Exploring Our Sister Cities
"Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." - Gustave Flaubert
Cook with us!
Enjoy this recipe from Mary Parlanti! Mary, a long-time Lexington Sister Cities ambassador, Chair person of our County Kildare committee and chef. She has her own cookbook "From the Kitchen of Mary Parlanti, With Love" available for purchase at the Lexington Sister Cities office!
Pumpkin Bread
3 cups sugar
1 cup salad oil
4 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
15-ounce can pumpkin
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon allspice
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cloves
2/3 cup water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream sugar and oil in a large mixing bowl; add eggs, vanilla extract and pumpkin. Mix well. Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, baking powder, nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, and cloves. Add alternately with water to the pumpkin mixture. Pour into 2 loaf pans that have been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Bake for 1 1/2 hours or until tests done. Let stand for 10 minutes. Remove from pans to cool. Makes 2 loaves.
For Muffins: use an ice cream scoop to fill muffin cups for uniform size. Bake for 25 minutes.
Famed for its celebrity boardwalk, American Film Festival and multi-colored parasols, Deauville is Normandy's most chic and glamorous seaside resort.
Our Book Recommendation
Newmarket: A Year at the Home of Horseracing
Author John Carter has interviewed and shadowed 14 racing personalities throughout a year at Newmarket, the home and headquarters of British horseracing. His subjects range across the racing world, from top male jockey Frankie Dettori, who has also written the foreword, to top female jockey Hayley Turner; from leading trainer Jeremy Noseda, to the clerk of the Newmarket courses Michael Prosser to its former managing director Lisa hancock, now on maternity leave. Carter provides a fascinating glimpse into the often secret world of horseracing.
You can find a copy of the book here.
Tourist Attraction
A major tourist attraction in Shinhidaka, Japan is the Nijukken Road Cherry Blossoms. Nijukken Road has a 7 kilometer row of over 3,000 cherry blossom trees. Widely noted for its size, this Hokkaido heritage has been voted as one of the "Top 100 Cherry Blossom Viewing Sites", as well as one of the "Top 10 Roads of Japan". A vast number of tourists flock here each year in may in order to glimpse the magnificent row of trees!
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