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Have you ever made a muffuletta? Do you know what a muffuletta is?

If Leonardo da Vinci really lived by a "code" as Dan Brown's best-seller suggests, I think it would have been this: seek the science in art and the art in science. With that philosophy, old Leo would feel right at home in Gavilan Community College's digital media studio.

Since we introduced readers to the South Valley's most eligible bachelors last week, people have been clamoring for the most eligible bachelorettes. Ask and you shall receive. Here are the lovely single ladies who haven't settled for anyone less than Prince Charming. As with the bachelors, it seems that Gilroy is brimming with singles, while Hollister's and Morgan Hill's singles have run dry – we couldn't get a single bachelorette anywhere outside of Gilroy. But, we tried. In the meantime, gentleman, do we have a treat (or six) for you.

On a recent trip to Italy, I picked up some Italian, especially since I look more like an Italian expatriate than an American of Italian descent. That must be the case, because everywhere I went, Italians kept approaching me and speaking rapidly in Italian or, in other cases, like in the grocery store, when I put my fruit directly in the basket as we do in the U.S. without weighing it and pricing it first, yelling at me.

South Valley's unsigned teenage bands have a chance to play, compete and possibly win time in a recording studio at the upcoming South Bay's Battle of the Bands.

Not all jobs are dirty. Collecting garbage in Gourmet Alley at the Garlic Festival is. The grease on the plastic wrap from the 50-pound blocks of butter gets smeared all over your hands and arms. I know about this; I worked the alley.

There are a bevy of curious television outings this week, but none of them looks more quirky than KISS rocker Gene Simmons' homage to, well, himself, in "Gene Simmons Family Jewels." The show debuts with back-to-back episodes at 10pm Aug. 7 on A&E.

When you think of tea, you might not automatically think of lunch. Jordan Rose Tea Haven in Gilroy offers a new experience with fresh salads and sandwiches in a jewel of a setting.

Setting a table might sound like a simple task, but it can get

John Bisceglie's 'Totally Rockin' Temple of Boom-erang!,'