If vanilla and fresh linen was still feeling too feminine to scent the man cave, fear not, manly men, Yankee Candle has heard your barbaric yawp and is now offering Man Candles. Offered in macho scents such as 2x4, Riding Mower, First Down and Man Town, you need never hang your head again after being dragged into the candle store. They even offer a sports-themed candle holder so you don’t ruin the tabletop. Just in time for Father’s Day. Full story at Yankee Candle via Buzzfeed. You know you want a Man Candle. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Greece Teeters Ahead of New Vote
NYT > Home Page16 May 2012 | 12:55 pmAmid warnings of the possibility of bank runs, state television said June 17 would be the date for a new round of elections. -
Books: Wenguang Huang’s “The Little Red Guard” review.
The New Yorker13 May 2012 | 9:00 pmHumor is not the first thing one expects from a memoir that occupies itself with burial rites, but this lively chronicle of a Maoist-era family and its contraband coffin inspires as many laughs as it does tears. Huang begins his story in 1973, when, at the age of nine . . . (Subscription required.) -
Les salaires des ministres vont baisser de 30%
Slate16 May 2012 | 1:14 pmJean-Marc Ayrault était l'invité du journal de France 2 ce mercredi soir. Le Premier ministre a notamment annoncé que les ministres verraient leur salaire baisser de 30%. «La première proposition que je vais présenter au Conseil des ministres, c'est la baisse du salaire de 30% de tous les ministres. C'est l'exemplarité.»Il s'agissait d'une des promesses de campagne de François Hollande, qui a également prévu de baisser son propre salaire de 30%. Ces mesures feront l'objet d'un décret. Jean-Marc Ayrault : "C'est un gouvernement... par LCPAutre engagement, dans le sens d'une… -
Spider-Man 2.0
stories14 May 2012 | 10:51 amRebranding the webslinger for 2012.
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Holy Kaw!
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The scent of man, now available at Yankee Candle
16 May 2012 | 1:31 pmIf vanilla and fresh linen was still feeling too feminine to scent the man cave, fear not, manly men, Yankee Candle has heard your barbaric yawp and is now offering Man Candles. Offered in macho scents such as 2x4, Riding Mower, First Down and Man Town, you need never hang your head again after being dragged into the candle store. They even offer a sports-themed candle holder so you don’t ruin the tabletop. Just in time for Father’s Day. Full story at Yankee Candle via Buzzfeed. You know you want a Man Candle. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Dirty Disney cartoons? [video]
16 May 2012 | 1:16 pmIt’s hard to imagine Disney cartoons have ever been the subject of censorship, but like many beloved cartoons, there’s a seamier side that’s bound to offend if you get the references. Such was the case with “The Shindig” where Clarabelle Cow’s exposed udders were deemed too risqué for Ohio audiences as was her reading material; Three Weeks was an early example of “women’s mass market erotic fiction.” As the old saying goes, "What happens in the barn, stays in the barn." Full story at Neatorama. The evil underbelly of Disney. -
Mammals may not get to cool climates in time
16 May 2012 | 12:09 pmNine percent of the Western Hemisphere’s mammals—and up to 40 percent in some regions—may not be able to outpace climate change. “I think it’s important to point out that in the past when climates have changed—between glacial and interglacial periods when species ranges contracted and expanded—the landscape wasn’t covered with agricultural fields, four-lane highways and parking lots, so species could move much more freely across the landscape,” says Joshua Lawler, associate professor of environmental and forest sciences at University of… -
Time of year matters for vitamin D risk
16 May 2012 | 12:08 pmWhen considering a patient’s blood vitamin D levels, it may be best to consider a lower threshold for concern, as well as the time of year. "In evaluating health risk," the University of Washington researchers conclude, "season-specific targets for Vitamin D blood concentration may be more appropriate than a static target when evaluating patients health risk." Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
The (not so correct) anatomy of sea life
16 May 2012 | 11:52 amMarine biology, scharine schiology. Pleated Jeans skips scientific facts for its series of sea life diagrams. Via Pleated Jeans. (H/T @laughingsquid) Laughing is good for you. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Greece Teeters Ahead of New Vote
16 May 2012 | 12:55 pmAmid warnings of the possibility of bank runs, state television said June 17 would be the date for a new round of elections. -
Bodies Inert, They Moved a Robot With Their Minds
16 May 2012 | 12:53 pmScientists reported that a tiny brain implant allowed two quadriplegic people to manipulate a robotic arm with just their thoughts. -
Defense Rests in Edwards Trial
16 May 2012 | 12:46 pmThe defense rested without calling John Edwards, his daughter Cate or his former mistress to the stand. -
For Republicans in Connecticut, Hope and Dread as 2 Fight for Senate
16 May 2012 | 12:46 pmThe contest between Linda E. McMahon and Christopher Shays for the Republican nomination in a Connecticut race for the Senate could be damaging to the winner. -
Latin Pop Group Maná Draws Adoring Crowds
16 May 2012 | 12:34 pmManá, a rock group that sings only in Spanish, has been attracting fans, both recent immigrants and others, in the United States for decades.
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Books: Wenguang Huang’s “The Little Red Guard” review.
13 May 2012 | 9:00 pmHumor is not the first thing one expects from a memoir that occupies itself with burial rites, but this lively chronicle of a Maoist-era family and its contraband coffin inspires as many laughs as it does tears. Huang begins his story in 1973, when, at the age of nine . . . (Subscription required.) -
Goings on About Town: Dance
13 May 2012 | 9:00 pmgoatTitle-->NEW YORK CITY BALLET In addition to repeat performances of the season’s new ballets—Benjamin Millepied’s “Two Hearts” and Peter Martins’s “Mes Oiseaux”—this week brings the return of Balanchine’s rapturous “Liebeslieder Walzer . . . -
Tad Friend: Dustin Lance Black on making “Virginia.”
13 May 2012 | 9:00 pm8220;All Southern literature,” the mother of the writer Pat Conroy once told him, “can be summed up in these words: ‘On the night the hogs ate Willie, Mama died when she heard what Daddy did to Sister.’ ” This week, the writer-director Dustin Lance . . . (Subscription required.) -
Goings on About Town: Readings and Talks
13 May 2012 | 9:00 pmgoatTitle-->WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART The German filmmaker Werner Herzog talks about contemporary art, as well as his contribution to the Biennial, with the co-curators Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders. (945 Madison Ave., at 75th St. 212-570-3600. May 17 at noon.) BOWERY POETRY CLUB Marion . . . -
T. R. Hummer: “Shackleton’s Biscuit.”
13 May 2012 | 9:00 pmOf ox and luncheon tongue, six hundred pounds; of Wiltshire bacon, seven-tenths of a ton. Seventeen hundred miles they walked, And it was pony meat that saved them. But one biscuit, this one of thousands, baked By Huntley & Palmers, a special formulation fortified with milk protein, survives— . . . (Subscription required.)
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Slate
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Les salaires des ministres vont baisser de 30%
16 May 2012 | 1:14 pmJean-Marc Ayrault était l'invité du journal de France 2 ce mercredi soir. Le Premier ministre a notamment annoncé que les ministres verraient leur salaire baisser de 30%. «La première proposition que je vais présenter au Conseil des ministres, c'est la baisse du salaire de 30% de tous les ministres. C'est l'exemplarité.»Il s'agissait d'une des promesses de campagne de François Hollande, qui a également prévu de baisser son propre salaire de 30%. Ces mesures feront l'objet d'un décret. Jean-Marc Ayrault : "C'est un gouvernement... par LCPAutre engagement, dans le sens d'une… -
Que peuvent faire François Hollande et le gouvernement Ayrault sans Assemblée nationale?
16 May 2012 | 12:50 pmLe gouvernement Ayrault, premier du quinquennat Hollande, vient d'être nommé. Avant même son élection, le Président avait dévoilé le programme de ses 100 premiers jours, où il décrivait les mesures à prendre rapidement. Mais jusqu'au 3 juillet, lors de l'ouverture d'une session extraordinaire du Parlement, le nouveau locataire de l’Elysée devra gouverner sans Assemblée. Alors que peut-il faire en attendant? Pour faire plus simple, commençons par ce qu’il ne peut pas faire: des lois. Il y a des domaines qui relèvent du pouvoir législatif, définis par l’article 34 de… -
La composition du gouvernement Ayrault annoncée
16 May 2012 | 12:49 pmLe suspens est enfin terminé. Le secrétaire général de l’Elysée Pierre-René Lemas a dévoilé ce mercredi 16 mai vers 19h30 les noms des membres du premier gouvernement de Jean-Marc Ayrault. Il compte 34 membres ( 18 ministres, ministres délégués et 16 secrétaires d'Etats) dont 17 femmes et 17 hommes. Le précédent gouvernement de François Fillon comprenait 32 membres dont 8 femmes et 24 hommes. Premier ministre: Jean-Marc Ayrault Ministre des Affaires étrangères: Laurent Fabius Ministre de l'Education nationale: Vincent PeillonGarde des Sceaux,… -
Législatives, UMP, Paris... Quel avenir pour François Fillon?
16 May 2012 | 10:10 amQuel avenir pour François Fillon? Alors que l’ancien Premier ministre de Nicolas Sarkozy vient de passer les clefs de Matignon à son successeur socialiste Jean-Marc Ayrault, le député de la Sarthe va commencer à penser à son avenir. Très discret au début de la mandature, François Fillon a su s’installer dans le paysage politique français. Devenant au passage le Premier ministre, derrière Georges Pompidou, qui est resté le plus longtemps en poste (4 ans, 11 mois et 23 jours).L'élu de la Sarthe est moins impopulaire que Nicolas Sarkozy dans les sondages d'opinions, ce qui lui… -
Le sourire d'Antonio Ferrara
16 May 2012 | 9:53 amJugé en appel devant la cour d'assise de Paris pour le braquage du bureau de poste de Joinville-le-Pont (Val-de-Marne) le 28 juillet 1999, Antonio Ferrara a été acquitté le 16 mai. Retour sur cet accusé célèbre pour son sourire (article publié avant l'annonce de son acquittement).Chaque matin, depuis le début du procès en appel le 9 mai dernier, c’est le même rituel: sourire aux lèvres et menottes aux poignets, Antonio Ferrara fait son entrée dans le box des accusés escorté par un régiment de gendarmes. L’air joyeux, il salue ses avocats avant de se tourner vers les…
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Spider-Man 2.0
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The Body Bomb Menace
13 May 2012 | 10:00 pmForget underpants. Al Qaeda’s diabolical new plan. -
Brothers In Arms
13 May 2012 | 10:00 pmMeet the family leading Russia’s opposition. -
The City: Los Angeles
13 May 2012 | 10:00 pmLaila Lalami discovers a metropolis at once foreign and familiar. -
The European Farce
13 May 2012 | 10:00 pmWill the continent act to avert an economic cataclysm?
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Man robs stationery store in Wilmette
16 May 2012 | 1:16 pmWilmette police are searching for a man who implied he had a knife when he robbed a stationery store this morning. -
City kicks in $29 million for West Loop office tower
16 May 2012 | 1:13 pmThe city will kick in $29 million toward a downtown high rise project on a prime piece of riverfront property, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Wednesday. -
Lamborghini versus video camera = YouTube sensation
16 May 2012 | 12:53 pmThe driver of a Lamborghini caught on video in a Wheeling fender-bender last weekend got a lot more “hits” than dents after the video became a YouTube sensation. -
Burbank police to bride-slaying suspect: 'Do what's right'
16 May 2012 | 12:35 pmBurbank police are urging the man accused of killing his new bride to come forward. -
$1 million bail set for man accused of running sex ring
16 May 2012 | 12:22 pmA West Side man known as “Church” used drugs and shelter to entice girls into sexual servitude, controlled every aspect of their lives and administered vicious beatings when they got out of line or tried to escape, prosecutors alleged today.
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Bacteria study may change how urinary tract infections are diagnosed
15 May 2012 | 10:00 pmFor years, doctors have believed that urine is germ-free, so examining it for bacteria has been the standard procedure for diagnosing various maladies, including urinary tract infections. -
Chicagoans like Emanuel's job performance, though not overwhelmingly
15 May 2012 | 4:59 amPoll shows 52% approval overall, but less among blacks, women and those with low incomesChicagoans generally approve of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's job performance but are taking a wait-and-see attitude on whether he's making the city a better place to live, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows. -
Newlywed stabbed to death in her wedding dress
14 May 2012 | 10:00 pm26-year-old victim found in bathtub of Burbank apartmentThe last time her family saw Estrella Carrera, she had just gotten married to the father of her youngest child. -
No retrial in Lake County rape case
14 May 2012 | 10:00 pmChicago man served 20 years until DNA got him out on bond, was facing retrial in '86 caseLake County prosecutors say they do not plan to retry Bennie Starks on rape charges from 1986, apparently scuttling yet another in a string of cases undermined by DNA evidence, according to defense lawyers who received the news Monday. -
DUI law too vague, lawyer tells appeals court
14 May 2012 | 10:00 pmJustices consider case of Aurora woman convicted of killing 5 in crashAn Aurora woman convicted of killing five teens in a drunken-driving accident should get a new sentencing hearing because of vague language in Illinois DUI laws, her attorney told an Appellate Court panel Monday.
