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Three Tips for Homemade Tomato Sauce

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Karrie Irish works as the VP of outside sales for Key Health, where in 2009, she was ranked as the number one business development manager for the Pinellas County, Florida-based company. Outside of her professional life, Karrie Irish loves to cook at her home in Pinellas County, and she is particularly fond of her homemade spaghetti sauce.  Homemade sauce is an excellent way to give your next spaghetti dinner a one-of-a-kind flavor that simply cannot be purchased from the store. These three tips will help ensure your next foray into homemade tomato sauce is a success, leaving your family or guests begging for seconds.  1. Roasted Tomatoes - Roasting your tomatoes before making your sauce adds a deep, robust flavor to the sauce that you do not get otherwise. This works whether you start with fresh tomatoes or tomatoes from a can.  2. Fresh or Canned - Though you can buy fresh tomatoes any time of the year in many places, they are best used in summer, when they reach their natural

Micro-Engraver Adds Jane Austen’s Portrait to Four Special Bank Notes

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For almost two decades, Karrie Irish has worked in sales and management. Since 2013, she has served as vice president of national field sales for Key Health located in Pinellas County, Florida. In her spare time, Pinellas County resident Karrie Irish is an avid reader and enjoys reading nonfiction and fiction tomes. One of her favorites is the Pride and Prejudice series by Jane Austen. To honor Jane Austen and the 200th anniversary of her death, micro-engraver Graham Short engraved a tiny portrait of the author on four special £5 notes. These were put into circulation in late 2016, and could be worth more than £20,000 due to how rare they are. The artist thought of the idea of engraving a 5 millimeter portrait of the author on the transparent part of the new £5 notes. He also included a different quote around each one. As an added incentive, instead of auctioning off the notes , Mr. Short and the Tony Huggins-Haig Gallery in Kelso decided to place these notes into circulation. Indiv