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Benvenuta Maribella!

(Welcome to Maribella!)

BY MARY MICHAELS | PHOTOS BY JULIE PRAIRIE PHOTOGRAPHY

If you have ever dreamed of going to Northern Italy, but haven’t had the time, simply visit Maribella Ristorante, which opened last month in Washington Square. Even though you are in the heart of Downtown Sioux Falls – right across from the Washington Pavilion – you will truly feel you have been transported to a different place.

And, that is exactly what Riccardo and Marybeth Tarabelsi set out to do.

This dream has been a couple of years in the making, but the vision started the first time

they saw the empty shell space on the street level of Washington Square.

“We knew this could be a place we could share the sights, the smells and the tastes of Northern Italy where I grew up,” says Riccardo.

However, he adds, they wanted to go about it the right way. After all, he and Marybeth already had a successful business with R Wine Bar & Kitchen in the East Bank area of downtown, which they opened in 2018.

“We could see R Wine Bar & Kitchen evolving, and we were excited about

creating a new restaurant,” Riccardo says. “But R Wine Bar is also our baby. As we began talking about a new project, we knew it was a risk. We didn’t want to take anything away from where we started. So, we have been careful not to force anything – to just let the business grow organically.”

For the interior, inspiration came from one of the most iconic structures in Riccardo’s hometown of Florence, Italy – Santa Maria del Fiore, the cathedral better known as Il Duomo. It is the third largest cathedral in the world, but it also has the world’s largest masonry dome.

Riccardo and Marybeth credit Van Laar Construction and Davis Drywall for taking the empty square shell space and creating the arches and domes that were key to the atmosphere they wanted the restaurant to have. With a structure in place, it was then time for Envision Kitchen and Lenae Design to work their magic.

“Dan Hauge and his team with Envision Kitchen developed the design and flow of the kitchen and sourced all of the equipment,” Riccardo says. “The entire plan had to be built around the pizza oven.”

The Tarabelsis opted for an open kitchen to create interaction between the culinary team and guests.

“We want our team to see our guests, to see guests enjoying the food the team is preparing,” says Riccardo. “But we also want our guests to be able to come right up to the counter and see the chefs at work and ask them questions.”

“Entri come amici, vada come famiglia.”

As Riccardo and Marybeth can attest, there are seemingly endless decisions to be made with a construction project like this. So, when it came to developing the restaurant’s aesthetics, they turned to Lenae Design. Oftentimes, a design project centers around one thing – perhaps a piece of furniture, an architectural element or even a favorite color. For the Tarabelsis, it started with a tile, which is appropriate since Italy is synonymous with beautiful tile work. Guests will see the inspirational tile on the host stand as they enter Maribella.

“We saw this tile and just fell in love with it,” Riccardo says. “Lenae and her team took it from there, with the blues and greens in the color palette, the red tiles behind the bar and then everything else that complemented the tile like the brick accents, the lighting and the furniture.”

Marybeth points out the touches of Florence on the walls with canvas prints made from photos their son Dante and his girlfriend Anna took during a summer trip to Florence.

“We love sharing the beauty of Florence,” she says. “Riccardo’s cousin took Dante and Anna on a tour that included a visit to the street where Riccardo grew up. There’s a special photo of that street in the alcove near the kitchen.”

The 15-foot mural on the back wall is stunning – with a great back story.

“When Marybeth and I were married 25 years ago, my aunt and uncle came from Florence, Italy,” Riccardo explains. “They hand-carried a gorgeous painting of Florence to give to us as a wedding gift. As we were working on the restaurant design, Marybeth asked what we were going to put in this huge space. We were at home and saw that painting, and we knew that was it.”

After taking the painting to Harold’s to have a digital copy made, they turned to their friends at Dakota Beverage, who also create wraps using a 3M material. From there, the digital image was transformed into wallpaper to fill the back wall.

With the construction and design well underway, attention turned to the menu. Again, the inspiration came from Riccardo’s childhood home.

“I was five when I came to the U.S., and growing up in Boston, we only spoke Italian at home,” he says. “My grandmother and mother cooked all day, every day. My friends always wanted to come to our house because there was always good food. That is what we wanted to create here.”

Riccardo explains that while Southern Italy is influenced by the sea, Northern Italy takes its culinary cues from the land, which means fresh produce, meats and cheese and hearty sauces. Everything from sauces to pastas and pizza dough is made fresh in-house

at Maribella. Riccardo adds that there is a “startling amount” of gluten-free items for an Italian restaurant.

“Marybeth has been gluten-intolerant since she was four, and she has just made me more aware of it over the years,” he says. “So, we use gluten-free panko for all the breaded items on the menu, and guests can request gluten-free pizza dough and gluten-free pasta, as well as all of our entrees.”

There are many thoughtful components to the extensive menu, which you will likely want to review online beforehand, because it will be

hard to choose! At Maribella, you could stop for a drink and appetizers, a light dinner or even create your own multi-course meal. Curating a wine list was as important to the Tarabelsis as developing the food menu. One thing they knew from the start was that the restaurant would feature 100% Italian wines, available by the bottle as well as by the glass. Not only does the Vino listing provide a stunning array of wines, but they also describe the regions of Italy producing the wines and suggest food pairings to accompany the varieties.

HERE IS YOUR QUICK ITALIAN LESSON FOR EXPLORING THE MENU:

Antipasti – appetizers like calamari, arancini, crostini or Italian meats and cheeses.

Insalate – salad options from Caprese with heirloom tomato and fresh mozzarella to Insalata di Mare with tiger shrimp

Pizze – favorites from the immense pizza oven, from the simple yet fresh Margherita to the Quattro Staggioni with ingredients representing the four seasons.

Primi – “Firsts” include pasta dishes like the spicy Arrabiata with smoked sausage and the Carbonara with crispy Pancetta, as well as other dishes featuring other homemade sauces like Pomodoro and Pesto.

Secondi – “Second” highlight a variety of meats and fish, including veal shank (Osso Buco), steak, chicken and lamb, along with Mediterranean sea bass or the Cioppino with tiger prawn, scallops, branzino and clams.

Contorni – These side dishes provide tasty accompaniments like gnocchi, fritte (potatoes), risotto or fresh vegetables.

Bambini – Kids are welcome at Maribella! From pepperoni pizza to spaghetti and meatballs, your little ones will enjoy the meal as much as you do.

Menu Degustazione – This is the “tasting menu.” Whether you come with a group or you just can’t make up your mind on the menu, here is an opportunity to experience six handmade pasta dishes in smaller portions. You can also add on wine pairings with each dish.

Dolci – Leave room for the “sweets!” Whether you like the classic Italian Tiramisu, creamy Panna Cotta, or Affogato featuring vanilla bean ice cream from Parlour, your dinner will end on a sweet note.

“We love suggesting wine varieties to our guests,” says Riccardo. “Our staff may ask you about your palate, whether you like red or white, dry or sweet, and then suggest a wine for you to try.”

Speaking of wine, a funny thing happened on the way to opening a restaurant. The Tarabelsis opened another wine bar.

“The restaurant was already in the works, and then we heard the wine bar space in the other corner of the building became available,” Riccardo says, referring to the former Wine Time on Main space at Washington Square.

“At first, we were like ‘Why would we want to do that?’ but we discovered an opportunity. A back hallway behind Parlour Ice Cream House connects that bar to our restaurant. So, we knew if we planned things right, if the restaurant was busy, we could serve guests at the wine bar.”

Because the other space was nearly movein ready, the Tarabelsis were able to open Brix this summer (Brix, by the way, refers to the sugar content in grapes during the winemaking process). Guests can enjoy an eclectic mix of domestic and international wines at Brix and still order from the Maribella menu.

Both Riccardo and Marybeth agree that this dream only became a reality because of their team, which includes several key managers and three executive chefs leading the creative culinary work at R Wine Bar & Kitchen, R Catering, Brix, and Maribella.

“Every single person is important to us; no matter their position,” says Riccardo. “We are so proud of our team and we wouldn’t have even thought about this kind of business growth without them.”

The rest of this story…is a love story.

Riccardo’s family moved from Florence to Boston when he was five, and he stayed in the Boston area for college. A young girl named Marybeth Revier moved from Sioux Falls to Boston to be a nanny and attend nursing school. And the rest, you may say, is history. They met, married, moved back to Sioux Falls and raised three sons, Dante, Berent and Jaxon – who you will often see working side by side with their parents.

The “R” in R Wine Bar is for Riccardo, as most would assume, but it is also for Revier – Marybeth’s maiden name. And then there is Maribella – a name chosen to honor Marybeth. In fact, the logo is her handwriting.

