British Studies Seminar, University of Texas at Austin with live oaks and the scattered ashes of one of the founding members of the seminar. On arrival at the seminar, the participants help themselves to a glass of Tio Pepe or Dry Sack sherry, though teetotalers prefer cranberry juice. Sherry has come to symbolize the attitude. The seminar meets to examine in a civilized way whatever happens to be on the agenda, Scottish or Indian, Canadian or Jamaican, English or Australian. The discussion is civil, but sometimes grows a bit heated. What makes the debate engrossing is the clash of different perspectives—including those of lawyers, physicians, retired ambassadors, and
Celina Tio Celina Tio Celina Tio is an American chef who won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Mid-West Chef in 2007, and has appeared on several "Food Network" television series. Celina Tio trained at Drexel University. Her first culinary work was in the kitchen of a Bennigan's Irish Pub-themed casual dining restaurant, after convincing the manager to take her on. She then began working at the Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia. By the time she was 23, she was executive chef at the grill room within the hotel. She then moved to Florida, where she opened the Mediterranean restaurant Spoodles and the French