Big food fun from the Bayou
“Cajun” is a contraction of “Arcadian,” which refers to French-Canadian settlers exiled from Canada in the 18th century. They scattered, with the largest concentration settling in Louisiana. They took classical French cooking ideas and married them to local foodstuffs to create Creole and Cajun cooking (the distinction between is shifty and somewhat classist). The food…
Poly everything
The Buddhahood
A hint-o-drawl
Sean Patrick McGraw
Nobody’s looking at you
While our gentile ancestors were gorging on salt pork and flaunting the tops of their heads, the Chosen People were reportedly very busy. In a speech dating from 2003, the now former Prime Minister of Malaysia claims that our Jewish forebears “invented socialism, communism, human rights, and democracy so that persecuting them would appear to…
Doomed love is the only love that lasts
Despite the sea of schlock that surrounds the subject, all of the best and most famous stories of great romances testify to the essential impossibility of anything like a lasting love. The common thread winding through all those tales — of Héloise and Abélard, Lancelot and Guinevere, Romeo and Juliet — suggests that the only…
Bye, bye, love
Ten days into his administration, Mayor Bob Duffy stood in the City Hall atrium — reporters and photographers spread out in front of him, City Council members and staff (many of whom who had worked frantically on the ferry for nearly a year) watching from the balcony — and delivered the bad news. The city…
Metro ink – 1.18.06
Take a Chance SWF seeks midsized city with high hopes and little logic for a short-term and very expensive rebound relationship. You are a hopeless romantic and very optimistic; you like to take risks and aren’t afraid to lavish money on me. It’s OK if you’re boring, as long as your neighbors aren’t. I’m an…
Reader feedback – 1.18.06
AFTER THE FERRY: VISION? I am sad about the decision to abandon the ferry, because it represented, to me, a visionary approach to stimulating more tourism in this area. It is important to be fiscally responsible, and I understand Mayor Duffy’s reasoning, but sometimes one needs to dare to do something risky in order to…
Cost of war – 1.18.06
The totals: 2215 US soldiers, 201 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 28,065 to 31,653 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 13. American soldiers killed between January 5 and 13: Major Stuart M. Anderson, 44; Peosta, Iowa | Major Douglas A. La Bouff, 36; California |…
New York sucks
Albany’s a wreck. But you knew that already. You’ve read countless articles and editorials about late state budgets, high tax rates, and other problems. What you may not have read, though, is a comprehensive description of all those problems — and why you should care about them — all in one place. That’s where a…
57 Main Street, Bloomfield
A Village Belle: 57 Main Street, Bloomfield Set in 1.1 green acres in the heart of the historic district of the Village of Bloomfield, this lovely 3000 sq. ft. Italianate, built in 1850, has the two full stories, low-pitched hip roof with cupola, expansive overhangs supported by decorative brackets, large interior spaces, and tall ceilings…
Family valued – 1.18.06
Humorous history with humors No longer having a 9-year-old readily at hand, we here at the Family Valued executive laundromat, test kitchen, and family pressroom have randomly selected a 10-year-old from among the one immediately available. So, what have you been reading lately? Horrible Histories and Horrible Science. What is that? Horrible Science is about…
Curating curators
Every summer, when most New Yorkers are out and about, galleries in New York City either close or put up group shows culled from their collections. These shows are usually mildly interesting in that they show a variety of work reflecting the galleries’ specific interests and tastes. But the downside is that these shows generally…
Inbox – 1.18.06
Remarkable correspondence from the consistently unremarkable world of email There is more attention given to subject lines than one might think. Recently, there appeared an entire music album of songs inspired by subject lines. They are mostly taken from junk mail; one song is called, “Erik, Someone wants to date you.” This edition of Inbox…
