Sunday brunch with Indian friends veered as far from the usual orange juice, omelet and coffeecake as you can get.We started with steaming yellow squares that looked like corn bread. Instead, they were spicy dhokla, made with rice and Indian lentils ground to a powder. If you don't have a grinding stone and a lot of time on Sunday morning, there's a dhokla mix in Indian stores that makes the dish easy. That is what brunch cooks Rose Nair and her sister, Nalini...
East Indian dinner today at Friends Church MUNCIE -- East Indian friends will be serving an East Indian dinner today between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Friends Memorial Church dining room, 418 West Adams Street, Muncie.Cost is $6 per adult and $4 for children 12 and under. Proceeds will be donated to the food pantry.Homecoming celebrated at Buck Creek Church MOORELAND -- Buck Creek Church will celebrate Homecoming Sunday with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., worship at 10:30 a.m. and a...
BRIMFIELD -- Step from your auto, stroll up a grassy hill at Jubilee College State Historic Site and you'll find yourself facing Union soldiers from Cheney's Battery at their Civil War encampment."We're preparing the cannon for battles in Mississippi and Georgia to preserve the nation," said Brian Baird of Rock Falls, who served as a Union Army sergeant.Across from Baird and his battery were horses, a main source of...
Lower Valley can boast of 2 Thanksgiving fests By Ken Flynn El Paso Times Visions of turkeys and pumpkin pies are in the heads of most El Pasoans this week as the nation prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving.Schoolchildren are learning how a brave band of Pilgrims - with the help of Indian friends - survived a rough year in Massachusetts. In 1621, still grieving over losing half of the colony to illness, the Pilgrims and Indians gave thanks to God at a special banquet.But, this...
he help of their Indian friends. When their labors reaped an abundant harvest a year after their arrival, they wanted to offer thanks to God. So they celebrated, gloriously, for three days. Both their vision and their industry became an enduring symbol of the American spirit. The year was 1621, and the tale is drawn from the lives of the Pilgrims of Plymouth. It is a tale that ought to be told often, one that inspires courage and a thoughtful brand of patriotism. But it is seldom told at all...