Today is, as I have been informed, Halloween.
Well, okay then. Boo.
Life can be rather ghoulish– especially now what with Presidential elections, hunger, global warming, terrorism, people who think that inserting discriminatory amendments into the California constitution is a good idea, home foreclosures, and Dancing with the Stars filling our mental goody bags with more [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 31, 2008
Baked Alaska
October 23, 2008
KTEH’s Cooking with Garlic: Vote for Your Favorite Video Host
This September, KTEH invited aspiring tv chefs to audition for their chance to be the next cooking show star in their live December special, KTEH Cooks with Garlic.
Thirty-eight people of all walks of local life got up enough nerve to send in their video recipes and on November 1st, you, in [...]
October 16, 2008
The Fig– A Good Fruit with a Bad Name
I love figs. They’re on the short list of my favorite things, so I have always had difficulty with the phrase “I couldn’t give a fig.” The meaning of the phrase, of course, is that to give a fig is to care little. To not give a fig means to care even less. Of [...]
October 10, 2008
Horchata– This is gold, girl!
When you hear the word “horchata”, what comes to mind? I’m sure the answers will vary. The most literal-minded of you will think “rice milk”, some of you may simply associate it with the concept of the “taqueria”, while others might draw a complete blank. I for one can’t get the image of the mouthy [...]
