Mountain Views News          Saturday, December 14, 2013

9

FOOD & DRINK 

 Mountain Views News Saturday. December 14, 2013 

Now that we are in full holiday swing, just a reminder of the severe penalties for drinking and driving, 
my rule is always one glass of water for every drink, no more than one drink a hour and once I reach 
3 that’s it, time for uber or a cab. Here are some fun laws from around our great country.

ALASKA

There are 83 dry towns and villages in Alaska. 2 In addition, Fairbanks is a dry town for moose, where 
it’s illegal to feed a moose any alcoholic beverage. 3 Apparently they can’t hold their alcohol.

ARIZONA

The Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control recently raided a weekly senior citizens’ 
garden party within a gated community in Mesa. Agents seized the alcoholic beverages and wrote a 
citation for selling alcohol without a license.

Perhaps the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control has too many officers and too much 
time on its hands. Or perhaps this over zealous enforcement is simply a reflection of the growing anti-
alcohol movement in the United States. 4

ARKANSAS

Temperance members of the Russellville City council in Arkansas approved a motion censoring any 
discussion of legalizing alcohol sales during budget sessions. The motion was passed after the city’s 
Revenue Task Force suggested legalizing alcohol sales.

It appears that the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protection of free speech won’t apply 
Russellville’s council as long as temperance-minded officials have their way. 5

CALIFORNIA

It is a violation of the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for producers of alcohol beverages to 
list the names of retailers or restaurants that sell their products in advertising or even in newsletters. 6

If it’s bad for producers, it’s even worse for servers 
in California, where they can be convicted of 
selling to a minor if the purchaser uses a false or 
altered ID to buy the alcohol. 7

More lunacy in California: An award-winning 
adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood was 
withdrawn from a recommended reading list 
by the school board in Culver City, California, 
simply because the heroine had included a 
bottle of wine in the basket she brought to her 
grandmother. 8

COLORADO

Colorado law requires that wine be sold in 
containers of at least 24 ounces and spirits in 
containers at least a fifth of a gallon. But, at the 
same time, it also decrees that no alcohol beverage 
can be stored in hotel minibars in anything larger 
than miniature containers. 9 Ward Churchill must be teaching logic now.

There are more but just wanted to share a few with you. Be safe and sane this holiday season.

Listen to Dining w/Dills on KABC 790 AM on Sundays at 5 PM follow Peter on Facebook


FAVORITE HOLIDAY 
COOKIE RECIPES

Editor’s Note: I recently discovered a ‘Cookie Party’ in town where friends bring their favorite 
homemade holiday cookies and share them and the recipes. I missed it this year, but you can bet I 
won’t miss it in 2014. Sounds like a lot of fun! Here are two of the favorites:

ALMOND SUGAR COOKIES by Peggy Beauregard

1 lb. butter or Margarine

3 Cup sugar

4 eggs

1 Tablespoon Almond extract

4 Tablespoon cream or milk

5 Cups Flour

½ Teaspoon salt

1 Teaspoon baking powder

1 ¼ Cups finely ground-blanched almonds (Coffee Grinder works really well)

2-Teaspoon Cinnamon

1-Teaspoon Cloves

2-Teaspoon Nutmeg

1 grated lemon/lime rind (optional)

Mix and beat until light the butter, milk, sugar, eggs, extract. Mix in all dry ingredients 
until well blended.

Arrange with teaspoons 1” apart on well greased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until 
lightly browned at 350 degree. 

SPICE COOKIEs by Doug Kerns

mix together

1c white sugar

1tsp finely ground black pepper

1/2tsp salt

1/4tsp ground cloves

2tsp ground cinnamon

1tsp ground ginger

1tsp baking soda

Cream dry ingredients together with

1/2 c butter

1/4c molasses

1tsp vanilla extract

Mix thoroughly with

1 egg

Mix in

2 1/4c all-purpose flour 

At this point, the dough should be rather sticky.

Refrigerate the dough for a few hours, until 

the dough is firm.

Roll 3/4-inch spherical balls of dough in coarse sugar,

place at least 3 inches apart on a cookie sheet coated with

baking parchment, or grease the cookie sheet.

Bake for 13 minutes at 350F.

Allow cookies to cool before removing from the sheet. 

TABLE FOR TWO by Peter Dills

thechefknows@yahoo.com