brandidate:  person or politician promoting a philosophy or brand, often protesting other philosophies rather than offering positive ideas   

tenor  noun

1  [in singular] the general meaning, sense, or content of something:  the general tenor of the debate
a settled or prevailing character or direction, especially the course of a person’s life or habits: the even tenor of life in the kitchen was disrupted the following day
2  Law the actual wording of a document.
3  Finance the time that must elapse before a bill of exchange or promissory note becomes due for payment.
Middle English: from Old French tenour, from Latin tenor 'course, substance, import of a law', from tenere 'to hold'  http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/tenor--2

Eton mess is a traditional English dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries, pieces of meringue and cream, which is traditionally served at Eton College's annual cricket game against the pupils of Harrow School.  The dish has been known by this name since the 19th century.   According to Recipes from the Dairy (1995) by Robin Weir, who spoke to Eton College's librarian, Eton mess was served in the 1930s in the school's "sock shop" (tuck shop), and was originally made with either strawberries or bananas mixed with ice-cream or cream.  Meringue was a later addition, and may have been an innovation by Michael Smith, the author of Fine English Cookery (1973).  An Eton mess can be made with many other types of summer fruit, but strawberries are regarded as more traditional.  A similar dessert is the Lancing mess, served throughout the year at Lancing College in West Sussex, England.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_mess 

Wild goose chase:  a hopeless quest

This phrase is old and appears to be one of the many phrases introduced to the language by Shakespeare.  The first recorded citation is from Romeo and Juliet, 1592:

Romeo:  Switch and spurs, switch and spurs; or I'll cry a match.
Mercutio:  Nay, if thy wits run the wild-goose chase, I have done, for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five.
Our current use of the phrase alludes to an undertaking which will probably prove to be fruitless - and it's hard to imagine anything more doomed to failure than an attempt to catch a wild goose by chasing after it.  Our understanding of the term differs from that in use in Shakespeare's day. The earlier meaning related not to hunting but to horse racing.  A 'wild goose chase' was a chase in which horses followed a lead horse at a set distance, mimicking wild geese flying in formation.  http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/wild-goose-chase.html 

A Blacklick, Ohio girl is among 54 who have been invited to the White House to celebrate healthy cooking.  Anisha Patel, 11, is among those who won a nationwide recipe challenge to promote healthy lunches.  Anisha – whose recipe was for “Kickin, Colorful, BellPeppers stuffed with Quinoa” will be honored at a Kids’ “State Dinner” at the White House hosted by Mrs. Obama on July 9.  The group – which includes one winner from every U.S. state, the three territories and the District of Columbia- will join The First Lady for a healthy lunch, featuring a selection of the winning recipes.  They’ll also get a tour of the White House kitchen and garden.  http://dispatchpolitics.dispatch.com/content/blogs/the-daily-briefing/2013/06/6-21-13-blacklick-girls-quinoa-recipe-scores-her-a-trip-to-the-white-house.html 

For the second consecutive year, The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge & Kids’ “State Dinner” invited a parent or guardian to work with their child ages 8-12 to create a lunchtime recipe that is healthy, affordable, original and delicious.  In support of Let’s Move!, launched by the First Lady to help solve the problem of childhood obesity, each recipe adhered to the guidance that supports USDA’s MyPlate http://www.choosemyplate.gov/  to ensure that the criteria of a healthy meal were met.  Entries had to represent each of the food groups, either in one dish or as parts of a lunch meal, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins and low-fat dairy foods, with fruits and veggies making up roughly half the plate or recipe.  The winners were chosen by a panel of judges that included: Tanya Steel, Epicurious editor-in-chief; Sam Kass, Executive Director of Let’s Move! and Senior Policy Advisor on Nutrition; Dr. Robert C. Post, Associate Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA; Susan Winchell, Assistant General Counsel for Ethics, USED; Sam Myers, Jr., White House Liaison, USED; Mike Curtain, CEO of DC Central Kitchen and The Campus Kitchens Project; and two Washington, D.C.-based children who are graduates of Share our Strength’s Cooking Matters program.  The full list of winners and recipes can be found online at http://www.recipechallenge.epicurious.com/.  Additionally, a free downloadable and printable e-cookbook of the winning recipes, including nutritional analyses and photos, will be available in July at the contest site, epicurious.com, letsmove.gov, USDA.gov, and Ed.gov.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/20/first-lady-michelle-obama-and-epicurious-announce-winning-recipes-nation 

In recent years, duct tape, the tough adhesive originally designed to waterproof munitions boxes during World War II, has been transformed from a trusty household repair tool to a geeky status symbol.  Devotees craft everything from prom dresses to runway fashions to boutique items like wallets, purses and jewelry.  In Avon,Ohio, a town of almost 22,000 outside Cleveland that bills itself as "The Duct Tape Capital of the World," things go a bit further, with an annual three-day celebration of the stuff.  At this year's 10th annual Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival, there was a duct tape fashion show and duct tape sculptures of everything from giant Buddy Holly eyeglasses to a towering silver duct system.  Thousands of visitors strutted their stuff in sticky homemade creations.  The highlight was a parade with 19 floats vying for top prize.  Jesse Newman   

The Wall Street Journal  June 21, 2013

Full moon falls on June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC (6:32 a.m. CDT in the U.S.).  Thus, for many, the moon appears about as full in the June 22 evening sky as it does on the evening of June 23.  This full moon is not only the closest and largest full moon of the year, it also presents the moon’s closest encounter with Earth for all of 2013.  The moon will not be so close again until August, 2014.  Astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon.  The word perigee describes the moon’s closest point to Earth for a given month.  Link to pictures of the June supermoon at:  http://earthsky.org/tonight/is-biggest-and-closest-full-moon-on-june-23-2013-a-supermoon