to put it back in the oven. If you overcook it, you can’t “uncook” it. Have a broth on hand that you can put on to moisten it if needed.

• Remember when the turkey or your

chicken or your meat is coming out of the oven, it is still cooking. Therefore, you don’t want it to be perfect when it comes out of the oven. You want it to be slightly underdone, so it can cook it a little more while everyone is being seated. That way it’s perfect when you serve it to your guests.

• Unless you really know your guests, it’s

good to avoid things like blue cheese because you either love it or you hate it, there’s no in between. There are a couple of foods like that — lamb is another one.

• It is worth spending a little bit of

extra money on good quality meats and ingredients because you will be able to taste the difference.

• You can get away with a lot less food that you think. People buy a lot of food, and they end up either throwing it away or having leftovers for way beyond when leftovers are good. Portion out things, and you’ll be surprised at how much less food you can make. If you’ve got three or four dishes going, your guests are going to have a little bit of each. They’re not going to have a huge portion.

• Be sure to serve vegetables. I’ve

been to a lot of buffets, and people don’t have vegetables. It’s crazy. You can do a salad ahead of time.

• Avoid recipes where there’s a lot

of chopping because that’s going to take you a lot of time.

• Find out ahead of time if you have

any vegetarians in your party and if anyone has any food allergies.

Jill says its worth spending the extra money on good quality meats. Your guests will taste the difference.

Jill's Breast of Chicken Stuffed with Apricot and Brie with a Berry Port Sauce isn't nearly as difficult to make as it looks.

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DESSERT

Chocolate Yuletide Log Ingredients 6 large responsibly laid eggs 2/3-cup coconut sugar (Big Tree with vanilla beans is great.)

175 grams of 67 percent or higher dark chocolate bars 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste Filling 15 ounces total plain Greek yogurt 200 grams Green & Black's white chocolate 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste Decoration 100 grams of 67 percent or higher dark chocolate bar Instructions Melt the dark chocolate on low until just melted and set aside. Separate egg yolks and whites in two separate bowls. Add the coconut sugar and vanilla to the yolks. Beat the egg whites with clean beaters until fluffy with soft peaks. Then beat the yolk and

sugar mixture separately with the beaters until thickened about two to three minutes.

Beat into the yolk mixture the melted dark chocolate until combined.

Fold the whites in two separate additions into the yolk mixture just until combined. Spread the mixture on a greased piece of parchment paper in a 9-inch-by-11-inch baking pan and bake at 350 F for 13 to 15 minutes until the top just springs back when touched in the middle. Remove and cool.

Melt the white chocolate on low just until melted. Add in yogurt in three batches, and stir until combined. Chill at least one hour before filling. Cut the cakes lengthwise into three strips about three inches wide. Place one on a serving tray, and spread with 1/3 of the filling. Top with the other cake and then another 1/3 of filling, and then top with the last cake and 1/3 of filling.

Chill until one hour before serving.

For decorations, melt the chocolate and spread very thinly on a piece of parchment paper in a rectangle. Chill and when set, cut into long strips. Place on top of the cake at an angle. Serves 8-10.

Prepping for the Chocolate Yuletide Log.

A Chocolate Yuletide Log is a European holiday tradition that pleases all ages.

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DESSERT TIPS

from Jill

• A little bit of homemade goes longer than a huge platter of store-bought. People really appreciate that you took the time and the effort.

• Don’t try to make everything perfect because I think that

puts too much stress on yourself and also on your guests.

If you have one dish that everyone thinks is delicious, to me that’s a success. Your biggest mistakes might be your most successful recipes. Don’t worry about it.

• Always use less sugar than is listed in the recipe.

Most recipes have way too much sugar in them. The dessert becomes so sweet that it’s just overpowering at the end of a meal.

• Serve fresh fruit along with your dessert so that if

someone doesn’t care to have dessert but wants to have a little something, they can have fresh fruit. That’s quite refreshing at the end of a meal, too, especially for kids.

