Feb 6-12, 2008
Hospital Admissions and Length of Stary Vary Widely in Vermont. A New Report Asks Why; Leonard Weinglass in Vermont; Will the State Budget Leave Farms in the Lurch?; Kat Clear the Metal Maven
Ice, Ice, Baby
Something’s always going on in this town. It’s easy to get jaded, but let’s not. We are fortunate to live in such a lively place. By contrast, my chum in Rutland said to me: What’s the difference between yogurt and Rutland? Yogurt’s got an active culture. Rim Shot! This past weekend was the Winter Festival.…
Food in Film: Blade Runner
Finally, after months of waiting, Netflix delivered “Blade Runner: The Final Cut” to our mailbox. The movie was so popular upon its release last December that even thought it was at the top of our queue then, it arrived on February 8th. Normally I’d just slide a movie down on the list and wait patiently…
Brake
“My mom’s favorite was Bonnie Raitt.” “She’s cool, your mom.” The three young women in the back of my cab were chatting about the musical preferences of their respective parents. Sitting shotgun next to me was a tall good-looking guy, with short, curly black hair and a rangy, athletic build. The two of us were…
A Tale of Molecular Gastronomy
Here’s something fun…on Leite’s Culinaria there’s a live recording of food writer Jess Thompson describing her experience at Alinea, Chicago’s temple of Molecular Gastronomy. While the delivery isn’t perfect (it’s live, after all), some parts are pretty darn funny. As you listen, keep in mind that Gourmet magazine named Alinea the best restaurant in the…
Food Sculpture
I snapped this picture of a cheddar carving at the American Cheese Society Conference last summer. I thought of it again this morning when I discovered a YouTube video about a Korean sculptor who makes art out of (uncooked) Ramen noodles (you can find the video at the bottom of the post). My next thought…
Like A Rolling Stone
In the last “Hackie” column, “Plan A,” I told about my ride with a man who had, like the protagonist in the tune “Proud Mary,” left a good job in the city. In this man’s case, he quit Wall Street to move to the Burlington area, Winooski in particular, the Winooski Block to be more…
Sweeney Todd: Not as Delicious as I’d Hoped…
Every year for my birthday, my mother makes me a tourtière. Never heard of such a thing? It’s a French-Canadian meat pie. I think Mom’s version is made with ground pork and just a touch of tomato, and is baked in a buttery pie crust. It’s savory, filling and delicious. Perhaps it was my penchant…
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Kat Clear [SIV65]
1/24/08: Chances are, you have seen a Kat Clear sculpture or sign around town: the eye-catching bike racks outside Burlington Telecom and Radio Bean, snazzy signs for Burlington Electric, The Green Room and Blue Star and her latest addition, the massive Queen City Crown in the Church St Mall. Kat is hard at work on…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Men should be barred from holding public office for 100 years,” says billionaire Ted Turner. “Men have been running the world for too long and they’ve made a mess of it.” If women were in charge, he adds, “It would be a much more peaceful, prosperous, equitable world in a very…
Off The Charts
Hospital admissions and lengths of stay vary widely in Vermont, and a new report asks why
Shape Shifting
Tad Spurgeon, landscape, still life and colorshape paintings. Shelburne Art Center. Through March 11.
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After reporting the theft of video games, a compact disc player, camera equipment, clothing and a video camera from her car in Idaho Falls, Idaho, a woman received a videotaped message from the thief demanding a $3000 ransom for her video games. The victim was unable to comply because the masked thief…
Strawberry + Sauerkraut = Huh?
Here’s the theory: “Food combines with each other when they have major flavour components in common [sic].” Strange grammar aside — the quotation comes from a Belgian website — the idea is intriguing, and it’s one of the key theories behind wine or beer pairing. It is, in fact, the reason that beer lovers believe…
Greener Pastures
How do you keep young people down on the farm? With a bit of incentive
Hockey For Limeys
The two young men in the back of my taxi were jabbering away in English – that is, the Queen’s English or some variant thereof. There’s so many English accents and I can’t distinguish one from the other unless the blokes are from Liverpool. That’s courtesy of the Beatles, natch. It was late afternoon and…
Free Hot Chocolate Tasting at Lake Champlain Chocolates
Recently, Good Housekeeping Magazine sampled 19 different dark chocolate hot chocolates and declared the All-Natural Old World Drinking Chocolate from Lake Champlain Chocolates in Burlington the “clear winner.” Sweet! This Saturday, they’ll be hosting one of their free hot chocolate tastings from 12 – 4, and it will include the winning drink as well as…