“She doesn’t like her handwriting,” Riccardo laughs, “but I love the big M she uses when signing her name. I asked her to write “Maribella” for me. It took some prodding, but she finally did it. And it became our logo.”

The warm hospitality will draw you into Maribella, where they say, “Entri come amici, vada come famiglia.”

Enter as friends, leave as family.

December 2022 January 2023

Christmas with C.S. Lewis

December 2 & 4 • 7:30pm

December 3 • 2pm & 7:30pm

Washington Pavilion

301 S. Main Ave.

In the early years of his young adult life, C.S. Lewis believed the story of Christ’s birth was nothing more than feel-good myth. That all changed after a particular encounter with his great friend and fellow author, J. R. R. Tolkien. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Shaun Johnson and the Big Band Experience

December 2 • 7:30pm Washington Pavilion

301 S. Main Ave.

A swingin’ holiday show fronted by Shaun Johnson - a Top 5 Billboard vocalist and lead singer of Tonic Sol-fa! INFO (605) 367-6000.

Flower and Flame • Winter Concert Series

Friday, December 2 • 12 - 1pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

Flower and Flame will perform A Christmas Carol in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 pm Bring your lunch and enjoy the show! Free admission (605) 367-4210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Prince of Peace December 2-3 • 7pm December 4 • 4pm December 8-10 • 7pm December 11 • 4pm

Orpheum Theater

The Christmas Story is another journey back to the first century. Your visit to Bethlehem Judea will be personal, inspiring, beautiful, and soul-stirring, while giving you everything you want and need in a Christmas musical. INFO (605) 367-6000.

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah Friday, December 2 • 7 - 9pm

First Lutheran Church 327 S. Dakota Ave.

Featuring the inspiring Hallelujah Chorus, Handel’s Messiah returns to usher in the holiday season. Join your South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for this divine masterpiece! INFO (605) 367-6000.

SD Parent Connection Cookies & Cocoa with Santa December 3 10:30am - 1pm Museum of Visual Materials Admission: Free. INFO 800-6404553 / sdparent.org

Winterfest in Luverne, MN

December 2 • History Center

Nutcracker Open House, Lumber Jack & Jill photo contest at Blue Mound Liquor, Take 16 Christmas Cheer beer release

December 3 • Arts & Crafts Show

• Luverne Elementary School • 9am - 3pm • Flannel Fest • Big Top Tents & Events - chili cook-off; beer pong; pizza, pitchers & puzzles; bean bag tournament; best dressed flannel contest; karaoke12pm start • “Let There Be Light”

• Community Christmas Cantata • 7pm • Luverne School PAC

December 4 • Free Movie •

“Nutcracker Ballet” • Historic Palace Theatre • 2pm INFO luvernechamber.com

605 Made Holiday Market

December 3 • 10am - 4pm

Cherapa Place Shop all locally made, handmade items in a pop-shop shop in a parking garage. INFO 605 Holiday Market on Facebook.

Tonic Sol-Fa: The 2022 Misfit Tour

December 3 • 7:30pm

Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Ave.

The Emmy-award winning a cappella quartet brings a brandnew holiday show to life. Enjoy the humor and soulful vocals that make this performance a Christmas tradition! INFO (605) 367-6000.

A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage December 7 • 6:30pm Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Ave.

Just in time for the holiday season, the Peanuts gang will be coming to the Washington Pavilion in A Charlie Brown Christmas Live On Stage. INFO (605) 367-6000.

A Holiday Evening at the Pettigrew Home & Museum Thursday, December 8 • 5 - 8pm Pettigrew Home & Museum 131 N. Duluth Avenue

Experience A Holiday Evening at the Pettigrew Home. Enjoy a special evening tour of the

historic Pettigrew Home, take a neighborhood horse drawn wagon ride, and enjoy holiday music and refreshments in the Pettigrew Museum. Admission is free. INFO siouxlandmuseums.com

Ceili Dance at the Old Courthouse Museum Thursday, December 8 • 6:30 pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Ceili (pronounced KAY-lee) is an Irish social dance. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced dancer, Ceili dancing is a fun and energetic way to spend an evening. Get ready to dance to live music at the Old Courthouse Museum! Beginners welcome. Free admission. INFO (605) 3674210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Three Fiddlers Holiday December 8 • 7pm Washington Pavilion

The “Three Fiddlers Holiday” brings Kenny Putnam, Tom Schaefer and Owen Dejong together with an all-star support band, some long-time

performers with the Acoustic Christmas series, including Boyd Bistrow, Mike Conner, Al Remund, Nick Schweback, Larry Rohrer and special guests. INFO (605) 367-6000.

‘Twas the Week After Christmas December 9 • 7pm December 10 • 2pm Washington Pavilion Dakota Academy of Performing Arts Presents: ‘Twas the Week After Christmas. A hilarious and heartwarming story about what happens when the North Pole loses the Christmas Spirit. It’s been years since the Elves and Reindeer have gotten along. The Reindeer egos are high and Elves’ productivity is low. Will a week of vacation help remind the Elves and Reindeer what Christmas is all about? INFO (605) 367-6000.

Mogen’s Heroes at the Old Courthouse Museum Winter Concert Series

Friday, December 9 • 12 - 1pm Old Courthouse Museum

Rodney Krantz VP/Business Banker

Jason Sundberg VP/Business Banker

Hank McCall Market President

200 West Sixth Street

Mogen’s Heroes will perform in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 pm Bring your lunch and enjoy the show! Free admission (605) 367-4210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

St. Lucia Festival Friday, December 9 • 7pm Saturday, December 10 • 7pm St. Mark’s Lutheran Church 2001 South Elmwood

The story of Lucia, the symbol of light amid the darkness of winter in Sweden, says that Lucia brought food to people who were dying of hunger during a famine. Musical performances by the children of the church and traditional Swedish treats. All are welcome for this free and meaningful event that celebrates the best things of Christmas: community, light, family, children, and good food. INFO (605) 332-4092.

Christmas Crafting: Holiday Gift Sat., December 10 • 11am - 12pm Come craft for the Christmas season at the Washington Pavilion. Join us in creating a festive and fun holiday craft that will be the best homemade gift anyone has ever received. Session Cost: $15. Reserve your spot. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Meet Santa Sat., December 10 • 11am - 4pm Washington Pavilion Second Floor Lobby

Tell Santa your wish list and take photos. Write a letter to the North Pole and mail your letter in one of the mailboxes located in the Raven Children’s Studio or in the second floor concessions lobby. Bring the whole family and your camera to see Sioux Falls Santa at your Washington Pavilion. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Fiber Fun at the Old Courthouse Museum Sunday, December 11 • 1 - 4pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

Do you like to knit, crochet, needlework, or dabble in any other fiber arts? Come join members from the Crossthreads

Fiber Guild for an afternoon of Fiber Fun! Attendees can work on projects, ask for suggestions, and just enjoy the company of fellow fiber friends. INFO (605) 3674210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Jim Brickman: A Very Merry Christmas Sunday, December 11 • 7pm - 9pm Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Ave.

Jim Brickman, multiple Grammynominated piano sensation, is back this festive season with his annual holiday tour “A Very Merry Christmas.” A magical evening celebrating music, love and family. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Life 96.5 presents Matthew West Wed., December 14 • 7pm - 9pm Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Ave.

On December 14, you can look forward to a special time to praise God and celebrate the gift of Jesus with Matthew West’s Come Home for Christmas tour, presented by Life 96.5! If you’re ready to add more memorable events to your calendar this Christmas season, grab your tickets now! INFO (605) 367-6000.

The Good Night Theatre Collective Presents: Little Women

December 15 & 16 • 7:30pm Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Ave.

Ring in the holidays with this heartwarming literary classic from the pages of Louisa May Alcott! Join the March sisters, Marmie and some gentleman suitors for this beautiful play adaptation of the beloved novel, all presented uniquely in the round in the Washington Pavilion’s Schulte Room—it’s Little Women! INFO (605) 367-6000.

