AltWeeklies Wire
Alt.Health: When the Situation's Gravenew
Death and fear. Halloween is the day we honor them both. How far can it go in soothing our deep-seated angst?
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
11-03-2008 |
Advice
Chowder & Gumbo: Kissing Cousinsnew
Gumbo is the younger of the two, but both stem from the same family tree. These two recipes are, in essence, the story of the people who originally made them. And in the same way that someone may start a family tree at the present and work backwards, that's sometimes the logical way to do culinary research. With recipes for: Potato Chowder, New England Clam Chowder, and Shrimp, Sausage, and Okra Gumbo.
Artvoice |
Joe George |
11-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: food, recipes, Shrimp, and Okra Gumbo, chowder, gumbo, New England Clam Chowder, Potato Chowder, Sausage
Popeye and Pestonew
You always hear great words of wisdom from your parents: "Look both ways before crossing the street;" "Don't run with scissors;" "Eat your spinach." With recipe for
Spinach and Pesto-Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Red Potatoes.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Christine Bolton |
10-31-2008 |
Food+Drink
Voting Timenew
Boneqweesha Jones: "Live from the Ghetto News Network studios, it's the Situation Room. The GNN team is on the scene like a record machine covering the early vote drive at Clubb Chicken Wing's Multi-Purpose Complex."
Jackson Free Press |
Sue Doh Nem |
10-31-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor
Pull Up Your Obamas: Beyond Shepard Fairey's 'Hope' Teesnew
The Obama political-merchandise machine has grown to epic proportions. And why not? Obama is the smartest, best-dressed, best-spoken, most energetic and beloved entity to come along in politics in a long time. People would not only die for him, they would wear flip-flops with tiny plastic Obama bobble heads for him.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
10-31-2008 |
Fashion
Blisternew
We could have done so much better than this. All that promise of youth -- the flecked shiny bits in polyurethane roller-skate wheels beaming reflections into personal Xanadus.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-30-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor, Gibson Guitar VIP Showroom
Political Part-tays in Bouldernew
Where to celebrate (or weep) in Boulder County before, during and after the election.
Boulder Weekly |
Dylan Otto Krider |
10-30-2008 |
Recreation
Leave Lute Olson Alonenew
The retired University of Arizona hoops coach deserves peace and respect -- not rampant rumors.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
10-30-2008 |
Sports
Boxes of Memories: Sonny King's Circus of Oldnew
Memories are all that remain of the original Silver's Circus, and it's the vivid recollections of travels with his dad's circus in the late 1940s that Sonny King lovingly crafted into a colorful series of 13 detailed dioramas that debuted last year at the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
10-30-2008 |
Art
Does Being an Artist Make You a Liberal?new
It's easy to see how the cost of education and a housing crisis affect the health of the citizenry.
But reading a novel or watching a play? That's not so easy to see. Hence, we don't hear about it much.
Even so, there is a long intellectual tradition of making the case for the arts in politics.
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
10-30-2008 |
Commentary
Chili Weather is Comingnew
Made ahead and stowed in the fridge or freezer, homemade chili is convenience food at its healthiest. The meals can be easily made from end-of-season veggies and economical beans. With recipe for Black Bean Chili.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
10-30-2008 |
Food+Drink
Corkscrew: For a Few Dollars Morenew
Would you pay $10 more for a bottle of wine that benefits a family-owned business? Or a winery that farms its land mindful of future generations? Or would you rather save that 10 bucks and buy from a company baby-sitting its bottom line? I uncovered all these scenarios during a recent trip to Sonoma Valley.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
10-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
The 10 Scariest People in Charlottenew
Meet the folks who make Charlotte a more macabre place to live.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Karen Shugart |
10-29-2008 |
Commentary
A Horror Ride Through Boston's Undergroundnew
For the past few months, multimedia artist Kevin Banks has risked comfort and sanity to document the hellish underbelly of the Boston subway system. His pictures, raw and undoctored, bear witness to what happens to ordinary folks once the escalator deposits them in the nether-passages of the city.
Boston Phoenix |
Kevin Banks |
10-29-2008 |
Commentary
The Omniboire: Washington Merlotsnew
A long growing season with warm daytime and cool nighttime temperatures gives Washington merlots from both banks of the Columbia River a certain advantage over Bordeaux, with its notoriously fickle weather -- though the two regions are located at the same latitude.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
10-29-2008 |
Food+Drink
