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- Detroit Three plead for money, but is anyone listening? Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:56AMThe head of the Canadian Auto Workers is calling on Canada and the U.S. to step in and save the Big 3 automakers, saying a failure would be "devastating" to the nation's economy.
- Mini reviews of movies currently in theaters Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 1:40PMNow showing Here are selected minireviews of films in theaters, listed alphabetically.
- Um, the gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee. Thursday, November 13, 2008 @ 7:51AMAmerican
- Pair wines with bold flavors of holiday side dishes Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 4:18AMToast the turkey ideas
- Jonathan Meades: 'I have saucisson issues' Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 7:26PM Jonathan Meades' view has changed. Two years ago the writer, gastronome and TV auteur lived on London's Bermondsey Street, between Zandra Rhodes' textile museum and the deep grey Thames. Now he looks out over his own tranche of south-western France, as the oaks turn perceptibly to orange ("It's not every day the colours change, so much as every hour"), the mists condense over the lake and the ...
- On the bookshelf: "The Best Chicken Recipes" Saturday, November 8, 2008 @ 8:16AMIn the world of cookbooks and food magazines, rule No. 1 is simple - chicken sells.
- Um, the gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee. Wednesday, November 5, 2008 @ 5:21PMAmerican
- Strandveld Vineyards "Adamastor" 2007 Tuesday, November 4, 2008 @ 5:10PMIt was in July 2001 that Strandveld co-owners Nick Diemont and Gerrie Wagener, in the belief that great wines are grown where there is a cool maritime influence, and inspired by the maps of the 15th century mariners, found a somewhat run-down 850 ha sheep and wheat farm, bordering on the Agulhas National Park near Elim in the South Western Cape.
- Artists beginning with C (part two) Monday, October 27, 2008 @ 5:28AMTime stills and the world goes quiet when you look at Chardin's closely observed scenes and objects. His frequent depictions of people deeply absorbed in what they are doing — making a house of cards, pouring tea, blowing soap bubbles — is a metaphor for the patient work of painting a picture.
- Wine & chile Fiesta a delight Wednesday, October 8, 2008 @ 1:11AMThe Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta always is a great celebration of our town's love of food and wine — and this year I got to view it from an interesting new perspective.
- Rosh Hashanah brings sweet foods and good cheer Wednesday, September 24, 2008 @ 1:26AMOn numerous New Year tables, honey contributes its incomparable flavor to challah, entrees, vegetable dishes and, of course, desserts.
- Sweet spots: top places to travel this fall Wednesday, September 17, 2008 @ 11:07AM To avoid crowds and inflated prices, the best time to travel is the period between high and low seasons when the weather is fine, places are still open and happy to welcome travelers, and you can explore a destination at your own pace.
- Fuller on Food: Not quite antique Wednesday, September 10, 2008 @ 2:33AMMarilyn Stoecker, a long-time friend from our Cedar Rapids days, visited us recently. She’s fun to have around, and we have a great time reminiscing about events from our shared past and updating our lives.
- FEATURED Maryland Renaissance Festival Saturday, September 6, 2008 @ 12:05AMDiscussion and walk focusing on bird identification, habitats, and equipment. This is a two-part series, participants must attend the Saturday lecture followed by the bird walk on Sunday.
- Even Chefs Have to Wait for a Table Wednesday, September 3, 2008 @ 12:38AMA look at restaurant openings in New York this season, which are beginning to require the kind of planning that went into the Beijing Olympics.
- When choosing tailgating libations, think convenience, value Wednesday, September 3, 2008 @ 12:10AMWhen it is your turn to buy tailgating libations for the gang to enjoy with food on a glorious fall afternoon, convenience and value are paramount.
- Dunmore man’s modest urban backyard yields bushels of produce Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:37AMThe typical backyard garden evokes images of a few square feet of dirt set aside for some modest tomato, cucumbers and zucchini plants grown from store-bought seeds or seedlings.
- Tiny capers pack a big punch of flavor Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:15AMThe capers that make their way into many Mediterranean dishes rarely have a starring role, but they bring a big punch of flavor.
