Woodruff Arts Center

One of my favorite places in Atlanta is the Woodruff Arts Center, which is the major visual and performing arts center in town. For me, there are a lot of interesting things to see, to listen, to play and to learn in the center. Opened in 1968, Woodruff Arts Center houses four arts divisions in one campus, including the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Alliance Theatre, and Arts for Learning. The coolest thing is, the center is a non-profit organization that serves the public people without the purpose of making money.

I like to go to the High museum every season for new exhibitions. When I get into this pure- white color museum, I always feel peaceful and refreshed. I feel myself so ready to see the new paintings and sculptures, no matter they belong to the ”Renaissance”, “Impression” or “Modern”. One time, the museum even hosted the world famous super car exhibition. Isn’t that fabulous? My little trick to save the money for admission ticket is to use the “Fulton County Free Saturday” with my GT buzz card or “Museum on Us” with my Bank of America card. By taking advantage of these two special offers, I am happy to go to the museum very often to learn more. Be sure to arrive early because there is always a long line on the weekends!

I have been to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) several times, most of the time were back to the time when I was still dating with my husband before we got married. Going to the concert is very romantic to me and I really enjoy the music and atmosphere. ASO has a full list of performances during the whole year, including Symphonies with visiting artists and Christmas special concerts. Sometimes, they do open performance in the Piedmont Park to public for free.

The Alliance Theatre is a good place to watch experimental theatre shows. The space is tiny but chic and trendy. Because of the limitation, the stage and the audiences is close to each other, so it is very easy to interact with actors and get into the stories.

Georgia Tech and the Woodruff Arts Center have partnered to offer students an all access $20 Season Pass. The pass may be used to reserve tickets to performances of the Alliance Theatre and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, as well as admission to the High Museum of Art and its programs such as Friday Night Lates, Film Screenings, and College Night(s).

I think anyone who is interested in arts should use the special offers that I mentioned in this article. These informations are truly from my living experience in Atlanta. Have fun!

Here are the official web pages for detailed descriptions of the special offers:

https://www.high.org/Visit/Tickets-And-Special-Offers.aspx

https://www.high.org/Visit/Tickets-And-Special-Offers.aspx

http://www.ferstcenter.gatech.edu/plugins/content/index.php?id=3

http://www.woodruffcenter.org/gatech.aspx

--By Ya-Shu Huang

Irregular Past Tense Verbs

"My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso."

Pablo Picasso

Our Irregular Verbs (Thanks Bogglesworld ESL!)

Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Here are some more irregular verbs. They don't follow the pattern of adding 'ed' at the end of the verb to make the past tense. You just have to memorize the spelling of these verbs.

Verb	Past Tense
become	became
break	broke
drive	drove
fall	fell
fight	fought
fly	flew
hide	hid
hit	hit
lose	lost
put	put
speak	spoke
stand	stood
teach	taught
think	thought
win	won

© 2009 Lanternfish ESL www.bogglesworldesl.com

Trees

I love Atlanta! It is a green city which has countless trees. I moved in here on August. 2014, and it was in the middle of extremely hot summer. However, Atlanta has huge trees that provide a lot of shade, which makes us feel cool. Trees always give us many benefits which include fresh air, delicious fruits, and beautiful scene. Thanks to those trees, Atlanta looks so fresh. My house is on the 3^rd floor of the apartment, and there is a very tall tree that I can see through my windows. It has plenty of leaves and squirrels on the twigs, and colorful birds are singing in the tree. The scenery makes me comfortable. People feel fresh when they watch green in nature.

I used to live in Seoul which is the capital of South Korea. I think it doesn’t have as many trees as Atlanta. Seoul looks like a dreary city, but Atlanta is a beautiful, lively city with a large number of trees and small animals.

--- Hyekyoung Sung

Brigadeiro (Brazilian Chocolate Sweets)

Brigadeiro (Brazilian Chocolate Sweets)

Brigadeiro is a typical sweet of Brazilian cuisine. It is common across the Country and is present in almost all birthday parties.