Holiday Open House at JuLiana’s Boutique

The Harvester Building Downtown Thursday, December 15 • 4 - 8pm

Join us for drinks, delicious snacks and discounts to finish up your holiday shopping with live music by Chris Beyer! 20% off storewide including gift cards,

over $1,500 in giveaways and a FREE gift with purchase. 196 E. 6th St. siouxfallsboutique.com (605) 271-1824

Kid’s Activity Day: Long Winter’s Nap! at the Old Courthouse Museum Thurs., December 15 • 9 - 11:30 am

Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Kids can learn about history and make your own crafts to take home. 15 minute sessions run throughout morning times. Call to reserve times. Free admission. INFO (605) 367-4210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Dakota Wind Quintet at the Old Courthouse Museum

Winter Concert Series

Fri., December 16 • Noon to 1 pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

The Dakota Wind Quintet will perform classical music in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum. Bring your lunch and enjoy the show! Free admission (605) 367-4210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

CoComelon Live! JJ’s Journey December 16 • 6 - 8pm Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Avenue

CoComelon LIVE! JJ’s Journey is a Broadway-style musical production and an unforgettable adventure, encouraging parents and kids alike to get out of their seats and sing and dance along. Each stop will be a fun-filled, interactive musical romp with magical special effects. INFO (605) 367-6000.

The Premiere Playhouse

Presents: A Christmas Carol

December 17 • 2pm & 7pm

December 18 • 2pm

December 20 • 7pm

December 21-23 • 7pm

December 27 • 7pm

December 28 - 30 • 7pm

Orpheum Theater

A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present

and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Christmas Crafting: Holiday Decor

Sat., December 17 • 11am - 12pm Washington Pavilion

Come craft for the Christmas season at the Washington Pavilion! Come use your creativity and Christmas spirit to spread Christmas cheer while making a festive new decoration for your home! Available for children K-5. Session Cost: $10. Reserve Your Spot. INFO (605) 367-6000.

A Bluegrass Christmas with Monroe Crossing

Saturday, December 17 • 7:30pm Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Avenue

Named in honor of Bill Monroe, “The Father of Bluegrass Music,” Monroe Crossing dazzles audiences with an electrifying blend of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, original bluegrass and even selections outside the bluegrass genre. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Holiday Jam with the Hegg Brothers Saturday, December 17 • 7:30pm Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Avenue

For the 14th straight year, the Hegg brothers are bringing Holiday Jam to their home crowd for a memorable performance at the great hall of the Washington Pavilion. Fans should expect a large band consisting of familiar faces made up of great musicians from coast to coast. INFO (605) 367-6000.

An Intimate Christmas with Lorie Line 2022

Sunday, December 18 • 3 - 4:30pm No Intermission Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Avenue

Lorie Line is once again making an appearance as a solo piano artist. Expect a very intimate evening with Lorie as she shares her beautiful music, funny stories and heartwarming stories of faith. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Rosemaling Demonstration at the Old Courthouse Museum

Tuesday, December 20 • 1 - 4 pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

Eileen Halverson will be demonstrating the Norwegian folk art of Rosemaling (decorative painting) in the second-floor hallway of the Old Courthouse Museum from 1-4 pm Stop in any time for a demonstration or to ask questions! INFO (605) 3674210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Christmas with Michael W. Smith featuring Special Guest Michael Tait

Tuesday, December 20 • 7pm Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Avenue

Balsam Hill presents A Very Special Christmas with MultiPlatinum, Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Michael W. Smith. Smith is excited to be back on tour this Christmas season where he and his very special guest and friend, Michael Tait, will bring you a night of his biggest Christmas

hits and traditional favorites. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Studio B Jazz at the Old Courthouse Museum Winter Concert Series

Fri., December 23 Noon to 1 pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

Studio B Jazz will perform “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum. Bring your lunch and enjoy the show! Free admission (605) 367-4210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Billy Lurken at the Old Courthouse Museum

Winter Concert Series

Fri., December 30 • Noon to 1 pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

Guitarist/Songwriter Billy Lurken will perform in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 pm Bring your lunch and enjoy the show! Free admission (605) 367-4210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Noon Year’s Eve

Sat., December 31 Noon - 1pm Washington Pavilion

Let your kids join in the New Year’s fun with a balloon drop!

Count down to Noon Year’s Eve with Radley Rex as hundreds of balloons fall to the ground in the Kirby Science Discovery Center. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Mason Dixon Line in Concert at the Palace

December 31 • 7:30pm Historic Palace Theatre, Luverne, MN. INFO (507) 283-4339.

The Cartwright Brothers at the Old Courthouse Museum

Winter Concert Series

Friday, January 6 • Noon to 1 pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

The Cartwright Brothers will perform original acoustic and comedy in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum. Bring your lunch and enjoy the show! Free admission (605) 3674210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Fiber Fun at the Old Courthouse Museum

Sunday, January 8 • 1 - 4pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

Do you like to knit, crochet, needlework, or dabble in any other fiber arts? Come join members from the Crossthreads Fiber Guild for an afternoon of Fiber Fun! Attendees can work on projects, ask for suggestions, and just enjoy the company of fellow fiber friends. INFO (605) 3674210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Gonnagetwed Bridal Showcase

January 8 • 10:30am - 12pm: Bridal Sampling Brunch 12pm - 3pm: Vendor Booths Open 3pm: Drawing for Honeymoon to Belize!

Sioux Falls Convention Center Plan your dream wedding one detail at a time. The most reputable local wedding professionals, a sampling brunch where you can sample foods from local vendors and a honeymoon to Belize to be given away! Brides and grooms attending the bridal

brunch will receive one extra ticket to the honeymoon drawing. INFO and tickets available at gonnagetwed.com

Ceili Dance

Thursday, January 12 • 6:30 pm

Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

Ceili (pronounced KAY-lee) is an Irish social dance. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced dancer, Ceili dancing is a fun and energetic way to spend an evening. Get ready to dance to live music at the Old Courthouse Museum! Beginners welcome. Free admission. INFO (605) 3674210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

On Your Feet!

January 13 • 7:30pm

January 14 • 2 & 7:30pm

Washington Pavilion Her Voice. His Vision. Their Story. ON YOUR FEET! is the inspiring true story about heart, heritage and two people who believed in their talent—and each other— to become an international sensation: Gloria and Emilio

Estefan. INFO (605) 367-6000.

Johnson/McKinney Quartet at the Old Courthouse Museum

Winter Concert Series

Friday, January 13 • Noon to 1pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

The Johnson/McKinney Quartet will perform jazz in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 pm Bring your lunch and enjoy the show! Free admission (605) 367-4210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

Kid’s Activity Dayat the Old Courthouse Museum

Thurs., January 19 • 9-11:30 am

Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Kids can learn about history and make your own crafts to take home. 15 minute sessions run throughout morning times. Call to reserve times. Free admission. INFO (605) 367-4210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

East of Westreville at the Old Courthouse Museum

Winter Concert Series

Friday, January 20 • Noon to 1pm

Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

East of Westreville will perform an old time mix of music & memories in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum. Bring your lunch and enjoy the show! Free admission (605) 367-4210 or siouxlandmuseums.com

NEWsical the Musical

January 20 • 7:30pm - 9pm January 21 • 2 & 7:30pm January 22 • 2pm

Orpheum Theater

Variety says, “the laughs are priceless!” Check out the musical that is all about current events! As said by the Lincoln Journal Star it’s “better than anything topical Saturday Night Live has come up with in months, if not years!” It’s the hilarious musical comedy of all the news that’s fit to spoof, and you don’t want to miss it. INFO (605) 367-6000.

The Good Night Theatre

Reefer Madness

January 26-28 • 7:30pm Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Avenue

The musical sendup of the cult classic propaganda film, follow Jimmy Harper and Mary Lane as they descend into the comical depths of the terrifying reefer, told through the lens of a 1930s PSA littered with all manner of melodramatic results. Jampacked with catchy musical numbers and hilarious hijinks—it’s Reefer Madness! INFO (605) 367-6000.

Amy Ellsworth, Jeff Schwebach, & Howard Hedger at the Old Courthouse Museum Winter Concert Series

Friday, January 27 • Noon to 1pm Old Courthouse Museum • 200 West Sixth Street

Amy Ellsworth, Jeff Schwebach, and Howard Hedger will perform in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum. Bring your lunch and enjoy the show!

Free admission (605) 367-4210 or

deck the halls 24 recipes 28 Holiday Treats Made Easy at home 32 Our Home for the Holidays a-list 42 history 46

William H. Hare: the Trailblazing Bishop man in the kitchen 50 Viva Pasta! vino 52 Wine is Made for Sharing knick knacks of life 54

Santas Sometimes Say Hell & So Do Pastors

Deck the Halls!

Take a look at how some of our readers Deck the Halls. Some choose an unexpected color scheme, or go for simply minimal or go all out! Enjoy!

