Aug 2-8, 2006
Checking Out the Shelf Life at the Simpson Memorial Library; Complaints Surface About New Water Disinfection Method; Red Currant Dressing
Fermentation & Family Dinner
Hooray! The fridge is behaving. I’ve never been so excited to see ice before. I’m sure if it had broken our landlord would have replaced it eventually, but that might have taken another week. A few days ago, I cooked up some dried beans grown in North Hero, and when the fridge went out I…
Keeping My Cool
Our fridge broke today. Or rather, it became temporarily disabled for a 24-hour period (we hope). It’s 20-plus years old, and not the most efficient piece of machinery, and about every year and a half it just gives up and needs to be unplugged for awhile. I’m hoping that’s the case again this time. Gahlord…
Oaty-os
At last Sunday’s kickoff meeting in the Intervale, our little subgroup of Burlington-area localvores (check out the blog!) all chipped in for a huge 30-pound bag of rolled oats, which is now sitting on one of my dining room chairs. People have been stopping by my apartment to dip out their shares. Not everyone has…
Tell No One, Just Breathe And Resist
(Self-released, CD) After three years of live performance, two extended hiatuses and a legally mandated name change, Tell No One (formerly known as Akrasia) deliver Just Breathe and Resist, their second EP and first commercially available recording. The band’s sound owes a considerable debt to Dischord Records’ founders and flagship act Fugazi. TNO employ a…
The Decoys, Meet The Decoys
(Self-released, CD) The Decoys are a blue-collar crew of rockers whose left-of-center ditties provide plenty of lighthearted fun. Their debut disc, Meet the Decoys, tackles such diverse subjects as bats, chickens and what it means to be from Milton. The quartet — who’ve achieved semi-fame as the “straight” backing band for drag revue House of…
News Quirks 08.02.06
Curses, Foiled Again When Thomas Reyes, 23, walked into a neighborhood grocery store in Philadelphia and pointed a gun at owner Eddie Gomez, one of the customers, Thomas Santana, who is 66 and 5-feet-4, grabbed the 6-foot-1 gunman from behind and beat him with a can of Mott’s applesauce, hitting him four times in the…
Red Currant Dressing
One of the things that’s kind of tricky about cooking this month is that I can’t use citrus juice, wine, or any vinegar not made locally of local ingredients. Local vinegars are available at some farmers’ markets and specialty stores, but I haven’t really put out the effort to find them. I’m making vinegar from…
Barbecue bliss
For dinner last night Gahlord and I picked up some local ground beefalo from City Market, and several ears of fresh local sweet corn. I made patties of the meat with some garlic, an egg, and salt and pepper, and G. grilled those, and soaked and grilled the corn. Potatoes from Lewis Creek Farm, bought…
Getting Revved on Motor Mayhem at Thunder Road’s Enduro 200
Behind the steering wheel, green means go. And if that green is a green flag dropped over a racecourse, it means go like hell. But when more than 100 cars are stretched three wide across the racetrack in front of you, the going can be a little rough. That’s the challenge facing drivers in the…
TSOTSI***1/2
Based on the novel by Athol Fugard, Gavin Hood’s Oscar-winning drama tells the story of a young Johannesburg gang leader who shoots a woman, steals her car, and discovers a baby in the back seat. Presley Chweneyagae stars. (94 min, NR) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/stayalive/
FINAL DESTINATION 3**
Set six years after the original film, this sequel centers around a high school student who has a premonition of a fatal roller coaster accident. Featuring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman and Harris Allan. Directed by James Wong. (92 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/newline/finaldestination3/
BENCHWARMERS*
Dennis (Problem Child) Dugan directs this comedy about a millionaire nerd who forms a nerd baseball team to get back at Little League teams made up of bullies and mean jocks. David Spade, Jon Heder and Rob Schneider star. (85 min, PG-13) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/thebenchwarmers/
ASK THE DUST***
Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek are paired in Robert Towne’s adaptation of the John Fante novel about a couple living on the edge in Depression-era L.A. (117 min, R) Web: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount_classics/askthedust/
Inaugural Breakfast & Lunch
Gahlord is taking one for the team, finishing up perishable leftoversthat we still have in our fridge, even after last night’s potluck wherelots of food was consumed.It didn’t seem to make sense to throw away good edibles just to claimlocalvore cred, so he’s going to join me in the localvore diet in a few days.…
Why Eat Local?
Lots of reasons! Several good ones are laid out here and here. This factoid particularly inspired Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon, founders of the 100 Mile Diet: ‘When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient hastypically travelled at least 1,500 miles.’ When you think about it,that’s a staggering amount of fossil fuel…