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Leader board: The who's who of the NATO Summit
16 May 2012 | 1:40 pmThe leaders listed below are some of those who have been invited to the NATO Summit, although it’s possible not all will attend and there may be some late additions not included on the current list, NATO officials said. NATO Member Countries ALBANIA Leaders: President Bamir Topi, Prime Minister Sali Berisha Population: 3.6 million Military personnel: 14,795 Fun fact: Albania is famous for concrete bunkers. Useful word or phrase: C’kemi [What’s up?] BELGIUM Leader: Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo Population: 10.5 million Military personnel: 40,492 Fun fact: 58 percent of Belgians say they… -
Suspect groom made odd phone call
16 May 2012 | 1:34 pmCHICAGO (AP) — The sister of a bride found stabbed to death in Burbank says her new brother-in-law called a relative on the day the body was found and said he left her bleeding after a “bad fight.” Jazmin Carrera tells The Associated Press that a sister of Arnoldo Jimenez told the victim’s family about the phone call Sunday. Jimenez was crying and nervous, hung up on his sister and wouldn’t pick up when she called him back. Police are searching for Jimenez, who is wanted on a murder charge. Jazmin Carrera is an older sister of 26-year-old Estrella Carrera, … -
Girl, 11, dies after pulled from Bolingbrook pond
16 May 2012 | 12:49 pmJordan Oliver was the baby of her family, a friendly girl who played on a traveling basketball team and loved to be outside. Jordan, 11, died Tuesday night after slipping underwater in a pond near Pioneer Elementary School. -
Busloads of protesters on their way to Chicago for NATO Summit
16 May 2012 | 12:35 pmLook out Chicago. Here comes Occupy Wall Street. More than 40 protesters from the original occupation of New York’s financial district are due to be the first of 17 busloads of protesters from across the country when they arrive in Chicago Wednesday night. “Stay safe and kick some NATO ass!” one activist yelled as the bus left. -
Protesters march against police on South Side
16 May 2012 | 8:45 amPolice in riot gear lined a South Side police station Tuesday night when at least 100 protesters — many in the city for the NATO Summit — chanted anti-police sentiments and disobeyed police orders. The protesters — many dressed in all black with black bandannas covering their faces — had marched about three miles to protest alleged global police oppression. The group started about 6:40 p.m. at Halsted and 50th Place and marched to the Deering District police station AT 32nd and Halsted. Many South Side residents left their porches to join the group. “This is a solidarity march for…
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Man paid prostitutes in heroin, food from McDonald’s dollar menu: cops
16 May 2012 | 12:58 pmA West Side man who allegedly forced young girls into prostitution — and then rewarded them with drugs and food from McDonald’s dollar menu — was ordered held in lieu of $1 million Wednesday. DaJuan Brown, also know “Juan Clark,” beat and exploited at least 12 girls for a five-year period, sometimes locking his victims up without any food or appliances in a West Side apartment, according to Cook County prosecutors. Brown, 35, would ply the girls with heroin and if they met their quotas with johns he would reward them with more drugs and food from the McDonald’s dollar … -
Kevin Hickey, pitched for Sox after open tryout, dies at 56
16 May 2012 | 12:57 pmKevin Hickey was the South Side’s Natural — a punk kid from Burroughs Playground in Brighton Park who by sheer will, talent and a little luck of the Irish made it to the big leagues to pitch for the Chicago White Sox, his favorite team. Hickey, a batting practice pitcher for the club, died on Wednesday. He was 56. -
Occupy Chicago marches in Loop against evictions
16 May 2012 | 12:53 pmAbout 150 people took part in a rally and march Wednesday morning in downtown Chicago, calling for a yearlong moratorium on foreclosure evictions in Cook County. Occupy Chicago organized the rally. -
Girl, 11, dies after pulled from Bolingbrook pond
16 May 2012 | 12:49 pmJordan Oliver was the baby of her family, a friendly girl who played on a traveling basketball team and loved to be outside. Jordan, 11, died Tuesday night after slipping underwater in a pond near Pioneer Elementary School. -
Busloads of protesters on their way to Chicago for NATO Summit
16 May 2012 | 12:35 pmLook out Chicago. Here comes Occupy Wall Street. More than 40 protesters from the original occupation of New York’s financial district are due to be the first of 17 busloads of protesters from across the country when they arrive in Chicago Wednesday night. “Stay safe and kick some NATO ass!” one activist yelled as the bus left.
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The Joy of Drinking
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Big - a new little bar in San Francisco
21 Apr 2012 | 12:10 pmWhen you walk into Big, SF's newest bar, you've stepped into another dimension. With enough room to fit about 22 people comfortable, you'd better check out Big very soon before it gets...well...big. The decor is perfect. Big reminds me some of Chicago's Violet Hour, since both strategically use heavy, velvet curtains to absorb both noise and light. The result is a cool, quiet atmosphere in which you can actually talk to your companions. It's got a very living room feel.The drinks are incredibly fresh and very citrus forward. The bartender has come up with some pretty interesting concoctions,… -
Winter Cocktails at AQ Restaurant and Bar
26 Mar 2012 | 11:21 pmIt really can't be said that San Francisco doesn't have seasons.Sure, the city's east cost counterparts boast the full blusters of winter and dramatic fall displays of color and leaves. And even Midwest cities, like Chicago and Minneapolis, may claim seasons intense enough to freeze your tears and melt your skin and all of the earned bragging rights in leathered character.But thin-skinned and soft-hearted San Franciscans may be, it cannot be said that the City on the Bay does not have seasons. You really only have to look to what San Francisco devotes so much of its pomp and circumstance: the… -
Leopold's Navy Strength Gin
25 Mar 2012 | 2:54 pmEver since having Leopold's Navy Strength Gin, I've got the unshakable feeling that all other gin (which I love, don't get me wrong) is somehow imperfect, somehow flawed in a crucial way. It's bold, juniper forward, and rich.Trevor Easter, over at Heaven's Dog, introduced me to Leopold's. He explained the totally bad ass origins of the "Navy Strength" category. In a nutshell, one deck of Navy ships was set aside for gunpowder–unless a liquid was over a certain proof, it was not allowed on this deck at all, since if it leaked, it would ruin the gunpowder. A liquor of high enough proof,… -
James Beard awards celebrates cocktails!
25 Feb 2012 | 1:24 pmThe list is finally out! Every year, the James Beard Foundation recognizes excellence in the food industry. But this year, this is an exiting new addition: This is the first year the James Beard Foundation is recognizing outstanding bar programs. Campari is sponsoring the new award category, which recognizes excellence in wine, spirits, and beer.Hats off to them.It's a welcome addition to the awards program, in my mind. The surge of interest in the so-called craft cocktails have brought an exciting new standard for the quality of drinks—and the places that have pushed this bar the most (so… -
New Drink on The Slanted Door's Menu
25 Feb 2012 | 1:10 pmI should pause and note that this picture is actually somewhat significant. For big fans of The Slanted Door—and bar manager extraordinaire Erik Adkins, for that matter—there is a new drink on the cocktail menu. Check out the Brandy Lift—brandy, orgeat, Benedictine, cream, and seltzer. I haven't tried it myself yet. But it looks awfully delicious.Yes, I just gave you an excuse to enjoy yourself. You're welcome. ;-) Enjoy!P.S. The Classico Negroni is the way to go! I already know Josh takes issue with this because he loves everything and anything Campari. But for those who find it too…
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Diner's Journal
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Thomas Keller and Andoni Aduriz Start a Food Fight
16 May 2012 | 11:10 amTwo of the world's top chefs agree that they should not have to carry the torch for local and sustainable agriculture. Here are a few posts from the firefight that has resulted on Twitter. -
What We're Reading
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Three Dishes at Perla
15 May 2012 | 2:04 pmPete Wells picks three highlights from the menu at Perla in the Village. -
Leaving Manhattan for a Taste of the Tiki
15 May 2012 | 8:29 amA Manhattan Classic Cocktail event takes drinkers over the bridge for rum cocktails. -
What We're Reading
15 May 2012 | 6:41 amA collection of links from the reporters and editors of the Dining section.
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How To Cook Like Your Grandmother
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How To Make Slow-Roasted Chicken
7 May 2012 | 4:00 amHave I mentioned lately how much I love our Dutch oven? (Even though Le Creuset insists on calling it a French oven.) You can throw just about any big hunk of meat in there and a few hours later you’ve got an amazing dinner.The funny thing is, the more we use it the more we go in two opposite directions: More seasoning (potted chicken with tomatoes and Italian herbs), and less seasoning. And both directions are great. I’m starting to think the secret may be a well-cooked piece of meat. Who would have guessed?(Oh, and PS: It takes about five minutes hands-on time to prepare it.)… -
How To Make Polvorones de Canele (Cinnamon Cookies)
4 May 2012 | 4:15 amThe more home-made food we eat, the more we think modern recipes are way too sweet. Everything you buy at the grocery store is loaded with corn syrup — even the kielbasi. (I’m not kidding, check the ingredients.)That’s why our perfect brownie recipe is more chocolaty and less sweet. It’s why we love the cocanes. (Great cookie, odd name.) And now the Mexican-style Polvorones de Canele — Cinnamon Cookies. IngredientsDough1 cup butter ½ cup confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar) ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla… -
The Difference Between Bread Flour, Cake Flour, and All-Purpose Flour
4 May 2012 | 4:00 amI used to think recipes calling for bread flour were being pretentious, like the recipes that specify Kosher salt, or fresh-ground black pepper. Then I started using Kosher salt and fresh-ground black pepper and realized, “Hey, you know what? Some of this stuff makes a difference.”So I read up on what makes the different flours different, and it sounded pretty important. I finally tried it when I made rye bread for St. Paddy’s Day. I was really impressed, but I hadn’t made rye before so I didn’t know just how impressed I should be.Then I made pizza dough. I was… -
How To Make Sautéed Cabbage
27 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amWhen I was making Colcannon for St. Paddy’s Day, I very nearly stopped with the sautéed cabbage. It was that good. It took me a couple of weeks to get back to it but I finally did, and it was just as good on its own as I thought it would be. Ingredients½ head cabbage ½ red onion 2 cloves garlic 2-3 tablespoons bacon fat salt and pepperDirections You can refer back to the colcannon recipe for the step-by-step photos.UPDATE: Barb suggests down in the comments finishing with a little brown sugar and some cider vinegar. -
How To Make Colcannon
22 Mar 2012 | 4:00 amIf you’re looking for authentic Irish food for St. Patrick’s Day, don’t go with corned beef and cabbage. That’s the American version of Irish food. A bit more authentic is colcannon, which is really more of an idea than a strict recipe.Short version: Cook and mash some root vegetables, sauté some cruciform vegetable (cabbage, leek, broccoli, cauliflower) and mix it all together.Long version … Ingredients3 lbs. potatoes (see below) 3 cloves fresh garlic (see below) 4 T Irish Butter 4 cups Kale or green Cabbage, shredded 4 scallions, diced fine with green tops ¼…
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How Rummikub Works
16 May 2012 | 11:00 amEndlessly mispronounced but universally beloved, this game is a mix of rummy and older, tile-based games like mahjong and dominoes. Think you can be the first to yell out "Rummikub"? -
The Ultimate Bicycle Quiz
16 May 2012 | 11:00 amLearning to ride a bicycle seems to be a universal experience for children around the world. Whether you've been riding bicycles since you were a child or just recently started pedaling, how much do you know about this elegant and simple vehicle? -
5 Ways TV Has Influenced Presidential Elections
16 May 2012 | 11:00 amThe introduction of television all but changed the way we elect our presidents. So just how exactly has this powerful medium influenced our elections? Read on to find out. -
Videos: Stephen Hawking's Visions of the Universe
16 May 2012 | 11:00 amAstrophysicist, cosmologist, lecturer, cartoon voice actor, author, parent, grandparent -- Stephen Hawking wears many hats, and he also has a few ideas about black holes, time, aliens and wormholes. -
How long should building a house take?
16 May 2012 | 11:00 amIs your new home proceeding on schedule or is your contractor just blowing smoke at you? Here's how to tell.
