AltWeeklies Wire
Veganize Menew

Is it possible to be a vegan in New Orleans? One man goes down the rabbit food hole for a month in the Big Greasy.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
08-20-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Veganism
In Defense of SPAMnew

A brief history of Hormel's spiced ham loaf.
North Coast Journal |
Joseph Byrd |
08-19-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Spam
Red Meatnew

Pumping the air back into despair.
Tucson Weekly |
Max Cannon |
08-18-2010 |
Cartoons
Tags: Red Meat
Seven-O-Heavennew

In which we discover that the Eureka City Charter is ageist and evil.
North Coast Journal |
Andrew Goff |
08-16-2010 |
Cartoons
Tags: Seven-O-Heaven
How the iPhone 4 Changed Long Distancenew
Why are those iPhone ads are so strangely manipulative and unsettling? Because they presume that we don't need an excuse to be no where near our loved ones when when important things happen, or just always.
Hartford Advocate |
Greg Beato |
08-13-2010 |
Tech
Tags: iPhone
You Are What You Eatnew

Going organic is more than a diet, it’s a lifestyle.
Ventura County Reporter |
Carla Iacovetti |
08-13-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Organic Food
The Death of Smooth Jazznew
Columbus, Ohio just lost its only commercial jazz radio station. Will anyone mourn its passing?
The Other Paper |
Eric Lyttle |
08-12-2010 |
Media
Tags: Fritz the Nite Owl
Miss Not-So-Perfect USAnew

Although rocked by lasting scandal and controversy, pageants have continued to stay the course.
Urban Tulsa Weekly |
Mike Easterling and Stacy Pettit |
08-11-2010 |
Fashion
Tags: Miss USA
The Chicken's Husbandnew

No other farm animal is as adaptable to small-space living as is the chicken. Chickens are easy, chickens are fun and chickens are in.
San Antonio Current |
Jeffrey John Jungbauer |
08-11-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Chickens!
Michael Pollan on $8 Eggs and $4 Peachesnew

When you've been too broke to buy soup, some iconoclastic dickhead trying to tell you that paying $4 for a peach is a good idea because it is a really good peach can be the kind of thing that makes you want to buy a rifle and a map to the homes of famous food writers.
Seattle Weekly |
Jason Sheehan |
08-09-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma
MTV Hires Twitter Jockey for $100K Per Yearnew

Last night, MTV hired Gabi Gregg as the company's first-ever TJ, giving her one of the coolest jobs ever.
The Village Voice |
Leslie Minora |
08-09-2010 |
Tech
Tags: Gabi Gregg
Wine From a Land Down Undernew
New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs: decent wines for feeling fine.
East Bay Express |
Jody Brettkelly |
08-06-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Wine
Foilednew

One writer learns that swordplay demands legs of steel and an iron will.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
08-05-2010 |
Sports
Tags: Fencing, Kathryn Lewis-Salem
D.C.: Where Reality TV Comes to Dienew

Think the new Real Housewives season stinks? Blame Washington.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Riggs |
08-05-2010 |
Culture
Tags: Real Housewives of DC