AltWeeklies Wire
Spanish Fry: Learning to Make Paella on the Grillnew
Once you have your supplies in place, actual execution is pretty easy, and what you get in return is a real crowd stunner -- a paella that glistens with a deep, ruddy burnish, dark, slightly burnt flavors from the socarrat and smoky complexity from adding aromatics to the coals at the last minute.
Baltimore City Paper |
Henry Hong |
09-01-2009 |
Food+Drink
Jam Session: Turning Seasonal Fruit Into Spreadable Goodnessnew
You can savor local-berry flavor year round by making jam, which is ridiculously easy. Jam is a low-exertion project in that it's simply mashed fruit cooked with some sugar and pectin until thickened, then poured into jars. With recipe for Very Berry Alterna-Jam.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michelle Gienow |
06-16-2009 |
Food+Drink
Photographer Andy Cook Documents the People Behind the Grim Economic Statisticsnew
Cook recently found himself in the same position as a growing number of Americans -- unexpectedly out of a job. He turned his predicament on its head and the result is Faces of the Recession.
Baltimore City Paper |
Lee Gardner |
04-21-2009 |
Art
Vengeance Is Better Than Romance in This Jacobean Thrillernew
'Tis Pity She's a Whore is at its best at its bloodiest, and the end is, for those who can take it, worth the ride. Unfortunately, the other half of the production--the actual love affair that sets the ball rolling--isn't visceral enough to merit all the blood surrounding it.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
03-31-2009 |
Theater
Group Show Presents and Examines Women's Voice and Identitynew
In what is the largest project to date undertaken by the current curator of Baltimore's Park School, Rick Delaney, If I Didn't Care: Multigenerational Artists Discuss Cultural Histories is an exhibition that adds up to more than the sum of its numerous and diverse parts.
Baltimore City Paper |
Alex Ebstein |
02-24-2009 |
Art
Some People Are Born Freaks; Jim Hall Turned Himself Into Onenew
Retired city planner Jim Hall is no less shocking on the streets of Baltimore than what the Romans encountered during their first failed invasion of the British Isles in the 1st century A.D. The Picts merely painted themselves blue for battle. Hall has inked himself blue for life.
Baltimore City Paper |
Charles Cohen |
01-27-2009 |
Culture
In Defense of Tuna Casserolenew
I really love tuna casserole, not just as a food but as a concept, and that apparently relegates me to a very cozy minority. The stigma attached to it still puzzles me, especially considering most people I know don't remember what it tastes like, or have ever actually eaten it. With recipe for Salmon Casserole.
Baltimore City Paper |
Henry Hong |
01-13-2009 |
Food+Drink
People Who Died: Our Annual Alt-Obitsnew
Death took its usual toll this year, and seemingly then some. Genocide, war, terrorist attacks, disease -- yikes. But for the purposes of City Paper's annual tribute to influential cultural notables whose deaths deserve a little extra note, it was a terrible harvest.
Baltimore City Paper |
Staff |
01-06-2009 |
Commentary
Vegan Tuesday: Going Animal-Product-Free, One Day at a Timenew
When I decided earlier this year to attempt to become a vegan, I started out with realistic goals. Rather than set myself up for failure by overhauling my kitchen completely, I decided to designate one day a week as a meatless, dairy-free day.
Baltimore City Paper |
Steve Gdula |
11-25-2008 |
Food+Drink
S. Muralidharan's Cookbook Teaches Culinary Experimentationnew
As a regular at Indian buffets, I leafed through A Short Course in Culinary Experiments: Vegetarian Cuisine for Innovative Non-Experts by with interest. The utilitarian in me was enticed by the idea of finding simple ways to prepare delicious foods, and the suggestion that I could easily learn to make vegetarian Indian dishes tickled my inner glutton.
Baltimore City Paper |
Molly O'Donnell |
11-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Reclaiming Pumpkins as Food Rather Than Decorationsnew
It's hard to think of those massive, nutrient-filled orbs as anything more than decoration, but now that Halloween is over and Thanksgiving's a-comin', it's pumpkin eatin' season, and I'm a-hankerin' for some pie! And apostrophes!
Baltimore City Paper |
Henry Hong |
11-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
Meal Cricket: Notes On Eating Our Six-Legged Friendsnew
If I'm going to be serious about reducing my impact on the earth, I've got to reconcile my own voracious appetite for protein with the impossibility of either beheading my own chickens or farming my own soybeans. That's why I started thinking about eating bugs. With recipe for Henry's Cricket Stir-Fry.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-28-2008 |
Food+Drink
'Alone in the Dark's Imperfect Innovationsnew
The game is an ambitious title set in modern-day New York's Central Park. It has many innovative ideas, but almost all of them are poorly implemented or just shy of perfect.
Baltimore City Paper |
Benji Anft |
09-30-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: Xbox
Bypassing Pit Beef For Pit Bisonnew
This past July Fourth, I think I may have blazed a trail of sorts: I made me some pit bison.
Baltimore City Paper |
Henry Hong |
09-16-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Dream Nation Marching Unit Does It For The Kidsnew
Dream Nation members refer to themselves as a "community band," part of a long tradition of self-sufficient marching bands in the African-American community that operate on a volunteer basis and raise their own funding independently.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
09-02-2008 |
Performance
