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Sarah Keller and Jeff Newcomer were married on June 5, 2010. Family and friends from all over joined in to celebrate at the rehearsal dinner at the Jada Vineyard in Paso Robles, Calif., and the wedding at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo. Follow this link to purchase prints of these photographs.

Olivia was beside herself with excitement as United 6400 prepared for take off, heading from Eugene to San Francisco. She was way back in row 16, but she had a window seat and a pretty good view.

Baker finds whole grains add whole lot of flavor By Kim Davaz Whole-grain baking is an excellent way to introduce new grains into your diet, whether for health reasons or to try new flavors. If you’re used to baking with wheat flour, these other grains may feel similar in the bag, but they taste and react differently. You can’t just substitute teff or amaranth flour for wheat flour, any more than you can interchange white flour for whole-wheat flour and expect to get the same results. Pastry chef Kim Boyce has done the hard experimenting part, and with Amy Scattergood has…

‘Hands-on’ instructions for serious barbecuing Little grilling book is packed with recipes and information By Kim Davaz If you find yourself drawn to the outdoor grill when you should be shopping for sandpaper or light bulbs; if the aroma of your neighbor’s grill has you up against the fence; if you find yourself looking for a hat that includes an umbrella so you can grill in the rain; then Adam Perry Lang’s “BBQ 25” has your name written all over it. Lang calls “BBQ 25” the “backbone of barbecue” that includes his best recipes with the least fuss for the foods…

Alice Waters gets back to basics Anyone who is new to the kitchen would appreciate the step-by-step instructions By Kim Davaz It’s not that I don’t want to cook on Mother’s Day. It’s that I don’t want to decide what to cook, shop for it, cook it and then clean it up. “In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn By Heart” by Alice Waters is a cookbook from which I’d like to be presented a meal. The book includes photographs and short presentations on basic cooking techniques (many by Waters’ friends who are well-known in the cooking world) that were part…