Russian food, fishing for sport, African cuisines | Good Food - KCRW

Experimenting with ingredients with limited kitchen gadgets, cook and food writer Andy Baraghani shares everyday recipes for the home cook. Photo by Graydon Herriot.
Food scholar Darra Goldstein describes the evolution of Russian cuisine despite scarcity and isolation. Environmentalist and author Paul Greenberg recalls fishing with his father but says the time has come to eliminate the “trophy catch.” Andy Baraghani takes lessons he learned working the line around the country and applies them to the home kitchen in a new cookbook. Growing up in Gabon, Anto Cocagne had aspirations outside of homemaking and left Africa for France, touting the cuisine of the Sub-Sahara. Melvin Blanco, an oncology nurse, opened Juan & Nita’s Bagnet-Silog during the pandemic to feed frontline workers. Finally, it’s summer and that means mangoes at the farmers market.
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Food scholar Darra Goldstein describes the evolution of Russian cuisine despite scarcity and isolation.
12 min
Environmentalist and author Paul Greenberg recalls fishing with his father, but says the time has come to eliminate the “trophy catch.”
10 min
Andy Baraghani takes the lessons he learned working the line around the country and applies them to the home kitchen in a new cookbook.
10 min
Photography and recipes intersect, setting the table for an array of African cuisines, in Anto Cocagne’s new book “Saka Saka: South of the Sahara — Adventures in African...
8 min
Melvin Blanco has made it a practice to feed frontline workers for free at Juan & Nita’s Bagnet-Silog, a restaurant he opened during the pandemic.
8 min
Chef Victor Munoz of Conservatory in West Hollywood shares how he uses Wong Farm’s Valencia Pride mangoes on the menu.
8 min
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How to care for your San Antonio lawn during the drought - San Antonio Express-News

Buffalo grass is quite drought-tolerant. It's equal to, or slightly better than, common Bermuda grass.
This has not been the best spring for the lawn. We are in Stage 2 drought restrictions and may soon enter Stage 3.
Stage 2 restrictions limit sprinkler irrigation to one day a week, and only between 7 and 11 a.m. and 7 and 11 p.m. At Stage 3, sprinkler irrigation is allowed every other week.
St. Augustine grass requires water every three weeks to survive. You have more flexibility if you have a Bermuda or zoysia, as they will brown if they are not watered  but will not die. As soon as the rains start again or they can be irrigated with another source of water, they will recover and green up.
With the dry weather, SAWS has instituted Stage 2 drought restrictions, which allows irrigation  once a week during limited hours. Hand-watering is allowed at any time.
I've been hearing from readers of this column and listeners of my radio show, "Milberger's Gardening South TX" on 930 AM, that many San Antonio lawns are are starting to brown in areas that are in full sun. Likely, that browning is caused by a lack of water. But if you are concerned it might be take-all root rot or chinch bugs, here's how to test for that.
Pick a 3-foot square in your browned lawn and generously hand-water it every day for five days. Hand-watering is allowed any time under drought restrictions.
On ExpressNews.com: Best drought-tolerant plants in sun and shade for color and flowers in your San Antonio garden landscape 
If the test plot greens up with the added water, it usually indicates your sprinkler is not applying the water to the lawn evenly. Other causes, however, may be that the soil under the dry area is compacted, or the soil can be more shallow in that spot, or there might even be rocks under the surface. 
This St. Augustine lawn has a big problem with take-all root rot. Hand-water a patch of lawn every day for five days. If it greens up, it's brown from a lack of water. If it doesn't, there is another problem.
If the brown area did not respond to the test watering by greening up,  chinch bugs may be in that part of the lawn. They can usually be seen at the base of the brown grass in full sun.
Chinch bugs can be controlled by applying one of several lawn insecticides. The lawn insecticides also work to control grubs if they are applied early enough in the year.
On ExpressNews.com: Basic New Braunfels yard transformed into drought-tolerant, low-water oasis with $65K in landscaping
Grub damage usually shows up as moth-eaten brown areas in a well-watered part of the lawn as a separation of the grass blades that resembles a toupee. Grubs in action often appear in the same part of the lawn in consecutive years. If you had grubs in 2021, you should treat the lawn now to eliminate the damage that will appear later in the summer. 
Calvin Finch is a retired Texas A&M horticulturist. calvinrfinch@gmail.com

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25th annual Kids Fishing Day reels in more than 200 children - Watauga Democrat

Hayden Fox caught a 7.92-pound fish, the biggest catch of the day for the under 12 age group.

