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Terese Genecco has been appearing every month in Broadway’s longest running nightclub act at the world-renowned jazz venue, The Iridium with her 8-piece Little Big Band. She has been hailed as “the love-child of Dean Martin & Judy Garland” by The San Francisco Examiner , “A One-Woman Rat Pack!” by Cabaret Scenes Magazine and as a Critic’s Pick and Top Ten favorite of Time Out New York magazine since first appearing in Jazz at The Lincoln Center in 2005. First known for her multi-award winning jazz/musical creation, Drunk With Love:A Tribute To Frances Faye . Genecco has also headlined from coast to coast with engagements at The Rrazz Room, The Great American Music Hall, Yoshi’s Jazz Club, The Herbst Theater, The Post Street Theater, San Francisco Pride Main Stage and the Fillmore Jazz Festival, opening for Grammy Winner Steve Tyrell at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in New Jersey, and as a headliner at The Peppermill Hotel & Casino in Reno. She has recently returned fr...

Yogurt Lemon Pie Graham Crackers, four Butter, unsalted, one tablespoon FAGE Total 0% Greek Yogurt, three quarter cup Lemon Curd, good quality, one tablespoon* Thin slice of lemon and lemon zest to decorate Place the graham crackers in a plastic sandwich bag and roll a rolling pin across them, or crush with fingers until they are small, even crumbs. Melt the butter in a pan and add to the graham crackers. Mix well until all the crumbs are lightly coated. Pour the graham cracker mixture into a spring pan and press it down firmly with fingertips. Combine the yogurt with the lemon curd and a little lemon zest. Spoon this mixture on top of the graham cracker base and chill for at least an hour. Remove the ring add a slice of lemon rind to serve. Additional Notes: If you don’t have metal cooking rings, use a clean, small baked-bean can with each end removed. In-season, soft fruit, such as strawberries, can be pureed and used in place of the le...

Salmon with Ginger Salsa Mangos, 2 diced Tomato, 1 large diced Scallions, 4 chopped Cilantro, 2 teaspoons chopped Ginger, fresh, two teaspoons finely minced Lemon or Lime Juice, from one lemon or two limes Salmon Steaks, four about six ounces each Vegetable oil spray Mix the first six ingredients to make a salsa Heat up the grill and spray it with the vegetable spray Sprinkle the salmon with the juice. Grill the salmon on each side for 5/6 minutes Remove and top with the salsa.

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Shrimp Salad Shrimp, six ounces Lemon, one half Olive Oil, two teaspoons Rosemary, fresh, one tablespoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper, one quarter teaspoon Baby Greens, two cups Fresh Flat Leaf Parsley, one quarter cup Basil Leaves, Fresh, five or six Grape Tomatoes, halved, one cup Asparagus, blanched, chopped, one half cup Capers, chopped, one tablespoon Pre-heated Broiler 1. Toss the shrimp with the juice from the lemon, olive oil, rosemary and black pepper. 2. Broil the shrimp on a nonstick baking sheet on the highest rack about two minutes on each side. 3. Toss the greens, parsley, basil, parsley, tomatoes, asparagus and capers. 4. Mound the salad in the center of a platter and arrange the shrimp on top. 5. Pour over the salad any remaining juice from the baking sheet. 6. The heat of the salad will wilt the greens slightly and their juices will dress the salad. This serves one with 330 calories, five grams fat, thirteen grams fat, forty grams protein, fifteen grams carbohydrate, 54...

Orange Mascarpone French Toast Part One: Oranges Sugar, one half cup Part Two: Mascarpone, 500 grams, room temperature Orange Marmalade, five tablespoons Honey, teaspoon Coarse Salt Orange Juice, freshly squeezed, one half cup Part Three: Orange Juice, freshly squeezed, one half cup Milk, two cups Eggs, four Cinnamon, a pinch Nutmeg, a pinch Vanilla, one half teaspoon Unsalted Butter Almond oil Twelve Slices of Favorite Bread 1. In part one you are making the topping for the finished product. 2. Gingerly peel the skin from the oranges making sure that the bitter white doesn’t come along with it. 3. Cut it into thin strips and boil three times to remove bitterness, straining the water after each time. 4. After the third draining put the rind strips aside, and add the half cup of sugar and a half cup of water in the same pot and simmer until the sugar is dissolved. 5. Return the rind to the pot and simmer for about fifteen minutes. Cool the rind. Refrigerate. 6. To make the mascarpone fi...

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman gave the world what is clearly a great musical achievement. Here is a critique lifted from Music Direct: John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963-IMPULSE) " ... Hartman's voice is right there and full-throated; again, I've never heard all the subtleties of his vibrato or all the slight accents in his phrasing. Coltrane's saxophone is in the room. Elvin Jones' drums bang and whisper. (Listen to that brush-wooshing! You get every wisp and sizzle.) Even McCoy Tyner's piano, often hooded in Van Gelder sessions, rings clear. Jimmy Garrison's bass may be a little forward, but it sounds like the pick-up amp, not a recording artifact. This is a gorgeous album, gorgeously mastered and essential." - Fred Kaplan, The Absolute Sound, June/July 2005, Issue 154 The clarinetist Tony Scott, who trod the same musical path as Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker, once called the number “Lush Life” “the Mount Everest of Jazz soloists.” Tho...

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It was a gorgeous afternoon in NYC. I tend to discount that I live so close to a very beautiful place. I went to my happy place and it was on the gods' good earth. I wanted to take a better shot[s] of the young father and his baby. A real photographer would have been able to capture that without much fuss. I did ask his permission but I didn't want to be too intrusive. For the witchy part of me it was as if I were looking at my infant self and caressing me. I hope y'all understand that. It was so beautiful and it was a "human" manifestation of what I was feeling. NYC is not only nurture it is nature which can only enhance the greatest love of all. Stay tuned ...