• Don’t try to have three or four desserts. If you can

do one dessert really well with some fruit, that’s going to be better than having all of these different choices. One homemade thing and a plate of fruit will go a lot further than three store-bought items.

• There are tons of natural food colorings, so avoid the dyes.

It’s so hard at Christmas time because everyone wants to dye everything red or green, but look into alternatives like pomegranates, beets and pistachios. These foods can make dishes red and green without adding dye.

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by Lori K. Tate Photography by Ken Noblezada

elly and Phoenisa Myers thought long and hard about what they wanted in their custom Mooresville home. They purchased their lot a year prior to breaking ground because they wanted everything to be just right. Through magazines, home shows and web searches, they created a 6,000-square-foot space that fits their family’s lifestyle and fulfills their dreams.

Appealing Aesthetics

Designed by Kevin Holdridge of KDH Residential Designs in Huntersville and built by Simonini Homes, the Myers’ house looks traditional with its stucco and stone exterior. However, if you look closely, you’ll find hints of its modern and minimalist interior. The front doors were custom made in California and feature a circular modern design, while the garage doors accent the front door design and utilize glass as opposed to wood. An Italian pendalier by Foscarini punctuates the 24-foot-high entrance.

“I’ve always been into modern

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Kelly and Phoenisa Myers appointed their 6,000-square-foot home with modern furnishings and one-of-a-kind details.

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An Italian chandelier punctuates the custom staircase.

From left, Phoenix, Phoenisa, Piper and Kelly Myers.

design,” explains Kelly, who works from home as a software designer. “I don’t necessarily know why. …This may not be for everybody, but maybe it will open up a lot of people’s thought processes.”

Inside their home, the Myers turned the modern notch up full blast. The open floor plan includes a kitchen with custom cabinets by B & E Custom Cabinets in China Grove. Painted in a custom mix of PPG Porter Paints’ Dover Gray, the cabinets are simple and elegant, while the backsplash made of island stone glass offers an updated herringbone pattern rounded out by limestone countertops. Underneath the cabinets, LED lighting that can shine in 16 different colors via a remote control, gives the space an added pop of fun.

Capped in Fusion granite, the walnut island serves as a booth for the family of four. Kelly and Phoenisa have two daughters — Phoenix (7) and Piper (4). The island also includes a built-in microwave and double fridge — one drawer is for beer and soda, and the bottom one is for their daughters’ beverages.

An open floor plan allows the family to congregate freely on the main floor.

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Each bedroom of the house features an accent wall, and the master suite is no exception.

Kelly saw a wall accented with wood detailing in a magazine and had one constructed for the room. Painted in a deep red, the wall makes a bold statement yet blends nicely with the couple’s modern bed purchased from Wayfair. Their dog Tag enjoys the space.

“They love the booth. The kids never use the dining room table,” explains Kelly, adding that the modern dining room furniture came from By Design Furniture in Charlotte’s South End. “That’s [the furniture] just for a focal point.”

The walls of the kitchen and living room area are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Revere Pewter and can look beige or gray depending on the light and time of day. They contrast well with the hardwood floor, which consists of five species of wood. “We first saw this floor on Ellen Degeneres’ show,” says Kelly. “ I knew I had to have that floor.”

With Brazilian cherry, Brazilian walnut, maple, nogal and Brazilian teak, the floor is hand-laid like a puzzle. Kelly helped with the strategic process to make sure the lighter pieces were placed where they would offer the most punch.

The living room has a gray leather couch that easily converts into a chaise lounge (from

By Design), and the space also features a navy Italian tile fireplace with a 100-inch horizontal fire pit. “It’s [the fireplace] all aesthetics,” explains Phoenisa, who admits that she and Kelly are technology junkies. “There’s no heat at all so you can have it on all year long.”