 Ingredients

1. 1 can of sweetened condensed milk
2. 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter
3. 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder
4. Chocolate sprinkles for rolling

Directions

1. In a heavy saucepan, add condensed milk, butter and cocoa powder and cook over medium heat. (reduce the heat if you use a thin-bottomed saucepan).
2. Stir constantly until you reach the right consistency - one minute after it starts to pull away from the sides of the pan and the bottom.
3. Pour the mixture into a greased plate, let cool and, with buttered hands, shape into small balls and roll in chocolate sprinkles.

- By Luciana Carneiro

Shakshuka

Shakshuka may be for-dinner recipes, though in Israel it is breakfast food, a bright, spicy start to the day with a pile of pita or challah served on the side.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp. olive oil 
• 1 medium brown or white onion, peeled and diced
• 3 clove garlic, minced
• 1 medium green or red pepper, chopped
• 4 cups ripe diced tomatoes, or 2 cans (14 oz. each) diced tomatoes
• 2 tbsp. tomato paste
• 1 tsp chili powder (mild)
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp paprika
• Pinch of cayenne pepper (or more to taste-- spicy!)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 5-6 eggs
• 1/2 tbsp. fresh chopped parsley (optional, for garnish) 

  

 Instructions:

1. Heat a deep, large skillet or sauté pan on medium. Slowly warm olive oil in the pan. Add chopped onion, sauté for a few minutes until the onion begins to soften. Add garlic and continue to sauté till mixture is fragrant.
2. Add the bell pepper, sauté for 5-7 minutes over medium until softened.
3. Add tomatoes and tomato paste to pan, stir till blended.
4. Add spices stir well, and allow mixture to simmer over medium heat for 5-7 minutes till it starts to reduce. At this point, you can taste the mixture and spice it according to your preferences.
5. Add salt and pepper to taste or more cayenne pepper for a spicier shakshuka.
6. Crack the eggs, one at a time, directly over the tomato mixture, making sure to space them evenly over the sauce. I usually place 4-5 eggs around the outer edge and 1 in the center. The eggs will cook "over easy" style on top of the tomato sauce.
7. Cover the pan. Allow mixture to simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until the eggs are cooked and the sauce has slightly reduced. Keep an eye on the skillet to make sure that the sauce doesn't reduce too much, which can lead to burning. Garnish with the chopped parsley, if desired. Shakshuka can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. For breakfast, serve with warm crusty bread or pita that can be dipped into the sauce. For dinner, serve with a green side salad for a light, easy meal.

Pão de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Bread)

How to Make Pão de Queijo (Brazilian Cheese Bread)

Makes approximately 2 dozen puffs

Ingredients

1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups (10 ounces) tapioca flour or sour cassava flour
2 eggs
2 cups grated farmer's cheese, or any firm, fresh cows milk cheese ( or

1 - 1 1/2  cups Parmesan cheese)
  

Equipment
2-quart saucepan
Long-handled spoon
Standing mixer with paddle attachment (or mixing bowl and elbow grease)

Directions
Preheat the oven to 450°F. Line a baking pan with parchment and set aside.

1. Boil the Milk and Oil: Combine the milk, oil, and salt in the saucepan, and whisking occasionally, bring it to a gentle boil over medium heat. Remove from heat as soon as you see big bubbles coming through the milk.

2. Add the Tapioca Flour: Add all of the tapioca flour to the saucepan and stir until you see no more dry tapioca flour. The dough will be grainy and gelatinous at this point.

3. Cool the Dough: Transfer the dough to the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. (Alternatively, you can do the next few steps by hand. Be prepared for a work-out.) Beat the dough for a few minutes at medium speed until it smooths out and has cooled enough that you can hold your finger against the dough for several seconds.

4. Beat in the Eggs: Whisk the eggs together in a small bowl. With the mixer on medium, beat the eggs into the dough in two additions. Wait until the first addition has been fully incorporated into the dough before adding the second. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.

5. Beat in the Cheese: With the mixer on medium, beat in the cheese until fully incorporated. The resulting dough will be very sticky, stretchy, and soft with a consistency between cake batter and cooke dough.