- Chef's Choice: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 @ 2:14PMIt's August, the days are hot, and my tomato plants are reaching their peak. I've actually been harvesting the tomatoes in my garden for a good month or two, but the bulk of the crop is ripening now.
- Why reforming the economics of food could bring environmental and social benefits Monday, August 11, 2008 @ 1:40PMWhy reforming the economics of food production and supply would be beneficial for a number of environmental and social ills.
- Seasonal Cook: Fresh from the pod Tuesday, August 5, 2008 @ 9:02PMLast week, a friend gleefully brought me 2 pounds of fresh cannellini beans she had gotten at Monterey Market in Berkeley. "They're here at last," she cried, handing me the bag. "I'm going home right now and make a fresh bean salad - just lemon, good olive...
- Cider houses rule on Vancouver Island Saturday, July 26, 2008 @ 12:29AMVANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. -- Culinary tourism thrives on British Columbia's largest island where the treasure hunt begins on family-owned farms and wineries tucked along backroads dotted with B&Bs and country bistros. ...
- Dining Out: Friday, July 18, 2008 @ 1:45PMWhat do you do when you need some down time, big time? You head to the beach with friends and with every intention of spending mornings on the golf course and afternoons on the sand.
- Catch the beach TV wave this summer Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 11:11PMAfter a long TV season, summer offers a welcome vacation from demanding serials, striking writers and David Archuleta's father. Some entertaining options are easy, such as Fox's So You Think You Can Dance, NBC's America's Got Talent and TNT's The Closer. But why not be a home-entertainment explorer and search the cable universe for hidden gems, smooth non-precious stones and even a little fool's ...
- My sherry amour Thursday, July 17, 2008 @ 8:15PMAn afternoon ambling between tapas bars in the sultry Seville sun wasn't the kind work I'd expected to be doing when I came to Andalucia to research sherry.
- DINING Thursday, July 10, 2008 @ 5:57AMWANT TO BE LISTED IN DINING?
- The art of tasting the wines of Bordeaux Tuesday, July 8, 2008 @ 1:44AMTasting is an essential part of knowing the wines of Bordeaux and, above all, a pleasure that can vary in intensity according to the conditions under which it is carried out and the sensitivity of the amateur who, if he is not already experienced, will begin to learn the effects of a wine on his senses.
- Tim McArthur’s Cabaret Ding Dong Wednesday, July 2, 2008 @ 1:04AMWilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome - sounds like a cue for a song! Tim McArthur here. I’m the hairiest man on the cabaret circuit and yes, my first job was Firstborn on TV playing a baby chimp all those years ago.
- Dining Guide Friday, June 20, 2008 @ 1:08AMTinfish 18201 S. Harlem Ave., Tinley Park, Ill. (708) 532-0200 www.tf-tinfish.com
- Phlox: How to grow Thursday, June 19, 2008 @ 7:39PMGraham Rice on the three new factors that have come into play when growing border phlox.
- Chicken cut-up Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 2:24AMA recent trip to the store made me realize my favorite cuts of meat and certain types of seafood are no longer paycheck friendly.
- Organic vodka: A cocktail trend Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 4:09AMCall it hedonistic environmentalism. Or maybe just eco-conscious imbibing. Either way, those who want their dirty martini to be a little cleaner are increasingly pouring organic spirits into their glass. I was shopping at the farmers market, using fresh produce in my cocktails and really loving that high-end cocktail experience,'' said Allison Evanow, who in 2005 created one of the nation's ...
- FEEDER'S DIGEST Friday, June 6, 2008 @ 12:22AMITALIAN ALBERTO'S ITALIAN GRILLE AND BAR, 3970 Tampa Road, Oldsmar; (813) 814-2272. This strip plaza restaurant offers a fine twist on traditional Southern Italian fare. From bruschetta to pasta dishes made with spicy pink sauce, the menu features lots of creative dishes. Meat lovers will enjoy the Filet Alberto and the ossobuco. Other standouts include Penne Puttanesca, a salty pasta with ...
- Lighter Bottles, Please Tuesday, June 3, 2008 @ 6:15PMCarbon footprint is the measure of energy used to make a product. Depending on interpretation, it could measure energy spent digging sand to manufacture glass, through to transportation of wine bottles from factory to retailer to a consumer's home.