Dara Brasgalla

Jason, Zenovia & Sophie Leigh

Tara Erickson

Bridget Karaffa

Dan & Jennifer Grider

Rita Branson

Carrie Thompson

Kathy Frerk

Danelle Park

Dee Hansen

Kathy Hallberg

Ainsley Ketterling

Brittany Yanish

Lisa Sorlye-Doescher

Lyla Pedersen

Lauriann Martinez

Kay Loy

Wendy Rust

Kristi Heaton-Hancock

Joni Widmann Kyriaco

Lisa Sorlye-Doescher

Shelby Nelson

Nicki & Andy Ellerbroek

Olivia Vongchanne

Todd & Tami Lien

Sarah De Rycke

Theresia Elias

Vickie Sigmund-Hiemstra

Karen Miller

Holiday Treats Made Easy

Pecan Clusters

14 ounce package of caramels

3 tablespoons water

1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

1 cup crispy rice cereal

3 cups chocolate chips

1 1/2 tablespoons shortening

Line two baking pans with greased sheets of waxed paper and set aside. In a heavy saucepan combine the caramels and water and heat and stir until melted and smooth. Stir in the pecans and cereal until coated. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto the waxed paper and refrigerate for 15-20 minutes. Melt the chocolate chips and shortening until smooth and then dip the clusters into the chocolate mixture and refrigerate again until set. Store in an air tight container. Makes about three dozen pieces.

BY JO MCCLURE

Title

Almond Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

1 cup butter, softened 2/3 cup sugar

1/2 tsp almond extract

2 cups flour

1 jar seedless raspberry jam

Combine the butter, sugar and almond extract until smooth. Mix in the flour and roll into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place the dough balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and make a small hole in the center of each cookie with your thumb or finger and fill with the jam. Bake at 350˚ for 14-17 minutes or until lightly browned. Allow to cool for a minute and then drizzle with glaze.

Glaze: Combine the following ingredients and blend until smooth. 1/2 cup powdered sugar

3/4 tsp almond extract

1 tsp milk

Our Home for the Holidays

BY MARY MICHAELS | PHOTOS BY JULIE PRAIRIE PHOTOGRAPHY

My husband, Gary, and I love summerthe heat, Saturday drives with the top down, outdoor concerts, golf, and bike rides – all of it. But, if we can’t have summer, give us Christmas.

Christmas is magical. I know that sounds cliché, but when you drive down streets twinkling with multicolored lights, see the downtown sidewalks filled with shoppers, or put on fuzzy slippers and turn up the volume on Frank Sinatra’s “Jingle Bells” (the first song we play to kick off the season…how can you not be in the holiday spirit? I love those J-I-NG-L-E Bells….

At our house, decking the halls is a multiday affair. Each year around Thanksgiving, we would get out the extension ladder and Gary would be up in the garage rafters and pass down decoration-filled totes. Then when everything was packed up again in January, it was back out to the now-much-colder garage to hoist them up again. A few years ago, however, after a little incident ended with Gary hanging one-armed from a rafter, we decided a storage unit made more sense. Admittedly, it is easier to access the totes from storage, even though it takes more than one trip (and two vehicles) to get them all to the house.

Many of the totes are filled with nearly 90 nutcrackers, a collection that started more than two decades ago when Gary’s boys, Jake and Luke, were young. Gary’s parents live in Connecticut and would send a big Christmas box that included nutcrackers with each person’s name and the year written on the bottom. When Gary and I were married, the holiday box contained four nutcrackers. And, when our son Josh was born, we received five. After a year or two, we decided we could save them the shipping cost by taking over the collection, adding to the nutcracker family as long as each of the boys was still at home.

We have sports figures, chefs, and soldiers… Santas and elves…leprechauns and ladies…and more. As the collection grew, the challenge became how to display them. Fortunately, Gary is the son of an aeronautical engineer, so a quick visit to the lumberyard for some 4x4s resulted in graduated steps to span the top of our entertainment center. Even with the handy steps he built, we still needed a little more space. So, the tall figures stand atop the entertainment center, and shorter nutcrackers occupy shelves below.

Below the nutcrackers is a shelf that is the year-round home for my collection of

Hallmark ornaments – a series of little angels, aptly named Mary’s Angels. My mom gave me the first ornament in the series in 1988, which was the year my dad passed away. Each angel sits on a cloud and is named after a flower, such as Zinnia, Daffodil, Bluebell, and Moonflower. Mom had no idea what she had started, as each year, another angel in the collection appeared. Soon it was ten years, 20, 25…30.  My last angel from her was #31 in 2018.

Mom passed away in January 2019. As I started decorating the house that November, I looked at my angels and realized there would no longer be a little wrapped box under the

tree with a tag that read, “Love, Mom.” I remember standing in front of that shelf with tears in my eyes and saying something about having to buy my own angels now. A couple of days later, Gary returned from his weekly work trip to Sioux City and handed me a little wrapped box. The tears came again as I pulled back the paper to see the sweet face of Hyacinth in her pink robe with a butterfly perched on her hand. Mary’s Angel #32. He looked at me with a smile and said, “Sioux City still has a Hallmark store.”

Gary and I have started some small collections of our own over the years, including

snow globes. Honestly, I don’t even remember how that started, but we just look here and there and see what jumps out at us. One year, for example, we attended a performance of The Nutcracker and then found a Nutcrackerthemed snow globe. Any time we can escape

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to sunshine and a beach, we are happy – so one of our snow globes has an anchor perched on sand. We never know where or when we will find the one that inspires us. The trick is that if we buy it early, we have to put it someplace where we will remember where it is when it’s

time to decorate!

The Nativity set has a prominent place at Christmas time, so that the real reason for the season is always before us. When I was growing up, the manger sat on a coffee table under the window of our family room. We would never

put the baby Jesus figurine in the manger, though, until after we got home from the Christmas Eve Midnight Mass. We keep that tradition going at our house, placing the baby in the manger after we get home from church. Once the entertainment center shelves

are filled, the next order of business is the Christmas tree. We have a typical 1980s home – split foyer, two bedrooms up, two bedrooms down, with a living room, dining room, and kitchen on the main level. The tree is always centered in front of the four-pane bow

window in the living room. The decorations are fairly traditional...colored ornaments in burgundy, green, silver, and gold.

We have a little green and red wooden ladder that always sits next to the tree. Originally, two elves stood on rungs as tree

decorating helpers. When our boys were into action figures, sometimes it would be G.I. Joe or Captain America on the ladder placing an ornament on the tree. Two years ago, after Gary and I joined the multitudes tuning into The Mandalorian, he thought it was time to change our ladder helper. Grogu now occupies that spot.

Music is a big part of our lives, so an assortment of musical notes and instruments is scattered around the tree. Toward the top, we place a special family ornament – a silver family of five – as well as a crystal sailboat reminiscent of the “True Love:, a boat (and song) featured in our favorite movie, High Society, featuring Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Grace Kelly.

Two iconic symbols of this holiday season are Santa Claus and a snowman…and we have collections of both.

I love Santa Claus. Even as an adult, I feel the joy, the wonder, and the magic of jolly ol’ St. Nick. I still get excited for the end of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade when the big sleigh arrives at Herald Square. My mom had many Santas, too, and I’m happy we have some of those in our collection. One of the fun figurines that Gary and I found together years ago is a tall Santa checking his list (presumably for the second time). We had to buy it when we saw two of our boys’ names on Santa’s list – Jacob and Joshua. All it took was a little piece of antique-looking paper, my calligraphy pen, and some glue to add Lucas to the list. Oh, and also Bob (our dog).

Looking at the snowmen on top of the cabinet in the dining room, I realize some of them have been around a long time. One thin snowman with stick arms sitting on a heart-shaped base has been with me since my first job out of college…part of an office gift exchange. I hope I don’t jinx its well-being by commenting on how it has survived three decades and several moves! We have snowmen made of socks, paper, and wood, and others represent our family like the three boys on a sled or the snow family of five.

Just off the living room is the main bathroom. Several years ago, we painted the walls a bright yellow and installed silver hardware on the cabinets and floating glass

shelves. A new colorful shower curtain and rugs liven up this “travel bathroom” where we have added mementos over the years from trips to warm-weather locales like Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas. Gary and I found a wall hanging that we added to our dining room this summer that captures our feelings perfectly. It says, “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” We recently decided to start a new tradition and look for Christmas ornaments when we travel as a way to remember our adventures.

When we bought our house, the kitchen was all oak and brass, including its main light which was a large oak box covering fluorescent bulbs. Not long after moving in, we removed the brass hardware and fluorescent light box and added oil-rubbed bronze hardware and track lighting. We also removed wallpaper and painted the walls a deep forest green. As a busy family with boys, that was enough for a first go-around.

