Home Show and Business Expo............. New Smyrna Beach

Event Date: Saturday, January 21st

Location: Canal Street in downtown New Smyrna Beach

10am to 4pm

Historic Canal Street will be lined with 200 booths of businesses and organizations showcasing their services and crafts.

*Live Entertainment All Day on Two Stages
*Lots of Food and Refreshments


Hope to see you soon!

Martha

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I HATE HAMLET, LITTLE THEATER of New Smyrna Beach

Event Dates: January 20, 21 & 22, 8pm, Sunday 2pm

Location: The LITTLE THEATER of New Smyrna Beach

This hilarious comedy revolves around Andrew, a young TV actor, whose show has just been cancelled. Moving from L.A. to New York and rents an apartment that once belonged to the legendary actor, John Barrymore. He is apprehensive about performing the difficult part of Hamlet in the prestigious Shakespeare in Central Park festival. When the ghost of John Barrymore, arrives, Andrew's life is not his own. The laughs are nonstop!

For more information, visit www.nsbplayers.org.

Broiled Grapefruit

1 Grapefruit
Brown Sugar
Maraschino Cherry


Cut grapefruit in half. Section all the way around and in-between membranes.

Sprinkle with brown sugar. Broil for 3 minutes.
Serve with Maraschino Cherry or other fruit on top.

Serves 2.

Enjoy!!

Martha

Night Swan Intracoastal B&B
New Smyrna Beach, Florida

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Flourless Chocolate Cake

One of our favorite desserts we serve at the Night Swan Intracoastal Bed and Breakfast is the Flourless Chocolate Cake. It's a rich, decadent dessert that will leave you amazed it's completely gluten-free. This recipe, taken from Gourmet Magazine's November 1997 issue, is prepared in 6-ea 6-oz ramekins instead of the 8-inch round pan the original recipe suggests. We like it because it yields a perfect individual portion and freezes incredibly well.

4-oz bittersweet chocolate (60% or more cacao)
1/2c (1 stick) butter
3/4c sugar
3 eggs
1/2c dark cocoa powder, sifted

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Grease ramekins well and place a parchment circle in the bottom of the ramekin. Grease the parchment circle as well.
Melt chocolate and butter together in double boiler.
Add sugar and stir well. Allow to cool just slightly.
Whisk in eggs one at a time until fully incorporated.
Add sifted cocoa powder to the batter until it comes together.
Pour equal amounts into the 6 ramekins and place in oven for 15-20 minutes, or until just set. Tops will be cracked.

Allow to cool just a little if you can... The aroma will be calling your name. Eat as is or top with ice cream and chocolate sauce, brandied cherries, or whatever your heart desires. You can't go wrong with these decadent little cakes.

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Martha

Night Swan Intracoastal Bed & Breakfast

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The Garlic Restaurant, New Smyrna Beach

One of our guests' favorite restaurants is The Garlic! Just minutes from the Night Swan B&B, it is a casually sophisticated restaurant with an ambiance and menu reminiscent of the Tuscan countryside.

Walking down a vine covered arbor, surrounded by a walled olde world fireplace garden, lush with lit trees and flowering greenery, your dining experience begins. The Garlic offers one of the more beautiful settings for a delightful and memorable dinner you may ever experience. With great food, live soft jazz nightly, fine wine, Italian beer, and perfect martinis, come experience The Garlic for yourself.

556 East Third Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Opens daily at 4 PM. For more info, call 386-424-6660 or visit www.thegarlic.net .

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Martha

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BED & BREAKFAST RECIPE

APPLE AMBROSIA
1 medium bowl
cold/Serves 8-10

3 large apples
1 large lemon, zest and juice
1 20 oz can crushed pineapple, in unsweetened juice, undrained
1/4 cup flaked coconut

Optional:
2-3 sliced bananas
1 6 oz jar maraschino cherries
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Rinse apples well and core, but do not peel. Finely chop apples by hand, and immediately toss with crushed pineapple and pineapple juice. Add the lemon juice and zest, grated. Add the coconut. Toss lightly.

8-10 servings.

July 8th, Final Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch!

Atlantis is set to liftoff on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis, the Space Shuttle Orbiter, will carry a crew of four: Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim.

Space shuttle Atlantis' 12-day mission to the International Space Station will deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module filled with supplies and spare parts to sustain station operations once the shuttles are retired. The mission also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission(RRM), an experiment designed to demonstrate and test the tools, technologies and techniques needed to robotically refuel satellites in space, even satellites not designed to be serviced. The crew also will return an ammonia pump that recently failed on the station. Engineers want to understand why the pump failed and improve designs for future spacecraft.

This is the final flight for shuttle Atlantis and the Space Shuttle Program. NASA’s workhorses for the past 30 years have completed their mission to build and supply the orbiting outpost, and the agency is now looking to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit.

The STS-135 patch represents the space shuttle Atlantis embarking on its mission to resupply the International Space Station. Atlantis is centered over elements of the NASA emblem depicting how the space shuttle has been at the heart of NASA for the last 30 years. It also pays tribute to the entire NASA and contractor team that made possible all the incredible accomplishments of the space shuttle. Omega, the last letter in the Greek alphabet, recognizes this mission as the last flight of the Space Shuttle Program.

Atlantis, the fourth orbiter built, flew its maiden voyage on Oct. 3, 1985, on the STS-51-J mission. Later missions included the first docking to the Russian Mir space station on STS-71 in June 1995; delivery of the Destiny Laboratory to the space station on STS- 98 in February 2001; the first launch with a camera mounted to the external tank, which captured the shuttle's ascent to orbit on STS-112 in October 2002; and the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope on STS-125 in May 2009. Atlantis is named after the two-masted, primary research ship for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts from 1930 to 1966.

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Martha

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