The movie: The dish:Bone marrow and parmesan toasts. The reason: ‘Never ask for what oughta be offered’ warns our steely 17 year old heroine Ree Dolly. Though if your butcher doesn’t offer to cut the marrow bones for you, you best ask him nicely. Let’s leave the hacking away at limbs with saws to the […]
Archive for February, 2011
The movie: The dish:Sour Cherry Rice Crispy Treats The reason: Sometimes it’s really hard leave the things you loved from childhood behind. It might be Woody, Buzz, Mr Potato Head, or it might be a certain saccharine square that goes snap, crackle and pop. Just like this third tale of Andy’s toys and their travails, […]
Micky Ward knows what it’s like to fight hard, dig deep and get hurt. This comeback tale of a welterweight boxer, crackhead brother, feisty girlfriend, ballsy mum and seven sisters is a fine balance of raw and rich. It may be an old wives tale, but those who’ve suffered a slug to the head have […]
When we booked the trip at Christmas, it didn’t seem so remarkable. We would fly in for 36 hours; see the pyramids, the sphinx and antiquities. We would stay in a nice hotel overlooking the Nile. We planned to go to the bazaar and eat our body weight in hommos. On January 25 that changed […]
“… probably the biggest thing that’s ever been associated with Harvard was invented by one guy who sequestered himself away in a dorm corner. You’ve got this wealth and this colonial castle, but in the end all he needed was $69 per month for the server, $39 for electricity, and $159 for the Red Bull.” […]