About five years ago, though, we decided we were ready to go all-in with a kitchen remodel. With Gary being the cook of the house – and I have absolutely no shame in saying that – he took the lead on design and functionality. The first order of business was flipping the layout to create a peninsula with room for stools to slide underneath and for an appliance garage on top. We also added a pantry cabinet with slide-out shelves and a floor-to-ceiling utility cabinet. We picked a multi-color stone backsplash and added can lighting with colorful pendants hanging over the peninsula. Designing with Christmas in mind, Gary made sure there was an outlet above the cabinets so we could add lighting and greenery for the holiday season.

When my mom downsized and moved to Sioux Falls, we were blessed to receive the piano I grew up playing. At Christmas, it holds our music-themed village pieces like a gazebo with carolers, the music shop, the local opera house, and St. Michael’s Church. We display other village pieces on a side table in the living room, like the Cardinal Café (another of Gary’s finds for me, knowing my mom loved cardinals) and the pet shop in honor of our little Bob.

Above the little village in the living room is a

unique wall hanging. When we added a rustic table to our dining room a few years ago, it was shipped in pieces for us to assemble. The tabletop had a warp to it, however. When we contacted the company, they said, “keep it” and sent us a new one. So, Gary put his skills to work to mount that first tabletop to the wall, creating a fun backdrop to display family photos and fun travel souvenirs. Throughout the year, we hang pictures from the long wire clips, including seasonal pages from a Charles Wysocki calendar we received from Gary’s parents. These pictures are Americana folk art at its finest. From my very first trip to visit his parents in Connecticut more than 20 years ago, I have admired the Wysockis they have in their home. We just received an amazing gift from them, right in time for the season…their framed holiday Wysocki with a happy snowman on a starlit night in front of a New England lighthouse…with a moose at the “take-out” window.

Growing up, I was the youngest of six kids. No matter our age, though, we always put stockings out for Santa. Our parents would say, “You have to believe to receive.” So, even if that meant laying out the tube socks we had

just worn all day, there was always some sort of stocking out for Santa. Since we don’t have a fireplace at our house, we decided that stocking hangers over the staircase would work just as well. We weave greenery and lights along the banister and then hang our stockings in order. The boys may groan and shake their heads, but we still hang the hand-decorated stockings made years ago with puff paint and glitter. Not to be left out, Bob has his own stocking, too.

If I had to describe our house, it certainly isn’t fancy or trendy, because that isn’t our style either. We go for “homey” and functional, with a little bit of eclectic and a lot of faith and family. Christmas time, though, allows us to pull out all the decorations, reminisce, share stories, laugh, and just put our feet up and turn on the sparkling lights.

So, back to that shelf of Mary’s Angels. Right before I started writing this piece, Mary’s Angel #35 arrived in the mailbox. His name is Aster, standing on his little cloud dressed in a purple robe and holding a green globe. His eyes are closed, perhaps making a wish for all of us at this Christmas time…for Peace on Earth.

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WILLIAM H. HARE: the Trailblazing Bishop

BY WAYNE FANEBUST

Most of the men and women who ventured onto the American frontier did so with a mixture of hope and fear, because for many the act of leaving a relatively comfortable life in the East was like severing a limb from the body. But there was another kind of pilgrim, one who easily succumbed to the siren-song of adventure and good fortune; these men and women looked upon the westward journey as a calling; something they seemed destined to do. One such man was William Hobart Hare, an ordained minister from New Jersey. Hare was born on May 17, 1838, and received his higher education at the University of Pennsylvania, with a goal of becoming a minister. Although he didn’t get a degree from the university, nor did he graduate from a seminary, he ordained as a deacon in 1859, and as a priest in 1862, a member of the Protestant Episcopalian faith.

After preaching in Philadelphia until 1863, he and his wife moved to Minnesota, hoping that a change of climate might restore her health. Hare returned to Philadelphia to work and was named to the board of missions, an arm of the church that looked toward converting the Native Americans to the white man’s religion. Although he was destined to roam the far reaches of Dakota Territory, his first assignment in the West was in 1872, where he served as the Missionary Bishop of Niobrara, in Nebraska, preaching to the Lakota Sioux.

Like most white people, Hare looked upon the Native Americans as heathen, but he also saw them as human beings who deserved to be treated with respect. That inclination was called into play when in 1882, a three-man Indian Commission, headed by former Dakota governor, Newton Edmunds, was appointed

to coerce the tribes into signing a treaty that would break-up the Great Sioux Reservation, a land mass that included most of Dakota Territory west of the Missouri River.

If successful, this would confine the Indians to much smaller reservations. In exchange for giving up their land, the tribes would be paid in cattle, valued in an amount that would be less than 10 cents per acre. Heads of families would also received 320 acres of land that they were expected to farm in the manner of white people.

Traveling with the commissioners were two highly respected men of the cloth: Episcopal Bishop William H. Hare and Catholic Bishop Martin Marty. Both men were expected to speak publicly in favor of the treaty. After weeks of cajoling, making empty promises, and outright lying, the treaty was submitted to the U. S. Senate with hopes of winning

CALVARY CATHEDRAL

Calvary Cathedral was built through the efforts of William Hobart Hare, early missionary and the first Episcopal bishop in Dakota Territory. He persuaded wealthy capitalist John Jacob Astor, owner of the American Fur Trading Company, to contribute funds, eventually totaling $20,000, for its construction. Astor’s donations were in memory of his late wife, Charlotte Augusta Astor, who had been a patroness of All Saints School and the Indian missions.

The original drawings by Philadelphia architects called for a considerably larger building. However, Astor disapproved the plans and insisted that the building be “not so expensive as to be a burden for its support in a new country.” Sioux quartzite was used in the construction of the church 103 feet long, 52 feet wide, and 49 feet high. The cornerstone was laid December 5, 1888. Skilled laborers, paid the going wage of the times, 50 cents a day, completed the building in one year. For a town with a population of less than 12.000, it was a very imposing structure. After its consecration on December 11, 1889, Bishop Hare invited the Calvary Church congregation, the first religious society organized in Sioux Falls, to worship there. Originally called the Church of St. Augusta, the church soon became known as Calvary Cathedral. The cathedral is a repository for Christian art and artifacts, including three historic crosses. The first is made of gray stone from the remains of the oldest

CALVARY CATHEDRAL

Christian church in England, St. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury. The second is of polished tan jasper, taken to England by William the Conqueror. Both the gray stone and the jasper were gifts to Bishop Hare. The third cross is of oak, originally taken by Richard the Lion-Hearted from England to the Holy Land during the Third Crusade and used there until 1936 as the rood beam in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

During the cathedral’s early years, a scandalously short residency requirement for divorce attracted a flourishing industry to Sioux Falls, much to the displeasure and opposition of Bishop Hare. Stained-glass windows were donated by a former member of the local divorce colony, but the bishop refused to have them installed. Only after his death in 1909 were they uncrated and placed above the high altar. Among the many other line stained-glass windows is a large round window depicting John the Baptist breaking a path in the wilderness. It commemorates the pioneer missionary efforts of Bishop Hare whose grave is on the north side of the cathedral.

The interior of the church was completely remodeled in 1946. An educational wing was finished in 1953, and the addition that houses the diocesan offices in 1992.

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approval. There was, however, one major hitch in the proceedings.

The 1868 Treaty of Laramie required the written approval of three-fourths of the adult male population of the combined tribes in order to amend or make a new treaty. This requirement had been ignored in the 1877 treaty for the Black Hills and it worked, but this time the Senate rejected the proposal due to the lack of signatures.

Public disappointment was in the air and people looked for someone to blame. While Bishop Marty supported the treaty, Bishop Hare did not. In fact he was hammered by the public and press, because he saw the flaws in the treaty and did not shy away from exposing the lies and distortions. A Yankton newspaper attacked

Hare, calling him an obstacle to pushing the boundaries of civilization further westward. The editorial screamed: people were “after the Scalp Lock of the Bishop of Niobrara.”

But Hare more than survived the vicious attacks on his character. Furthermore the Episcopal Church was on his side. In 1883, the Niobrara diocese was split and a new Dakota district was established that extended west to the Missouri River, all the way to the Rocky Mountains. Hare was placed in charge of the new district. He went on to serve as a missionary to the Sioux and acquired a good reputation, ultimately being called the “Apostle to the Sioux.”

