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In the News (Sun 15 Nov 09)

  
  Blast from the past: tune into menus and see TV dinners break out of compartmentalized days of yore - Culinary ...
Such was the case for Bill Bracken, executive chef at the 197-room Peninsula Beverly Hills, when dinnerware and culinary ideas converged to provide a room-service menu of creative, timely "TV Dinners" that hearken back to meals with Milton Berle and the cusp of color television.
At the Peninsula Beverly Hills, Bracken satisfies both requests by providing such TV dinner entrees as Grandma Bracken's all-beef meat loaf with mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy or Bill's home-style potato-crusted sea bass served complete with dessert on a porcelain compartment tray.
Bracken and his team have worked tirelessly on their versions of the TV dinners to erase the image of frozen' foods.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_19_37/ai_101860255   (911 words)

  
  the biography of Thomas Bracken - life story
Thomas Bracken, the son of Margaret Kernan and her husband, Thomas Bracken, was born at Clonee, County Meath, Ireland, probably on 21 December 1843.
Bracken is thought to have arrived in Dunedin, New Zealand, in early 1869.
Bracken's poetry was highly praised in his lifetime and in the early twentieth century.
www.poemhunter.com /thomas-bracken/biography   (1785 words)

  
 Guitar Nine Records - The Undiscovered
Bill started playing guitar when he was 12, learning many Led Zeppelin and AC/DC songs by ear.
Between writing and recording, Bill can be found performing with his band BRACKEN and teaching guitar to a roster full of students.
Bracken anticipates marketing and promoting his instrumental CD on the Internet and gaining the support of a broader spectrum of music lovers.
www.guitar9.com /undiscov15d.html   (534 words)

  
 Bonnie Carroll's Life Bites - Chef & Hotel Profile
Bracken, a terrific human being and a remarkable chef, was a part of the star chef scene in the Los Angeles community for many years, and he will now oversee two restaurants and a staff of 65 cooks, pastry chefs, stewards and banquets, as well as in-room dining personnel.
Bracken, who originally honed his culinary skills at this hotel when it was the Four Seasons, has plans to focus his energy on the resort's signature restaurant Pavilion, a restaurant with a history on the culinary map.
According to Bracken, "as a child he says he was drawn to the kitchen because I loved to eat, and was motivated to cook the things I like.
www.lifebitesnews.com /profile/mar06/profile.html   (896 words)

  
 DeWitt Colonist William Bracken
Bracken’s eligibility to be on the petition for annexation of JacksonCo to the Republic of Texas was confirmed in Apr 1838 in a document in the Archives of the Texas State Library, Austin.
Bracken whose names are subscribed to the foregoing indenture personally appeared before me and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed for the purposes therein set forth.
Bracken’s will that under an order of Court on 28 Oct 1861 Amanda and Harriet were appraised at $1850 and reported incapable of partition that on 26 Nov 1861 [D-331] Wilkins Hunt informed the Court that he expected to … Amanda and Harriet at their appraisement and he did so.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/bracken.htm   (9460 words)

  
 A No-Solution Energy Bill
The bill, which is expected to be voted on Friday, is bad for workers, bad for consumers and bad for the environment.
In a time when the country should be moving toward bold investment in new technologies and sustainable energy, the energy bill bolsters the power of big oil at the expense of emerging industries and conservation.
Bracken Hendricks is the executive director of the Apollo Alliance for Good Jobs and Energy Independence and the Director of the New Growth Initiative at the Institute for America's Future.
www.ourfuture.org /onmessage/other_contributors/11_21_03_bhen_sperry.cfm   (506 words)

  
 Color Editorial
Bracken came to Beverly Hills via the heartlands of Kansas with a detour through the Culinary Institute of America, where he graduated with honors.
Bracken himself was voted 1998 Chef of the Year by the California Restaurant Writers Association, and Conde Nast Traveler voted The Belvedere as the third best hotel restaurant in the world.
Bracken has expanded his celebrated "Small Bites" from the entrees to the dessert menu: mini warm apple tarts, a mini Valhrona chocolate obsession, a mini burnt lemon mousse.
www.beverlyhills213.com /_issues/_2001/Weekly_07_11_01/Weekly_pages_07_11_01/cover_07_11_01.html   (846 words)

  
 Blast from the past: tune into menus and see TV dinners break out of compartmentalized days of yore - Culinary Currents ...
Such was the case for Bill Bracken, executive chef at the 197-room Peninsula Beverly Hills, when dinnerware and culinary ideas converged to provide a room-service menu of creative, timely "TV Dinners" that hearken back to meals with Milton Berle and the cusp of color television.
At the Peninsula Beverly Hills, Bracken satisfies both requests by providing such TV dinner entrees as Grandma Bracken's all-beef meat loaf with mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy or Bill's home-style potato-crusted sea bass served complete with dessert on a porcelain compartment tray.
Bracken and his team have worked tirelessly on their versions of the TV dinners to erase the image of frozen' foods.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3190/is_19_37/ai_101860255   (930 words)

  
 RGJ.com -
Bracken is the supervising producer of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade telecast on NBC — a TV event that stretches back a half-century.
This is the eighth year Bracken has joined executive producer Brad Lachman to create the paradecast, and, in between other projects (notably their “Jennifer Lopez in Concert” special that NBC aired Tuesday), they began planning their Thanksgiving feast in August.
The hosts, Bracken says, “have to know what’s coming in the parade, and they have to be able to adapt when something changes.
www.rgj.com /news/stories/lifestyle/1006389923.php   (691 words)

