A night of trivia Friday, March 05, 2010 By Kollin Kosmicki Maverick offers weekly Pub Quiz for patrons You probably can't learn as much at any other bar or restaurant in town than at Maverick BBQ on Thursday nights. That's because the business at 35 Fifth St. located in an old train depot continues to host its weekly Pub Quiz tradition that brings out a festive crowd itching to compete and, perhaps, gain some knowledge. And they can do it while enjoying a drink or dinner, too. Read More......

Nick Lovejoy A group works to come up with answers to a question at Maverick BBQ's weekly Pub Quiz, which is hosted at the restaurant on Thursdays.

It's still rainy and it's still wintry but many high school students' thoughts are turning to next fall, when they hope to begin their adult lives in college.

This week brought scholarship application deadlines, meaning seniors were frantically scrambling to gather letters of recommendation from teachers while they put the finishing touches on their own "personal statement" that helps scholarship deciders as they determine who gets how much money.
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Risotto is made with medium-grain arborio rice, which cooks up slowly and has an al dente texture to it when made right. Here, it is served with wild mushrooms and asparagus.

Photo by: Melissa Flores

Well-seasoned cuisine - Risotto

The search for tasty vegetarian meals continued the last few weeks. For one week, I decided to try my hand at a risotto that can be made vegetarian by substituting chicken broth for vegetable broth. I've never had a very good record with any rice-based dish, but I decided to try it anyway. This one mixed in wild mushrooms, which can be found in abundance at local grocery stores. There are two options when using mushrooms - fresh are best if available - but many grocery stores now sell dried mushrooms such as shitakes, oysters, porcini and more. These can be placed in hot water for 30 minutes and they reconstitute so that they are moist and soft for cooking.
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Movie lines - Cop Out

My dad has always got the short end of the stick in a house with three women. When it comes to TV watching, no one else in the house wants to watch wrestling, Westerns or football. He rarely gets control of the HD flat screen in the living room, except when the three of us are out running errands or before we get home from work.

So every once in a while, we take pity on him and go see a movie he really wants to see, even if we know it's probably going to be really, really bad.
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Out of my mind

Have you ever heard that you should cover beans with horsehair when you plant them, so that mice won't nibble the seeds? Or that you shouldn't plant the same kind of herb two years in a row? There are just a few old wives' tales about how to tend your garden.
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SPECIAL TO THE PINNACLE Four local Boy Scouts plan to attend the National Jamboree this summer.

Boy Scouts prep for Jamboree