AltWeeklies Wire
Safe Birthday Cakes Worth the Candlesnew
Recipe for Depression-era Cockeyed Cake that uses oil and vinegar in place of eggs and dairy, plus a list of local bakeries that cater to those with allergies.
INDY Week |
Joyce Clark Hicks |
09-03-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Recipes
Uncovering the Recipe to Chinese Bubble Teanew
I have leveraged my countless good deeds as a husband and prevailed on my wife to develop a facsimile recipe for zhen zhu nai cha.
INDY Week |
David A. Ross |
08-31-2010 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Bubble Tea
Freeze the gamenew
Summer is an assemblage of unscripted experiences, and there's generally still daylight when it's all over. Or so I'd hoped.
Tags: Columns
The World Cup, Global Inequality and Global Communitynew
The depth of suffering and oppression still prevalent in Africa—and in many other places around the world—can be glimpsed by taking a statistical look at the 32 participating countries’ political institutions and economic status.
Five to Watch: An Intercontinental World Cup Tip Sheetnew
Here are a few tips to get you through your casual encounters for the next four weeks.
Tags: Didier Drogba, 2010 World Cup
Confessions of a Fútbol Convertnew
How I learned to stop worrying and love soccer.
Tags: 2010 World Cup, Soccer
Is Soccer the Ultimate American Game?new
It's true that soccer is still in its formative stages as a mass spectator entertainment, but when participation is considered, soccer is America's game.
Communities Go Gaga for Google's Fibernew
It was just a month ago when Google announced it was looking to partner with a U.S. city to launch its newest project. But already, several hundred communities have set their sights on securing a partnership.
Chef David Chang of Momofuku Muses on Eating Everythingnew
From pork-heavy menus to rock-heavy soundtracks, from spare plywood interiors to "no VIP" online reservations, New York chef and restaurateur David Chang has developed a reputation as a nonconformist. He also has a tendency to drop F-bombs in conversation.
INDY Week |
Jane Hobson Snyder |
02-19-2010 |
Food+Drink
CHAT Festival Ponders the Mix of Arts, Technologies and Humanitiesnew
With the advent of multiplatform, multigenre phenomena like the blockbuster film Avatar, the long-perceived boundaries between technology, arts and science are starting to crumble.
Tags: CHAT Festival, technology
Celebrate George's Lighter Side with President Washington's Porternew
The first president was partial to a style of ale called porter, which makes him something of a follower of fashion. Porter was the first mass-marketed, must-have beer. In early 18th-century London, pub-goers enjoyed a mixed beer cocktail that blended brown ale, pale ale and stale (meaning aged) beer.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
02-04-2010 |
Food+Drink
Revenge Served Cold: Why Do Hockey Players Fight?new
Despite the obvious risks, fighting is, and remains, an integral part of the game of hockey, including for this hockey fan and reporter. The first fight I remember seeing, in person and fully comprehending what was going on, may have been one involving former 'Cane bruiser Jesse Boulerice.
Doing it Green: A Bat Mitzvah Fished from the Recycling Binnew
Two days before Sadie Rapp was set to lead the Chapel Hill Kehillah’s congregation and celebrate her bat mitzvah, her transition to Jewish adulthood, the Rapp’s house was full of repurposed garbage.
Imperial Beers for Plucky Palatesnew
Modern American craft brewers, being partial to supersized approaches to brewing, have embraced the imperial stout style. And an interesting shift has occurred in terminology: "Imperial" has ceased to mean royal and now refers to an outsized interpretation of a traditional beer style.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
12-02-2009 |
Food+Drink
Broasted Squash Carries the Harvest into Winternew
Home food at its comfiest, winter squash has taken a new center stage in cooking with local flavors and ingredients because it's available all winter at the markets. Recipes abound -- a cursory Google search turned up 70-plus recipes, many of them similar. Here's one for Broasted Winter Squash.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
10-30-2009 |
Food+Drink