6. Portion the Puffs: Using an ice cream scoop, a tablespoon measure, or a dinner spoon, scoop rounded portions of the dough into mounds on the parchment-lined baking sheet. Space the mounds an inch or two apart. Dip your scoop in water to prevent sticking.

7. Bake the Puffs: Transfer the sheet with the puffs to the oven and immediately turn down the heat to 350°F. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the puffs have puffed, the outsides are dry, and they are just starting to color. Cool briefly and eat. Leftover puffs can be kept in an airtight container for up to a week and re-crisped in a warm oven or toaster oven.

Note:
Finding Tapioca Flour: Sour cassava flour or sour tapioca flour can be tricky to find in the United States. Look for it at Latin American markets. Plain tapioca flour lacks the slight sour, fermented flavor, but makes a fine substitute. You can find plain tapioca flour from Bob's Red Mill at most natural foods stores. 

***You can find the Tapioca flour in Brazilian markets at  Marietta.

In these markets you find it by the name of  "Polvilho".

Adress of Brazilian Market in Marietta: 2555 Delk Road Southeast, Marietta, GA 30067 -Minas Emporium. ***In Atlanta you can buy frozen cheese bread at Whole Foods Market, 
and also in Brazilians markets and bakeries  in Marietta. 

Whole Foods

Brazilians Market and Bakeries

- By Luciana Carneiro

How to make the Kimbap

Koreans eat rice 3 times a day. Koreans don’t have special meal for breakfast, but they have many kinds of cooking rice. Kimbap is good for picnic or lunch box. Also, you can try put some food what do you like. For example, many Koreans put tuna and mayo in it, it’s not traditional. Just call name what in Kimbap : Tuna Kimbap, Cheese Kimbap, Bulgogi Kimbap, Vegitable Kimbap and so on. Let’s try today!

Ingredients

4 sheets dried laver seaweed : You can buy it near grocery the named is ‘sushi seaweed’

2 cups cooked Short grain or sushi rice

½ yellow pickled radish : radish’s name is Daikon. You can buy ‘danmuji’ at Korean grocery.

10 oz bag spinach or 1 cucumber

1 large carrot or 5 oz shred carrot

2 large eggs and 3 medium eggs                                      

1 sheet of fish cake

2 lines imitation crab sticks

2 lines spam or ham

Sesame oil

Olive oil

Salt

Roasted sesame seeds

Soy sauce

Sugar

Instructions

1. You cooked rice and make it a little cooler for touch it. Mix ½ Tbsp sesame oil, ¼ Tbsp salt and  ½ Tbsp vinegar into rice.
2. Slice yellow radish into ½ inch thick slices.
3. Saute 5 oz shred carrot into the pan with some oil about 30 seconds.
4. Boil salted water and put 10 oz spinach about 30 seconds. After that drain and make cool with water. Squeeze them. Put them into the bowl, mix ¼ Tbsp sesame oil, and 4 grams salt.
5. Break 2 or 3 eggs and add 2 grams of salt. Whisk well during heating pan with olive oil. Pour in the eggs and let it cook until the bottom is firm. Flip the it over and cook same way. Move it to cutting board and cut into ½ inch thick slices.
6. Slice crab sticks into ½ inch and roast it 1 minute.
7. Slice spam or ham into ½ inch and roast it 1 minute, too.
8. Slice fish cake into 2/3 inch like stick. Put into the pan, pour 1 Tbsp soy sauce and sugar during heating pan. When fish cake looks like brown, move them.

Assembly

1. Place a sheet of seaweed on the bamboo mat. Spread ½ cup rice flat. It start edge on the bottom to 2/3 height of seaweed.
2. All of the filling on the rice those should a little way off bottom about 2 centimeters.
3. Roll the seaweed sheet with the mat. It starting from bottom.
4. Brush some sesame oil on the surface of Kimbap. Slice the Kimbap using knife. Sprinkle some sesame on the slice Kimbap.

- By Kyoung