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We Are Never Full
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Portuguese Soup with Chouriço Oil: The Next Big Thing
9 May 2012 | 2:17 pmRight before it was yesterday’s news and tossed on the cultural junk pile as passé, everything was the next big thing. Devotees of Anthony Bourdain will know that as of two weeks ago, Croatian cuisine is the new black. Prior to all this, somewhere between Spanish food blowing up into our collective consciousness and the advent of Ecuador in the global gastronomic stakes, in 2010 Portugal flickered briefly into view, largely on the strength of David Liete, before vanishing under the rising tide of new and undiscovered. Not so for Dan Gilbert and Carla Gonçalves of Philadelphia’s… -
Discovering Mamposteao
3 May 2012 | 5:17 amNamed for the grandson of Puerto Rico’s first governor, the southern city of Ponce is blessed with appropriately distinguished architecture. The equal of few in the Americas, it is a delightful surprise for the visitor. That conquering Americans were responsible for the preservation of the city’s historic district is equally surprising. Prior to defeat in the Spanish-American war, Ponce’s status as an important industrial city in the Spanish Americas was secure. Built on sugar, coffee, rum and banking, and populated by a rash of European immigration, the Victorian era saw… -
Spring Kick-Off: Fresh Fava Puree and Garlicky Sauteed Chicory (and a Lightroom 4 Giveaway)
19 Apr 2012 | 6:17 pmI almost can’t believe it myself! Not only is We Are Never Full updating twice in a week, I am the author of the two posts. I told you I would try and hold on to my promise from the last post. To celebrate our attempt to get back in the blog game we are offering a pretty awesome contest. A few weeks ago we were incredibly lucky to be offered a copy of Lightroom 3 to try. We knew our pictures needed some help and, after having some time to feel comfortable using the product, it is my absolute go-to photo correcter, not only for the blog, but for my personal pictures. Adobe has just… -
“Quicker” Peking Duck with Pancakes: Fighting Exhaustion with Good Food
11 Apr 2012 | 7:10 amNew York City. The saying goes that if you can make it here you can make it anywhere. But I think they were talking about young, cute, single and childless 22 year olds (which I’d like to believe I once was and, damn, that was a fun time). I don’t think Sinatra was talking about older, married, overworked parents making a decent wage but still in the lower-middle class because they live in NYC. We’re tired. Very tired. I know, I know, bust out the violins to play a sad song for our tragic city-living lives but this is a bit of a way to apologize for our lack of blogging over… -
The Unlikely Legend of Tito Bloque
20 Mar 2012 | 5:38 pmConventional wisdom dictates that one should never eat at an empty restaurant, especially early in the week, but if there is absolutely nowhere else open and you have no choice, do yourself a favor and avoid the seafood. Happily, Vieques, a 55-square mile island off the east end of Puerto Rico, and former bombing range of the US Navy, if it doesn’t exactly flaunt convention, certainly defies it. And Tito Bloque, the only restaurant off the malecon in the village of Esperanza, and therefore the only empty restaurant, personifies that defiance. Blazing overhead strip lights do nothing to…
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Tea Obsession
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Tea Habitat Shipping schedule change during tea hunting trip in China
14 May 2012 | 9:52 pmTea harvest season is in full swing, is tea hunting season now in China! We will be climbing the tea mountains from Guangdong to Fujian to Huangzhou to Hunan for 6 weeks, from May 21st to July 2nd. It's exciting!Stock up your tea supply now before Imen leaves for her long trip! During our absent period, shipping arrangements will be postponed until we return from China.Orders received on and before Sunday 5/20 will be shipped before departure, orders received on and after 5/21 will be shipped after July 2nd upon returning.Take advantage of our specialBonus Gift1/2 ounce of Jasmine… -
Bamboo Leaf 2011
30 Apr 2012 | 6:59 pmSouthern California is known for its sunny sky all year round. Spring no matter where on earth, is rainy season even though we get very few rain falls even in Spring. Out of a handful of rainy days, afternoon tea is greatly enhanced in mood during these days.A day began with cloudy sky, live fire made it cozy and warm at heart, a few teas later, the sun peaked out behind the grey sky so I wrapped it up with a 2011 Bamboo Leaf Dan Cong. A session of Wuyi rock tea when rain, to an aged tea flower bud tea, then a Bamboo Leaf Dan Cong oolong seems to move along with sun in the… -
Mo Li Xiang Jasmine Fragrance Dan Cong a gift for you
26 Apr 2012 | 1:12 pmBonus Gift1/2 ounce of Jasmine Fragrance Dan Cong Oolongwith purchase of any Single Tree Dan Cong Teas Only 32 sets available, one gift per order, valid while supplies lastIn 2009, Mo Li Xiang Jasmine Fragrance Dan Cong was a memorable tea for its unique and familiar fragrance, the rich honey like taste lingers on. After it was sold out, I thought of it often. When 2011 came, I bought out the entire crop yield. 2011 crop took a good 9 months to transform itself into what I remember it in 2009, rich and floral. When you smell a jasmine flower, you sense it in your… -
A day of tea drinking by the sea
26 Apr 2012 | 12:53 pmMr. H is a friend for many years! Last week, we finally had the chance to have tea together, at a selected spot, my favorite corner on earth, sea cliff of Palos Verdes. As the weather warms up, out door tea drinking is a must, with such a background view, what more to ask for. A day of tea drinking started around noon with only 2 cups and self serve sandwich lunch. Simple yet complete~ Hydration is not an issue, do you think? :D That's sight seeing too :P A solo singer brightens the day even more. Many many teas… -
Tea by the sea tomorrow
17 Apr 2012 | 6:28 pmTomorrow should be a lovely day by the sea, Mr. H is having a west coast tour and just happens to stop by LA tomorrow. Look forward to having tea by the light house~
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Playbill.com : News
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert Will End Broadway Run in June
16 May 2012 | 1:49 pmThe Tony Award-winning production of Bette Midler's Priscilla Queen of the Desert, which celebrated its one-year anniversary on Broadway March 20, will play its final performance at the Palace Theatre June 24. -
Mentalist Max Maven Will Make Off-Broadway Debut in Thinking in Person
16 May 2012 | 1:26 pmMentalist and magician Max Maven will make his Off-Broadway debut in Thinking in Person beginning June 12, prior to an official opening June 14, at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex. -
LAST CHANCE: What's Closing This Week
16 May 2012 | 12:45 pmHere's Playbill.com's weekly "Last Chance" reminder to catch Broadway, Off-Broadway and world-premiere productions before they take a final bow. -
Starry Revival of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Will Recoup Entire Original Investment
16 May 2012 | 12:41 pmThe Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning American tragedy Death of a Salesman, which stars Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman as Willy Loman and officially opened March 15 following previews that began Feb. 13 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, will recoup its entire original investment of $3.1 million this week, according to the New York Times. -
Second Stage Season Will Include Pulitzer Prize-Winning Water By the Spoonful
16 May 2012 | 12:19 pmWater By the Spoonful, the 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Quiara Alegria Hudes, and Jon Kern's Modern Terrorism, the 2012 winner of the Laurents/Hatcher Foundation, are two of the four plays in the 2012-13 season of Off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre.
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NYT > Theater
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Arts | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Into the Woods,’ at Westport Country Playhouse
16 May 2012 | 1:30 pmThe Westport Country Playhouse’s production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods” offers a new look at characters like Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. -
Arts | New Jersey: A Review of ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles,’ at the New Jersey Repertory Company
16 May 2012 | 1:00 pmTwo British authors adapt “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s popular 1902 novel, expressly for laughs at the New Jersey Repertory Company. -
Lincoln Center Theater to Open Claire Tow Theater for LCT3
16 May 2012 | 1:00 pmLincoln Center Theater opens a 112-seat showcase on Tuesday intended to serve a younger, more diverse audience. -
Theater Review: ‘American Jornalero,’ at the Intar Theater
16 May 2012 | 12:27 pmIn “American Jornalero,” by Ed Cardona Jr., day laborers hope for work but must brace for confrontation. -
ArtsBeat: 'Death of a Salesman,' With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Is to Turn a Profit
16 May 2012 | 12:20 pmOnly 30 percent of Broadway shows turn a profit but after 14 weeks at the Barrymore Theater the revival of "Death of a Salesman" is about to join that group. Producers say the play will recoup its $3.1 million capitalization cost this week.
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BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
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STAGE TUBE: On Broadway with Kids - Episode 7 with Jennifer Perry!
16 May 2012 | 2:29 pmWatch the latest episode 7 of CafeMom Studios On Broadway With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA - the exclusive online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadways hit musical who also happen to be parents. Episode 7 Backstage at MAMM MIA with Jennifer Perry Jennifer Perry is one of the Stars of MAMMA MIA on Broadway. In this episode, we follow her through her intense daily routine as she prepares to step on the Broadway stage. -
DEATH OF A SALESMAN Recoups; Definitely No Extension
16 May 2012 | 2:20 pmAfter breaking the house record at the Barrymore Theatre six times during its run with a seven-performance-a-week schedule, Arthur Millers DEATH OF A SALESMAN will recoup its 3.1 million capitalization this week. The critically acclaimed limited engagement opened March 15. Despite the show's success, there will no extension. -
Freddie Mercury Hologram Coming to West End's WE WILL ROCK YOU
16 May 2012 | 1:48 pmAccording to the BBC, Queen frontman Freddie Mercury will be making a return to the stage the West End production of WE WILL ROCK YOU- via hologram. Mercury, who passed away in 1991, will appear in an optical illusion for the show's upcoming 10th anniversary. Queen's Brian May told the BBC that the hologram is something we've looked at ourselves but I think probably for a show that runs eight shows a week it's not really quite practical. -
Confirmed: Julian Ovenden-Led FINDING NEVERLAND to Premiere at UK's Curve Theatre, Sept. 21 - Oct. 18
16 May 2012 | 1:41 pmAs previously reported, Julian Ovenden will star in a new musical version of the film Finding Neverland, which starred Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet and followed the the story of J.M. Barrie's inspiration for his famous children's book, Peter Pan. -
MODERN TERRORISM, WATER BY THE SPOONFUL Included in Second Stage's 2012-13 Season
16 May 2012 | 12:58 pmFollowing an acclaimed season which included the world premiere of Paul Weitzs Lonely, Im Not and a critically lauded second staging of Paula Vogels Pulitzer Prize-winner, How I Learned To Drive, Second Stage Theatre Carole Rothman, Artistic Director has just announced two of the four mainstage productions in the companys upcoming 34th season. For subscription or ticket information, please call the Second Stage Box Office at 212-246-4422 or visit the companys website, www.2ST.com. All productions are staged at Second Stages Tony Kiser Theatre, 305 West 43rd Street just west of Eighth Avenue.
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The SF Bay Area Theatre Blog
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A Different Kind of Mother's Day Outing
11 May 2012 | 3:37 pmHonor your mom by honoring the fight for women's rights. This Sunday one of my buddies is the producer behind a unique experience:Mosaic: Voices of Women's SuffrageThere's tea, a light lunch and a performance of this work honoring the women who fought for our basic rights last century.Learn more, and buy tickets, here. -
Review: Cirque du Soleil's Latest Touring Show, TOTEM
26 Mar 2012 | 1:33 pmI saw TOTEM under the big top in San Jose a couple of weeks ago, and reviewed it here.Spoiler Alert: OMFG, I LOVED IT.Seriously, best one since 1990's Nouvelle Experience. Let's face it, you can never outshine your first!)Read the review, or just head online to get your tickets with a 25% discount! Here's the info from the horse's mouth:Cirque du Soleil’s latest touring production TOTEM has hit San Jose, and friends of The SF Bay Area Theatre Blog can now receive 25% off select performances in seating categories 1-3!Cirque du Soleil is pleased to announce that it has returned to San Jose… -
Cirque du Soleil San Jose discount...expires tomorrow night
3 Feb 2012 | 5:42 pmI love Cirque du Soleil, so here's a special Valentine's Day offer from them that apparently expires tomorrow.Buy one you ticket for TOTEM in San Jose and get another ticket for free*!TOTEM opens on March 2 at the Taylor Street Bridge in San Jose. I am going to a preview on the 1st and am very excited about it!Claim this offer, which ends at 11:59PM tomorrow, at the following link (no additional promo codes needed):http://tinyurl.com/BATheatBlogVday*Some restrictions apply. Must become a Cirque Club member, with free subscription, to take advantage of offer. Service and delivery fees apply to… -
The Jerry Herman Salon at 42nd Street Moon, starring Faith Prince!
