ortheast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) presents A Taste of the Arts, to be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on October 3 at the Vadnais Heights Commons, in Vadnais Heights. This annual fundraising event features local artists and artisans, antiques, food samples from 20 restaurants, music, a cash bar, a silent auction and a wine auction. Northeast Youth and Family Services, a community-based nonprofit agency, prepares youth and families for healthy lives. It
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offers counseling and support to youth, families and the community as well as youth health education and support services. They also provide educational services, increase community understanding of the needs of youth and families and link youth and fami- lies with senior citizens and other community resources.
Cost: $30 in advance; $40 at the door. Location: 655 E. Cty. Rd. F, Vadnais Hts. For more information, call 651-379-3422 or visit
NYFS.org.
Maiden Minnesota Hosts Annual Fundraiser
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aiden Minnesota will host its annual fundraiser from 5 to 10 p.m. on Novem-
ber 1 at Graves Hotel, in Minneapolis. Maiden Minnesota is a fun, charitable shopping event featuring women-owned businesses in Min- nesota.
More than 35 “maidens” will showcase their fashion, jewelry, accessories, home décor
and specialty food items. The event will feature exclusive sales, merchandise and a silent auction.
Maiden Minnesota was founded in 2007 by Tracy Dyer of Urban Junket and Jen
Stack of Relish Minds PR, both in Minneapolis, to raise awareness locally and nation- ally for the women-owned companies that have helped make the Twin Cities a hotbed of creativity and design.
Maiden Minnesota 2013 will help support and raise awareness for The Makers Co-
alition, a movement to restore and build the industrial sewing heritage of America. The coalition works “to find, train and employ a proud, creative and skilled workforce for today and future generations.”
Cost: $20 advance; $30 at the door. Location: 601 First Ave. N. For more information, visit
MaidenMinnesota.com.
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ~Pedro Calderón de la Barca
VitaClay Cooker Offers Healthy Cooking
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ssenergy has introduced the new eight-cup VitaClay Smart Organic Multi-Cooker, a slow cooker, rice cooker and steamer, plus a yogurt maker. Unique to this brand is an in- ternal clay cook pot, made of natural, unglazed Chinese zisha clay. This clay is known for its natural, even heating and heat retention, and is often used to make teapots. Because the cook- ing surface is made of natural clay, no metals or non-stick additives can leach into the food as it cooks. The clay cooking bowl promotes uniform cooking, and the double-lid design not only creates micro-pressure to maximize tender and flavorful food, but cuts slow-cooking energy and time in half, thus saving electricity use. The computerized Smart Organic Multi- Cooker offers a variety of program- mable times to prepare most foods and recipes, and then can keep them warm for up to 20 hours. The cooker can be set for up to five hours, in 10-minute increments, with settings for stew, soups, porridge, fluffy rice, brown rice and sticky rice. When food is ready, the clay pot detaches for easy serving at the table. VitaClay offers a variety of cook- ers, including a low-temperature model that preserves the probiotics that are so important in absorbing vital nutrients, making it a healthy choice for people that want to protect, support or heal their intestinal tracts.
For more information and to order, visit
VitaClayChef.com and
YouTube.com/ VitaClay. See ad, page 24.
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