Technology touches

Throughout the home, state-of-the-art technical features make for easy living.

There’s the electronic blinds, the music that comes on when you enter the powder room or the master closet, locks and lights that be orchestrated via cell phone, LED lighting, and an elevator. In a hygienic

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The main attraction in the master closet is a chandelier that features 176 Swarovski crystals. The design is reminiscent of Phoenisa’s wedding band, so the room has a sentimental slant as well.

Above, with Brazilian cherry, Brazilian walnut, maple, nogal and Brazilian teak, the floor is hand-laid like a puzzle. Right, parents enjoy relaxing in this sitting area outside of the playroom.

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attempt to reduce the spread of germs, the Myers installed a Dyson hand dryer in the powder room, along with a touchless commode.

Each bedroom of the house features an accent wall, and the master suite is no exception.

Kelly saw a wall accented with wood detailing in a magazine and had one constructed for the room. Painted in a deep red, the wall makes a bold statement yet blends nicely with the couple’s modern bed purchased from Wayfair.

The master bath offers more bells and whistles, as the water for the stand-alone tub flows from the ceiling. “I saw that years ago, and I said, ‘If I ever build a house, the water for my tub is going to come from the ceiling,’ ” recalls Kelly. The large shower has four jets and is appointed with imported charcoal gray tile from Italy. “It’s like a rain forest,” says Phoenisa of the shower.

The main attraction in the nearby master closet is a chandelier that features 176 Swarovski crystals. The design is reminiscent of Phoenisa’s wedding band, so the room has a sentimental slant as well. More crystals can be found on the handles of the closet’s built-in drawers.

“You can listen to music in here [the closet].

You can hang out,” says Phoenisa, who also loves the space’s black and white carpet from FLOR. Kelly pieced the carpet together for this room, as FLOR specializes in carpet tiles.

Upstairs is their daughters’ territory, as that’s where their bedroom suites are, in addition to a terrace covered in artificial grass by SYNLawn.

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Kelly had wainscoting installed at the bottom of the walls in the bonus Left, Phoenix's bedroom has an accent wall, as all the bedrooms in the house do. Below, the bonus room features two 65-inch flat-screen TVs and four Lovesacs.

room instead of allowing the sheetrock to go to the floor. “I knew in the bonus room we better do something that they can beat up instead of sheetrock all the way down,” he says. As a result, the girls love spending time in a space where they can play unencumbered.

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December 1 — Davidson Holiday Gala (Through December 1) The Davidson College Choirs, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and friends from Dance Davidson and Young Voices of the Carolinas ring in the holiday season with the third annual Holiday Gala.

December 2 — Downtown Mooresville Holiday Light Spectacular This orchestrated light show includes 75,000 lights set to music through New Year’s Day.

December 3 — Christmas

in Davidson Enjoy this Davidson tradition filled with carolers, a live nativity, food, performances, carriage rides and more.

Norman Rockwell’s vision of the holidays comes to life through December 5.

December 4 —

Huntersville Town Center Tree Lighting Start off the season by watching Huntersville Town Center’s Christmas tree come to life.

December 5 — Candlelight Christmas

Enjoy a beautiful stroll among the candlelit property and buildings that make up Latta Plantation.

Take a peek inside the home to see first-person dressed interpreters as they theatrically celebrate Nancy Latta’s holiday wedding. Enjoy caroling and a 1800s-inspired live nativity scene.

December 5 — A Carolina Christmas Jaimee

Paul, Leif Shires and Joshua Carswell perform their versions of holiday favorites in A Carolina Christmas through Performing Arts Live of Iredell.

December 6 — The 7th Annual Holiday

Children’s Party Join in the fun and don’t forget to dress to impress because Santa and Rudolph will be there to take complimentary photos.

Brought to you by the Town of Mooresville.

December 6 — Christmas Vespers Join the Davidson community for the annual Lessons & Carols Christmas Vespers service featuring music from the Davidson College Chorale and Brass Ensemble. Prelude music by the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra.

