I try to attend as many of the events as I possibly can, as the combination of food (or drink) and company always guarantees an enjoyable experience. So when the Slow Food Columbus “Shake the Hand That Feeds You” Locavore Dinner at Flying J Farm was announced, I didn’t think twice before signing Paul [...]
The best meal a Civil War field soldier could have was a wafer so hard he needed to soak it in coffee, and maybe some not-so-fresh vegetables.
It has been said the Army marches on its stomach, and Fort Meade officials received a taste of military food service history this week when it dedicated a recently [...]
DIET: In Defense of Food (Penguin Press; $26.50)CREATOR: Michael PollanCREDENTIALS: An award-winning writer and author.CELEBRITY EDGE: As much as a New York Times bestselling author would enjoy.CLAIM: Pollan says most of what we eat today is not food but, rather, %26quot;edible foodlike substances%26quot; churned out by the nutrition science industry (there are about 17,000 new [...]
It is 2020. Theo Walcott will be celebrating his 31st birthday in March and
Sir Alex Ferguson is hinting that he will step down as Manchester United
manager after 34 years in charge. You make your way to the stadium, passing
the time by watching highlights of matches on your phone and voting for the
colour of next seasons [...]
When James Nathan won the hotly contested MasterChef final, he had tears in
his eyes. And he wasnt the only one. On sofas across the country, viewers
sobbed as the barrister who gave up everything to pursue his dream of
culinary stardom achieved his goal.
%26ldquo;Its the most exciting competition so far,%26rdquo; judge and chef John Torode
declared. %26ldquo;Every year [...]
AUSTIN, Texas %26mdash; Richard Vogt sits at a coffee-shop counter and laughs about how he went to India to meditate 4 1/2 years ago and ended up on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
Not once but twice.
“You talk about surreal,” says Vogt, known to millions of “Eat, Pray, Love” readers as “Richard from Texas,” a sort of [...]
COMMERCE CITY %26mdash; Rapids coach Fernando Clavijo has long appreciated the talents of Argentine playmaker Christian Gomez, albeit from afar.
In 3 1/2 seasons with D.C. United, Gomez was a three-time Major League Soccer all-star, named to the Best XI team three times, won the MLS Cup in 2004 and was league MVP in 2006.
The attacking [...]
TUCSON %26mdash; The show of muscle made the lack of speed seem a distant memory.
The middle of the Rockies’ order walked onto the outfield grass at Hi Corbett Field, causing pause from onlookers. The lumber party of five %26mdash; Troy Tulowitzki, Matt Holliday, Todd Helton, Garrett Atkins and Brad Hawpe %26mdash; provided an imposing visual. [...]
One of the things Barack Obama has going for him is that he is up against adversaries who don’t have the faintest idea about how to attack him.
And, no, it’s not because African-Americans who run for president have a layer of Teflon. That’s absurd. It wasn’t true for Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Carol Moseley Braun, [...]
Screwcap or cork?
While screwcap wine closures are leading the charge in New Zealand, the debate whether they are better than cork is ongoing.
Advocates of cork argue that for wine to age as it should, gradual exposure to oxygen through the porous cork material is necessary.
Advocates of screwcaps however, argue most changes that occur in a [...]
