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Chef releases book of Austrian recipes
HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS
Plug pulled on tackle football
By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
Local resident Christian J. Fischer gives a nod to his native Austria in his new book of culinary creations, which was released earlier this summer. "For The Love Of Austria” is a collection of the 51-year-old chef ’s favorite recipes from the country of his birth.
CHESHIRE — Traditional 11-on-11 tackle football games will not be played this fall in Connecticut. Girls volleyball games will, but with players wearing masks.
“I’m a proud Austrian and I wanted to write my love letter to Austria and my favorite Austrian recipes that helped my career. I wanted to give back,” said Fischer, who moved to Kensington in 2000. He and his wife Jennifer have four children: Stefan, Ting, Margie and Caleb.
Chef Christian J. Fischer.
Nestlé offered Fischer a job and he worked for the company for 20 years, perfecting his skills in 17 countries in Fischer grew up in the family various roles. business as a chef in Austria. He wanted to go to school to In the U.S., Fischer was vice be a doctor, but his father president of culinary innovapushed him to be a chef. tion with Chartwells Higher Education and held corpoHe honed his craft for six rate executive chef positions years and headed his first with Nestlé, which required restaurant in Austria at just him to travel the world. 19 years old. While in Asia, Fischer devel“My (restaurant) group was oped a love for the exotbought by Nestlé and it beic and aromatic flavors of the came the restaurant for the east that would later shape Stouffer Hotel,” Fischer said. See Chef, A17
Thursday, September 10, 2020
The CIAC’s Board of Control voted Friday morning to pull the plug on a fullcontact football after the state Department of Public Health, in a Thursday, Sept. 3 letter, reiterated its stance against higher risk
sports such as football and indoor volleyball being played this fall. A solution was found for volleyball, but not for 11on-11 football. “Without DPH support, the CIAC cannot move forward with a full contact season as it would place superintendents and boards of education in the impossible position of acting against the recommendation of a state agency,” the CIAC said in a statement issued Friday morning.
The CIAC will look for lower-risk alternatives for football, such as combines, which means teams can continue with conditioning and non-contact skill workouts, which have been under way since Aug. 29. The CIAC is hoping to come up with those options by Sept. 21. That’s when the other fall sports are slated to move to fullteam practices. The DPH has recommended the 7-on-7, non-tackling version of football seen in See Football, A16
Cops nab 181 distracted drivers During the month of August the Berlin police teamed up with the Connecticut Department of Transportation during the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Distracted Driving Awareness month. Berlin officers conducted spotchecks in August that were designed to identify distracted drivers as part of the U Drive. U Text. U Pay. Campaign.
A total of 181 motorists were cited for violating the law that governs the use of mobile electronic devices. The goal of the campaign and enforcement effort was to educate motorists and reduce the number of motor vehicle crashes and injuries that involve distracted drivers. The Berlin police and the Connecticut Department of Transportation urge you to
put your phone down when you get behind the wheel. If you need to text, pull over and park your vehicle in a safe place first. Results of the August: Cell Phone Talking 1st Offense 77, Texting 1st Offense 92, Fugitives Apprehended 2, Suspended License 5, Other MV violations 10. — Press Release R233461
Volume 22, Number 28