Wednesday, September 26, 2007

News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett
What will happen to your property tax bills over the next three years? That depends on what choices legislators make in Springfield next week. The Cook County assessor tells us why he thinks his plan is the best deal for taxpayers. Guests: James Houlihan, Doug Whitley

Children with Bipolar Disorder
Four million children and adolescents in the United States suffer from some sort of serious mental illness. Two of those children belong to the author of the new book, Acquainted with the Night: A Parent's Quest to Understand Depression and Bipolar Disorder in His Children. Paul Raeburn joins us tonight.

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  • Book review and discussion, Thursday, Sept 27, 6:30 pm, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, Anderson Hall (enter at 126 East Chestnut Street)

Remembering Bill Wirtz
Longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz died this morning after battling cancer. Back in 1994, Wirtz made a rare TV appearance here on Chicago Tonight. We'll share that with you tonight.

Spatulatta
These kids can cook! Sisters Isabella and Olivia may only be eleven and nine years old, but that hasn't kept them from making a mean lasagna. They've created the Spatulatta website, a book and along the way picked up a James Beard award. Tonight they'll teach us how to make guacamole.

Chef Jorge's Guacamole

Makes 1-1/2 cups guacamole

1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
2 tablespoons finely chopped white onion
1 tablespoon finely chopped jalapeño chile pepper
1 large ripe avocado (the Haas variety is the best)
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lime juice
Dash of salt
1 tablespoon chopped ripe tomato
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
Tortillas or corn chips for serving

Equipment:

Measuring cups and spoons
Medium bowl (about 3 quarts)
Large wooden spoon for stirring
Butter knife

Directions:

  1. Put the garlic, onion, and jalapeño in the bowl and use the wooden spoon to stir them together.
  2. Have an adult help cut the avocado vertically in half, from the narrow end to the wide end; remove the large seed or pit.
  3. Hold one avocado half in your hand and use the butter knife to cut through the flesh of the avocado into long strips, making sure not to cut through the skin. Cut the avocado flesh in the other direction to make cubes. Turn the avocado inside out, then drop the cubes into the bowl with the garlic-onion mixture. Repeat with the other avocado half.
  4. Add the lime juice to the bowl. Mash the avocado with the wooden spoon until it's creamy but still a little lumpy. Add the salt, chopped tomato, and cilantro and mix to combine.
  5. Serve the guacamole with tortilla or corn chips, or use it in tacos.

Artbeat
Students speak out on history, family and immigration issues — all part of a travelling art exhibition developed by a local group called Changing Worlds. We'll hear more about how they are using personal stories to make cultural connections.

Sir Andrew Davis
Sir Andrew Davis shares highlights of Lyric Opera of Chicago's upcoming season. He'll also give us a musical preview of the new season which begins on Saturday.

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