Hayden Fox caught a 7.92-pound fish, the biggest catch of the day for the under 12 age group.
PINEOLA — On June 18, the pond at the Old Hanes Plant in Pineola drew in a crowd for the High Country Sportsman Coalition’s annual Kids Fishing Day.
This year, 287 children under 16 years of age registered to participate. As always, the event was free, and the sponsors provided bait and fishing poles, according to Steve Hicks of the High Country Sportsman Coalition. At the end of the day, they passed out free poles for the kids to take home. Hicks said he hopes this event encourages children to spend more time outdoors.
Debbie and Bobby Blalock from Montezuma heard about the event the night before on Facebook. They’ve been to one Kids Fishing Day before, they said, and since their 7-year-old granddaughter Lucy was staying with them for the week, they decided to bring her. While Lucy didn’t catch any fish in Pineola, she said she caught “15 or so” fish at the pier one time, and Blalock said she had a great time anyway.
Hayden Fox caught the biggest fish for the under 12 age group, and Jaylee Shew caught the biggest fish for the 12 and up age group. Fox’s fish was 7.92 pounds and Shew’s was 4.85 pounds. Both will receive a lifetime fishing license as an award from the High Country Sportsman Coalition.
The event always takes place on the third weekend of June, Hicks said. While the event is free, they accept donations, which fund for the next year’s event. They raffled off several guns, coolers and gift cards as well.
The pond is stocked beforehand and the kids are welcome to keep their fish. If they don’t want to, however, the organizers make sure to give them to someone who will clean and eat them, Hicks said.
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Pennsylvania Guard, SPP Partner Lithuania Join NATO Exercise - ang.af.mil

From left, Pennsylvania Air National Guard Lt. Col. Frank Shoaf, Chief Master Sgt. Jason Everetts, Capt. Matthew Reed, Master Sgt. Frankie Perez, Chief Master Sgt. Andrew Mowry and Capt. Benjamin Kaufman with the 171st Air Refueling Wing’s 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania, during the Defender Europe 22 exercise, June 2022. The Pennsylvania Guard and Lithuania are partners under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron attended the multinational joint Defender Europe 22 exercise with NATO and other military partners.
The exercise in May and June focused on building operational readiness and interoperability between allies and partners to train as they fight. The Airmen from the 258th went to Lithuania to collaborate with the Lithuanian Air Force and share their expertise on air traffic control operations.
“We are sharing our capabilities and working together to become more efficient. We are collaborating and placing an emphasis on modernization, especially with equipment,” said Capt. Benjamin Kaufman, an airfield operations officer at the 258th.
While the Airmen from the 258th worked directly with the Lithuanians, the exercise consisted of more than 8,000 participants from 11 countries. Over 1,200 Guard members participated.
“It’s important to see things at our level and how we fit into the bigger picture as a whole,” said Master Sgt. Frankie Perez, a mobile tower chief controller at the 258th.
“It was an amazing experience to walk in and see all the different flags on people’s shoulders knowing we are working together,” said Kaufman.
Participating countries practiced many operations, such as live ammunition exercises, road marches and river crossings. 
Members of the 258th partnered with Lithuania on airfield operations as part of the State Partnership Program. The Pennsylvania National Guard and Lithuania have been partners under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau program since 1993.
“It was great to communicate our capabilities — what capabilities we have, what we can learn from each other, and even how we can work together in the future,” said Perez.
With all the moving pieces in a large-scale exercise, extensive support from each host nation was imperative.
“It was impactful to see all of the different NATO countries involved in the exercise,” Kaufman said. “With our State Partnership Program visit, we were able to discuss how our future engagement could benefit both the Lithuanians and the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.” 
 

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Drop’s MT3 keycaps are buy one set, get one free through July 31st - The Verge

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Nothing livens up your desk like some colorful mechanical keyboard keycaps, and Drop’s buy one, get one deal has returned to brighten up your hump day. You can buy one base or ortholinear kit of MT3 keycaps from Drop’s selection and get a second one of equal or lesser value for free. This sale includes some returning favorites like the two-tone blue Dasher set that’s reminiscent of the keyboards in Severance. You can see them in action by our own Dan Seifert in this Verge TikTok video.
This BOGO promo includes some sets we haven’t seen looped into deals before. In addition to offering a few Lord of the Rings sets (Dwarvish and Elvish), the sleek Godspeed R2 and retro 9009 sets are also in the mix. Most sets cost $120 before the discounted savings, with Lord of the Rings and Marvel-licensed sets running up to $130. While individual sets vary in their uses of ABS or PBT-based plastics, all of them are the unique MT3 profile with deeply scooped tops for a unique typing feel that looks vintage.

