AltWeeklies Wire
'Mayan Cuisine' Cookbook is Not for Beginnersnew

Regardless of my inability to re-create the recipes in Daniel Hoyer's Mayan Cuisine: Recipes from the Yucatan Region, the book is still amazing. Well-researched and impeccably compiled, it's at least a fascinating read.
Weekly Alibi |
Maren Tarro |
10-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
Making a Better Lemonadenew
Heart and Soul Foods is focusing on making healthy lemonade, made simply from water, lemon juice and agave nectar. An eight-ounce serving has 80 calories, and it's delicious.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Melissa Meinzer |
10-06-2008 |
Food+Drink
Posthumous CDs From Mitch Hedberg and George Carlinnew
Reviews of Hedberg's Do You Believe in Gosh? and Carlin's It's Bad for Ya.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Lori Hill and Andrew Milner |
10-06-2008 |
Performance
Damon Feldman Pits C-listers Against Each Othernew

Celebrity Boxing Federation, the company Feldman started in January 2008, held one of its biggest matches last month, with former child star and current radio and television host Danny Bonaduce fighting local comedian the Rev. Bob Levy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
A.D. Amorosi |
10-06-2008 |
Sports
The Way of the Scalpernew
Risk and reward inside South Philly's stealth economy.
Philadelphia City Paper |
E. James Beale |
10-06-2008 |
Shopping
Fighting For Gas and Their Livesnew
Mr. Announcement: "In the ghetto criminal justice system, the people are represented mostly by two members of the McBride family: Dudley 'Do-Right' McBride, police officer and part-time security guard at the Funky Ghetto Mall, and attorney Cootie McBride of the law firm McBride, myself and I."
Jackson Free Press |
Sue |
10-06-2008 |
Comedy
Tags: humor
Zales Smells Sweet Success in Expanding Dunkin' Donutsnew

Last year, Dunkin' Donuts embarked on an ambitious westward expansion, with plans to open about 9,000 new stores nationwide by 2016, at a time when Starbucks is scaling back and retailers everywhere are looking for ways to pinch pennies as the economy continues to dive toward recession or worse.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
10-06-2008 |
Food+Drink
Llewellyn Werner Thinks Skateparks Could Get Iraq's Economy Rollingnew
Werner has many projects in Iraq, everything from the installation of fiber-optics networks to constructing several large power plants to setting up international distribution for Iraq-grown dates.
Invasion of the Amazon Womennew

Four Miami-area Amazons hold private fetish sessions for up to $500 an hour. They work both interdependently and collaboratively, and most are avid bodybuilders, strong enough to lift a midsize man above their heads. Usually, clients request the same things: trampling, overhead pressing, lifting and carrying, and/or wrestling.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Natalie O'Neill |
10-06-2008 |
Culture
Alt.health: Give Your Liver a Liftnew
Will rinsing out your hepatic bits wash away your sins?
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
10-06-2008 |
Advice
Ecoholic: Reduce Carbon Bloat By Cutting Back on Frozen Farenew
What's the best way to reduce my carbon footprint through my diet?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
10-06-2008 |
Advice
The Simple Joys of Comfort Foodnew
A few days ago I awoke to find that I had a cold. It was my own fault, I thought, for burning the candle at both ends and leaving myself susceptible. Intuitively I craved comfort food: soup, maybe some bread. With recipes.
Artvoice |
Joe George |
10-06-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Clothes That Got Me Laid Tracks Sartorial Choices on the Sexual Playgroundnew
The blog, run by 28-year-old Emily Bartlett Hines, weaves the details of amorous hookups with the duds that made them possible, all with the thoughtful and inquisitive tone of an enthusiastic sexpert.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
10-03-2008 |
Fashion
St. Louis Will Field a New Pro Women's Soccer Team Next Springnew
It has been more than 30 years since the city last fielded a professional outdoor team. That all changes, though, next April when the new Women's Professional Soccer league kicks off its inaugural season in seven cities, including St. Louis.
Riverfront Times |
Aimee Levitt |
10-03-2008 |
Sports
The Rise and Fall of Michael Brandonnew

The gay porn star goes from meth addict to antidrug poster boy and, tragically, back to meth addict.