22 Jan 2012 | 8:16 amThis coming week may I suggest a little entertainment for your calendar?42nd Street Moon is the theatre on whose board I serve, and they are doing one of their composer salons this Thursday night. Jerry Herman is the man behind Mame, Hello Dolly, and Mack and Mabel among others.Faith Prince is a Tony-winning actress who burst on the Broadway scene with her Adelaide in Guys & Dolls, opposite Nathan Lane.These salons are both full of lovely singing from talented performers, but also come with a bit of history and story-telling around the featured composer. Herman is still alive and both… -
Woodminster Theatre announces their season
20 Jan 2012 | 6:29 pmAnd here it is, their 46th season at the outdoor amphitheater in Oakland's Joaquin Miller Park:Fiddler on the Roof, July 13-22, 2012What else is there to say? This is a perennial favorite for most musical theatre companies.A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, August 10-10, 2012Sondheim's first Broadway show as lyricist *and* composerCats, September 7-16, 2012The first time they've gotten the rights to perform this one.Season ticket sales are open now, with individual ticket sales starting on March 1st.And by the way: They haven't held auditions yet, so if you're interest they're…
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Hawaiimagazine.com | HAWAII Today
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Hawaii Wine & Food Festival gets under way tomorrow at resorts on Oahu's leeward coast
16 May 2012 | 3:46 amHawaii Wine & Food Festival gets under way tomorrow at resorts on Oahu's leeward coast The fifth annual Hawaii Wine & Food Festival at Ko Olina on Oahu will feature a Thursday evening of premier wine pairings followed by more primo vino and fashion shows on Friday and Saturday evenings. Oh, and plenty of delish dishes and music. Among the chefs is the “Stiletto Chef,” model-turned-chef Candice Kumai, who is a judge on the Iron Chef America television series and a cookbook author. Kumai is based in New York City. Another visiting chef, Pao-yuan Huang, is an award-winning… -
Allegiant expanding air service to Hawaii with one-way fares as low as $159
15 May 2012 | 4:58 amAllegiant expanding air service to Hawaii with one-way fares as low as $159 Allegiant Air, a Nevada-based airline owned by Allegiant Travel Company, announced today that in November it will start providing nonstop air service from the mainland to Maui. Also, it will add four cities in Western states to its mainland-Oahu air service lineup.The carrier is now offering introductory fares as low as $199 one-way, including taxes and fees, from Maui’s Kahului Airport to Bellingham, Wash., beginning on Nov. 14. Introductory fares, including taxes and fees, are avai... -
VIDEO: Fleeting view of spattering lava at edge of Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater
14 May 2012 | 6:16 amVIDEO: Fleeting view of spattering lava at edge of Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater The Big Island’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory released a video last week that spotlights lava spatter at the margins of the lava lake in Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater. Scientists note that the video shows typical flow activity that's usually obscured from view by a thick gas plume shifting with the winds over the lava lake. (To check out the 58-second video, click on image below.) Since March 2008, the lake’s levels have fluctuated between 230 feet to 490 feet… -
International Waikiki Hula Conference staging free sunset "hoike" shows this weekend
11 May 2012 | 7:33 amInternational Waikiki Hula Conference staging free sunset "hoike" shows this weekend If you happen to be in the Waikiki area at sunset this weekend, you’re cordially invited to swing by the fifth annual International Waikiki Hula Conference’s hoike (exhibition) hula shows.During the free shows, set for 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night, on stages scattered around Oahu’s world-famous oceanfront stretch, dancers will perform to a mele (song) learned during the conference’s workshops and seminars led by mor... -
Top 5 favorite filmed-in-Hawaii TV series ever: HAWAII Magazine Facebook poll results
9 May 2012 | 5:54 amTop 5 favorite filmed-in-Hawaii TV series ever: HAWAII Magazine Facebook poll results We’ve counted the votes from our latest HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana poll question: What’s your favorite filmed-in-Hawaii TV show or made-for-the-small-screen mini-series or movie? The top five vote-getters are on the pages ahead. As it turns out, Hawaii-filmed television shows took all five top spots in the poll. So, made-for-TV mini-series, such as The Thorn Birds (1983), with Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward, did not make the cut. Same for TV movies, such as Tempted, Lifetime Channel…
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North by Northwestern
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The Weekly Guide to Life at Northwestern: May 14
15 May 2012 | 10:28 pmHeavy Hitters: This month has been filled with big events, big names and big announcements. Here on the Northwestern campus ... -
Lookin Cute Feelin Cute to play Dillo Day
15 May 2012 | 8:52 pmLookin Cute Feelin Cute won Battle of the DJs at Buffalo Wild Wings on Monday, earning the right to take the Dillo stage. -
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15 May 2012 | 8:36 pm"For the first time in a long while, I’m excited to see what the next episode holds." -
NU Qatar students paint Rock for first graduation
15 May 2012 | 8:04 pmStudents from NU's Qatar campus painted the Rock Monday to celebrate the campus's first graduation ceremony last week. -
Dillo by the decade
15 May 2012 | 7:44 pmAs Dillo Day approaches, North by Northwestern steps into Mayfest's shoes. Our writers take a look into the past and future to put forward fake lineups by decade.
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San Francisco Bay Area News — — SFGate
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Man, 21, slain in S.F.'s Visitacion Valley
16 May 2012 | 1:09 pmA 21-year-old man was shot and killed in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley neighborhood early Wednesday, authorities said. Officers arrived on the 1700 block of Sunnydale Avenue just after midnight and found William... -
Skechers settles case on false ads for Shape Ups
16 May 2012 | 12:20 pmThe Federal Trade Commission is giving Skechers USA Inc.'s bank account the workout the consumer protection agency claims its fitness shoes haven't been giving its consumers. Skechers has agreed to pay a $40 million... -
Man struck, killed on San Jose Caltrain tracks
16 May 2012 | 11:07 amA man was struck and killed on the Caltrain tracks in San Jose early Wednesday, authorities said. The man was hit by a northbound train at 6:40 a.m. just south of the Tamien station, said Christine Dunn, a spokeswoman... -
Bicyclist killed by hit-and-run driver in Dublin
16 May 2012 | 10:57 amA bicyclist was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Dublin, police said Wednesday. The crash happened on Dougherty Road between Fall Creek Road and Willow Creek Drive about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. A... -
$195 million bond seeks to improve SF's parks
16 May 2012 | 4:00 amPlaygrounds pocked with toxic equipment would be replaced, rutted basketball courts would be resurfaced, and overgrown trails, worn swimming pools and funky public bathrooms would all be made functional under a plan...
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7x7 - Insider's Guide to the Best of San Francisco
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Best Spots to Swim in Sonoma
16 May 2012 | 1:00 pmWhen the foggy wind is whipping through San Francisco streets, it's easy to forget that summer really does exist less than an hour away. In fact, the 5-day forecast for Napa and Sonoma currently predicts an average high of 79 degrees F. Few things are better on a hot summer day in the wine country than sipping a chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc or Rosé at a winery. But relaxing at a naturally beuatiful swimming hole, a river, or a sandy beach in Sonoma is definitely in the running. Here are a few favorite places to take a dip in the Sonoma Wine Country. Beaches Sonoma… -
Foodie Agenda: Edible Bugs, Coffee Tasting and More
16 May 2012 | 12:00 pmThursday, May 17 If you are feeling particularly adventurous this week, head down to TRES for their May tequila and food pairing extravaganza. This month they've recruited local insect street food project, Don Bugito, into the fold and bugs will be definitely on the menu. Whether you get the crickets with fresh jicama sweet potato and toasted seeds, or escamoles, which are harvested from the roots of of the agave bush and have a buttery and nutty taste, you are sure to be in for an unusual treat. During the evening you will learn about the future of edible insects as an answer to the shortage… -
SCOPA II Brings Al Fresco Dining, Wood-Fired Pizzas to Healdsburg
16 May 2012 | 11:07 amAfter dining at Scopa, the Italian-inspired restaurant in Healdsburg, it is not uncommon to come stumbling out onto the Plaza feeling light-headed. Partly because the small space is always packed and because you have likely enjoyed at least one bottle of red wine, but also, and more importantly, because the ingredients are so impossibly, explosively fresh, the pasta so light and tender, the meatballs so perfectly browned and spicy and the burratta so heart-breakingly creamy that you actually feel like you have reached nirvana. Which makes the fact that Scopa’s husband-and-wife team Ari and… -
Three Art Fairs Invade SF This Weekend
16 May 2012 | 10:13 amThis weekend, San Franciscans used to an ankle-high ebb and flow of contemporary art are preparing to find themselves neck-deep. Close to two hundred prominent galleries from Oakland to St. Petersburg are descending upon the city for three major art fairs that, for the past three years, have helped put SF’s art scene on the map: SF Fine Art Fair, ArtMRKT SF, and ArtPad SF. Three iconic locales – Fort Mason, the Concourse Exhibition Center and the Phoenix Hotel respectively – are housing the surge.While the express purpose of art fairs is to sell art (this weekend, collectors can… -
Morning Pastries on Steroids
16 May 2012 | 9:00 amAt the city’s best coffee shops, a fresh batch of bakeries is bringing inspired pastry pairings. Mornings never looked so bright. 1. (from bottom right) Danishes often share a plate with a leaden bran muffin. Brian Wood’s Starter Bakery elevates the traditional breakfast choice, filling it with farmers market-fresh fruit. We like strawberry with pistachios for spring. at Réveille Coffee Truck 2. Gillian Sara Shaw’s Black Jet Baking is perhaps best known for its PoPs. Filled with brown sugar, sour cherry, and more, this is the pop tart your grandma would have made. At Atlas Café…
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San Francisco Bay Guardian - Essential Bay Area News, Politics, Arts, and Culture
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Fresh Cuts: Sunshine-y jams take spotlight as summer approaches
16 May 2012 | 12:33 pmCraft Spells: steeped in deep love With dream-pop favorites and a randy R. Kelly, this week is both guilt-free and not-so-innocent. Fresh Cuts has selected the finest new records to blast at your next barbecue; the following truly sizzle. <!--break-->Beach House: Bloom (Sub Pop) Baltimore's dreamy pop duo Beach House flourishes this week with the release of new record Bloom. The easy, breezy album sees the pair doing what they do best: pretty melodies. Larger sounding than its predecessor on the Sub Pop imprint, Bloom picks up where Teen Dream left off. The band's signature hazy and… -
SF needs healthy housing
16 May 2012 | 10:44 amIt's time to get beyond Band-Aids My greatest frustration as a tenants' rights and affordable-housing advocate in San Francisco is that, despite all the good efforts by a lot of good people, we never address the root cause of our housing crisis. We routinely enact laws and ballot initiatives, organize endless demonstrations and elect progressive politicians, but in the final analysis, these efforts are just a Band Aid on a bad system that leaves a lot of people without a roof over their heads. A few years ago, Brian Basinger of the AIDS Housing Alliance and I pushed "no fast pass to eviction"… -
Our 2012 Small Business Awards
16 May 2012 | 10:32 amHonoring the local, independent entrepeneurs who make the city a better place to live, work, and play Kelly Malone of Workshop and Indie Mart, our 2012 Woman in Business PHOTO BY MIRISSA NEFF WOMEN IN BUSINESS KELLY MALONE, WORKSHOP AND INDIE MART In a tech-obsessed society, our hands navigate today's gleaming gadgets more often than those of yesteryear: a sewing machine, say, or a manual drill. DIY goddess Kelly Malone has spent years trying to change that — and in so doing has created a business that serves as a cultural touchstone for the budding Divisadero Street corridor. Malone's… -
Alerts
15 May 2012 | 10:14 pmWEDNESDAY 16 Occupy the Auction, City Hall steps, 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, SF; www.occupytheauctions.org. 1:45pm, free. This event may not be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity -- organizers at Occupy the Auction have been showing up the City Hall every single weekday since April 27 -- but its definitely worth checking out. Occupy the Auction works with people facing unjust evictions from their property, including homeowners that have been fraudulently foreclosed on and renters facing eviction because of their landlords mortgage issues. Talk about focused and effective: this campaign stops… -
Challenging the duopoly
15 May 2012 | 10:09 pmGreen Party presidential candidates lay out their visions during a debate in the Mission District By Adam Morris news@sfbg.com On May 12, the Green Party held a presidential debate between Massachusetts physician and longtime progressive activist Jill Stein and comedian turned TV star turned macadamia nut farmer Roseanne Barr. The debate was moderated by Rose Aguilar, host of KALW's Your Call, and took place at San Francisco's historic Victoria Theater. Outside the theater before the event, a battalion of senior-citizen canvassers collected signatures to petition Gov. Jerry Brown to take up…
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SF Weekly | Complete Issue
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BOSF 2012: How to Smuggle Beer into a Stadium
16 May 2012 | 12:00 amIn 2005, San Francisco 49ers fans Daniel and Kathleen Sheehan objected to the team forcing patrons into a game of two-hand touch. Claiming mandatory pat-downs of their person to be an unwarranted invasion of privacy, the Sheehans sued. And like the pre-2011 49ers, the couple lost. And lost again.... -
Pansy Division: Show Preview
16 May 2012 | 12:00 amQueercore punk may no longer get the hype it did when Pansy Division started in the 1990s, but time hasn't stopped S.F.'s finest lighthearted gay punk band from keepin' on. Like Limp Wrist and spiritual heir Hunx and His Punx, Pansy Division is adept at wrapping gay-themed jokes and double... -
SF Weekly Letters
16 May 2012 | 12:00 amSons (and Daughters) of Anarchy Article provides much-needed insight into Occupy Oakland: This is a superb article, far and away the best piece of post-May Day Occupy Oakland coverage I've read [" -
Best Coast Finds Its Right Place, the Second Time Around
16 May 2012 | 12:00 amBack in 2010, Bethany Cosentino demonstrated that even as a member of the aw-shucks indie rock club, it was possible to become a near-cultural icon with just a few addictive songs, some raw personality, and an active Twitter feed. As Best Coast, her band, grew in popularity, the world found at le... -
"Battleship": Soak up the Beautiful Bombast
16 May 2012 | 12:00 amEvery once in a while, a movie comes along that's so utterly shameless that it achieves a certain grandeur. Peter Berg's Battleship, which I swear to God is described in its Wikipedia entry as an "American science fiction action naval war film," is one such movie. Over the past few years, ...