MT3 keycap designs feature a heavily scooped spherical top for your fingers to rest in as you type. These colorful sets are meant for Cherry-style keyboard switches. Drop is offering buy one, get one free on base and ortho kits when you use code MT3BOGOJULY until 11:59PM PT / 2:59AM ET on July 31st.
Today is the last day to take advantage of preorder promotions for the Google Pixel 6A. The new midrange A-series phone for Google’s Pixel lineup officially launches tomorrow, and preordering one for $449 at Amazon, Best Buy, or Google gets you a pair of $99 Pixel Buds A wireless earbuds for free.
The deal may get sweeter if you have an older phone to trade in, especially a prior Pixel A-series model. The Google Store is offering up to $300 of credit toward a 6A. Notably, the Pixel 4A 5G, Pixel 4A, and even the outdated Pixel 3A can fetch that $300 off if they power on with working, crack-free screens. According to Google’s fine print, these promotions end at 11:59PM PT tonight, so the clock is ticking if you’re on the fence.
The Pixel 6A offers a lot of the flagship Pixel 6 formula in a smaller 6.1-inch form factor. It has the same speedy Tensor CPU, but Google ditched some premium features, like its wireless charging and a high-refresh screen, to keep the price down. All said, it offers great performance in an affordable package. Read our review.

If you preorder the Pixel 6A for $449, you’ll get a complementary set of Pixel Buds A-Series. The phone releases on July 28th, so be on the lookout for your delivery on or after that date.
Nature continues to heal (metaphorically, of course; reality still doesn’t look so good), and high-powered GPUs continue to become readily available — with added discounts. Speaking of which, EVGA is offering some great pricing on refurbished cards. The RTX 3070 Ti XC3 costs just $579.99 ($130 off), and the RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 is just $10 more at $589.99 ($230 off). These cards are very similar, with the FTW3 having a marginally faster clock speed and bolder RGB lighting.
Whichever one strikes your fancy, they’re both slightly faster than the Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition. And with these prices, these refurbished models cost slightly less, too. EVGA calls them “B-stock” merchandise, but they’re refurbished. Even so, EVGA claims that they offer the “performance and reliability of a new product of the same model.” Additionally, each comes with a one-year warranty.
One extra thing to keep in mind is that if you haven’t bought a video card recently, be sure to check the measurements of whatever case you plan to install it in. These things can take up a whole lot of space.

EVGA’s RTX 3070 Ti XC3 Ultra is a PCI-Express 4.0 video card with 8GB of graphics memory, DLSS, ray tracing, and discreet RGB illumination (the EVGA logo only).

EVGA’s RTX 3070 Ti FTW3 Ultra is a PCI-Express 4.0 video card sporting 8GB of graphics memory, DLSS, and ray tracing.
If you’re looking for a gaming laptop on a budget that is also great at some other regular laptop duties, the last-gen Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is down to $1,099.99 at Best Buy. That’s a $300 discount on this great laptop, which was the model to beat when it came out in 2020. Yes, it’s 2022, so that means that it’s a little long in the tooth now, but it’s much cheaper than the current model. And, its AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS processor, RTX 3060, 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD are still very capable today — especially since it’s only outputting 1080p to its 14-inch 144Hz screen. Just keep in mind that it lacks a webcam, so you’ll need an external option if Zoom calls are a major part of your routine. Read our review.
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The ROG Zephyrus G14 is great potable gaming laptop. Its AMD Ryzen 7 CPU, GeForce RTX 3060, and 16GB of RAM manage great performance with games played on its 1080p 144Hz display, and it’s also a fine everyday Windows laptop.
We frequently mention the Samsung 980 Pro NVMe SSD in deals coverage, and that’s because it offers very fast speeds at increasingly appealing prices. Whether you want to upgrade the storage in your PC or PS5, the 2TB model that doesn’t get discounted as often as the 1TB model is cheaper today. The Samsung 980 Pro 2TB — complete with pre-installed heatsink — is down to $249.99 ($150 off) at Amazon. It may be half the cost of a PS5 itself, but just think about all the games that you can fit on it.
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Samsung’s 980 Pro is a fast PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD that’s capable of sequential read speeds of up to 7,000MB/s and write speeds of up to 5,000MB/s. These specs make it a great choice for a modern PCIe 4.0-equipped PC or for a PS5, the latter requiring a heatsink.
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