World Gourmet Summit (WGS)

WGS is a 12-year-old event that brings gastronomic greats and the population together to experiment with and experience fine food from around the globe. This year, it takes place from April 7 to April 26.

Truffle-it is 'the diamond of the kitchen', but it is really a type of fungi found in the soil beneath the roots of certain trees (mainly oaks). they have a musky scent and are unglamorously rooted out by hogs, dogs or flies that can smell them from above ground. there are 4 main species-summer truffles, Chinese truffles, black truffles and white truffles.

Summer truffle:

Foie Gras-it means 'fatty liver' from a duck or goose to be precise. the French are now the world's largest producers and consumers of this delicacy, but the first people to eat it were actually ancient Egyptians.



Apulian Cuisine: Apulia ia a region in southern Italy whose food is known for its ingenuity and freshness. because it's also the cuisine of the poverty, the emphasis is on grains and vegetables rather than meat-think fava beans and cornaletti(deep-fried Italian peppers).

Sous Vide:it means 'under vacuum', it is a method of vacuum cooking where foods are cooked in their own juices at reduced pressure and temperature over an extended period of time. vacuum cooking is said to retain the food's succulence and flavor as well as preserve its appearance.

Anger by Patrick Morley

7 reasons why we are angry:

1. Violation of rights. everyone believes they have certain rights and 'space' rights. one reaction to the invasion of this space is to fester in anger. when our rights are violated, we become angry. Proverbs 19:11-'A man's wisdom gives him patience, it is to his glory to overlook an offense.'
2. Disappointment with station in life.many people become bitter with anger when they begin to suspect that their 'oyster' does not have the pearl they wanted.many of us need to accept our lot in life as from the Lord, provided we have been faithful with our abilities.
3. Blocked goals. when we are blocked from achieving our goals, for good cause or not, we frequently respond in anger.
   
4. Irritations. Life's little irritations often seem to weigh more heavily on us than our true dilemmas. Ecc 7:9-'do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools.'
5. Feeling misunderstood.we often think people don't understand us: our feelings, our attitudes, our abilities, our potential. they probably don't. but holding a 'pity party' and becoming angry does not help us resolve the misunderstanding
6. Unrealistic expectations.
7. Pathological/psychological.
   

The 7 reasons for anger have 2 common characteristics: selfishness and impatience.
The things that usually don't make us angry but should are racial prejudice, abortion, declining moral values and other injustices.

How to respond to anger:

1. Keep control. Proverbs 29:11-'a fool gives full vent to his anger but a wise man keeps himself under control.'
2. Overlook offenses. Proverbs 19:11-'a man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.'
3. Avoid angry man. Proverbs 22:24-25-'do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.'
4. Appease anger. Proverbs 15:1-'a gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.'

The Squeeze by Tim Stafford

How to resist temptations?

1. Know what you're getting into. Think about the long-term results of how you act. If you can see the attraction of the kind of life God wants to place in you, you will be less tempted to choose some other short-term pleasure.
   
2. Replace tempting thoughts with something better. You can't ignore temptation, but you can fill your thoughts with something else.
3. Your mind tends to follow patterns. Change the patterns and you change your mind.
4. Break the pattern of failure by confession. When you go over your mistakes with another person, it changes your attitude. For one thing, you receive forgiveness and your mind is put at rest.
5. Above all, remember who you are: a child of God, loved by Him. When tempting thoughts come, recall that fact to your mind: "I could act that way, but does that really bring honor to God? I want to be loyal and loving to Him the way He is to me."

Each of us has at least one area of special weakness. We may find temptation too strong there and experience repeated failures. Often we become discouraged and are tempted by a much worse sin: hopelessness
At these times it is more important than ever to realize the limitless nature of God's forgiveness. It is limitless, which is hard for us to understand. But if you cling to it, someday the are you are weakest in will be transformed into a special strength.

Feeding on the Word of God by Jack Hayford

Values in Bible reading habit:

1. God's Word ensures certainty about your path. Psalm 119:6-"Then I would not be ashamed, when I look into all your commandments"

1. God's Word gives direction about your path. Psalm 119:105-'"Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Lamp-flashlight (details for today) and light-giant spotlight (discernment for tmr) Proverbs 3:6-"In all your ways acknowledge Him, & He shall direct your paths
   
2. God's Word gives wisdom about your path. Psalm 19:7-"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."
3. God's Word ensures our victory in our pathway. Joshua 1:8-"This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth but you shall mediate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success.
4. God's Word keep us pure in our path. Psalm 119:11-"Your word I've hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you." God's word is a searchlight which shines inward, prompting, correcting, adjusting and instructing us.
   
5. God's Word keeps us alert to the times. The word is key to keeping us sensitive, keeping us from falling asleep as the darkening hour and spirit of our age could call us into carnal sleepiness/sensual indulgence. The word will keep us walking a pure path and maintaining an alert stance, strong and ready to do battle in the name of the Lord.
6. God's Word is our shield of faith. Romans 10:17-"Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Hear means to feed on it as a steadfast practice and to heed it as a sensitive "hearer"