  
 FoodDay: Salmon Burgers
orn in Wathena, Kansas, Bracken began his culinary career as a dishwasher in a family-owned restaurant at the age of 12 and was cooking by 13.
It is his job to ensure that everything a guests eats and drinks, from a five-course holiday dinner to a cup of breakfast coffee, meets the high standards of the award-winning Peninsula Beverly Hills.
Bracken is renowned for his ability to transform ordinary ingredients into something extraordinary without losing the individuality and flavor because as he says, "an item should taste the way it is described on the menu—I like to keep dishes simple.
www.globalgourmet.com /food/foodday/fd0897/fd081897.html   (1094 words)

  
 No. 31041-A
On March 15, 2004, Scott D. Soldon, one of the Union's attorneys, wrote Bracken cautioning him that implementation of a tentative agreement prior to receipt of the Arbitrator's Award would be a prohibited practice, citing Commission decisions in Washburn Public Schools, Dec.
On March 17, 2004, Bracken responded to Soldon, asserting that the implementation was warranted by business necessity and was consistent with the tentative agreement.
Soldon replied on March 29, 2004, rejecting Bracken's contention that the Union's delay in briefing somehow contributed to the problem, and reiterating that the City would act at its peril if it chose to move forward with implementation prior to receiving the Arbitrator's award.
www.wisbar.org /res/wercd/2005/31041-a.htm   (5177 words)

  
 Bakercityherald.com
She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1984; her parents; her stepfather, Alfred Walker; sons, Edward R. Bracken Jr., and Stanley Bracken; grandsons, Joseph McGaughey, Bill Bracken and Roger Bracken; two great-grandchildren and one great- great-grandchild; two brothers, Roy Strobel and Herman Walker; and son-in-law, Larry Elliott.
Bill was born on April 18, 1929, at Baker City to Otto and Margaret "Pat" Karg.
Bill moved to Idaho Falls to be near his parents when he began his optometry practice.
www.bakercityherald.com /news/story.cfm?story_no=2770   (3558 words)

  
 Bracken Hendricks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Bracken Hendricks is a Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress where he works on issues of climate change and energy independence, environmental protection, infrastructure investment, and economic policy, with a focus on broadening progressive constituencies and message framing.
Hendricks was the founding Executive Director and is currently a National Steering Committee member of the Apollo Alliance for good jobs and energy independence, a coalition of labor, environmental, business and community leaders dedicated to changing the politics of energy independence.
Bracken received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts with a Minor in Sociology from
www.americanprogress.org /experts/HendricksBracken.html   (307 words)

  
 Columnist
As Bracken points out, “Even though the building is over 20 years old, we’re starting from scratch in many ways.” So as part of his efforts to ensure that guests’ culinary expectations are all surpassed, Bracken and Sharifi have assembled a team of recognized talent to help in the kitchen.
Nudd used to work with Bracken at The Peninsula Beverly Hills and Bracken says he brings a “fresh, young approach to cooking.” Michael Owens, who had been pastry chef at The Peninsula, is now The Island’s pastry chef.
Bracken’s own wealth of experience began accumulating when the self-described “simple guy from Kansas” cooked with his mother and grandmothers in his childhood home of Wathena, Kan., (population 1,200).
www.newportbeach714.com /_issues_714/_2006/Monthly_04_06_06/Monthly_pages_04_06_06/coverarticle__04_06_06.html   (1020 words)

  
 Half Plates Half Bottles at The Belvedere.(Belvedere Restaurant)(Advertisement) - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Now, thanks to a new innovation from Bill Bracken, there is even greater incentive to enjoy a wonderful evening of dining at the AAA Five Star award-winning Belvedere.
Bracken's desire to enhance the traditional relaxed Sunday evening dining that The Belvedere affords has resulted in a unique and more valued experience.
We selected our favorites, convinced it impossible to leave the Peninsula without Chef Bracken's delectable macaroni and cheese and, of course the robust heirloom tomatoes, Peking duck or soft shell crab.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-135425639.html   (706 words)

  
 The Daily Vidette - Macy's Parade on NBC
Bill Bracken hasn't had Thanksgiving off in years, but at least he can sleep late.
Bracken is the supervising producer of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade telecast on NBC — a TV event that stretches back a half-century.
This is the eighth year Bracken has joined executive producer Brad Lachman to create the parade cast, and, in between other projects (notably their "Jennifer Lopez in Concert" special that NBC aired Tuesday), they began planning their Thanksgiving feast in August.
www.dailyvidette.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=3360f2a4-4674-4ab1-a7e5-9a0b54afb648   (672 words)

  
 Culinary Expertise - Chef Bill Bracken - Featured at the Award-Winning Pavilion Restaurant in Newport Beach CA - The ...
Chef Bracken was appointed to spearhead the overall repositioning of the culinary team of The Island Hotel.
Chef Bracken was most recently the executive assistant manager of food and beverage at The Peninsula Beverly Hills, and also served as the hotel’s executive chef for more than 10 years.
Chef Bracken is not new to The Island Hotel Newport Beach, as he was a member of the culinary team from 1987 to 1994 when he held the position of executive sous chef.
www.theislandhotel.com /Dining-Secondary.aspx?id=84   (324 words)

  
 State Leadership for a New Energy Future Press Conference with Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM), USW President Leo ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
State Leadership for a New Energy Future Press Conference with Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM), USW President Leo Gerard, and Apollo Alliance President Jerome Ringo - a photoset on Flickr
State Leadership for a New Energy Future Press Conference with Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM), USW President Leo Gerard, and Apollo Alliance President Jerome Ringo
Bill Richardson, D-N.M., Gov. Edward Rendell, D-Pa., and Gov. Brian Schweitzer, D-Mont., participated in the event with Apollo Alliance President Jerome Ringo and United Steel Workers President Leo Gerard.
www.flickr.com /photos/apolloalliance/sets/72157594411370364   (148 words)

  
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 Bill Bracken   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
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