- Nick Robinson: Why 42 days won't end it for Gordon Brown Tuesday, June 3, 2008 @ 11:26AM"I don't think it is". With those five words Ed Balls ends any suggestion that next week's vote on extending detention without charge to 42 days should be treated as a vote of confidence in the government.
- Hunting for Spring Morels Tuesday, June 3, 2008 @ 1:38AMWild mushroom hunters are usually a friendly and generous lot. But not when it comes to disclosing a prize hunting ground. As a member of the band of amateurs called New York Mycological Society, for example, I'd go to the gallows before giving up the location of the place where, each year on the first Saturday in May, we kick off the foraging season by hunting for the rare and delectable morel. ...
- Movie-inspired cocktails, and where you can get them in Dayton Thursday, May 29, 2008 @ 6:33PMWith "Sex and the City" hitting theaters today, May 30, a few things come to mind: the Big Apple, the show's four stars, Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik shoes, trendy Soho boutiques, Manhattan dining and of course the Cosmopolitan.
- Camping at El Capitan Canyon: Getting away from it all — sort of Friday, May 23, 2008 @ 4:46PMAn oxymoron is a term that seems to defy itself. Like "nuclear defense" or "jumbo shrimp" or "working vacation."
- Camping at El Capitan Canyon: Getting away from it all — sort of Friday, May 23, 2008 @ 4:37PMAn oxymoron is a term that seems to defy itself. Like "nuclear defense" or "jumbo shrimp" or "working vacation." For me, "luxury camping" makes the list. It's supposed to re-create the days of the Raj, camping in the Indian rough. A British lord on an African safari sipping tea from bone china next to his canvas home in the wild. Gilded Age Wall Street barons escaping the sweltering New York ...
- Growing Garrett Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @ 2:12PMGARRETT — After sitting dormant for years, the tiny city of Garrett is coming to life. Complete with big grants, big plans – and the same carpet used on Air Force One.
- Eat This! Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 1:55PMUm, the gym will totally still be there after you finish that crème brûlée. 1501 W. Sahara Ave., 214-4000. The restaurant in this hipster hangout offers primarily Italian choices served in a dining room that's just as cool as the rest of the building.
- Local anchor faces drunk driving charges Thursday, April 24, 2008 @ 11:42AMA local television news anchor is facing drunk driving and hit and run charges after she was arrested early this morning.
- Let quality and personal taste be the judge Wednesday, April 9, 2008 @ 2:12AMWhether you plan to bake a pan of brownies or a layer cake, the recipe will probably call for a few squares of "baking" chocolate. While that may seem like a simple ingredient, it's not.
- 15mph speed limit to force people out of cars Monday, March 24, 2008 @ 10:28AMSpeed limits of just 15mph are to be introduced on major roads in planned new towns across the country as part of an effort to reduce global warming.
- Letters to the Editor Wednesday, March 19, 2008 @ 7:21PMLast Wednesday, just a day before the notice went public, the Vineyard Nursing Association (VNA) learned that Martha's Vineyard Community Services will be closing the doors of their Visiting Nurse Service (VNS) effective June 30. The news was received with concern for the patients and employees of VNS and was a complete surprise to our staff and board.
- Lighter sentences for 'desperate' thieves Monday, March 10, 2008 @ 9:14PMBurglars and thieves who steal to fund an addiction to drugs, gambling or drink could escape jail even if they target a vulnerable victim such as an elderly shopkeeper, under official guidelines.
- Dense. Delicious. Decadent. Wednesday, March 5, 2008 @ 7:27AMBrownies. (Are you salivating?)
- A year in San Francisco Thursday, February 28, 2008 @ 11:22AMEvents round the Bay Area's calendar:
- An alt star is rising Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 11:25AMAt 24, Miranda Lambert has brought new life to country music with two hit albums.
- Chef Jon Kimbrough: Food for Thought French Cuisine, part 2 — The great chefs of France Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 3:58AMEditor's Note: This is the second of a three-part series on French cuisine. To read Part 1 (published Jan. 29) on the two distinct tastes in France, click here
