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Howard County Featured Events Calendar
January 17, 2014 by
For the most up to date featured events in Howard County, please visit http://www.visithowardcounty.com/happening/featured-events .
Touche Touchet Bakery: Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
January 16, 2014 by
Indulge in something sweet at Touche Touchet Bakery. This independently owned bakery in Columbia is serving freshly made cupcakes, cookies, scones, croissants, and more. Pick up a selection of specialty cookies that taste as good as they look. Try flavors like Cookies and Cream, German Chocolate, Red Velvet, S'Mores, and Strawberry Delight. Take an break in the afternoon with a cup of coffee, Almond Croissant, or Chocolate Chip Scone. The bakery can even custom design a cake or dessert for your next event! The staff is friendly and happy to help. The cozy shop has a few seats inside and outside. Touche Touchet Bakery is closed on Mondays. Visit the website for more information.
Touche Touchet Bakery
10400 Shaker Drive
Columbia, MD 21046
(410) 997-9338
http://www.yelp.com/biz/touche-touchet-bakery-columbia
Learn the Difference Between ‘Dice’ and ‘Julienne’ with This Helpful Glossary
January 15, 2014 by
Recipes often use fancy words like “dice”, “julienne”, or “mince” to describe how to prepare ingredients, without explaining the differences. Knowing proper food preparation techniques can greatly improve your cooking, and this informative guide from the NIH can help.
The NIH's Food Preparation Glossary defines common food prep terms, illustrating them with helpful photos. The Cutting section includes techniques that produce smaller, more irregular pieces, like mincing and chopping, as well as longer, thinner pieces, like julienning and slicing.
The Cooking section of the glossary describes cooking terms that use the stovetop or oven to prepare foods like meats or vegetables. For example, did you know that stir frying, pan frying, and sautéing a recipe essentially means exactly the same thing? This section also describes the differences between terms like “boil”, “simmer”, “brown”, and “grill” to help you follow recipes more precisely.
Food Preparation Glossary [National Heart, Lungs and Blood Institute]
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Frisco Taphouse & Brewery: Craft Beer and Creative Food
January 14, 2014 by
Frisco Taphouse & Brewery is a beer lover's dream in Columbia. Just about everyone can find a beer to enjoy on the extensive list. Tons of beers are available on draft and even more in bottles. Fifty tap beers are available all the time. Some of the beers are made in house! Feel free to ask for a sample of a beer on draft you haven't tried before. The menu is a mix of bar food and entrees. Indulge in some nachos, wings, pizza, burgers, and sandwiches. Salads are also available. If you like your meal spicy try one of the fajita platters or burritos. Everything is reasonably priced and service is friendly. You can even check out the current beer list on your phone. Visit the website for more information.
Frisco Taphouse & Brewery
6695 Dobbin Road
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 312-4907
http://www.yelp.com/biz/frisco-taphouse-and-brewery-columbia
Columbia Art Center: Art By Hand
January 7, 2014 by
If you’re looking to share a creative experience with your kids, the Columbia Association Art Center is your go-to location throughout the year. The planned community of Columbia has worked hard to extend a wide range of opportunities to its residents and visitors, and the Columbia Art Center is one of the best. Not only do they offer rotating exhibitions of local and national artists in their galleries, but the Center also provides up-and-coming artists with a marketplace to sell their wares in the excellent gift shop. In addition to giving visitors things to look at and buy, the primary mission of the Center is to provide experiential arts learning for people of all ages with year-round classes taught by a diverse faculty of artists. From the basics of drawing, line, and perspective, to more advanced classes in everything from video art to glassblowing, you can learn it here. A yearly summer arts camp for kids also comes highly recommended.
Columbia Art Center
6100 Foreland Garth
Columbia, MD 21045
(410) 730-0075
www.columbiaartcenter.org
Get fit!
November 8, 2013 by
Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. It can help:
- Control your weight
- Reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease
- Reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome
- Reduce your risk of some cancers
- Strengthen your bones and muscles
- Improve your mental health and mood
- Improve your ability to do daily activities and prevent falls, if you’re an older adult
- Increase your chances of living longer
With all those benefits, why not get moving? All it takes to get started is to put on some sneaks and visit our fitness center that’s conveniently located right here.
Thank you for choosing to call us home!
November 8, 2013 by
Welcome to your resident portal.
To facilitate our commitment to providing a high level of service, we’ve created this community website just for our residents.
This site was established to improve communication as well as build a sense of community. It gives us a centralized place to post notices about upcoming events or specials offered by our apartment community. In addition, well be posting information that will help you get more familiar with the resources in your neighborhood, including nearby restaurants and things to do.
We know that everyone has communication preferences, and for this reason, you’ll be able to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, email feed or simply visit this website.
Of course, we’d love your feedback. Participate in our polls or leave a comment with us and tell us what you think.
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