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A Little Chicago Food and a Lot of Chicago Attitude in Memphisnew
Fred "Jimmy" O'Connor may be a homegrown Tennessean, but the briefest of chats reveals him to be a Chicago boy through and through.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bo List |
06-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
America's Favorite Vegan Cookbook Writer Now Calls Portland Homenew
Isa Chandra Moskowitz's recipes have been a part of vegan potlucks since her first cookbook, 2005's Vegan with a Vengeance. She shares a little about her upcoming book as well as recipes for Quinoa Salad with Black Beans, Pasta Della California and Banana Rabanada.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
06-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Brian Barton Chooses Baseball Over Aerospace Engineering ... For Nownew
Baseball ain't rocket science. But if it were, that wouldn't stop rookie St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Brian Barton. He's pretty good at both.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
06-27-2008 |
Sports
'Fuck Hope': George Carlin, 1937-2008new
There'll be little enough cause to ask what this late, stupendously gifted funnyman would think of a President Obama and his rhetoric of "Hope" in the midst of our general, scrambling disintegration. We already know.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
06-27-2008 |
Performance
Cobbler to the Stars: Pasquale Fabrizionew
Bozo the Clown's shoes, big as canoe paddles, sit on a shelf in Fabrizio's shop on San Vicente Boulevard. He's making copies of the floppy soles for a movie. Afterward, the originals will go to a museum for safekeeping.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
06-27-2008 |
Fashion
Good Dead Grape: Organic Wines Make a Comebacknew
Yeast, juice and humans: Ancient winemaking techniques roar back to life in organic wines.
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
06-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Heavy Baggage: Celebrity Purse Culturenew
If Freud is right and the purse is metaphor for the vagina, what does that say about the new rent-a-purse phenom and our celebrity worship?
North Bay Bohemian |
Hannah Strom-Martin |
06-27-2008 |
Fashion
Farmed Fish Debatenew
Restaurateurs take a pledge to only serve wild salmon as the farmed vs. wild fish debate heats up. Sea lice, anyone?
North Bay Bohemian |
Alastair Bland |
06-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Tags: farmed salmon, wild salmon
Green Sex Toys: A Veritable Whole Foods of Fuckingnew
I may be a rookie when it comes to the ball-stretching world of L.A. erotica, but really, the sheer volume of environmentally sound substitutes available to so-called sexual deviants (so-called by my grandmother, anyway) boggles the mind.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Coco Tanaka |
06-27-2008 |
Shopping
How Comedian Dave Rubin Found His Niche (and Success) After Coming Outnew
When Rubin came out two years ago, he wasn't met with relentless scorn, hostile derision or frequent stonings as you might expect. Quite mercifully, the opposite had taken place: He opened himself up to a world of opportunity that didn't exist before.
New York Press |
Nate Sloan |
06-26-2008 |
Performance
For Divorcees, Modern-Day Dating is a Whole New Experiencenew
The real problem with dating sites is that people write their own profiles. There are hardly any genuinely relevant sections on the questionnaires like, "In 100 words or less, describe your personality disorder and its prognosis." Or, "The last time you got out of rehab, how long was it before you found yourself in a bar again?"
Tucson Weekly |
Catherine O'Sullivan |
06-26-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Live Active Culturesnew
Sometimes, words are justworthless. That’s a tough truth for a writer to admit: If it weren’t for words, I’d be out of a job, and you’d be picking up this paper just to ogle the massage ads (maybe you already are). But even the most loquacious lexis lover must concede that images can speak louder than a thousand words.
Orlando Weekly |
Seth Kubersky |
06-26-2008 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Blisternew
It wasn’t always this way. A hot-ticket night out used to be just that – a whirligig of wide-eyed spontaneity laced with the pixie dust of giggle fits and carefree crescendos – and it usually ended with something said, forgotten and buried facedown in the blackout pillow next to a broken-toothed smile.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-26-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Is That Beef You're Eating Really Safe?new
The Sunshine State sits squarely in the middle of the controversy over the safety of the meat supply. A growing number of people -- many of them doctors and scientists -- question whether American beef is safe from bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as BSE or mad cow disease. Little testing and lenient feed regulations mean no one can answer the question for sure.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Morey |
06-26-2008 |
Food+Drink
Put Local Tomatoes to Good Usenew
Don't fear the fruit. Try farmers' market find in these recipes for tomato juice and gazpacho.
INDY Week |
Sheryl Cornett |
06-26-2008 |
Food+Drink
