Nov 14-20, 2007
Vermont Farmers, Activists and Ag Experts Weigh in on the 2007 Federal Farm Bill; Local Lawyer Pens National Impeachment Resolution; The “Soup Mama” Brings Home Cooking Right to Your Door
Saturday Night’s All Right
I don’t know what was going on this past Saturday night. I myself witnessed three street fights, two in front of Nectar’s and one in front of Mr. Mikes. Was it something in the air, the water, the moon, the stars? It is uncanny how Burlington seems to express a group energy. Some nights are…
Recipe: Cider-Braised Pork Belly with Winter Vegetables
There’s nothing like a piece of perfectly prepared braised pork belly. With crisp golden fat on the outside and impossibly tender meat within, it manages to be sexy and comforting at the same time. In the Northern U.S., we don’t use that much uncured pork belly, although 20-ton units of the stuff are traded on…
Baffled by PETA
A post on the Serious Eats blog pointed me towards PETA’s list of regular grocery store items that just so happen — through no intention on the part of the companies that produced them — to be vegan. Here are a few items that made the list: Corn Pops, Unfrosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts, Reese’s Puffs, Kool-Aid,…
Eco-Friendly Frito-Lay?
I have a tendency to be pretty down on multi-national corporations — note my feelings about Williston in my previous post — but sometimes the sheer size and financial flexibility a huge company wields allows for some cool innovation. Although the only thing I’ve read on this topic is this New York Times article, Frito-Lay’s…
Police Gone Wild
From The Keystone Cops to the Police Academy movies, wacky cops have been a fertile well for American comedy. Following in this fine tradition is my new favorite TV show (I am truly addicted to it), Reno 911! (Don’t forget the exclamation point!) This is a series that has been running on Comedy Central since…
Yummy Lunch at Chef’s Corner
I hardly ever venture to Williston because I hate “box stores” with an unholy fervor. Last week I made an exception because I needed to locate some weatherstripping for my ultra-drafty apartment. I didn’t think I could find any artisan, locally produced window plastic or vinyl foam, so Home Depot it was. As my mom’s…
Music to Your Ears
Game On: “Guitar Hero III”, Prices vary based on bundle and platform, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, T for Teen
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again German authorities charged a 33-year-old factory worker with stealing more than 1 million screws from his employer. The man smuggled between 2000 and 7000 screws out of work each night for two years and then auctioned them on an Internet site, according to police in Wuerzburg, who said the worker became their…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I love it when you forget all your troubles and get lost in thoughts about your friends’ problems. I love it when you place your entire focus on the heat steaming from your cup of coffee or on the sun reflecting on a puddle or on the mysterious expression gracing the…
Coming Together
Art Review: Fran Bull: Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College. Through November 20.
Crumbs
Side Dishes: Madhouse Munchies, Cooking With Shelburne Farms, Big Fatty’s BBQ, Quatorze Bistro, Tortilla Flat
Scene@ Gingerbread House Contest
Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, Montpelier, Saturday, November 10, 10 a.m.
The Bartender’s Sister
Chevy is a new regular customer whom I’ve been driving around for a few months. He’s a hard-working trades guy, mostly drywall. It seems that if you excel in a trade – carpentry, electrical and the like – you will never want for work, and that’s Chevy: he can work as much or as little…
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The Cabot Sock Sale [SIV53]
The 28th Annual Cabot Sock Sale was held this weekend in Northfield Vermont. Each year thousands of visitors flock to the Cabot Hosiery Mills factory to pounce on the heavily discounted, high quality, VT-made socks. Coinciding with the start of Vermont’s deer season, the sale was originally billed as a party for “Hunter’s Widows.” Nowadays,…