His road trips to reach the tribes in remote areas meant Hare had to experience some of

the roughest men and places on the Dakota frontier. In his diary, he recalled an overnight stop at a “ranch” that he described as a vermininfested log hut with mud-filled chinks, where he was fed loathsome food in the company of “fugitives from justice,” whose “ranches” were the “haunts of horse thieves and murderers.”

Clearly the man who grew up in New Jersey was not always impressed with what Dakota had to offer.

In 1884, Bishop Hare established a private school in Sioux Falls on a prominence that served as the southern border of the city. The site was selected with the assistance of R. F. Pettigrew, a leading Sioux Falls booster and political figure of Dakota Territory. Pettigrew was always eager to increase the size of Sioux

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Marker location: Sioux Falls, 13th St. & Main Ave. Text author: Robin Burns Rieper

All Saints School Catalogue, 19101911.

First All Saints Class!

Shown is a youthful looking Bishop William Hobart Hare with the very first group of students to attend All Saints School. Note that this class consisted of both boys and girls. For this first year only, day students were enrolled as well as boarding students. A year later beginning in the fall of 1886, only girls who were full-time boarding students were permitted to attend. This image either was taken shortly after school began in the fall of 1885 or before school recessed for the summer in the spring of 1886. Image owner: Siouxland Heritage Museums.

Falls with something new and impressive, and though he was not a man of faith, he understood the importance of religious institutions in the building of a city.

The Sioux Falls community contributed $10,000.00, and another $3,000.00 was donated by the wife of John Jacob Astor, a New York multimillionaire, for the construction of the Episcopalian boarding school for girls and boys. Designed by famed architect Wallace L. Dow, and built with locally-quarried quartzite stone, the multi-faceted structure included a chapel, classrooms and the residence of Bishop Hare. He named the school “Glory to Glory” in the memory of his late wife. It was eventually called All-Saints School.

Next, the ambitious Bishop Hare established a new and elaborate religious institution in Sioux Falls. In doing so, he persuaded John Jacob Astor to reach into his deep pockets and pony up enough cash to build an Episcopal cathedral. Astor came forth with $20,000.00 toward the construction of a cathedral named in the memory of his late wife, Charlotte Augusta Astor. The original building plans were for a very large church, but Astor rejected them in favor of a smaller, yet quite imposing cathedral. The cornerstone was laid December 5, 1888, and within a year, a majestic and imposing house of worship, built from native quartzite stone

was opened to the public. With its stain glass windows and many fine examples of Christian art, it was soon declared to be the crown jewel of Sioux Falls, a city of less than 12,000 people.

Hare was a trailblazer in many ways, but mostly in pursuit of good morals. As such he unflinchingly tackled the lax divorce laws that attracted people from all over America to South Dakota, seeking to rid themselves of a spouse. Hare believed that the wedding vows were meant to permanently bind man and woman together, even if it meant one or the other had to tolerate mental and physical abuse. The sanctimony of marriage must be protected at all costs, according to Hare, to preserve the time-honored institution known as the family.

At the heart of the matter was the threemonth residency requirement that the divorce petitioners had to establish and maintain before filing for a divorce. Hare attacked this with all his heart and soul, blaming it for what he called “migratory divorces” by rich people who had no real intention of making South Dakota their permanent home. In 1893, the state legislature took up the matter and voted to increase the requirement to six months. This did little to stem the tide of divorcees, who were bringing great wealth to Sioux Falls; more was needed to be done.

In 1907, Hare was in the East, under his

doctor’s care and almost too sick to fight on; he nevertheless lobbied for a one year residency, to at least conform with North Dakota law. With his once insurmountable energy fading away, the fighting bishop declared an all-out war on the Divorce Colony. With the state legislature behind him, a new law was passed upping the residency requirement to one year. The governor signed the bill into law and notorious divorce business died a sudden death, leaving behind a colorful and unique history.

William H. Hare had won but the years of travel, hard missionary work, and the struggle to relieve South Dakota of what he perceived to be a mortal sin, took a deadly toll on his body. Hare died October 23, 1909 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His body was carried by train to Sioux Falls where he was buried next to Calvary Cathedral. His remains were later moved to the south side of the All Saints School. There he rested until he was returned to the original burial site on the Cathedral grounds.

The good Bishop didn’t know it, but in actuality his life’s work was merely that of a Don Quixote-like figure tilting at windmills. The real winners of the struggle were the women who simply wanted a legal way out of a bad marriage. Nevertheless William H. Hare has earned his place on the mantle of South Dakota’s historic register.

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“Let a girl’s education be as serious as a boy’s. Give her the same advantages that you give her brothers.”

Viva Pasta!

BY JIM MATHIS

There’s a definite chill in the air today. It’s not really that cold, but one of those South Dakota winds is blowing, the kind of wind that will cut right through you. On a night like this you want to snuggle in at home, open a bottle of wine and settle into a nice comforting bowl of pasta. To be honest, I love to cook pasta all year; it’s a quick, easy, and satisfying meal in any weather. But when winter takes over the northern plains, some nice sauce and heavy carbs can really hit the spot.

I’ve got a few dishes I return to again and again; spaghetti Bolognese,

linguine con vongole (linguini with clams), cacio e pepe (cheese and pepper) or a simple jarred red sauce with Italian sausage and whatever shape of pasta falls out of the cupboard. But I think the beauty of pasta is that it is a blank canvas on which you can add your own creative flair. It can be as simple as olive oil and a few fresh herbs or as complex as a slow-simmered Sunday gravy.

Sauce aside; choosing a shape of pasta can be a crazy affair, the shapes and sizes seem to be endless. But, to keep things simple, I’ll stick to a

handful of pasta categories; long, short, sheet, stuffed and dumplings. Long pastas, like spaghetti, fettuccini, or bucatini are great with creamy sauces or tomato sauces that aren’t too chunky. Think classic fettuccini alfredo, the smooth creamy, cheesy sauce sticks to the ribbons of noodles and make a perfect pairing. The varieties of long pasta tend to fall into two groups, ribbons cut from sheet pasta, like the aforementioned fettuccini. These can differ in width from a couple of millimeters up to an inch or more. Spaghetti, angel hair and bucatini, on the other hand, are extruded though a machine. If you’re buying an extruded pasta, look for varieties extruded through bronze dies. They tend to have more texture and will hold sauces better.

Short pastas run a wide gamut as well. You’re probably familiar with several shapes--the elbow macaroni from the blue box and the penne tubes or bowtie from the Italian chain restaurants. But my favorites are some of the odd balls, like orecchiette (little ears), larger sizes of rigatoni, and hand-made shapes like cavatelli. Why short pastas? Well, they’re easier to eat without splattering red sauce all over your shirt and they also work great with chunkier sauces, the little hollow spaces grab those sauces and sausages and veggies. Oh, I’m starting to drool.

The sheet pasta most of us know best is lasagna; perfect for layering in baked dishes. They can be a little harder to work with, but the results are delicious.

Gnocchi is the best known of the Italian dumpling-style pastas. Often made with potatoes or ricotta, when correctly done, these little pillows of goodness are great whether paired with complex sauces or just a few herbs and brown butter.

Stuffed pastas also cover a wide area, from Chef Boyardee’s canned ravioli to extravagant truffle-filled tortellini. They can be stuffed with everything from ground meat, cheese, mushrooms, or veggies. Since they pack flavor inside, they can be paired with simple sauces or a classic red sauce. I often buy pre-made mushroom ravioli and serve them with chicken marsala. That is a perfect winter comfort dish!

With all the options and choices in pasta, I’m not sure how anyone could not find one they like. For me, it’s hard to find one I don’t like. As the winter chill seeps into your house, start a pot of water to boil and make a big bowl of comfort. Do yourself a favor, eat something good today!

When he’s not in the kitchen whipping up a new pasta dish, Jim runs ADwërks, his little ad agency on the prairie.

Here’s a favorite pasta dish in our house. In fact, when I ask my beloved if she wants pasta for dinner, this is usually what she’s thinking. It’s quick and easy to make; it actually takes longer to boil the water and cook the pasta than to make the sauce!

Orecchiette with Brown Butter and Peas

8 ounces spicy Italian sausage

8 ounces dried orecchiette (or other short pasta)

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

8 to 12 fresh sage leaves

Half cup frozen peas

3 ounces fresh-grated Parmesan cheese (divided)

Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to boil. When boiling, stir in orecchiette and cook until al dente (pasta cooking timesvary by brand so follow package instructions). Put a large skillet over medium-high heat, add butter. When butter melts and starts to foam, add the sausage, and break up with a spatula while it browns. Thinly slice the sage leaves and add to the sausage. Cook for a few minutes then remove from heat if pasta is still cooking.

