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Programme 4 starts with Ann Ward's piano piece, Promises, which will lull the unwary into thinking that this is just another stroll in the park. But be prepared for another hour of challenging music that will leave you breathless.

After a lot of football that walk in the park sounds just fine.

Cuban sandwiches, black bean soup auditioned at our family get-together today for Super Bowl consideration, both are finalists. We roasted a 5-lb.pork shoulder in a 325 oven, marinated and basted by a slurry of garlic, onions, oregano and sour Seville orange juice sauteed in olive oil. The sandwiches -- pork slices, ham, Swiss cheese and bread-and-butter pickles on French bread, pressed and grilled in a frying pan -- were sublime, more than the sum of the parts.

We doubled the bean soup recipe to have leftovers and doggy bags, and used half a mild dried ancho chile, with seeds, instead of jalepeno in deference to those who don't appreciate hot-spicy.

The pure energy of the jazz and the elegant simple food are fine together.