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Louis Thornton at Louis Loves Food, and Andy Huse at Delicious History have joined Creative Loafing’s food blogging army. *** Jaden cooks some Kobe steak burgers on CBS. *** “Find farmers’ markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area” at Local Harvest. *** Michael Pollan is disappointed with Obama’s choice of Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture. *** Alex [...] Mike Merino ran Merino’s Deli in Seminole Heights until closing down late last year. There have been some rumors floating around about why Merino’s closed, and Mike writes in to clarify. *** For those who were real Merinos Deli food lovers, allow me to add more info to why Merinos went out of business. The new owner found [...] Here’s the latest from gnatv. Be sure and visit their site, where the design is better, the video is larger, and there’s lots more info about Square One. They didn’t really say if they liked the burgers. St. Pete Times food critic Laura Reiley, however, selected Square One as one of her Best 100 Restaurants [...] I was sort of taken aback when I heard Obama request an extension to the DTV switch-over. First, every other damn commercial is telling us there’s going to be a switch-over, and second – so what? If some folks don’t get switched over in time then they’ll have to suffer without American Idol until they [...] Awesome collection of Vonnegut motivational posters. Send someecards. Inkwood Books will be hosting cookbook author Diana Kennedy Saturday, February 14 at 2 p.m. “Kennedy is universally known for bringing authentic delicious Mexican recipes to the US kitchen, as Julia Child did for French and Marcella Hazan did for Italian. She will discuss and sign her classic book, The Art of Mexican Cooking, which was [...] I received the following and thought I’d pass it along – “I am a nurse at Pepin Heart Hospital at University Community Hospital. I am coordinating an Earth Day event here at the hospital on April 20th. We did this last year and had a big turn out of employees, visitors and patients. [...] I received the following and thought I’d pass it along - “I am a nurse at Pepin Heart Hospital at University Community Hospital. I am coordinating an Earth Day event here at the hospital on April 20th. We did this last year and had a big turn out of employees, visitors and patients. [...] BBQ Addicts offers up a recipe for - 2 pounds thick cut bacon aka – The Bacon Explosion. I like the way the bacon strips have to be woven together - (h/t Xark) Ben & Jerry created “Yes Pecan!” ice cream flavor for Obama. For George W. they they asked for suggestions from the public. Here are some of their favorite responses: – Grape Depression – The Housing Crunch – Abu Grape – Cluster Fudge – Nut’n Accomplished – Good Riddance You Lousy Motherfucker… Swirl – Iraqi [...] Dolphins take time to prepare their food. “A wild female Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin was observed going through a series of complicated steps to prepare cuttlefish for eating in the Spencer Gulf, in South Australia.” *** “The dolphin then lifted the body up and beat it with her nose to drain the toxic black ink that cuttlefish squirt into [...] The National Film Board of Canada has put all of the material it’s funded online. Don’t let the fact that these are “foreign” film scare you away. There’s a lot of awesome stuff here. I’m particularly fond of the short animation collection. The Big Snit (1985) On the front page there’s a brief post about open source urban planning. At Scribe Life Philip has posted his review of Tim Dorsey’s newest, Nuclear Jellyfish. Neatorama has Five A-Listers Who Died in Obscurity. Theda Bara “Back in the silent movie era, Theda Bara was one of the biggest stars there was. She was kind of the Cher of her day, as far as fashion went – she wore extremely risque stuff that hardly covered anything. Some of it is eye-popping even by [...] This is precisely the sort of thing I wanted to highlight when I started Re/Creating Tampa. Wired has a great article about Mark Gorton’s efforts to create open-source software to aid in urban planning. “Gorton, whose LimeWire file sharing software for the open-source gnutella network was at the forefront of the P2P revolution nearly a decade [...] Ray Sansom is out as speaker, and Larry Cretful is in. Is this the end of Sansom’s shenanigans? I’m betting – no. Bruno Argento describes a 21st century Europe. “America’s harshly competitive, highly individualistic society has scarcely any grasp of “solidarity.” Likely they imagine “Solidarity” has something to do with Polish anti-communism. But no, “solidarity” is a feeling of natural affinity with the unjustly oppressed. One could call it benevolence. Or one could describe it as a wary, [...] For my money there’s no better analyst of cultural and political trends than Bruce Sterling. Here’s Bruce’s most current prognosticating essay at Seed Magazine. I’m always impressed by people’s behavior during massive panics. They rarely believe or admit that they are panicked. Instead they assure one another that at last the wool has been lifted from [...] Another Blackwater post sparks another Blackwater debate. (See previous discussions here, and here.) BWGuy left the following comment to my brief post about Iraq banning Blackwater Worldwide. “Sorry to burst your bubble but a security contractor costs almost 90,000 a year less than a soldier. If you did any research on the issue asside from just [...] Why do journalists never put their sources in context? For example, today I saw this headline “States get D-plus on teacher reviews.” “Oh, my. That’s horrible. Tsk, tsk, education in this country sure does suck.” Then I read the article and came across this factoid – “The group gave its highest overall mark, a B-minus, to South Carolina.” Really? [...] Interesting. “BAGHDAD – Iraq said Thursday it will bar Blackwater Worldwide from providing security protection for U.S. diplomats because its contractors used excessive force, sanctioning a company whose image was irrevocably tarnished by the 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians.” Most recent news first – a grand jury has decided that Sansom’s sweetheart job offer deserves further investigation. Alex Leary has more. “A grand jury decided Monday to look into allegations that House Speaker Ray Sansom abused his position by taking a six-figure job at his hometown college.” *** St. Pete Times columnist Howard Troxler provides a nice [...] Obama set up a website to ask US citizens what issues they thought he should tackle. The overwhelming favorite was ending marijuana prohibition. The presidential response to this exercise in democracy? “Eventually, the Obama team responded with a succinct: ‘President-elect Obama is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana.’” So, really, why even ask? Movie Moron has their list of top ten movie presidents. But, no Lincoln. [whoops. deleted because it begins automagically. Follow the link below/] D. W. Griffith’s stiff and dated 1930 Abraham Lincoln with Walter Huston in the eponymous role. I nabbed this from the Pink Tentacle site. Go there for much larger, high-res images. I know nothing about manga or anime. Any suggestions for works I should check out? GIRL: Not yet? - – – – - GIRL: Are they really going to do it? - – – – - DOCTOR: So… [...] I am stunned that this happening in South Carolina and not Florida. Our leg is really falling down on the job. “Under the pre-filed bill, profanity could land you in jail for up to 5 years and/or cost you up to $5,000 in fines.” The City of Tampa announces - Paint Your Heart Out Tampa! Seeking Homes For Paint Day January 22, 2009 – The Paint Your Heart Out Tampa! Steering Committee is seeking qualified homes to paint for the upcoming 21st Annual Paint Your Heart Out, Tampa! event scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2009. In order to qualify applicants [...] Henry Farrell is rapidly approaching his 200th arrest. Isn’t it time Florida institute a “200 strikes and your out” law? |
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