Dec 5-11, 2007
Tales of Mistaken Identity, Political Profiling and Harassment at Customs; Global Warming Forecast With Bill McKibben; Sausage Making With Suzanne Podhaizer
The Tercenturian Hamper
What can you buy for $40,577.90? A new car or two. A trip around the world with stops at luxury hotels and the finest restaurants. One-third of a small home. OR, a Tercenturian Hamper from Fortnum & Mason. Mind you, this isn’t an American hamper in which you’d place dirty clothes. This is more along…
Milton, By the Skin of My Teeth
During a lull in last evening’s festivities, a wobbly, well-dressed man approaches my taxi. Before he arrives at the door, I have a 10-second window to make my decision. Let’s face it, intoxicated customers are my bread and butter. The ingestion of alcohol is the primary reason the lounge lizards and lizardettes leave their cars…
Sausage Making
Last Wednesday I braved snowy dirt roads to visit my friend Adam in Westford. There, we transformed meat from his very own cow into sausages, which are currently curing in his closet. Hopefully, by Christmas, they will qualify as salami. We used a recipe that Adam learned during his travels in Germany. Here’s what we…
Spanish Cheese Tasting at UVM
Last night, I attended a really interesting Spanish cheese tasting and wine pairing event at UVM, hosted by the University’s Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese (VIAC). What made it so interesting? Two things: 1) There were several experts from Spain present. 2) I’d never tasted a single one of the selections we tried. One expert…
Scene@ Preservation Hall Jazz Band Creole Christmas
Barre Opera House, Saturday, December 1, 8 P.M.
Border Orders
Seven Days readers tell tales of mistaken identity, political profiling and harassment at Customs
You’re Getting Warmer
The Kyoto Accord began the race to halt global warming. On its 10th anniversary, why are we barely past the starting gate?
Crumbs
Side Dishes: Adrianas, Willow Smart, Junior’s Italian Restaurant, Blue Star Café
The Gift of Grub
This holiday, make your ?foodie friends grateful enough ?to cook for you?
Little But Not Least
Art Review: 11th Annual Small Picture Exhibition. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Police identified Suzanne Gruber, 39, as their shoplifting suspect after she fled from a clothing store in Greenburgh, N.Y., but neglected to take her infant son. “The mother panicked,” police Lt. Desmond Martin told the Journal News, explaining that Gruber left her purse and cell phone in the stroller, which also concealed…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): This would be an excellent time for you to visit terminally ill patients in a hospice or go on a tour of a maximum-security prison. To take maximum advantage of the current cosmic opportunities, you might also travel to the Slum Theme Park in Americus, Georgia, where Habitat for Humanity has…
It’s Fun to Write Limericks! (Culinary Poetry Contest Details)
Have an amusing thought about a restaurant you’ve visited? Love reading cookbooks and gastronomic magazines? Pick up a farm share every week? If any of these conditions apply, you should enter our food-themed limerick and haiku writing contest. The jingles can be about anything you want, as long as some form of nourishment is mentioned.…
Uppy’s Ode
Looking through an old drawer, I found a business card given to me by a customer many years ago. It’s for “Uppy’s Taxi.” The address is listed as 131 Main Street, but with no city or state. On the back of the card is a short poem entitled, “The Taxi Driver Knows!” Here it is:…
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The Sound of Music [SIV56]
What is it about The Sound of Music? Why does this story get reinvented over and over again? And why is it so special to Vermonters? The Salzburg Marionette Theater brought their miniature performance of The Sound of Music to the Flynn Center last week. An hour late start did not deter the multi-generational Sound…
