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  • Empowering your palate: Pancetta and Bacon Pasta

    In an attempt to replicate a pasta dish she'd eaten at a few places in the past, the Hardstand Cafe's section chief put her taste buds to the test and recreated her delight.Master Sgt. Bonnie Gribble not only put her culinary skills to the test by making her Pancetta and Bacon Pasta, she put pen to

  • Empowering your palate: Goya Chanpuru

    Since the "Empowering your palate" series started, readers have learned to make spicy-garlic hot wings, an amazing plate of grilled sea bass, and North Carolina-style pulled pork. Perhaps it's time for an Asian dish.Being stationed in Okinawa for several years, I grew a very fond affection for their

  • Empowering your palate: North Carolina-style pulled pork

    An anonymous writer e-mailed his favorite North Carolina-style spicy pulled pork recipe to help empower your palate.To be fair, the 100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office never specified that submitters would have to identify themselves - we just want you to diversify us by sharing your

  • Empowering your palate: Spicy-garlic Hot Wings

    As promised, this is the first recipe to help empower your palate.For today, let's learn about making a hot wing sauce that, while it won't light your intestines on fire, is flavorful and appetizing. So here it is, Week One's recipe is Spicy-garlic Hot Wings, the author's own recipe that he believes

  • New Mildenhall webpage offers ways to 'Empower your palate'

    As weeks wind down, many people find they have more time over the weekend to do things they may not have the time to do during their weekly work schedule.For some, that means cooking up a nice barbecue or other tasty meal.But why just maintain the status quo and continue cooking those same old

  • Commentary: Building Airmen Resiliency

    I recently attended the Air Force Sergeant Association's Professional Airmen's Conference. One of the main focuses of the conference was building Airmen's resiliency. Nearly every speaker touched on the subject. What is resiliency and why is it important to us? Resiliency is our ability to adapt and

  • POW/MIA Week in full swing

    POW/MIA Remembrance Week runs until Sept. 17, and events will be taking place around RAF Mildenhall to remember and honor those who have sacrificed their freedom or lives in past conflicts.Events are as follows: ยท Tuesday, 11 a.m. - Rolling Thunder motorcycle ride. Riders will meet at the BXtra

  • Base to host annual special sports day Sept. 18

    The 29th Annual Joan Mann Special Sports Day is scheduled for Sept. 18 in a hangar here. For nearly 30 years, U.S. servicemembers stationed at RAF Mildenhall have invited local community members with special needs on base for this event. Hundreds of base volunteers will again provide games, food and