Category: The Beat
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Watch – People We Meet On Vacation
Poppy is running away from whatever it is, the fear of being ordinary, the fear of a predictable life in her small town of Linfield Ohio because in her words, once a small town defines you that is it, that is all of it. Alex is a guy who seeks home, seeks grounding, seeks the…
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KERRY JAMES MARSHALL – THE HISTORIES
Blacker than black with layers of complexity and richness. Our history loud and full, quiet and beautiful. I couldn’t love this exhibition any more than I do, so much so, I saw it twice in one day then went back the next day to see it again. I stood in awe and was moved to…
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Summer Berry Cake – La Fantasia
It was the last week of summer, and I wanted to round it up it with a delight and nothing is more delightful than cake. I love cake. To know me is to know most manner of baked goods brings me joy, except custard in tarts. Custard in general I find gross; any kind of…
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Watch: Tucci In Italy
In Searching For Italy, Stanley Tucci took us to the heart of the big hits in Italy a country I love dearly. In Tucci in Italy, he takes us to the skirts of the land that is forever synonymous with its food; a place where food is as crucial an identity as the person itself.…
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LONDON QUICK & DIRTY | THE HIP HOP EXHIBITION
Spend an hour or two at the Saatchi gallery on the Kings Road at the Hip Hop exhibition titled Hip-Hop – Living A Dream, which I think is a play on It was all dream. It is a collection of photographs by Jamal Shabazz, Joseph Rodriguez and Gregory Bojorquez and the stories about how those…
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Pink Crab Tagliatelle
Yet another spaghetti you say? Why yes, yes this is because spaghetti, pasta are spring summer foods; easy food and I love it, I love making it, so simple and it makes me feel accomplished when throwing things together AND, they are accompanied by typically easy ingredients that you have knocking about in your pantry;…
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The French 75: 3 ways
I am something of a cocktail connoisseur; I love a good cocktail. I have had the best daiquiri in the world, I was that cliché in Havana going to El Floridita, Hemmingway’s old hangout, the cradle of the daiquiri, to try out the drink and true to form I have not found anything quite like…
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Liquid Gold Spaghetti
I love pasta, spaghetti and generally Italian food duh! I find the culinary exploits of the country a homage to history and a romanticism in its undercurrent. A lot of its culinary expertise come from necessity, the grit of the poor and good God do they love offal. I grew up on offal mostly and…
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Salad for Summer… Groundbreaking
And it really is. One thing about me, I am always going to rebuff a salad unless I absolutely have to and when I go to my sister’s, I have to because they are connoisseurs of good food and salads. I don’t like salads, and you almost have to tie me down and force down…