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Lolcats - Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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Nope. Not Weird At All.
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Daily Squee: I’ll Protect the Buns
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Animal Capshunz: Run Free
16 May 2012 | 10:00 amI don’t wanna be a nugget. I don’t wanna!!! It’s not just kittehs that love captions! ALL THE ANIMALS DO! Check out Animal Capshunz for MOAR! LoL by: flyguy1.14159Picture by: Unknown -
Animal Gifs: Talent.
16 May 2012 | 9:00 amGif your butt (!) over to Animal Gifs for MOAR cyoot and funneh on loop!
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TresSugar
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Class Acts: Hollywood's Actors Who Went to College
16 May 2012 | 1:45 pmIt's almost the end of the school year! While we already highlighted celebrity ladies who graduated from college, we're celebrating the upcoming season with a list of hot Hollywood actors who went to college. While some graduated with a degree and others chose to focus on their acting careers, each has had their own academic journey. Time to click through, and check out all these collegiate cuties. View Slideshow › -
Sugar Bride Guide: Personal Touches
16 May 2012 | 12:30 pmWhen you strip down your wedding day to its bare-bones core, it's really a big party to celebrate you and your love, as well as the people who've made you who you are today. So what makes your wedding "you" are the personal details that allude to your relationship, the ways you honor your loved ones, and those special moments you and your guests take long after it's over. In this fourth post of our Sugar Bride Guide, past brides and brides-to-be from Sugar share the ways they personalized their weddings and made their big days memorable. Check them out now! View Slideshow › -
Link Time - Classic Movies Every Woman Should Watch
16 May 2012 | 12:05 pmHave you seen these classic movies every girl should see? - CollegeCandy Dr. Oz is having a wardrobe malfunction on the cover of Good Housekeeping - The Frisky Strange safe-sex ads - The Daily Beast "Should I leave my sexless marriage?" - YourTango Obama has some inspiring advice for women graduating from college - SavvySugar Billy Bob Thornton takes the blame for the end of his marriage to Angelina Jolie - Newser Watch this surprise proposal at a graduation - theBERRY What does Fear of Flying author Erica Jung make of Fifty Shades? - The Jane Dough The 5 things you have to do before you… -
Take a Peek at the National Portrait Gallery's Queen Exhibit
16 May 2012 | 11:04 amThe Queen: Art & Image is the name of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in honor of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee. Just like the span of the monarch's reign, the iconic images range from traditional to modern, with commissioned portraits and works by contemporary artists included in the show. The exhibit hopes to demonstrate the evolution of Queen Elizabeth and how she's been portrayed since the 1950s, and as a result how portraiture has changed over that same period. After her ascension to the throne in 1952 at 25, images of Queen Elizabeth emphasized elegance and… -
I'm a Huge Fan: Jennifer Lopez - Meet Our Winner and Join Her Backstage at American Idol!
16 May 2012 | 11:00 amGet excited to meet our latest I'm a Huge Fan winner, Margaret Depkin! Watch as she gets to meet and interview the star of What to Expect When You're Expecting, Jennifer Lopez. The movie hits theaters this Friday, and to celebrate we brought one fan on an exciting adventure to meet her idol, Jennifer. Come along as our lucky winner Margaret travels to LA for the first time and gets special access to a taping of American Idol - Margaret even interviews the contestants backstage after the show! Special thanks to Revolve Clothing for decking out our editor Lindsay Miller for her AI visit. Make…
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Getting Grandma Into Family Reunion T-Shirt A 3-Person Job
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[video] After Weeks Of Media Pressure, Shia LaBeouf Still Refusing To Have Public Meltdown
16 May 2012 | 11:00 amIn this Star Fix Quick Hit, Angelique Clark looks at the media's ongoing efforts to push Shia LaBeouf over the edge into a Charlie Sheen-style breakdown. -
American Voices: Lady Gaga Barred From Indonesia
16 May 2012 | 10:35 amFollowing numerous religious protests, Indonesian officials have refused to issue a permit for Lady Gaga to perform in Jakarta next month. -
TV Listings: Swedish Rules Football
16 May 2012 | 10:30 amFox Sports 2:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. CST Stockholm takes on Gothenburg in a sport that is a lot more like baseball. -
Area Man Pretty Shaken Up After Running Into Casual Acquaintance At CVS
16 May 2012 | 9:20 amNEW YORK—A full 20 minutes after running into casual acquaintance Dan Ehrlemeyer at a CVS drugstore Wednesday and exchanging pleasant small talk with him, area man Jason Ditmas, 32, told reporters he was still really shaken up by the experience.
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Engadget
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Viacom and Time Warner Cable call truce, TWC TV mobile apps will stream Colbert after all
16 May 2012 | 1:27 pmGood news ahoy if you've liked Time Warner Cable's TWC TV streaming app but were frustrated with content providers pulling channels over licensing rights: the cable giant and Viacom have reached a settlement that will see Viacom's channels return to your Android or iOS gear. Comedy Central, CMT, MTV and other channels will be back in the next several weeks, and the two sides even managed to bury the hatched over "unrelated business matters," according to a joint statement. Just what led to the about-face is being kept secret, although Viacom's tendency to sue over retransmission rights in the… -
Boost Mobile set to offer Smith Micro's Visual Voicemail features starting on May 31st
16 May 2012 | 1:22 pmUp until now, the Boost Mobile crowd's been missing out on those fancy visual voicemail creations, but that's about to change starting on May 31st. Earlier today, Smith Micro announced it's delivering its Visual Voicemail features to the prepaid-friendly carrier, with the upcoming Boost-branded HTC EVO Design 4G being the first slab to offer said tidbits. Smith Micro is also adding an optional service dubbed "Voicemail-to-Text," which -- for an extra $1.99 per month -- will essentially turn those vocal messages into words and send them to you via text message or email. With the launch of the… -
Rare Commodore KIM-1 hits eBay, shows you the PET's barebones roots
16 May 2012 | 1:00 pmMost of us think of Commodore's pre-C64 computing history in terms of the still-legendary PET-2001, but an eBay auction run by Lawrence Bezuska shows just how far back the tradition really goes. He's selling a KIM-1, the stripped-down hobbyist computer from Chuck Peddle that was the foundation for what the PET became. It's so old that it was originally made by MOS Technologies in 1976 -- Commodore bought the company and kept making the KIM-1 until 1981. Inside, you're still looking at a 6502 chip, although you get just 1.12Kb of RAM and lose more than a few things that even DIY enthusiasts… -
Eton anticipates next natural disaster with self-powered FRX radios
16 May 2012 | 12:38 pmEton, the name behind solar-powered sound systems and emergency radios, is updating its disaster-preparedness portfolio with the new FRX series of self-powered radios. The FRX 1, FRX 2 and FRX 3 use hand-turbine energy to keep the internal lithium ion battery juiced, and all include a glow-in-the-dark indicator, LED flashlight and DC input. While the FRX 1 offers only the basic components, the FRX 2 and 3 have solar panels for recharging, along with a headphone jack and a USB port for powering other gadgets. The FRX 3 boasts a digital alarm and radio -- as opposed to the analog radio on the… -
X-mini KAI capsule Bluetooth speaker review
16 May 2012 | 12:00 pmSpeakers these days! They are everywhere, in constantly evolving iterations, smaller and more versatile than ever before. Singaporean manufacturer X-mini has a pretty good foothold in this game with a consistent brand message of "Sound Beyond Size." That indicates the portability, mass, and reproductive capacity of its products in a pretty nebulous fashion, so we decided to grab its latest offering, the Bluetooth-toting KAI, and place it in our real lives for a few months. It's available now for $99, which will take it off the table for many casual listeners, but those who crave what's next…
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Boing Boing » Gadgets
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The Playstation Vita as a cellphone
16 May 2012 | 7:53 amSony's tiny but powerful pocket game console has 3G, but no phone app. Skype to the rescue. [Ars] -
Comparing gender in Lego minifig heads
16 May 2012 | 7:02 amFrom the Boing Boing Flickr pool, Maia Weinstock's chart of gender in Lego minifig heads. There's an accompanying blog post, where Weinstock explains: So many of LEGO’s sets today are made in conjunction with a movie or other Hollywood media brand. It’s a win-win for Hollywood producers and LEGO alike. But how many of those brands star girls or women in the lead role? Star Wars? Toy Story? Pirates of the Caribbean? The Lord of the Rings (available in LEGO this summer)? Hermione Grainger is a major character from the Harry Potter series, and there were a fair number of female minifigs… -
History of gendering in Lego
15 May 2012 | 8:50 pmOn Sociological Images, David Pickett is tracing the history of gendering in Lego toys, from the early efforts to produce girl-sets and boy-sets before 1988, to the full-blown gendering watershed attending the release of the Pirates minifigs, which had definite "girl" and "boy" characters. It all went downhill from there, too. He's got two parts posted, with more to come. It's engrossing stuff. This pioneering pirate was the first in a long line of token females in otherwise male-dominated action-centric themes. The imbalanced ratio of masculine to feminine minifigs persists today, though it… -
"Ghosts With Shit Jobs" econopocalypse mockumentary raising money for tour with USB bracelets
15 May 2012 | 8:40 amFilmmaker (and comics creator and novelist and games developer) Jim Munroe is raising money to take his outstanding science fiction feature Ghosts With Shit Jobs on tour. Here's Jim's summary: "In the future, jobs still suck -- but in whole new ways. The economic collapse of the west is complete and North Americans are a cheap labour pool for wealthy Asian and Indian markets. A Chinese documentary show focuses on these unlucky enough to have been born in the slums of Toronto in a special report that translates as 'Ghosts With Shit Jobs'. The lo-fi sci-fi mockumentary feature offers both a… -
Pneumatic ping-pong ball delivery system playfully fires balls into "art environment"
15 May 2012 | 8:00 amr0r0 sez, "Ping Pong Ball Suction Construction is a pneumatic delivery system for ping pong balls as part of an art environment that's actually on display in Lille, France." In Spring/Summer 2012 both guys were invited to create an installation version of Ping Pong Country in Lille’s Gare St. Sauveur. They were a bit tired of doing the same thing for such a long time over and over again, so they asked me to contribute some machinery to the environment in order to make it a bit different in its actual version. I came up with the devilish plan to offer the audience an opportunity for…
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Wired Top Stories
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Fund Your Dream With the Perfect Kickstarter Pitch
16 May 2012 | 1:35 pmProducing a quality Kickstarter project requires little more than computer access, a functioning camera, and some old-fashioned wit. Here are our tips on how to pull it all together to get funded. -
Momofuku Puts Mold, Bacteria on the Menu
16 May 2012 | 1:16 pmThe Momofuku restaurants are famous for hip Asian cuisine. Their secret ingredients: mold and bacteria. -
Oracle and Google Agree to Copyright Truce (For Now)
16 May 2012 | 1:04 pmOracle and Google have struck a deal in their ongoing Java dispute which could speed the case along, but with one catch: Oracle has now essentially bet the farm on its claim that Google violated its copyright by cloning its Java application programming interfaces (APIs). The two companies have been battling it out in a San Francisco courtroom for weeks now, in a complex case that involves patent and copyright claims along with a novel claim by Oracle that its java APIs -- essentially the technical guidelines that allow two pieces of software to talk to each other -- are copyrightable. -
Danger Awesome: How two MIT Grads Launched a Badass Maker Shop
16 May 2012 | 12:47 pmYou've heard of startups fueled by Ramen Noodles. But what about tech companies whose daily bread is toast? Meet Danger Awesome, a laser-cutting design shop in Cambridge, MA, founded by MIT grad students Ali Mohammad and Nadeem Mazen. The duo got their start after?convincing indie rock YouTube darlings OK-GO (don't miss their amazing Rube Goldberg-inspired video for the song"This Too Shall Pass") that an animated music video composed of thousands of pieces of laser-etched toast was a good idea. Danger Awesome would create the video gratis if they could keep the three $30,000 lasers they… -
Poisoning the Dalai Lama. Or Not
16 May 2012 | 12:43 pmWas the plot to poison the Dalai Lama real? How successful are contact-poison assassinations likely to be? Find out on Elemental, the newest addition to the Wired Science Blogs network, where Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Deborah Blum will be investigating chemistry, poisons and the myths and mysteries that surround them.
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Pogue's Posts
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How Compatible Are Rival E-Readers?
