AltWeeklies Wire
Wine lovers don't have to drink beer on game daynew

Super Bowl Sunday may be the greatest unofficial American holiday. A day of football, friends, and gluttonous grubbing and drinking is as American as can be, so let's make sure our glasses never empty.
Charleston City Paper |
David McCarus |
01-29-2014 |
Food+Drink
The Cheese Issuenew

Cheese means never having to explain your love. And love means never having to say you’re sorry. And you should never feel sorry loving cheese. We don’t. Cheese.
Dig Boston |
Dig Staff |
01-17-2014 |
Food+Drink
More Picky Vegetariannew
The one type of "sandwich" that lends itself well to almost any ingredient or lifestyle is a quesadilla.
Jackson Free Press |
Amber Helsel |
01-16-2014 |
Food+Drink
I Am Not Impressed With Dr. Kingnew
I was not one precious little bit impressed with the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C. I was stunned at just how unmoved I was.
Jackson Free Press |
Carole Cannon |
01-16-2014 |
Commentary
The Art of Black Historynew

Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power exhibit opens up a dialogue about history and race in Oregon.
Eugene Weekly |
Alexandra Notman |
01-15-2014 |
Culture
A talk with Art Spiegelman, the man behind Maus, and comics advocatenew

Of letter and line
Colorado Springs Independent |
Edie Adelstein |
01-15-2014 |
Culture
What’s Wrong With Today’s Journalism?

Journalism now and then...
Random Lengths News |
By Lionel Rolfe |
01-15-2014 |
Commentary
The Secret Life of Sylvia Feinnew

The 94-year-old painter comes to terms with her surreality in a new retrospective.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Garrett Caples |
01-15-2014 |
Art
Trayvon, Black Manhood and Lovenew
I want to be loved by an unreasonable love that knows the only reason we're still here, breathing, imagining, fighting, wandering and wondering is because of the unreasonable work of a small but committed group of black southern unreasonable lovers.
Jackson Free Press |
Kiese Laymon |
01-09-2014 |
Commentary
Produce is a vehicle for our soulsnew

Pesticides kill bugs — how can they not be killing people? San Diego — indeed, California — is a leader in the production of organic vegetables and fruit.
San Diego Reader |
Candice Reed |
01-09-2014 |
Gardening
Gewürztraminer: It's in your facenew
Given its tropical character and its warmth, gewürztraminer is most appropriate in winter.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
01-09-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: gewürztraminer
The NFL ought to worry about TiVonew

I have a TiVo with a 30-second forward button. I record the game, wait until the third quarter begins in real time, start watching the TiVo recording, zap through commercials and halftime, finish the game almost to the minute when the game finishes in real time.
San Diego Reader |
Patrick Daugherty |
01-09-2014 |
Sports
Worcester Restaurants Counter IRS Rule Change to Automatic Gratuitiesnew

A move by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that now subjects automatic gratuities at restaurants to payroll taxes has many restaurants doing away with including tips in the overall bill for large groups of customers. It is what one local restaurateur calls a “foolish” move.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
01-09-2014 |
Food+Drink
Eat Your Vegetablesnew
While being a vegetarian is a seemingly easy avenue to being healthy, it’s easy to create more bad habits.
Jackson Free Press |
Amber Helsel |
01-06-2014 |
Food+Drink
Don’t Assume I’m Angrynew
I am so sick of hearing about the "mad black woman," whether it's directed at the first lady or someone right here in Jackson.
Jackson Free Press |
Funmi F. Franklin |
01-02-2014 |
Commentary
Tags: mad black woman