Ginger Braised Country-Style Ribs

Serves 6

75 mL soy sauce 5 tbsp

75 mL minced ginger 5 tbsp

15 mL minced garlic 1 tbsp

10 mL dark sesame oil 2 tsp

1 country-style ribs, about 2 lb 1 slab

15 mL vegetable oil 1 tbsp

250 mL chicken broth 1 cup

50 mL medium-dry sherry 1/4 cup

15 mL brown sugar 1 tbsp

15 mL corn starch 1 tbsp

For marinade, combine 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 2 tablespoons ginger, 1 tablespoon garlic, and 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Rub marinade into pork and place in a shallow covered container or in a sealable plastic bag. Marinate, refrigerated, for four hours to overnight. Heat oil in casserole or saucepan just large enough to fit pork. Over medium-high heat sauté remaining ginger for a few sec Ginger Braised Country-Style Ribs Recipe

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Sangria Blanca

by News Canada

1 orange, sliced

1 lemon, sliced

6 tbsp (90 mL) orange liqueur

2 tbsp (30 mL) sugar

1 cup (250 mL) Ocean Spray® White Cranberry Cocktail

1 cup (250 mL) white wine

Sliced citrus fruit and strawberries

Place orange and lemon slices in a large bowl. Add orange liqueur and sugar. Mash and stir with a wooden spoon to release juices and dissolve sugar. Add white cranberry cocktail and wine. Remove fruit slices from mixture, squeezing to release all the juices. Serve in large glasses filled with White Cranberry Rocks* or ice cubes, slices of citrus fruit and strawberries. Makes 4 servings.

* White Cranberry Rocks: Fill plastic ice cube trays with Ocean Spray® White Cranberry Cocktail. Freeze. Unmold and store in a plastic ba Sangria Blanca Recipe

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Wrapping Up the Cigar Boom

by Tynan Szvetecz

At age 98, the infamous cigar aficionado George Burns said, "If I had taken my doctor's advice and quit smoking when he advised me to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral." While it's tempting for us to use Mr. Burns as the poster-child for the anti-anti-smoking movement which is gaining little ground against anti-smoking legislation in the United States, we would be hard-pressed to answer why the honor shouldn't go to Mark Twain, Peter Falk, Sigmund Freud ("Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar") or Rudy Giuliani. As more and more restaurants find themselves under regulation to prohibit smoking and many of the cigar bars from the last decade close their doors, it seems that today's cigar smoker is a bit lonely.

The cigar boom that swept t Wrapping Up the Cigar Boom Recipe

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