10 May 2012 | 10:31 amCan you move one kind of e-reader e-book to another kind of e-reader? Readers respond to David Pogue's recent review of the Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight and he gives his replies. -
The Prius V and Its Entune System
3 May 2012 | 12:19 pmThe Prius V is the first Toyota to incorporate a new electronics system, which a new owner found to be a boon. -
Zipping Through Airport Security
27 Apr 2012 | 5:20 amDavid Pogue reviews the TSA PreCheck program, a streamlined security system that is being tested with three airlines (American, Delta and Alaska) at 12 airports. -
Tone-Deaf Lawyers Jeopardize the Draw Something Game
26 Apr 2012 | 11:46 amO.K., software industry, you've been put on notice: Nowadays, there's more to it than design, features and marketing. Sometimes, the success of your app can ride on the wording and placement of a single dialog box. -
There Is a Lot of Big Tech News
12 Apr 2012 | 11:06 amDavid Pogue expresses his thoughts on the flurry of tech news of the past week.
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CJR
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Debating Amendment One in North Carolina
16 May 2012 | 1:30 pmNORTH CAROLINA — Last week, North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed Amendment One to the state constitution, defining marriage as between one man and one woman only. The May 8 vote—coming a day before President Obama’s declaration of support for gay marriage—produced renewed national debate about gay marriage as well as jokes portraying this state as backwards. Amendment One... -
What's the right price for ebooks? (updated)
16 May 2012 | 9:00 amAuthor Chuck Windig, GigaOm's Mathew Ingram, and TechDirt's Mike Masnick all took on the question of ebook pricing recently, arguing that production costs (you know, minor details like advances, editors, etc.) don't or shouldn't factor into the end price. Ingram writes that "It doesn't matter what e-books cost to make," and Masnick follows with "Nobody Cares About the... -
How I got that story
16 May 2012 | 4:50 amIn March 2011, Lisa M. Hamilton, a writer and photographer, began a series of road trips around rural California. She had a grant from the Creative Work Fund—a San Francisco-based foundation that supports collaboration between artists and nonprofits—to tell stories that would help bridge the cultural divide between the rural and urban parts of the state. Initially she... -
Logue jam
16 May 2012 | 4:50 am“Catalogue” can also be spelled “catalog.” “Dialogue” can also be spelled “dialog.” But “monologue” is rarely spelled “monolog.” The Americans are at it again. The combining form “logue” is French, descended from Latin, and it indicates an engagement of some sort, a discourse, if you will, between people or things. People browse “catalog(ue)s” to “discuss” what items to buy; a... -
Audit notes: Commercialization, GM and Facebook, Saverin's taxes
15 May 2012 | 9:15 pmConor Friedersdorf makes a nice catch on Tom Friedman's Sunday column bemoaning the commercialization of seemingly all aspects of American life: For example, his column is bizarrely titled, "This Column Is Not Sponsored by Anyone," despite the fact that right above it on NYTimes.com there is a banner ad for a Citi/American Airlines credit card. But Friedersdorf...
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Journalism News
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Slain journalist remembered in London
16 May 2012 | 11:40 amColvin, 56, was killed on Feb. 22 when army shelling struck the building that served as a makeshift media center in the Syrian city of Homs. -
Wife of former Syracuse coach plans to sue ESPN for libel
16 May 2012 | 7:25 amLaurie Fine, the wife of a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys, plans to sue ESPN and two of the network's reporters for libel in a federal court, her lawyers said Wednesday. -
The future of video journalism: What will audiences be watching?
16 May 2012 | 7:25 amI was asked to give a talk to a BBC Global Video away-day on the future of video, looking at what their audiences will be watching in the coming years. -
Social journalism research helps explain how information is verified on Twitter
16 May 2012 | 6:20 amAlfred Hermida 's research on social journalism can help journalists better understand verification and accuracy on Twitter. -
Murdoch interested in power: Straw
16 May 2012 | 5:15 amRupert Murdoch believed the power wielded by his newspapers benefited his wider commercial interests, former cabinet minister Jack Straw has said.
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JUST™ Creative
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Win a HP ENVY 14 Spectre Laptop
4 May 2012 | 11:51 amWin this HP ENVY 14 Spectre. Details below. I was recently invited to attend a ‘top secret’ event held by HP. They emailed me and asked if I would like to attend an exciting ‘hunt’ between 4 and 8pm on a Thursday afternoon, at an undisclosed location. They were extremely vague about the event and they said to just show up, “it would be worth it”. Knowing how HP works with PR, I agreed and showed up. What was to follow was a set of extraordinary events, especially if you know how the company Accomplice works – the company that runs the show / hunt /… -
Digital vs Traditional Offset Printing: Pros & Cons
1 May 2012 | 7:30 amEvery design project is different. When it comes to making a final decision on which commercial printing process to choose, designers must take into consideration the quality and volume they desire and their budget and timescale. The two main forms of commercial printing are digital and traditional offset printing, both of which have their pros and cons. Before you make your final decision, weigh up their pros and cons against what you want from your print job and make an informed decision. The Pros and Cons of Digital Printing PROS Digital printing is incredibly fast, making it ideal for… -
Pinterest: What, Why, How and Who? + Tips & Pin Optimisation
24 Apr 2012 | 6:30 amThis article is a product of getting into Pinterest and clients coming forward saying, “What is Pinterest?”. In fact, there is a lot to learn from Pinterest and it is worthy of analysis which I will get to below. According to ExperianHitwise, Pinterest is now the #3 social media site behind Facebook and Twitter. It is also the #16th most visited site in the USA, so it is not something you should ignore. Let’s have a look at what Pinterest is, why it’s different, who uses it, what makes for the most popular pins and how to optimise websites for the best Pinterest exposure. What… -
The Ultimate Web Design Workspace for Photoshop
17 Apr 2012 | 7:59 pmI’ve been using Adobe Photoshop on a near daily basis, since 2006 and over this time I’ve learned quite a number of tips & tricks. I’ve optimized Photoshop for performance, learned all the essential shortcut keys and tools, and have recently found out what I consider the ‘ultimate web design workspace’. What is a workspace? “By saving the current size and position of panels as a named workspace, you can restore that workspace even if you move or close a panel. The names of saved workspaces appear in the workspace switcher in the Application bar of… -
JUST™ A Competition
3 Apr 2012 | 6:42 amWith my recent rebrand and website update, came a few nifty features and one of them is the ‘hidden’ drop down menu in the top right corner of the website. On each reload, there is a new slogan that is displayed, such as: JUST™ Amazing JUST™ Be Happy JUST™ Did It JUST™ Drop That Bass JUST™ Believe There are already a good handful being rotated up there, but I thought it would be great to have JUST™ Creative readers be able to have their own one up there. So be creative, and leave your “JUST™ ____” idea in the comments below, and you could win some awesome…
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Kathy YL Chan
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Peking Duck House: A Whole Duck and Soup
16 May 2012 | 8:21 amLunch: a whole peking duck for the two of us. Must go with a Mandarin speaker when visiting Peking Duck House...otherwise they give you the scrawny ducks. Make sure to ask for the duck carcass as well, good for making soup. Leave nothing to waste.Duck carved at the table, served with steamed pancakes. The pancakes run on the large side, so I cut them in half before assembling each roll. A smear of hosin, equal parts scallions and cucumbers and finally that crisp, savory duck. Oh man. If you run out of pancakes just eat the duck plain. If no one is watching I'd eat it with my fingers and then… -
Hair Business: Cuts, Conditioners, and Masks
15 May 2012 | 6:59 pmI got my bi-annual hair cut today! Once in May and once in November, and I'm good for the year. Went to the ever reliable Sei-Tomoko on W4th Street. $50 for hot green tea, shampoo/conditioner, cut, blowdry and shoulder massage. Best deal in town and they do an excellent job. I chickened out on something adventurous (again) but perhaps it's better to play it safe...right?We knocked off 3-inches. Got rid of all those split ends, cleaned things up. A little layering, a lot of texturizing. Healthier, lighter hair - that's my goal for summer. Also, finally found a leave-in conditioner that I am… -
The New Potato
15 May 2012 | 10:41 amMonday evening at the Mondrian SoHo's penthouse. Here to celebrate the launch of The New Potato, a food+lifestyle website (see the bit they did on Lady M - so lovely!) I've been to the Mondrian's downstairs restaurant, but this was my first time in the penthouse event space. All glass and rainy weather, little bites from The Meatball Shop, cocktails by Macao Trading Co.Here's the view facing uptown. Things were looking darker downtown, but still beautiful. Pinch me, I often forget how amazing this city is. We walked back home in the drizzle and stopped at the bar of Acme for a second dinner -… -
Sunday, Wölffer Estate, and Rosé
13 May 2012 | 9:10 pmDoes anything feel better than a fun and accomplished weekend? I think not. Hard work (and a bit of luck) really does pay off and I'm excited to start this week strong. Flying to Palm Beach in a bit, back to NYC for a barely a day, and then off to St. Martin. Can't sit still, and I wouldn't have it any other way.The above photo was shot this afternoon at Wölffer Estate in the Hamptons. 70F with just enough shade, a bottle of wine and good company. Wölffer makes one of our favorite table rosé, and today we tasted them alongside the Grandioso Rose 2010 and Noblesse Oblige Sparkling Rose… -
Hawai'i: Diamond Head Market & Bakery
10 May 2012 | 9:34 pmHappy Friday! Heading back to the Hamptons for work, but leaving you with something extra sweet today. One slice each of all my favorite (there are many ;) cakes and squares and tortes at Diamond Head Market & Bakery in Honolulu.Clockwise from the top: - Chocolate Haupia Cake - Okinawan Sweet Potato Squares - Chocolate Dobash - Pumpkin Crunch - DH Market Torte (this one is really crazy...in a good way) - Lemon Crunch Cake - Coconut Bread Pudding - Blueberry Cream Cheese Scone (not pictured, but blogged about back in 2007)Diamond Head Market &…
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Daily Writing Tips
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Does Everyone Know Every One?
15 May 2012 | 8:19 pmWriters are sometimes confused about when to attach any, every, and no to one or body as a closed compound and when to treat one of these word pairs as just that: a two-word phrase. Here are guidelines and sample sentences for each combination: Any Body/Anybody The two-word alternative, which refers to people’s physical form rather than the complete body-mind package, might be used as an advertising-copy play on anybody, as in “We can get any body into shape,” but that’s rare; it might also appear as a modifier-noun pair that itself modifies another noun: “People with any body type… -
All About Ellipses
14 May 2012 | 9:01 pmThree dots. Dot, dot, dot. What could be simpler? Then why do those dots make so many writers dotty? The rules for use of ellipses are not as simple as they seem. But they are manageable. First, a definition: An ellipsis (from the Greek word elleipsis — also the source of ellipse, meaning “an oval” — is an elision of words that can be implied to mentally complete a statement; it can also mean “a sudden change of subject.” But the meaning we seek is another one, the grammatically mechanical one: Ellipsis and its plural form, ellipses, also refer to the punctuation marks… -
7 Terms with the Root “-Vore”
13 May 2012 | 9:30 pmAre you a locavore? Probably not — it’s still a fringe movement — but you should know what it means, even if you do not consider yourself a member of the class. A discussion of locavore and six related words follows: 1. Locavore The term was coined in 2005 by a group of San Franciscans who launched the website Locavore.com to spread the word about the conservationist concept of striving to restrict one’s diet to foods and ingredients produced locally. (Some locavores quantify the range as anywhere within a one-hundred-mile radius, but most are not exact in their limits.)… -
The Rules of Engagement in English
11 May 2012 | 8:19 pmIn the same day, this site received, among readers’ responses to my recent post Courtesy Titles and Honorifics, two diverse email messages: One was a reasonable, well-written support of the writer’s opinion that, as she was taught, because the courtesy title Ms. is an artificial designation that doesn’t abbreviate anything, it should not include a period. The other correspondent wrote, “hey watch out your website looks like a rule book, and we all know rule books are fascist.” Whether one’s convictions are adept or absurd, however, one must accept the incontrovertible fact that… -
Book Review: “Spunk and Bite”
10 May 2012 | 8:56 pmThe Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, has been widely celebrated as one of the masterworks of English usage. Time magazine listed it as one of the one hundred most influential books written in English since 1923. More than ten million copies of the slim little volume that elucidates good usage, proper composition, and correct form have been sold over the course of the last half-century. Shred it. Shred it, that is, after you’ve read it once so that you know what not to do in your writing. Then, buy a copy of Arthur Plotnik’s Spunk and Bite: A Writer’s Guide to…
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Cheese News
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Make Your Own Goat Cheese: Kitchen chemistry the fun way
16 May 2012 | 11:46 amThere is nothing like homemade. Anything made with your own two hands just seems to have an appeal that cannot be matched by processed products. -
The Not-So-Average Day Trip: Ontario Food Factory Tours
16 May 2012 | 10:46 amJust because many large-scale manufacturers prefer to keep their doors closed to public eyes doesn't mean every food producer follows suit. -
Try This at Home: The Chemistry of Fresh Cheese
16 May 2012 | 8:41 amOpening the refrigerator to find a gallon of spoiled milk is a rotten way to start the day. -
Nutrition nursery rhymes
16 May 2012 | 6:36 amIt was a "vintage nursery rhyme" baby shower, complete with Little Bo Peep and her sheep and Mary was quite contrary. -
Quark is quick
16 May 2012 | 2:32 amTake some milk, add a little acid and give the mixture time to do its thing - who would have thought homemade cheese could be this simple? What with all the equipment and specialized ingredients I'd read about, cheese-making sounded like it was better suited to a chemistry lab than my tiny kitchen.