December 6 — Christmas Belles Take three

sisters, add a surly Santa, family secrets, sibling squabbles and a Christmas pageant run amuck and you have the Jones, Hope and Wooten southern comedy, Christmas Belles!

There are no Christmas sweaters too gaudy for these characters as they bring to life the characters that live in Fayro, Texas during the most festive season of all — Christmas. Directed by Sylvia Schnople and presented by Davidson Community Players. Playing through December 20.

December 8 — Stocks

for Tots Stocks For Tots was created as a way to bring together stock car racing and its fans, while raising awareness of the child abuse problem in North Carolina. The idea is to collect toys and raise money during a festive, familyoriented holiday event. Folks get to see many of their favorite NASCAR & NHRA drivers / celebrities, as well as their show cars on display and even a visit from Santa himself.

December 8

— Messiah SingAlong — (December 8) All are invited to join the Davidson College Choirs in their one-nightonly sing through of the Christmas portion (plus a few extras) of Handel’s Messiah. Joined by an orchestral chamber ensemble, student soloists and guests will enjoy this evening of jubilant choral revelry. Bring your own score. The college will have a few to share.

December 11 — Walk Thru Bethlehem This

outdoor interactive Christmas drama at Camp Wesley allows guests to experience the census, the marketplace, the living nativity and the very first Christmas.

December 12 — A Huntersville Christmas Downtown Huntersville will be transformed into a magical winter wonderland, complete with a visit from Santa and his elves and stories with Mrs. Claus.

The Parks and Recreation afterschool team will be located in the fire department to assist children in writing letters to Santa, and the magic show will once again be located in Town Hall. There will be two stages with a variety of live entertainment and Christmas carolers roaming throughout the event.

December 12 — The 19th Annual Lighted Boat Parade Area boats dress up for the holidays at The Peninsula Yacht Club.

December 13 — Christmas at Mt. Zion Mt. Zion UMC Chancel Choir, Hand Bell Ensemble, organ, piano and brass ensemble present Holy Light: A Service of Carols arranged by Robert Hobby with readings by Susan Palo Cherwien.

December 14 — Sing the Wonders North Mecklenburg Community Chorus performs a selection of holiday pieces. Performances also on December 7 and 12.

December 18 — Celebrate the

Holidays in Downtown Mooresville Music, Santa visits, Christmas Tree Lane, Wagon Rides, the 75,000 Holiday Light Spectacular and more.

December 20 — The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Enjoy this holiday classic written by Barbara Robinson. Wrenn Goodrum directs this ACT (Activate Community Through Theatre) production.

December 21 — Lake Norman Big Band The Lake Norman Big Band plays every third Monday night at The Finish Line Restaurant in Mooresville, but on this particular night, you’ll enjoy holiday favorites — big band style.

THE SCOOP For more detailed information regarding these holiday events, look at pages 72 and 73.

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A month of things to do in the Lake Norman area Date Night

CHILDREN The 7th Annual Holiday Children’s Party (December 6) Join in the fun and don’t forget to dress to impress because Santa and Rudolph will be there to take complimentary photos. Brought to you by the Town of Mooresville. 9 a.m.-11 a.m.

Free. The Charles Mack Citizen Center, 215 N. Main Street, www.downtownmooresville.com.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (December 18-20) Enjoy this holiday classic written by Barbara Robinson. Wrenn Goodrum directs this ACT (Activate Community Through Theatre) production.

December 18 8 p.m.; December 19 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m.; December 20 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $12, $10 children/ seniors. Community School of Davidson High School’s ArtSpace, 404 Armour Street, Davidson, www.activatecommunitythroughtheatre.com.

CONCERTS Davidson Holiday Gala (Through December 1) The Davidson College Choirs, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and friends from Dance Davidson and Young Voices of the Carolinas ring in the holiday season with the third annual Holiday Gala. 7:30 p.m. $18.65. Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College, www.davidson.edu.

