AltWeeklies Wire
Tomato Time is Here: Take Advantage of the Freshnessnew
Eat 'em like crazy while they're fresh, and then freeze or can the rest. You'll feel smug as you take tomatoes from your freezer in December and make a marinara worth remembering. You'll never, ever consume a shipped, out-of-season tomato again.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Christina Waters |
08-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Six Weeks Exploring Greek Cuisinenew
Hardly anything grows in the chalky, volcanic soil on the Greek island of Santorini except grapes, grape tomatoes, wild capers, and small white eggplants.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Tricia Childress |
08-21-2008 |
Food+Drink
Moodswing: Crack Moms for Christnew
And other bad advice from my imaginary friends.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
08-20-2008 |
Comedy
Corkscrew: East, Meet Westnew
China ferments its wine industry.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
08-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Two Richmond Artists Make Custom Costumes That Cater to Furriesnew
"As a costume maker my job is to help create a furry's bridge to their spirit animal. I am not a furry though -- I am a costume maker."
Style Weekly |
Matt Stangel |
08-20-2008 |
Culture
Madden Match: Brett the Jet is the New Curse of the Gamenew
Electronic Arts surely thought they had finally found a can't-miss dodge to the legendary Madden Curse — you know, the maybe-it's-really-true phenomenon that holds that any athlete who appears on the cover of videogaming's most-hyped annual franchise is sure to suffer a career-altering injury (Daunte Culpepper, Michael Vick, Donovan McNabb) criminal ignominy (Ray Lewis, Michael Vick again), or a stinkbomb season (Vince Young).
Charleston City Paper |
Aaron R. Conklin |
08-20-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Funny Munnys: What is It About Vinyl Toys That Gets Everyone So Excited?new
Just about any artist can take the Munny, a chubby doll with an oversized head and cartoonish ears, and turn it into a unique character, a diminutive reflection of his tastes and sensibilities. What is surprising is the childhood glee that burns in the eyes of someone who has just opened a box containing one of these three-dimensional canvases.
Charleston City Paper |
Kevin Murphy |
08-20-2008 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
How to ChaChanew
How to make a little cash on the side by answering random questions on the internet.
Seven Days |
Bridget M. Burns |
08-20-2008 |
Tech
Artists and Others are Using YouTube for More Than Just Home Videosnew
The biggest video-sharing website isn't just for lame home videos or amateur soft-core porn anymore: San Diego artists are using it as a new medium for what they're calling "X-stream Dadaism."
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
08-20-2008 |
Art
The Long Walk: From Milwaukee to Chicago on Two Feetnew
I've bicycled from Chicago to Milwaukee a dozen or so times, including several trips during the dead of winter on the annual Frozen Snot Century ride. But lately I've been getting interested in walking as a form of travel that helps me take in more of my surroundings by slowing me down.
Chicago Newcity |
John Greenfield |
08-20-2008 |
Travel
Product Testing Wine Tools: The Vinturi Wine Aeratornew
This groovy little wine toy is a clear plastic device that looks like some kind of space-age crack pipe and promises "all the taste with none of the wait" (which is pretty much the raison d'etre of crack).
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
08-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Two Chicago Exhibitions Memorialize Polaroid's Heydey with Fervent Nostalgianew
Polaroid announced in February 2008 they would cease production of both consumer and professional instant-developing film and cameras. Now, as the distribution line trickles to a stop and the price of the film has nearly doubled, photographers are beginning to feel the bite of loss.
Chicago Newcity |
Jason Foumberg |
08-20-2008 |
Art
Comedian Lewis Black Takes on His One-time Hometownnew
Black's come a long way since those first days, the earliest of which include living and working in Colorado Springs for a year. Black, who grew up in Maryland, ran a theater company that worked at Palmer High School, Fort Carson and a couple prisons.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
08-19-2008 |
Performance
Fiery Summer Recipes For Vegetarian Barbecue Demonsnew
Long derided by the Stubborn Men as nothing more than the art of heating up Morningstar patties, veggie barbecue has undergone a growth spurt in recent years as more and more backyard gourmets and roof-deck partiers see hot dogs and hamburgers for what they are: processed dead stuff. Includes recipe for veggie burgers.
Baltimore City Paper |
Shelly Blake-Plock |
08-19-2008 |
Food+Drink
Come Cold or Crowds, Ocean City Surfing is a Way of Lifenew
The surf comes quick--rides are only a few seconds long--and an upwelling of cold water has made it unseasonably chilly, but a couple of early tropical storms have been kicking up the waves along the East Coast, and the surfers of Ocean City have been taking full advantage.
Baltimore City Paper |
Chris Landers |
08-19-2008 |
Sports