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This Just In
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Passengers On Virgin Atlantic Will Soon Be Able To Use Cell Phones In-Flight
16 May 2012 | 12:41 pmA Virgin Atlantic plane on the runway in Manchester (Courtesy eisenbahner/Flickr) How many times have you been forced cut off a phone call practically mid–sentence, or send a frantic "CallyouwhenIland!!" text, seconds before the airplane door closes? Thanks to Virgin Atlantic, that may be a thing of the past—in the not–too–distant future. Passengers traveling between New York and London on the airline's Airbus A330 will soon be able to use their cell phones to talk, text, and surf the web in–flight. It's a bit of news that's sure to delight business travelers and… -
TSA Misstep Causes Teen to Lose Pricey Medical Equipment
16 May 2012 | 9:02 amA familiar sight at the airport (Courtesy niiicedave/Flickr) There are a lot of jokes at the expense of the TSA, thanks to some ridiculous mistakes and policy misunderstandings on the part of agents. But it's no laughing matter when an agent's ignorance causes a teen traveler's life–saving medical equipment to malfunction. When 16–year–old Savannah Barry—who is a Type 1 diabetic and wears an insulin pump—was flying out of the Salt Lake City airport last Monday, she followed the guidelines for diabetic travelers listed on the TSA website and asked for a… -
Why Flight+ Is Apple's App of the Week
15 May 2012 | 10:33 amThe app Flight+ launched only a couple of weeks ago, but it's already a bestselling app in the iTunes App Store. The reason is simple: This week, Apple named Flight+ its App of the Week, singling it out as exceptional among the 725,000 apps in the store. Flight+ deserves its popularity. It can do complex things in a very streamlined way. That matters most when you need help handling a snafu with your itinerary, such as a delayed or canceled flight. Say your flight is delayed. Flight+ earns its $3 price tag because it lets you track any flight in the sky on a map in real time—at least as… -
Why You Don't Want to Have an Accident When Driving a Rental Car in Mexico
11 May 2012 | 8:45 amRental car in Mexico (Courtesy adam_d_/Flickr) Last year, Wade Bruleson of Enid, Oklahoma, learned the hard way what could go wrong when you rent a car in Mexico. During a vacation stop in Cozumel, Bruleson went on a quick trip in his family's rental car to pick up a map from a local shop. During the drive, he accidentally broadsided a motorcycle, which led to a few broken bones for its two riders. At the police station, Bruleson discovered that the premium insurance policy he bought from his rental car company wouldn't cover everything. In Mexico, the guilty party in a car accident that… -
Will You be Flying or Driving This Summer?
11 May 2012 | 8:25 amAre you a fan of flying vs. driving this summer? (Courtesy Ceo1O17/Flickr) A couple months ago we theorized that no one would be taking road trips this summer due to high gas prices. Turns out, we might have been wrong. According to the Royal Bank of Canada, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, their U.S consumers are feeling better about the economy—and they want to travel. Thanks in part to a recent dip in gas prices, 67 percent of the respondents said they were planning on driving to their summer vacation spot—up 8 percent over 2010—while 34 percent plan to fly…
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Anthony Bourdain
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RAW
4 May 2012 | 9:15 amby Anthony Bourdain Generally speaking, there are two distinct audiences for this show: people who like to look at images of food and are interested in where it comes from and how it got to the plate—and people who like to travel—or like the idea of travel—and enjoy watching images of faraway places and cultures. Oh—and there’s also a smaller group who apparently enjoy watching me get falling down drunk and stupid. But that’s another matter. This week’s episode is about food. More specifically, it’s about the creative process that leads up to the food that will eventually be… -
BBQ APOCALYPSE
15 Apr 2012 | 11:23 amby Anthony Bourdain I’ve referred only half jokingly over the years to the early days of my television career when, after two seasons of making shows around the world for A COOK’S TOUR, I was advised that audiences just didn’t respond to all those foreign locations where people talked funny and sometimes (horror of horrors) even had to be subtitled. My cruel masters sat back in their chairs and with dreamy, wistful looks suggested how wonderful it would be if I could just confine my interests to shows about tailgate parties, pony rides and….barbecue. “Exotic” locations… -
Hard 8
9 Apr 2012 | 5:49 pmby Anthony Bourdain Eight seasons of NO RESERVATIONS. Who would have guessed? I sure as Hell wouldn’t have. How long could we get away with it? Not very long was the prevailing wisdom. And yet here we are. Nearly 700,000 air miles later, about two thirds of the way through shooting—and it’s looking pretty good. Mozambique—airing tonight—looks SO good, in fact, that our Emmy Award winning cinematographer Zach Zamboni says it’s the finest work he’s ever done. (Personally, I think the upcoming Penang episode is a close contender). In following weeks, we attempt to take… -
DARK PASSAGE
7 Dec 2011 | 12:57 pmby Anthony Bourdain What do Norah Jones, Christopher Walken, the band “ ****edUp”, Vegan Black Metal Chef, Sam Brown, nightmare of Eastern European folklore Krampus, the Catalonian Pooping Log, Dave Arnold, chefs Lidia Bastianich, April Bloomfield, Kurt Gutenbrunner, Eder Montero, Alexandra Raij, Carlos Llaguno Morales and the voices of Adam Richman and Andrew Zimmern have in common? They all foolishly agreed to appear in our scandalous, dark, action-packed fever dream of a Holiday Show which airs this Monday, December 12th at 10PM—when, presumably, the kiddies will be asleep. -
SOUTHERN COMFORT
28 Aug 2011 | 8:36 amI just got back from family vacation, where, for ten days, I violated all my rules and everything I’ve ever preached about how to travel. I stayed put. I rarely left the hotel grounds. I ate in the same two restaurants for most of my trip—rarely deviating from pasta, pizza and gelato. Though there was a lake a few hundred yards walk down, I never put so much as a toe in it—spending the bulk of my days instead, splashing around in the shallow end of the pool with a Barbie pail , an inflatable porpoise, and a relentlessly energetic 4 year old girl. It was marvelous. I missed—or was…
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NYT > Cheese
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A Cheese Washed in Brooklyn Beer
8 May 2012 | 9:00 pmA raw cow’s milk cheese called Point of Origin is the result of a partnership between Whole Foods and Sixpoint Brewery in Brooklyn. -
New Guidelines Lead to Great Matches — The Pour
1 May 2012 | 9:00 pmIt is simply untrue that red wine and cheese cannot complement and improve each other. -
For Mike Geno, Painting Cheeses Is His Calling
17 Apr 2012 | 9:00 pmMike Geno, a 41-year-old artist and food fanatic, paints beckoning portraits of cheese. -
EZ-Melter, the South American Way to Melt Cheese
3 Apr 2012 | 9:00 pmThe EZ-Melter, made in Uruguay, is a ceramic plate that creates toothpick-ready pieces of melted cheese in minutes. -
New York’s Artisanal Grilled-Cheese Sandwiches
3 Apr 2012 | 9:00 pmA tour of artisanal grilled-cheese shops, a culinary subgenre that has boomed in New York in the last year.
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Start Cooking blog
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Pasta Sauce - Italian Turkey Sausage
10 May 2012 | 4:00 amItalian turkey sausage is great in this tasty sauce! It has a lower fat content then regular sausage; consequently it’s a bit healthier.If you like a bit of sausage in your lasagna, this sauce recipe is perfect!To make this sauce you will need:2 tablespoons of olive oil1 cup of chopped yellow onion2 garlic cloves, minced 1 1/2 pounds of sweet or hot Italian turkey sausage, casings removed 1 (28-ounce) can of crushed tomatoes in tomato puree 1 (6-ounce) can of tomato paste 1/4 cup of chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon of dried basil1 teaspoon of dried oregano½ teaspoon of sugar1… -
A Guide to Green Beans
7 May 2012 | 4:00 amGreen beans are one of those vegetables that are available year round at the grocery store. Make sure you buy ones that have a nice bright color and are free of blemishes.With just a sprinkle of salt and two minutes in the microwave, you’ve got a fresh vegetable for dinner. Given they cook so quickly, make only enough for what you are going to eat for dinner tonight.About 24 (four inch long) green beans will be enough for two servings. The first thing you have to do is “top and tail” the beans. That’s the official term used to nip the tips off each end of the beans.You… -
How to Make Pizza
3 May 2012 | 4:00 amFor beginner cooks with hectic schedules, Do-It-Yourself pizza is a quick and tasty weeknight dinner solution. In the time that it takes to have pizza delivered, you can actually make your own!All you have to do is create the basic elements:a doughy crusttomato sauceshredded cheeseand whatever toppings you like. The nice thing about DIY pizza is that you can have fun personalizing it. You can incorporate your favorite flavors and textures, or whatever happens to be in the fridge. There’s no fixed recipe to follow! Let’s get started.First, the crust!Ready-made crust: The bread… -
How to Load a Dishwasher
26 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amThe first three apartments I lived in had no dishwasher — except for me, that is. For that matter, none of my early apartments had kitchen windows either. I really felt like I had arrived by the time I owned my first dishwasher. Of course, saving quarters for the communal laundry machine in my apartment building went on for many more years to come! If you have a dishwasher, I don't need to tell you how wonderful they are!However, it surprises some people to discover that there is a right and a wrong way to load a dishwasher. Do it wrong and you'll end up with dishes not getting washed… -
Fettuccine Alfredo
23 Apr 2012 | 4:00 amOnce you try this recipe, you will never buy pre-made Alfredo sauce again! It is totally decadent and off the charts delicious - full of so much flavor and richness that you totally need to spend extra time on the treadmill after eating this Fettuccine Alfredo!To make Fettuccine Alfredo, you will first have to know how to cook the pasta. For a quick review, check out my “How to Cook Pasta” video.In addition to the 1 pound (450g.) of dried fettuccine, the only other ingredients needed to make this recipe are:8 Tablespoons (113 g.) of unsalted butter1 cup (235 g.) of heavy cream1…
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Serious Eats
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British Bites: Pork Pie
16 May 2012 | 1:15 pm[Photograph: Sydney Oland] There may not be a British meat pie more iconic than the pork pie. Pork and pork jelly set in a simple hot water crust—timeless, classic and elegant. Served cold as either a snack or as part of a meal, this hearty pie is a bit like a pâté en croûte, but more British. And if you've never had one, it is well worth the time to make it. There are two well-known versions of this dish, the first being the classic which uses minced and cured pork, which retains its lovely pink color when cooked. It's also cooked in a mold or pork pie dish so that the… -
Navigating Tokyo 'Ramen Street': 8 Great Ramen Stops, All in One Place
16 May 2012 | 12:00 pmVIEW SLIDESHOW: Navigating Tokyo 'Ramen Street': 8 Great Ramen Stops, All in One Place [Photographs: Jay Friedman] We may be experiencing a ramen boom here in the United States, but that doesn't mean Japan can't have its own ramen boom. Evidence: Just one year ago, Tokyo Ramen Street opened in the First Avenue Tokyo Station retail center, which includes about 100 stores and restaurants. Here you'll find "Tokyo Character Street" with gift stores selling merchandise featuring popular Japanese anime and other characters, as well as "Gift Plaza" with its traditional Japanese confections—but… -
We Try the New Slurpee Lite Fanta Sugar-Free Mango from 7-Eleven
16 May 2012 | 11:45 amFrom Drinks [Photograph: Robyn Lee] It's hard to resist a Slurpee in the summer time, even if you're not a high school kid hanging around in the 7-Eleven parking lot. I'm drawn to the onomatopoeic name and its natural association with Bart Simpson. But does the world need a diet Slurpee? Just in time for the warm months, 7-Eleven has unleashed Slurpee Lite, a sugar-free frozen beverage with half the calories of your run of the mill Wild Cherry Slurpee. Today I sampled the Slurpee Lite Fanta Sugar-Free Mango, May's signature flavor. It's kind of a terrifying fluorescent orange, and tastes like… -
In a Pickle: Pickled Harukei Turnips
16 May 2012 | 11:15 am[Photographs: Marisa McClellan] The first time I saw a hakurei turnip, I thought I was looking at some new-to-me strain of albino radish. It was at a farmers' market, back in my very early days as a local eater and pickler when so much was still unknown. I asked the farmer and he explained that they're a Japanese strain of turnips that get planted in early spring and are ready to harvest within just a month of planting. Thus began my love affair with these young, creamy-fleshed turnips. Each spring, I look forward to their arrival at the market. They have a similar texture to radishes, but… -
Robb Walsh's Fresh Field Peas
16 May 2012 | 10:15 am[Photograph: Laurie Smith] Driving around East Texas in the summertime, you're sure to pass a fair share of farm stands selling all sorts of fresh beans (or peas)—black-eyed peas, cowpeas, crowder peas and fresh pinto beans. And while most of us are familiar with cooking them either canned or dried, fresh beans have a bite and freshness that's a seasonal thing of beauty. Robb Walsh, author of Texas Eats, keeps his Fresh Field Peas simple with a soul food-inspired recipe that begins (as many good things do) with bacon. Onions are sweated in the bacon fat, and the peas are added and…
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NYT > Books
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Arts | Westchester: A Look at Two Books, ‘The Mama’s Boy Myth’ and ‘Dan Gets a Minivan’
16 May 2012 | 1:36 pmTwo new books — one about showing affection to boys, and another about the transition from Brooklyn to suburbia — offer vastly different takes on parenthood. -
ArtsBeat: Amateur Hour: Jack Hitt Talks About an American Tradition
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Books of The Times: ‘I Am Forbidden,’ a Novel by Anouk Markovits
16 May 2012 | 12:27 pmTwo Hasidic girls, united as a result of Nazi persecution, pursue opposite paths in this novel by Anouk Markovits. -
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Novelist, Dies at 83
16 May 2012 | 12:17 pmMr. Fuentes was Mexico’s elegant public intellectual and grand man of letters whose panoramic novels captured the complicated essence of his country’s history. -
Children's Books: ‘Heroes of the Surf,’ by Elisa Carbone
16 May 2012 | 9:54 amIn Elisa Carbone’s “Heroes of the Surf,” two young boys travel from South America to New York City on a steamship that encounters rough waters.