A Carolina Christmas (December 5) Jaimee Paul, Leif Shires and Joshua Carswell perform their versions of holiday favorites in A Carolina Christmas through Performing Arts Live of Iredell.

7:30 p.m., tickets are $25 plus 6.75 percent sales tax. Mac Gray Auditorium at 474 North Center Street, Statesville, www.PALofiredell.com.

Christmas Vespers (December 6) Join the Davidson community for the annual Lessons & Carols Christmas Vespers service featuring music from the Davidson College Chorale and Brass Ensemble. Prelude music by the Davidson College Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Free. Davidson College Presbyterian Church, www.davidson.edu.

Sing the Wonders (December 7, 12, 14) North Mecklenburg Community Chorus performs a selection of holiday pieces. December 7, 7 p.m., First Baptist Church Huntersville, 119 Old Statesville Road, Huntersville; December 12, 3 p.m., Community in Christ Lutheran Church, 7621 Norman Island Drive, Cornelius; December 14, 7 p.m., Huntersville United Methodist Church, 14005 Stumptown Road, Huntersville, www.nmccsings.org.

Messiah Sing-Along (December 8) All are invited to join the Davidson College Choirs in their onenight-only sing through of the Christmas portion (plus a few extras) of Handel’s Messiah. Joined by an orchestral chamber ensemble, student soloists and guests will enjoy this evening of jubilant choral revelry. Bring your own score. The college will have a few to share. 7 p.m. Free. Duke Family Performance Hall, www.davidson.edu.

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Christmas at Mt. Zion (December 13) Mt. Zion UMC Chancel Choir, Hand Bell Ensemble, organ, piano and brass ensemble present Holy Light: A Service of Carols arranged by Robert Hobby

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Girls’ Night Out

Family Fun

Me Time

with readings by Susan Palo Cherwien. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., sanctuary. Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Cornelius, www.mtzionumc.net.

Christmas. December 11 6-9 p.m., December 12 2-9 p.m. Free. Camp Wesley, 3090 Deal Road, Mooresville, www.walkthrubethlehem.org.

Lake Norman Big Band (December 21) The Lake Norman Big Band plays every third Monday night at The Finish Line Restaurant in Mooresville. The show features favorite hits from the big band era and more. 7-9 p.m. $5 cover.

Call 704.664.2695 for reservations. The Finish Line Restaurant, 125 Morlake Drive, Mooresville, www.thelakenormanbigband.org.

A Huntersville Christmas (December 12) Downtown Huntersville will be transformed into a magical winter wonderland, complete with a visit from Santa and his elves, stories with Mrs. Claus. The Parks and Recreation afterschool team will be located in the fire department to assist children in writing letters to Santa, and the magic show will once again be located in Town Hall. There will be two stages with a variety of live entertainment and Christmas carolers roaming throughout the event. Local restaurants will be open as well as a variety of concessions. Craft vendors will be located in Veterans Park at Main and Maxwell for Holiday shopping. 4-8 p.m. Free.

Downtown Huntersville, www.huntersville.org.

EVENTS Downtown Mooresville Holiday Light Spectacular (December 1 through New Year’s Day) This orchestrated light show includes 75,000 lights set to music. 7-9 p.m. Free. Lawn of Mooresville Town Hall, www.downtownmooresville.com.

Christmas in Davidson (December 3-5) Enjoy this Davidson tradition filled with carolers, a live nativity, food, performances, carriage rides and more. Norman Rockwell’s vision of the holidays comes to life. 6-9 p.m. Free. Downtown Davidson, www.christmasindavidson.com.

Huntersville Town Center Tree Lighting (December 4) Start off the season by watching Huntersville Town Center’s Christmas tree come to life. 6-7:15 p.m. Huntersville Town Center, www.huntersville.org.

