We eat with our eyes. That's the philosophy behind the consumer education class at the California School of Culinary Arts.
I've figured out the key to life.
Director Terry Gilliam's fictional depiction of the famed authors' early lives is a decidedly mixed bag
You will believe a bird can fly.
A little gem about a woman who is not only larger than life, but is full of life herself.
North Country is interesting, and at times moving, but its portrayal of misogyny is unfortunately too cynical and exaggerated.
This week, MPP reviews five classic Cary Grant films, as compiled in Sony's new box set. Today: Talk of the Town and The Awful Truth.
Staying up late with Mr. Tall, Dark, Funny, and Handsome again.
Jewel thieves, street racers, cattle thieves, truckers, and hot women. Plus David Hasselhoff's inability to button his shirt.
"Great at the end of a drunk party, not great sober."
Our first House sex scene shows a brief February sweeps glimpse of Hugh Laurie's bare chest.
The movie succeeds as a well-balanced study of the effects of terrorism on the individual and the community
In case you haven't had enough of a certain Sith Lord, James Luceno offers more of the man in the mask.
The art of asking questions no one can answer is one way to define philosophy. So why is it so popular?
Weaving wordplay with wit and insight, David Foster Wallace's latest collection of erudite essays is guaranteed to increase your brainpower.
Now it can be told! The inspirations behind the innovations! How the old and disused became the new and improved!
It reads as easily as Steinbeck and I believe could, without contest, replace classic reading material for high-schools.
A geology lesson that swirls about, always coming back to the San Francisco quake.
Not a normal biography, Cashill's book is less a boxing story than a cultural analysis of Muhammad Ali’s impact upon America.
What could be more ideal than taking a cruise for a vacation, nineteen of the top blues performers on the very same ship, ten special guest performers, live blues shows just about 24 and almost 7?
The Recording Academy honors its own and celebrates in celebrity style.
Real Player, Britney Spears and son, and Johnny Rotten in today's music and tech news update.
It's Pink vs. Britney, Jessica, Lindsay, Paris, and Mary-Kate. Who wins?
Hearing an old song and having it strike a chord for the very first time is like being handed a gift.
A swan song of beats and samples to tap your foot to, before I return to the underground.
Have you ever found yourself standing at the grocery store checkout, staring in amazement...
Is there a classier record label than Winter and Winter? Nope.
Instead of being a night for true music fans, it is a better one for Joan & Melissa. But let's pretend the show matters...
This CD is simultaneously original and accessible, something that is missing from a lot of what you hear on current pop radio.
As to real music, there's a huge, intimidating 5 CD box set of Richard Thompson live material, covers, rarities, etc.
Bob Dylan is working on his first new album in five years according to published reports.
Thank God for Kelley Stoltz.
From Desicritics, as you read about the continuing riots over the caricatures of Mohammed, I urge you to please shed a tear for Albert Brooks.
Throughout fashion week there has been a consistent player—space.
It was a brief and somewhat embarrassing brush with greatness.
Rose's passion was an organization called the Pioneer Women, and a cousin of hers who would arrive on fundraising trips.
Hi Elsa, I'm in love with my best friend.
Chris Muir's excellent Day By Day cartoon, for February 08, 2006
See what got pounded out in between sets on the lat-atizer and delt-o-swellier.
Ordinarily, one could live to a ripe old age and never hear the words “Death to Denmark” being chanted by an angry mob.
Apple wins the uncoveted award.
Through the wonders of electro-ass analysis.
As the game changes and players rise and fall, new alliances could form.
A Controversial Cartoonist on the Controversy, plus related updates
Muslims haven't gone through their own Enlightenment -- which explains why they're a drag on themselves and the rest of humanity
A few comments on developing the means to destroy the sun at the push of a button, as outlined in Dave Sim's Church and State, part of the Cerebus saga.
I think we would be wise not to give them too much time in power, for their own good. They wouldn't want to become just another political party now would they?
Iran's President almost assassinated. Google and porn. Cindy Sheehan for Senator. Harry Reid - is he gone?
The old men and women who had fought with Dr. King, were not bitter or harsh as they spoke of the past, or of the journey that is not yet completed.
My NFL faceplate would kick your NFL faceplate's butt.
Perfect family fun... if your last name is Gacy.
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