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Psychology Today Features
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Difficult People
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A Show of Confidence
14 May 2012 | 11:00 pmSwallow your fear and be a success in every part of life. -
The Allure of the Bad Boy
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The Top Reads of the Past Week
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My Mother, Myself
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NYT > Global Home
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Greece Teeters Ahead of New Vote
16 May 2012 | 1:02 pmAmid warnings of the possibility of bank runs, state television said June 17 would be the date for a new round of elections. -
For Tim Tebow, an Example Set Long Ago
16 May 2012 | 12:56 pmAt the orphanage his father founded as part of his missionary work in the Philippines, the children still toss around a football Tim Tebow left for them. -
Bodies Inert, They Moved a Robot With Their Minds
16 May 2012 | 12:53 pmScientists reported that a tiny brain implant allowed two quadriplegic people to manipulate a robotic arm with just their thoughts. -
Ratko Mladic Faces War Crimes Charges
16 May 2012 | 12:34 pmRatko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military commander, went on trial at The Hague on Wednesday for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity in the 1990s. -
Riot Police Break Up Antigovernment Encampment in Moscow
16 May 2012 | 12:30 pmThe crackdown occurred as an unpredictable political situation continued to unfurl in the early days of Vladimir V. Putin’s new term as president.
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Newspaper Death Watch
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Audience Expands As Business Contracts
13 May 2012 | 8:59 amThe paradox continues: U.S. newspaper readership continues to grow as the business model collapses. The Audit Bureau of Circulation figures for March are in and daily circulation for the reporting newspapers rose .68% while Sunday circulation jumped 5%. More interesting is that the ABC reported that digital circulation now accounts for 14.2% of newspapers’ total circulation mix, up from 8.66% a year ago. That’s a pretty phenomenal increase on a large number. Before breathing a sigh of relief, though, note that about 2/3 of the ABC report is devoted to disclaiming comparisons of this… -
Traffic to Newspaper Websites Continues to Surge
25 Apr 2012 | 10:07 amThe paradox continues. Newspaper readership continues to run at all-time highs as the business model crumbles. From a Newspaper Association of America press release issued today: Newspapers improved upon their website traffic in the first quarter of 2012 with a 4.4 percent increase year-over-year in adult unique visitors (113 million) and a 10 percent increase in adult average daily visitors (25 million). Further, newspapers achieved a more than 7 percent increase in unique visitors ages 21 to 34, with average daily visits by this age group up 17 percent and total visits rising by 15 percent,… -
Newspapers Are Fastest-Shrinking U.S. Industry
14 Apr 2012 | 6:53 amLinkedIn and the Council of Economic Advisors crunched data from LinkedIn’s nearly 150 million members about industry trends from 2007-2011. The bad news: Newspapers are the fastest-shrinking U.S. industry. The good news: Online publishing is among the fastest-growing. More on the LinkedIn blog. -
Bloomberg’s Manual of Success
11 Apr 2012 | 6:32 amBloomberg News is one of the few news operations that’s flourishing, and Knowledge@Wharton provides a glimpse of the editorial strategy that fuels its remarkable engine. Founded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 1982, the financially oriented global information network today produces more than 5,000 stories per day from 146 news bureaus in 72 countries. Its TV network reaches 310 million people and it is in the middle of turning around BusinessWeek, which it bought from McGraw-Hill for $1 in 2009. Underlying the unique Bloomberg style is a 376-page style manual written by… -
100-Year-Old Laurel Leader-Call Shuts Down Abruptly
29 Mar 2012 | 9:41 amThe Laurel Leader-Call, a mainstay in the small city of Laurel, MS for more than 100 years, published its final edition today. Residents and the paper’s 18 staffers weren’t given much notice; the announcement was made only on Monday by Publisher Mitchell D. Lynch. The Leader-Call, which was purchased by a subsidiary of Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. in 1999, reduced its publication from daily to four days a week six months ago. Stunned staffers said the news was a surprise, and a farewell retrospective in the final edition reflects similar comments from members of the…
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Ask Ziggy: Phone a Friend Hands Free
16 May 2012 | 9:03 amThe Ask Ziggy app for Windows Phone 7 platform is a free program that translates human speech into transcribed text. Use Ask Ziggy to call contacts, send texts, emails and tweets, get local weather, and update your social networks. The app can also switch from female to male voice as well. “Natural language processing is a big part of this. What we try to do is take natural language, and we break it down into different parts of speech,” explains Shai Leib, Ask Ziggy founder & CEO. “The parts of speech like the nouns, the verbs, the adjectives and the different phrases that they… -
AngelPad: Building Great Startups!
8 May 2012 | 8:36 amAngelPad is a mentorship program founded by Thomas Korte with a team of ex-Google employees to help technology startups build better products, attract seed funding and grow more successful businesses. AngelPad provides founders with funding, mentorship and the chance to work alongside other great founders at the AngelPad office in San Francisco. “AngelPad is in the business of taking companies from a very early stage, anytime from idea to some prototyping, all the way through fundraising and beyond as they become part of the network of companies in AngelPad,” explains Thomas Korte,… -
Firebase: Syncing Data between Clients
7 May 2012 | 7:17 amFirebase is a cloud service that automatically synchronizes data between clients and with their cloud servers. It frees developers from worrying about how their data will be communicated and stored, and allows them to focus on their own application logic. Apps built with Firebase can be written entirely with client-side JavaScript, update in real-time out-of-the-box, are inherently scalable, and interoperate well with existing services. “Firebase is a scalable real-time backend. What that means in layman terms is it’s like Dropbox for your applications data. It really let you build great… -
BoostCTR: Improving Online Ad Copy
7 May 2012 | 6:25 amBoostCTR powers leading advertisers and agencies to optimize ad content across search and social networks. It is the first comprehensive and systematic approach to optimizing ad content. The Boost Method combines proprietary technology with its network of 500+ expert copywriters to deliver highly effective, performance-driven online ad copy at scale. Founded three and a half years ago in Miami, BoostCTR is now headquartered in San Francisco. David Greenbaum, CEO of BoostCTR says, “BoostCTR is a service that is focused and dedicated on one thing – which is improving pay-per-click (PPC) ad… -
Podio: Managing Your Work Better & Smarter
4 May 2012 | 5:27 amPodio is an online work platform. It allows people to manage their work better, smarter and in their own way. Podio is currently based in Copenhagen, with a multinational team of German, French, British, and Danish employees. You can work with everyone on Podio – your co-workers or your clients, contractors and suppliers. Podio adds structure to any type of work. Pick an app to fit your specific needs and start to work the way you want. More than 45,000 apps have been built or modified by Podio users. Or you can build your own app on Podio, without technical skills. Apps have been built…
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Mashable!
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NBA Star Uses Twitter — And a Platypus — to Prank Sports Media
16 May 2012 | 1:28 pmAround the sports media scene, Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee has a certain reputation: Quirky, unique, a bit out there, something of a laughingstock at times. Reporters and fans love to chuckle at his on-court goofiness. Examples abound, but here’s the best one: a legendary GIF of McGee throwing up a wild shot and then earnestly running back on defense — except his team still has the ball. This week, however, McGee decided to turn the tables on those who love to poke fun at a young millionaire basketball player just trying to do his best. On Monday afternoon, he posted this… -
Register Now to Join Mashable and Partners in Brazil for Rio+Social
16 May 2012 | 1:04 pmRegistration is now open for Rio+Social, the historic meeting of social media, technology, global development and sustainability leaders during the UN’s Rio+20 conference. Policy makers, journalists, technologists and environmentalists are now invited to register and apply for accreditation to the free conference. Ten exciting new speakers were added to the Rio+Social lineup Wednesday, including entrepreneurs, UN leaders and philanthropists. Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation chief communications officer Kate James are among the… -
Thirst App Will Change The Way You View Twitter
16 May 2012 | 12:53 pmA new iPad application called Thirst might reinvent how you look at your Twitter stream. Using its own natural language processor, Thirst filters, organizes, and presents your Twitter stream in an engaging way, helping you find the tweets you want to read quickly and in context. “I wanted to make an app that no matter how often you check Twitter, these are the things you need to see, ” Thirst Co-Founder and CEO Anuj Verma told Mashable. The app is designed so it can be useful for people who check Twitter constantly throughout the day, as well as those who might only check Twitter a few… -
The Facebook IPO Timeline
16 May 2012 | 12:32 pmIf the Facebook IPO were a real person, we certainly wouldn’t blame it for posting braggy status updates. This infographic, created by our friends at mbaonline.com, imagines the road leading up to the decade’s most-anticipated initial public offering, as if it were documented on its own Facebook Timeline. As a Facebook user, give yourself a pat on the back for helping the company make it this far. You are one of 900 million, and you spend an average of 20 minutes per day surfing the network. That means Facebook’s usership logs 16,000 years of combined time on the platform… -
Facebook Fans Get to Pick Bonus Levels in ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD’
16 May 2012 | 12:06 pmActivision is polling fans via Facebook on which levels will be included as additional downloadable content on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is a rebuilt version of the classic games. It features seven levels from the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, released in 1999, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2, which came out in 2000. Players will be able to skate all over classic levels such as “Warehouse” and “Mall” that have been rebuilt using the old maps. Starting Wednesday afternoon, fans will be asked to pick which of their favorite Tony…
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Gizmodo: Iphone
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Apple's Defense of Siri in Class-Action Lawsuit Never Actually Says Siri Doesn't Suck
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WSJ: The Next iPhone Will Have at Least a 4-Inch Screen
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Your Favorite Magazines Are Coming to the iPhone
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There's Not an App for That: When Will Our Smartphones Be Recognized as Valid Forms of ID?
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Use This iPhone Case and Your iPhone Will Be Replaced if It Breaks
14 May 2012 | 5:20 pm
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All Things Considered
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Town's Effort To Link Fracking And Illness Falls Short
16 May 2012 | 1:14 pmMany residents of Dish, Texas, blame the fracking operations that surround their tiny town for a host of health problems — from nosebleeds to cancer. The former mayor was so scared, he left town. But scientists who've studied Dish say there's not enough evidence to link natural gas operations to any illness.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
UniverSoul Circus Organizer: 'Soul Is Not A Color'
16 May 2012 | 1:03 pmIn the beginning, all of the talent was black, but the UniverSoul Circus evolved into an eclectic mix of acts from around the world. Now, the circus is pushing to diversify its audience, with a show called "Us."» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
For 75 Bucks, This Guy Will Sell You 1,000 Facebook 'Likes'
16 May 2012 | 12:32 pmPeople are gaming Facebook's system. That could hurt the company's business prospects.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
House Votes On Its Version Of Domestic Violence Act
16 May 2012 | 12:00 pmThe House votes on its version of a renewal of the Violence Against Woman Act on Wednesday, likely setting up a battle with the Senate which has already passed a broader measure supported by the White House.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us -
Obama, Romney Wade Into Wis. Recall Fervor
16 May 2012 | 12:00 pmWisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, will face Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett next month in a recall election. President Obama has expressed support for Barrett, just as his Republican rival Mitt Romney is supporting Walker, who is a hero to many conservatives. But both President Obama and Romney face a choice over how deeply involved they should be in the recall election. Neither man wants the contest to become a referendum on their candidacies.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