Celebrate the Holidays in Downtown Mooresville (December 4, 11, 18) Music, Santa visits, Christmas Tree Lane, Wagon Rides, 75,000 Holiday Light Spectacular and more. 6 p.m.-8 p.m.

Activities take place on Broad & Main Streets.

Loading and unloading for wagon rides takes place at the Christian Mission on Broad Street.

Santa visit and wagon ride loading ends promptly at 8 p.m. www.downtownmooresville.com.

Candlelight Christmas (December 5) Enjoy a beautiful stroll among the candlelit property and buildings that make up Latta Plantation. Take a peek inside the home to see first-person dressed interpreters as they theatrically celebrate Nancy Latta’s holiday wedding. Enjoy caroling and an 1800s-inspired live nativity scene. 6-9 p.m. $8, $7 seniors/students and free for children 5 and under. Historic Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville, www.lattaplantation.org.

Stocks for Tots (December 8) Stocks For Tots was created as a way to bring together stock car racing and its fans, while raising awareness of the child abuse problem in North Carolina. The idea is to collect toys and raise money during a festive, family-oriented holiday event. Folks get to see many of their favorite NASCAR & NHRA drivers / celebrities, as well as their show cars on display and even a visit from Santa himself. 5-9 p.m. NASCAR Technical Institute, 220 Byers Creek Road, Mooresville, www.stocksfortots.com.

Walk Thru Bethlehem (December 11-12) This outdoor interactive Christmas drama allows guests to experience the census, the marketplace, the living nativity and the very first

The 19th Annual Lighted Boat Parade (December 12) Area boats dress up for the holidays with the theme “Christmas Around the World” in mind. Concession open at 5 p.m. Santa arrives by fireboat at 6 p.m., and the parade begins at 6:15 p.m. Peninsula Yacht Club, 18501 Harbor Light Boulevard, Cornelius, www.peninsulayacht.com.

First Footin’ at Rural Hill (January 1) Start the new year off right with First Footin’, Rural Hill’s annual walk and celebration of Hogmanay, aka Scottish New Years. 10 a.m. First Footin’ Five Miler Trail Run begins, 11 a.m. First Footin’ Walk begins, noon Stone Soup Blessing and Gathering. $25 registration fee for First Footin’ Five Miler. Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Road, Huntersville, www.ruralhill.net.

FILM Studio-C Cinema (December 4-6) Run and Jump is an award-winning indie film, filmed in County Kerry, Ireland. It tells the story of a small-town Irish family in difficult straits, and an uptight visitor from America who rescues both himself and the family. It is a gripping story that is comic, tragic, surprising and immensely fulfilling. Run and Jump is the first feature of Irish-American director, Stephanie Green. The screenplay is by Irish author Ailbhe Keogan, and it stars Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte. Watch this film on a 17-foot screen in 5.1 surround sound. Friday-Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. $9. Warehouse Performing Arts Center, 9216-A Westmoreland Road, Cornelius, www.studioccinema. com.

GALLERIES Brick Row Art Gallery Various exhibitions.

Tue-Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or by appointment.

21325 Catawba Avenue, Cornelius, look for Brick Row Art Gallery on Facebook.

Cornelius Arts Center Awakening unites the art of four female photographers from across the United States for a visual exploration of the internal human experience. Artists represented include S. Gayle Stevens, Diana H. Bloomfield, Aspen Hochhalter and Christina Z. Anderson (through December 4). Mon-Thu 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri-Sat 9 a.m.-noon.

19725 Oak Street, Cornelius, www.cornelius.org.

“Cotton” Ketchie’s Landmark Galleries Various exhibitions. The work of watercolorist ‘Cotton’ Ketchie.

Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 212 North Main Street, Mooresville, 704.664.4122, www.landmark-galleries.com.

Depot Art Gallery Give the Gift of Art Holiday Sale Reception (December 11, 5 p.m.). 103 W. Center Avenue, Mooresville, www.magart.org.

