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AS Nancy Lorraine, a historical French club where our own Michel Platini spent 8 seasons, sadly got relegated to National 2, France's fourth division - their second relegation in a row. As brilliantly explained by National Basketball Association (NBA) MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo a couple of weeks ago, failure is part of the journey to success. A bad season can happen to any team and athlete. Humble and willing-to-learn investors have the ability to positively impact the sports ecosystem, as we have been witnessing with RedBird Capital Partners at the Toulouse Football Club, Joseph Oughourlian at Racing Club de Lens, or Jordan Gardner at FC Helsingør.

Officially formed in 1976 by the merger of two local water districts, Padre Dam Municipal Water District’s (Padre) historical roots start with Spain’s colonization of “California” and the founding of Father Junipero Sera’s first of 21 missions, San Diego de Alcala, in 1769. Padre gets its name from the Old Mission Dam, built during the first two decades of the 1800s by the mission’s brutalized indigenous slaves following a rebellion in 1775 that destroyed the mission edifice and killed two of its administrators.

The best paellas in Spain are made over a fire. Learning to control the fire is a skill I have been perfecting since I was a boy when my father gave me the job to watch the flames as he cooked paella for our neighbors and friends.  I have a fire pit in my backyard, but for many, and especially for those learning to make paella, a gas ring will be the best way to cook your paella.

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In the early days of what would come to be known as the opioid crisis, someone close to me was caught up in it. They were legally prescribed by a doctor, but over time we could see that it was an issue of addiction. Fortunately, they were able to get clean before anything tragic happened, but there were some close calls. I tell some of this story to say that I, like many in Appalachia, have a close connection to the story told in “Pain Hustlers,” the new film on Netflix directed by David Yates and written by Wells Tower based on the book by Evan Hughes.

Pamela is a journalist. For nine years she was the editor of The New York Times Book Review, where she also hosted a weekly podcast, and she’s now a columnist for the Opinion section of the Times where she writes about culture, ideas, society, language and politics. She’s the author of eight books, most recently 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet.  You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player above (or on the right side of the player, click “Listen On” to add the Dishcast feed to your favorite podcast app).

Is Pan Bagnat the sandwich of summer? I think so. If you’ve been hanging out with me for a while now, you know I don’t mind poking a stick at sticklers for tradition. I’m not against traditions, but it’s amusing how steadfast some people are about them, while others aren’t. When people add Chicken to Caesar Salad, it doesn’t bother me—many versions in Paris now add fried chicken, and while I love fried chicken, that’s pushing things a bit—and some contain exactly none ofthe right ingredients.

tl;dr: RSVP to join us this Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 6 p.m. PDT to cook pan-fried enchiladas from Michoacán. Scroll down to the bottom for the grocery list. A couple of years ago a friend and mentor of mine hosted ten people at his house for a Mexican food extravaganza. We made chiles rellenos, chicken mole, and enchiladas. The chiles rellenos were delicious but took a large amount of effort and cleanup.

I come not to praise controversial and disgraced trainer Carlos Panama Lewis, but I do not come to bury him either. I assume a funeral director, or a crematorium will handle that as Lewis, age 74, died a couple of weeks ago. If his life is defined and judged by one brutal act, then he has no celestial address but is sweating out in the hot place (Hades) where everyone gets a pitchfork and eternal damnation.