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Food Porn Meets Ruin Pornnew

How Goldfinch American restaurant capitalizes on Detroit poverty.
Metro Times |
Drew Philp |
04-30-2014 |
Culture
Gluten-Free Goodiesnew
What is this gluten-free diet that everyone is talking about? It isn't the latest fad diet or a weight-loss secret. Gluten is a protein found in some grains, such as wheat, barley and rye. Some doctors recommend that patients with celiac disease (an immune-system disorder in which the body has an intestinal reaction to gluten) avoid oats as well.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
04-25-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: gluten-free diet
Cities & Homesnew

Writer Cord Jefferson reflects on growing up in Tucson and what leaving his hometown taught him.
Tucson Weekly |
Cord Jefferson |
04-24-2014 |
Culture
Tags: Tucson, Cord Jefferson
Standing Up for Gay Comediansnew

Charlie Ballard, an Oakland-based Native-American performer, will be a host at the massive Gathering of Nations Powwow — and this time, he's doing it in drag.
East Bay Express |
Sam Levin |
04-24-2014 |
Comedy
108 things to do in Charlotte before you dienew
Putting together this year's neighborhood guide has really made me appreciate how cool this city is.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Kimberly Lawson |
04-23-2014 |
Culture
The Face of Feminismnew

With so many women now connecting and sharing their challenges and hopes, a new form of feminism is emerging. One that is multi-limbed like Vishnu, reaching in many directions, with many faces, seeking a variety of improvements in the lives of women the world over. So what is feminism now?
Worcester Magazine |
Lynne Hedvig |
04-21-2014 |
Culture
Sex in Restaurant Restrooms Is More Common Than You Thinknew

Sex in restrooms is a fact of restaurant life. And while D.C. may have a reputation as a buttoned-up town, restaurant and bar owners know better.
Washington City Paper |
Jessica Sidman |
04-21-2014 |
Sex
Tags: Sex in DC Restaurants
Censoring Burlesquenew

By defining a typical burlesque performance as adult entertainment, Indianapolis may effectively kick troupes out of the venues they know and love. Or maybe not.
NUVO |
Scott Shoger |
04-21-2014 |
Performance
Yet Another Football Scandalnew
Over the weekend, Missouri star receiver Dorial Green-Beckham was kicked off the Tigers football team. Green-Beckham was accused of breaking into an 18-year-old Missouri student's apartment while looking for his girlfriend and of pushing the young woman down a flight of stairs.
Jackson Free Press |
Bryan Flynn |
04-17-2014 |
Sports
Latin Barbecue 101new
Many Latinos have moved to Mississippi over the past 10 years, so it's imperative that we all at least learn what to expect in our versions of barbecue in order to make eating and socializing easier for everyone.
Jackson Free Press |
Ingrid Cruz |
04-17-2014 |
Food+Drink
A century ago this week, Southern Colorado was at warnew

The Ludlow Massacre is an event sacred in labor history... and our own.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Robert Meyerowitz |
04-16-2014 |
History
Tags: Ludlow Massacre
Los Angeles Police Commission Comes to Town

A few things that I didn't get to say in two minutes
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-16-2014 |
Commentary
One day in DeShaies, Guadeloupenew

Vacation the way it's meant to be.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Desiree Kane |
04-15-2014 |
Travel
A Brief History of Oystersnew
Oysters really gained popularity in the United States in the 1800s, where rich and poor alike consumed mass amounts of the bivalves.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Houston |
04-14-2014 |
Food+Drink
The Local Catchnew
Seafood is always going to have a place on Mississippi tables, but in the wake of the BP oil spill and other environmental disasters, water quality in the Gulf has become a matter of concern.
Jackson Free Press |
Nick Wallace |
04-14-2014 |
Food+Drink
Tags: gulf seafood