When the orecchiette is done, reserve about a half cup of the pasta water, then drain and add cooked pasta and the peas to the pan with the sausage, and turn the pan to medium heat. Cook for a couple of minutes until the peas have warmed through. Add about two-thirds of the Parmesan and stir into the sauce. Add a little of the reserved pasta water if the dish looks too dry. Add salt and pepper as needed.

Divide the pasta and sauce between two bowls and garnish with remaining Parmesan. Cooking for more than two? Double up the ingredients and make it for four or more. Enjoy!

WINE IS MADE FOR Sharing

BY RICCARDO TARABELSI

Sharing is caring. We try to teach that to young children, and it’s no different in our household. We try to teach that a giving heart expects nothing in return. Of course, our middle child takes it to the extreme. He gives stuff away like it’s going out of style — until he realizes he gave something away that he needed. There’s a much longer story here about his favorite winter hat that wound up in his friend’s backpack at school years ago, but the simple act of sharing is something that transcends sharing material things; the truth is that when you share

selflessly, you get something much greater in return.

In the wine world, I witness many acts of sharing. A wine bottle, if you think about it, is designed for sharing. There’s plenty of wine in a regular bottle of wine to go around. Typically, if you pour 6 ounces in a wine glass, you will get four glasses out of a bottle of wine. That’s three friends that you just made happy. I’ve been thinking lately, why is there 750 ml. in a regular bottle of wine? It seems like an odd size; why not an even 1.0 liter?

Here’s what I found out:

In ancient times, the Romans and others usually kept wine in clay pots. Glass blowing technology was known, but bottles were rare and expensive novelty items that may have been used for serving wine, but rarely for storing it.

By the 1500s, glass bottles were commonplace in commerce and in well-to-do households, but they were used only to tap a ration from a wooden wine barrel and bring it to the table; still not for storage.

The bottle became an important part of wine only in the 17th Century, says Hugh Johnson in his Vintage: The Story of Wine, when improving technology made it possible to produce bottles in a consistent size and shape that could be easily stored in quantity. Through the 18th Century, the standard wine-bottle shape stretched from a squat decanter-style flagon to a fat “pot” to, eventually, something close to the cylindrical bottle size we know today. Not coincidentally, the use of the natural cork stopper as a reasonably reliable way to close the bottle also developed about around this time.

Bottle sizes seemed to develop by a similar trial-and-error process. In England, the old-fashioned pint and quart sized were popular, perhaps by analogy to other bottled liquids. Most antique bottles, however, seem to fall into the range of 600 ml. to 800 ml. Britain and the U.S. eventually legalized the “fifth” bottle - one-fifth of a gallon - as a standard size for wine and liquor, while Europe gravitated to the similar 750 ml size in the metric system, although with many variations such as 700 ml or 730 ml.

Only as recently as the 1970s did most industrial nations standardize on the 750 ml size for consistency in importation and taxation — a move that saw Americans lose about 2/10 of an ounce from the standard bottle. But all this still begs the question: Why the specific “fifth” or 750ml size? Two theories in particular sound reasonable:

1. This is the average capacity of a glass-blower’s lungs, and thus the approximate size of a bottle created in one blow.

2. A typical “fifth” bottle full of wine and corked weighs about 2 1/2 to 3 pounds, a convenient size to pack and carry while shopping.

Whichever theory you ascribe to is fine with me, as long as you share your 750 ml. with some good company. After all, sharing is caring! Happy New Year and Carpe Vino!

Riccardo and Marybeth Tarabelsi are the owners of R Wine Bar & Kitchen, Brix Wine Bar, and Maribella Ristorante, all in Downtown Sioux Falls. They and their three sons Dante, Berent (fiancée Molli,) and Jaxon can be seen working together at their locations, providing warm hospitality where you enter as friends and leave as family. Contact Riccardo at riccardo@rwinebar.com.

Pastor outed Santa!” a good friend and neighbor told me when I greeted her at book club this October.

She explained that during Bible Study, the pastor was discussing lies and said something like, “When parents tell their children about Santa, they are lying.”

Fortunately for my friend, her children were wrapping up a Children’s Church craft and didn’t hear the sad news.

Her friend was not quite so lucky.

I grew up in a household where Santa did not compete with Baby Jesus at Christmas.

& SO DO PASTORS

BY LURA ROTI

My husband grew up in a home where Baby Jesus also took center stage during the Christmas season. But there was also a seat at the table for Santa.

When our daughter Parker’s first Christmas rolled around, it is a bit ironic, but she met Santa at my mom’s house. She wasn’t too impressed. But then again, she was 11-months-old.

Each Christmas since, Santa has left one of her listed items under the tree for her. Now that she is 11, he’s going to have a tough go of it. She is quite particular. On four different occasions we went shoe shopping after school only to come home empty-handed. On a recent trip to

“My

Costco, I bought her and her friend matching PJs – only to take them back two days later because Parker said, “I feel bad because you bought these for us, but I’m really not into that type of pajama anymore.”

I told my husband, Shon, that she would probably enjoy Target gift cards far more than anything we purchase this year because she likes to shop…with our money.

I don’t remember being this picky when I was her age. However, I do remember that when I was about Parker’s age, my favorite aunt gifted my younger brother the picture book, The Polar Express. It’s a story about a young boy, who on Christmas Eve sees a mysterious train and hops aboard. He ends up meeting Santa.

When my younger brother opened the book, instead of saying, “thank you,” he said, in his sweet 3-year-old voice, “Santa isn’t real.”

It’s a good thing our cousins weren’t around!

Last Christmas, I had the opportunity to meet several Santas when I worked on a radio story about the volunteers in rural communities who don red suits and grow out their beards to bring joy to children in their community.

In many cases, these volunteers are the only Santa for miles around. They end up volunteering their time at community events for two, sometimes three communities. Their holiday season is busy! And they love it!

Across the board, seeing the smiles and pure joy on children’s faces is what these men said they enjoy most about the role they play each Christmas.

In fact, as an example of how much he enjoys volunteering as Santa, one rural volunteer shared that after Christmas Eve church service each year, before going home to his family’s celebration, he makes a habit of stopping in and surprising neighbors who have their lights on.

He’s the Santa who said, “hell.” “Hell, I even stop in and surprise my neighbors.”

I wanted to use the quote in the radio story. So, I asked my editor what the policy was for radio.

Her response was, “I don’t think Santa should swear.”

I agree.

I also don’t think Pastors should out the guy who provides a clear example for children of what service to others and a gift without strings looks like.

friends & family

Simple Holiday Crafts for Kids

Giant Paper Snowflakes

Materials: Brown paper lunch bags, scissors, glue, tape, pencil, string, or yarn.

Cut the first brown paper lunch bag on each side of the top, angling in to form a point. With each of the other bags, trace the cut line of your first one, cutting them all to match as closely as possible. Next, place glue from the bottom of the first bag up to the part that was cut, leaving the triangular top free from glue. Place another bag on top and continue adding bags until you can connect the first bag and last bag easily to form a snowflake.  On the last bag, tape some string or yarn that will be used to hang the snowflake, then glue it to the first bag to finish your snowflake. You can create more snowflakes with different patterns by cutting small shapes out from the sides of the bags and gluing them together. Hang your snowflakes proudly for the winter season!

BY JESS WEISCHEDEL

Cute Hand-Embroidered Gift Tags

Materials:

Blank gift tags, yarn, black marker, pencil, and a hole puncher.

Draw some festive, simple designs on the back of the gift tags, leaving room at the bottom for some writing. Using a hole puncher, punch holes at the points of your designs, to create a path for your yarn. Thread the yarn through the holes and find your way from one hole to the other to create a similar design with yarn on the other side of your gift tags. Once you are happy with your result, choose a festive word to write on the bottom of your tag, and secure it to your gift. These will make the perfect replacements for greeting cards and are crafty and cute.

Sick? When to Tough it Out and When to Stay Home

BY AVERA HEALTH

Do your job. Here in the Midwest, our strong work ethic is almost taken for granted.

However, when you’re sick, it’s better to set aside this attitude instead of “gutting it out.” That way you’re not potentially shedding a virus around the workplace. This is especially true for anytime you’re experiencing cold or flu-like symptoms, which could be a sign of COVID-19.

When Should I Stay Home?

Fenil Patel, MD, a family medicine physician with Avera Medical Group McGreevy 69th & Western, said we can all use a bit more education on this topic. When we’re running a temperature, coughing or suffering from symptoms like diarrhea or vomiting, we’re more than likely making others ill.

