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In this lesson, we are making fresh handmade pasta with a sweet corn lemon sauce. This lesson will take about 2-3 hours, so I recommend setting aside a long afternoon to complete the recipe. Take your time in rolling and shaping your pasta. Share the experience with family or friends. […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, October 16, 2021 at Hastings Branch Library Present: Staff: Jane, Angel Members: Leo, Jasmine, Jesus, Yenyi, Aminda Announcements: Progress of Bullying Prevention Month activities. Passed out 95 Care Kits and 1000 ribbons so far. Discussions: Discuss zine articles – […]
We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Bookmark Drawing Contest. Artists were challenged to submit a black and white drawing for a “coloring page” in the size of a bookmark. Thanks to everyone who voted including our staff and community members. We received some truly beautiful submissions. The […]
We’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! We’re learning about empanadas and how to make pastry dough from scratch. This dough technique (cutting cold butter into flour) is similar to making pie crusts, biscuits, scones, pasties, turnover dough, and other pastries. This process creates tiny air pockets (the butter) in your dough, […]
Review by Emily Battaglia , 17 This is Not a Ghost Story By Andrea Portes Mere months before Daffodil Turner begins her new life in college, she finds herself with a rather unusual summer job: house sitting a dusty old mansion for a strange old couple. As the days drag […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, August 21, 2021 at Hastings Branch Library Present: Staff: Jane, Angel Members: Yenyi, Noah, Vivien, Caelie, Gabrielle (Gem), Aminda, Leo Announcements: TAB podcast invite – 2-3 TAB members in discussion with another library’s TAB; Noah volunteered. Anyone else? Will also reach […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, July 24, 2021 at Hastings Branch Library Present: vivien, maya, leo, genevieve Well-being grant Economic well-being (financial) Emotional well-being (mental health) Environmental well-being (space) Inner well-being (purpose, self) Intellectual well-being (creative) Physical well-being (health, food) Social well-being (relationships) Vocational well-being (work […]
Pasadena Public Library – Teen Advisory Board, June 26, 2021 at Hastings Branch Library Present: caelie, yenyi, vivien, luke, leo, jasmine Announcements Distribute shirts, tags In-person events Levelup fair – who can represent us? Talk about TAB, give out prizes Well-being grant Discuss Moving TAB meetings to […]
In this lesson, participants learn to activate yeast, roll out and bake pizza dough, plus make a very simple mac and cheese with roasted red peppers — all using pantry items. Mac and Cheese Pizza Yields two 10-inch pizzas Ingredients: 1/2 box Elbow pasta 8 oz Velveeta […]
Review by Emily Battaglia, 16 The Left-Handed Booksellers of London By Garth Nix Eighteen-year-old Susan’s search for her father divulges a secret world within London and a family of booksellers that fight to regulate it. She is thrust into a confrontation with the mythical creatures of the Old World as the […]