September 20, 2011 marked the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the policy that barred gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed services. After an exhaustive Senate battle, a thorough report from the Department of Defense's Comprehensive Review Working Group, a filibuster, and a few (defunct) predictions that...
(15) Comments | Posted March 28, 2012 | 5:42 PM
Tofu's reputation has come a long ways since it was first heralded by the Berkeley granola generation as the earth-friendly, animal saving, meat substitute. Back then it was often bland, poorly produced, uninspired, and forced upon a rather unwilling nation not as tofu -- a grand ingredient worthy of its...
(1) Comments | Posted March 1, 2012 | 2:53 PM
Cheese and beer. Is there a pairing ever so raucously appreciated as this?
Yet the problem with cheese these days is that in the effort to make it all the more appreciated we've been putting up on far too high a pedestal. In the way that effete food snobs...
(38) Comments | Posted February 3, 2012 | 4:00 PM
There are plenty of engaging artisanal and farmstead cheeses out there and more people are discovering the real variety coming from not just around the world, but within their own states and counties. Good cheeses are like a well-crafted street drug; it leaves you lucid and it only takes a...
(2) Comments | Posted April 30, 2012 | 3:41 PM