Foster’s Frame and Art Gallery Various exhibitions. Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10a.m.-4p.m. 403 N. Old Statesville Road, Huntersville, 704.948.1750.

Four Corners Framing and Gallery Various exhibitions. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 112 S. Main Street, Mooresville, 704.662.7154, www.fcfgframing.com.

Lake Country Gallery Various exhibitions.

Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Exit 36 – Mooresville, between Belk and Kohl’s, 704.664.5022, www.lakecountrygallery.net.

Sanctuary of Davidson Various exhibitions. 108 S. Main Street, Davidson, www.sanctuaryofdavidson.com.

Tropical Connections Various exhibitions. Tue- Fri 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment. 230 N. Main Street, Mooresville, www.tropicalconnectionslakenorman.com.

The Van Every/Smith Galleries Kent Williams exhibit (through December 16). Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat-Sun noon-4 p.m. Davidson College, The Van Every/Smith Galleries, 315 N. Main Street, Davidson, www.davidsoncollegeartgalleries.org.

MONTHLY EVENTS Carolina Raptor Center Live bird presentations, flight shows, behind-the-scenes tours and more take place at Carolina Raptor

Center throughout the month. Visit carolinaraptorcenter.org for more details.

The Artisan Market Craft Crawl (First Saturday) Formerly known as the Mooresville Craft Crawl, this market features baked goods, clothing, embroidery, jewelry, paintings, pottery, quilts and woodcarvings with an edge. 5-9 p.m. Free.

Mooresville Town Square across from Lowe’s Foods. https://www.facebook.com/artisanmarketnc.

Lunch in the Lot (every Wednesday and Friday) Feast from a food truck in Old Town Cornelius at Oak Street Mill. Tables and chairs are set up at Kadi Fit so you can enjoy your lunch with friends.

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Look for Old Town Cornelius on Facebook. Davidson Farmer’s Market (December 12 and 19) 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Next to Town Hall between Main and Jackson streets in downtown Davidson, www.davidsonfarmersmarket.org.

Mooresville Museum (First and Third Saturday) View exhibits and artifacts from Mooresville’s past and present. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. 132 E. Center Avenue, Mooresville, www.downtownmooresville.com.

Downtown Mooresville Farmers Market (Every Saturday) This market features local produce, meats, eggs and more. 8 a.m.-noon.

Corner of Church Street and East Iredell Avenue, Mooresville, www.downtownmooresville.com.

Richard’s Coffee Shop & Veterans Museum (Every Saturday) Enjoy a community music jam every Saturday. 9 a.m.- noon. Free. Richards Coffee Shop & Veterans Museum, 165 N. Main Street, Mooresville, www.downtownmooresville.com.

SPORTS Davidson College Men’s Basketball Every season seems to get better and better. Could David-

son College go back to the big dance this year?

Eastern Washington (December 9, 8:30 p.m.), Western Carolina (December 12, 7 p.m.), Morehead State (December 23, 1 p.m.). John M. Belk Arena, Davidson College, www.davidsonwildcats.com.

Davidson College Women’s Basketball The Lady Wildcats take to the court for another great season. Western Carolina (December 5, 4 p.m.), Michigan State (December 9, 6 p.m.), South Carolina State (December 12, 2 p.m.), East Tennessee State (December 18, 11:30 a.m.), UNC Charlotte (December 20, 2 p.m.). John M. Belk Arena, Davidson College, www.davidsonwildcats.com.

30th Annual Ice Bucket Regatta (January 1) The Lake Norman Yacht Club hosts its 30th Annual Ice Bucket Regatta. Fingers crossed for warm temperatures. The event also features a Hot Soup Lunch. The event is open to PHRF and one design centerboard and keel boats. www.lakenormanyachtclub.com.