“You’re actually not helping your business, company or team by coming in sick,” he

said. “What if your coworker gets sick and passes that to an infant or elderly person? You’re doing everyone more of a favor by just staying home.”

Patel said you’ll share the sickness if you go in and tough it out. “You probably won’t be too productive anyway,” he added. “Someone may take your germs and share them.”

Too often, people go in, figuring it’s expected. But when employers push people

to come in, it’s counterintuitive. That sick employee will spread it around, and then you’ll be even more short-handed.

If you feel an illness coming on, there are some guidelines that can help you make the best decision. You can:

• Treat symptoms early and aggressively with over-the-counter medicines.

• Take multivitamins, especially ones with plenty of vitamin C, to try and zap the germs upfront.

• Hydrate and rest as much as you can to fight the sickness from progressing.

Should I Go to Work with a Fever?

A fever is one clear sign of sickness. If your fever is 100.5 degrees F or higher, stay home. Other signs that you’re too sick to go to work include:

• Coughing

• Runny nose

• Headaches

• Confusion

Try to take care as best as you can for the first 48-72 hours. During this time is when you’re most likely to unknowingly share your illness.

“Even doctors should stay home and recover instead of coming in,” Patel said. “So we practice our own advice — and we hope you will as well.”

Patel said workers can show respect for their teammates, their teammates’ families — and for their customers. “Your team will be OK. They’ll

be glad to see you back at work when you’re feeling better,” said Patel.

What Happens if You Get the Flu or COVID-19

Patel said if you have an active cough or a lowgrade fever, you could have the flu — especially if you didn’t get your seasonal vaccine.

“It’s important to remember that flu and COVID vaccines can help prevent worsening symptoms,” he said. “The treatments we can provide work best if patients get them right away.”

Anytime you have cold or flu-like symptoms, it’s important to be tested for COVID-19, too. If an at-home test is positive, you can trust that it’s accurate. You should isolate at home. If the at-home test is negative, you may want to confirm it. You can do that with a PCR test at your clinic or pharmacy.

At-home tests might not show a positive result until your viral load is high enough, which could be a few days into the illness. Even if you’re vaccinated, it could be a breakthrough case of COVID-19. Even if you’ve had it in the past, you can get it again.

“Immunity of any kind isn’t permanent, so get the bivalent COVID-19 booster if you haven’t already,” he added. Learn more about the new COVID-19 boosters.

Some May Need to See Their Doctor

Young children, older folks and anyone

with a compromised immune system, such as a chemotherapy patient, should see their doctor right away when facing symptoms. If a fever exceeds 102 degrees F — especially after taking ibuprofen to tamp it down — make an appointment.

“We ask if the person calling is in respiratory distress or has an altered mental status or any sort of distress,” Patel said. “If they do, we have them come in.”

Virtual visits via smartphone or laptop also can help, especially for those people who’d prefer to be seen without leaving home.

Stay Home and Take Care of Yourself

Once you’ve decided to stay home, use over-the-counter medicine to treat symptoms. Drink plenty of water and juice. Eat nutritious foods, including comfort foods. Soups and juices offer vitamins and comfort.

Drinking lots of water helps your body fight germs, too. But it’s a myth to believe that you can “flush” your system faster with lots of fluids.

“Even mild dehydration can worsen symptoms or make them linger,” said Patel. “Rest, drink water and juice and let your body recover. It can’t be rushed.”

Understand and fight for your health against COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and other respiratory diseases. That way, you’re prepared to protect yourself, your loved ones, coworkers and your community.

“You’re actually not helping your business, company or team by coming in sick,” he said.

Each month we will choose and feature cute pets. Your pet could be next, so send in a picture today.

Email your photo – just one per pet – to etc.mag@sio.midco.net. Please make sure they are high-resolution photos (the highest setting on your camera). Include in email: pet’s name and owner’s name. Pet owners must own the rights to all submitted photos.

Herman Munster, Salem & Lily Munster, best friends of the Taylor family

Bob, best friend of the Michaels family

Charlie & her babies, best friends of the Boyum family

Sir Reginald the Great, best friend of the Carter family

Jag & Jazz, best friends of the Andrews family

Stella, best friend of the Heiman family River, best friend of the Fischer family Sadie, best friend of the Alton family

THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE WONDERFUL BOOKS FOR CHILDREN WE HAVE COME ACROSS THIS MONTH. WE HOPE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME YOU HAVE NOT SEEN BEFORE AND ALSO INTRODUCE OTHERS BEING RELEASED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ENJOY.

Christmas Is Joy by Emma Dodd

Emma Dodd’s joyful celebration of this wonderful time of year, as seen through the eyes of two reindeer, is a pure delight. An enchanting celebration of the true meaning of Christmas, featuring two adorable reindeer—now available as a padded board book!

Ages 0 mos - 3 yrs candlewickpress.com

A Very Mercy Christmas by Kate DiCamillo

When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself—with enthusiastic contributions from the pig, the cat, and the horse she picks up on the way? Or does the evening hold a miracle Stella hadn’t expected?

Ages 3 yrs - 7 yrs candlewickpress.com

Ballet Kids by Holly Sterling

Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre by Juana Martinez-Neal

If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for an answer and learns of Sofia, the grandmother who loved books and flowers; Esperanza, the great-grandmother who longed to travel; José, the grandfather who was an artist; and other namesakes, too. As she hears the story of her name, Alma starts to think it might be a perfect fit after all—and realizes that she will one day have her own story to tell.

Ages 4 yrs - 8 yrs candlewickpress.com

Stretchy leggings on? Ballet shoes in the bag? Let’s go! Join Thomas and his fellow dancers as they’re welcomed into the studio for their Saturday ballet class. There are feet positions to perfect and steps to learn—first position, plie, up on your toes, relevé—and turns and jumps, too. Everyone is getting ready for their first performance, The Nutcracker—and now it’s time to pick out costumes! This warm celebration of dancing, a companion to Holly Sterling’s Karate Kids, is inspired by the author’s time learning ballet as a young child. It’s sure to be a hit with little ones taking a class, free-form dancers at home, and those who are hoping to be a ballet kid one day, too.

Ages 3 yrs - 7 yrs candlewickpress.com

Christmas Street by Jonathan Emmett

Everyone is busy on Christmas Street! Who is baking gingerbread? Who is wrapping presents? And who’s that coming down the chimney? Find out in this follow-up to Alphabet Street. And after you read the rhyming story, lift the flaps to learn the letters of the alphabet and seasonal words. Then flip the book and have fun with the giant snowy concertina play-scene on the reverse! With two large, sturdy flaps on every spread; bright, cheerful artwork from Ingela P. Arrhenius, illustrator of the bestselling series of lift-the-felt-flap board books and the Peekaboo board book series; and a clever rhyming text from Jonathan Emmett, this is a charming Christmas alphabet book that little ones will return to again and again.

Ages 2 yrs - 5 yrs candlewickpress.com

Animal Families: Snow

Find out the different names for mother and father animals that live in snowy climates— then lift the flap to find the babies and learn what they are called. This striking, satisfying introduction to animal families features screen-printed artwork and bold neon ink to capture the attention and imagination of babies and toddlers.

Ages 2 yrs - 5 yrs candlewickpress.com

Alan’s Big, Scary Teeth Jarvis

Deep in the jungle lurks Alan the alligator, descended from a long line of very scary alligators. He prepares carefully—polishing his scales, brushing each of his big, scary teeth, and practicing his frightening faces—then sneaks into the jungle to terrorize the other critters. But after a long day of scaring, Alan loves to enjoy the crossword, run a warm mud bath . . . and take out his teeth, which nobody else knows are false. Until one morning, that is, when Alan wakes up and finds that his teeth are gone! Without those teeth, he’s just not very scary. And scaring is the only thing he knows how to do— or is it? Witty, charming, and playful storytelling in this 2017 Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book will have preschoolers cheering for Alan as he discovers a new way to fit in.

Ages 2 yrs - 5 yrs candlewickpress.com

Books Aren’t for Eating by Carlie Sorosiak

Leopold the goat owns a delightful bookstore, and he has a talent for matching his customers with the ideal book—an adventure story for the girl in the rain boots, a novel about gnomes for the man who loves to laugh, and a book of birds for the woman in the feathered hat. But one day, another goat arrives and proceeds to eat every book Leopold offers. Can Leopold find just the right one to tempt this reluctant reader? This funny, charming tale of the transformative power of books is a celebration of that first special story that sparks a child’s love of reading.

Ages 4 yrs - 8 yrs candlewickpress.com

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