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Th« Morrisviile and Praaton Progress, Thursday, December 19,1996 - 7 Prestonwood Gourmet . By Roxanne Powers PROMOTING GOOD COOKING-Students at Weatherstone Elementary are proud of a new cookbook a school committee has compiled with the help of Prestonwood Country Club Chef Ed Kaminski. Students Krista Paolella, Alessandra Gutierrez and Nic- colle Gutierrez (from left to right) were among students assisting in the cookbook’s sale. ‘Cooking with iove,’ and a heap of parents’ heip By Roxanne Powers This past September the Weather- stone Elementary cookbook com mittee was dealing with more flur ries than just those brought on by Hurricane Fran. Already dealing with a cookbook pubhcation dead line scheduled for just one month after school started, they were in a near panic when Fran whirled through. They placed a call to the publisher of toe cookbook only to be told toe deadline couldn’t be cbanged...no matter what! Yet, in spite of Fran’s hateful at- tanpt to sabotage their tremendous efforts, cookbook committee co- chairperson, Sandra Gutierrez, says that Weatherstone Elementary stu dents, their families, and toe cook- boc* committee worked together 900 recipes in just 10 days. (Due to repetition, "Cooking With Love" was pared down to 750 recipes.) Says Mrs. Gutierrez, "I just can’t say enough about what a terrific ctxnmittee this way. I never had to ask anything of anyone but once, and it was done!" Initially, the committee ordered only 350 cookbooks printed, only to quickly realize they would need more...m fact, 600 books were sold before the cookbooks were even printed; the committee quickly or dered another 4(X) books, many of which have also already been sold. Many of the recipes in toe book were developed by Weatherstone Elementary students - "Ants in a Log" by Krista Paolella and "Banana Confetti" by Alessandra M. Gutierrez are two. Mrs. Gutierrez is quick to say how thrilled the committee is toat Chef Ed Kaminski of Prestonwood Country Club agreed to be their featured chef, contributing many of bis own recipes. Among those con tributions are Carolina crab cakes, legacy chicken salad and bis award-winning barbecue sauce. If you’re still not convinced toat this is no dry-read, consider the fol lowing recipes: Play Dough, Recipe for a Happy Home, Witches Brew and Elephant Stew. To get Hoppv Holidoys from Rillv Souls Mayor Pre-Tern of Morrisviile 481-1305 (home) 781-0589 (bus.) A firm foundation Builder remembers extraordinary first home, life with 15 siblings By Debbie Burdick Toll Brothers Inc. has an award-winning model home in Preston Village. Prospective home buyers who come to have a look around find a fire in toe fireplace, freshly-baked REINERT cookies, slippers under the bed, a book cm toe night table and an afgban across toe bed. Nobody lives in toe house, but it is carefully decorated to offer a lived-in, yet meticulous ap pearance. Ralph Reinert, vice-president of Toll Builders, Inc. of Raleigh, re members some aspects of his child- hocxl hcmie just as picture perfect. Young Reinert’s school lunch, which he brought to a private reli gious school, was always waiting for him on the kitchen counter in toe morning. There were always extras, as well, toat his mother gave to local indigents who came by for a handout at toe family’s row house in Philadelphia. When young Reinert had friends over, the clothes they took off in the evening were returned washed and ironed the next meaning. His parents never argued, at least. Reinert adds, not in his presence. When he was 16, his father present ed him with a car. These pleasant, but not ex traordinary, comforts take on new meaning, however, with toe knowl edge toat Reinert was a middle child in a family of sixteen. They were aU members of a strict non sectarian religion toat made their orderly Ufestyle both possible and necessary. Reineit’s large family managed with just one bathroom - they had appointed use times - and attended church five times a week. The car his father gave him, a ’57 Chevy, was bought with money Ralph Reinert had given his father over the years for "room and board." Reinert’s early family life speaks also of either great luck or great faith, depending on point of view. His family belonged to the Faith Tabernacle Congregation. His fa ther and grandfather were each in turn head elders, and at age 81, his father still is. This small international non sectarian religious organization doesn’t believe in medical care. Reinert and his 15 brothers and sistws were all dehvered by his fa- CHIMNEY SMITH “DUST-FREE” Chimney Sweeping g Mention This Ad and Receive ■ nO°°OFF I Any Chimney Sweeping CALL FOR A QUOTE (919)557-8144 Holly Springs, NC your copy of the book, just contact Weatherstone Elementary at 380- 6988. I thought you might enjoy these sneak previews for your holiday entertaining: Kris Kringle Salad by Frances Altman 2 (3 oz.) pkgs. cherry Jello 1 c. boil^ water 1 qt. strawberries with juice 16 oz. sour cream 13 1/2 oz. can crushed pineapple with juice Melt Jello with water. Add strawber ries and pineapple. Pour 1/2 of mix ture into 13x9 inch dish. Chili. Cover with sour cream, then add other 1/2 of mixture. Store in refrigerator. Cucumber Canapes by Gail Nichols Cucumber Rye bread Cream cheese Diy Ranch mix Fresh dill Cut small squares of rye bread. Slice cucumber. Mix cream cheese and Ranch mix together to taste. The spread cream cheese mix on rye bread. Top with cucumber and fresh dill. (My own suggestion for toe holi days is to use holiday-shaped cookie cutters to cut the bread in Gail’s recipe. Miniature cutters could even be used to cut toe cucumbers, and for even more hohday appeal, small amounts of diced red bell pepper could be placed on top! Happy Holidays!) Unique Science & Nature Gifts for Children, Families 1 \y/ / & Educators Saltbox Village • 1255 Kildaire Farm Rd. • Cary • 460-6051 Primrose is coming to your neighborhood! Primrose School of West Cary 251 I .\C 55 Highway Apex. NC 27502 (919) 363-2700 “TlK^ I.caclcr In Bdiic nlioiinl Child Cnrc” ACCRKDITED KcouMbe a best seller. ther, with the help of a midwife. Of his family’s religious convic tions, Reinert, who is no longer a member of Faith Tabernacle, says, "I guess it’s kind of eerie, uncanny. We nevCT really had to go to toe doctor. None of us ever had a broken leg or arm." Reinert rCTaembers his mother as "a saint.” His father was ft’equently away on business, overseeing vari ous Faith Tabernacle congrega tions, and bis mother managed toe household "without a complaint." Reineri gives some hint of toe discipline and fortitude involved in his family’s lifestyle, however, when he notes sadly toat his mother died when she was 66. "I think she was just tired," he said. Reinert says toat he eventually "grew out of' some of toe restric tions of toe religion, and his own history is more typical. He c^e to believe that there are good and bad people in ail walks of life, and that "God gives doctors toe abihty to heal people." So Reinert’s recent history is more typical than his origins. He left his family to join toe service after high school, and started doing carpentry when he got out in 1972. That same year he married his wife of 24 years, Susan, and werked into a career as a constfuc- tion project manager in ftoiladel- phia In 1992, he became a project manager for Toll Brothers, Inc. In 1993, he transferred to their Raleigh branch as Division Man ager, and in 1995 became vice- president. The Reinerts have two sons, one a student at UNC, and the other a high school junior. While Reinert’s life departed from an extraordinary beginning to take up a more mainstfeam life style, he says he has never parted from toe importance of family life. It was a big decision for him to move away from Pennsylvania, where most of his brothers and sisters still work in the construction businesses they started in together. He compensates for it with fre quent family get-togethers, which can include close to a hundred people. Reinert has 56 nieces and nephews. One of his sisters and one brother followed the family tradi tion of a large family, they have 11 and ten chiltoen respec- dvely. 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