THEATRE Christmas Belles (December 3-20) Take three sisters, add a surly Santa, family secrets, sibling squabbles and a Christmas pageant run amuck and you have the Jones, Hope and Wooten southern comedy, Christmas Belles! There are no Christmas sweaters too gaudy for these characters as they bring to life the characters that live in Fayro, Texas during the most festive season of all — Christmas.

Directed by Sylvia Schnople and presented by Davidson Community Players. December 3-5, 8 p.m.; December 10-12 8 p.m.; December 17-19 8 p.m.; December 13 and 20 7 p.m.; December 6, 13, 20 2 p.m. $20, seniors $18, students $12. Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour Street, Davidson, www. davidsoncommunityplayers.org.

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Lori’s Larks

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CURRENTS Editor Lori K. Tate and Chef Marketa Lucas.

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y the time you read this, I will have hosted my first Thanksgiving dinner.

Before you have grand illusions of me doing the Rachael Ray thing in the kitchen, hold on to your spatula because truth be told, I ordered the meal from The Fresh Market. Yes, my husband and I made a couple of extra sides, but we really took the low-maintenance route to Turkey Day. It’s not that I don’t enjoy cooking because I do. I love the feeling of accomplishment when you place a freshly cooked dish on the dining room table. I liken it to presenting a piece of art. But in reality, I don’t have a ton of time, and I only know the basics of cooking.

With that in mind, I jumped at the opportunity to take a class at the newly opened Sur La Table in Huntersville. Since the cooking class was for work, I could block out a couple of hours to cook guilt-free. I chose to take the “Secrets of Great Sauces” class, but there is a variety from which to choose — think Thai food to take and bake to seafood. You can bring your own wine to evening classes, and the store even offers a date night class on select Friday nights.

Led by Chef Marketa Lucas, my class took place on a Friday morning in the store’s state-of-the-art cooking kitchen.

Approximately 15 people attended (note that most classes sell out in advance), and everything we needed was set up and prepped at our stations, including an 11-page handout with definitions and recipes. I could get used to this.

We began by learning how to properly hold a knife — turns out that holding it like a tennis racket is not the best way to go. Next, we moved on to making Salted Butter Caramel Sauce from scratch with a pure vanilla bean paste. Even though there

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Mixing Up Fun Editor Lori K. Tate takes a sauce class at Sur La Table

Seared Scallops with Cherry Gastrique for lunch.

was chemistry involved, it tasted delicious.

In addition, we prepared Seared Chicken with Marsala-Mushroom Glaze, Seared Chicken with Velouté Sauce, Salad Verte with Classic French Vinaigrette and Seared Scallops with Cherry Gastrique all under three hours. FYI, a gastrique is a savory caramelized sauce that pairs well with fish, desserts and rich meats, but personally I think its soul mate is scallops.

During the class, the group divides into smaller teams to cook each dish at well-appointed cooking stations.

My team included three ladies named Ann, Barb and Liz. We didn’t know each other beforehand but had a great time taking turns while we cooked.

As we prepared the dishes, we learned little cooking tidbits and tips. For instance, stock is made from meat and the bone, and broth is made from meat only. In addition, adding lemon juice is a great

way to get the flour taste out of a sauce and you should always cook your meat clockwise on a pan so you’ll know how long it’s been cooking. Watch out, Rachael!

Mid-class, Chef Lucas gave us a tour of the store to show us where we could purchase some of the items we used to make the dishes.

One of the perks of taking the class is that Sur La Table gives you a 10-percent-off coupon that you can only use the day of your class.

The coupon is generous, but my favorite part of the class was eating the dishes we created. Everything was scrumptious, but the scallops were my favorite. I’m definitely taking my husband back for one of the date night classes. I just hope he doesn’t expect this caliber of cooking at home.

Tate takes her turn with the Seared Chicken with Veloute Sauce.

THE SCOOP Sur La Table is located at Northcross Commons in Huntersville. To register for classes, visit www.surlatable.com.