In Defense of Fried Chicken - Part 5

Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 22:21 | Category : Books, Culture, Food
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John T. Edge’s Fried Chicken: An American Story has to be one of the best pleasure reads I’ve had all year. Edge is director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, educator and contributor to the New York Times, Savour, Gourmet, Oxford American. For Fried Chicken, Edged traveled the country (north AND south) [...]

I Write It Like That

Saturday, 17 July 2010, 8:40 | Category : Books, Culture, social media
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Just for laughs, I thought I’d try out this on-line writing analysis program created by 27-year-old software developer Dmitry Chestnykh. BTW Chestnykh speaks English as a second language. He is Russian and lives in Montenegro.
Seems both Margaret Atwood and I write like Stephen King. Though I haven’t read King because [...]

How do you like your Coffy?

Thursday, 10 June 2010, 8:34 | Category : African American, Books, Culture, Movies
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Pam Grier’s going to be in the neighborhood. She’s making a DC stop at Busboys and Poets (2021 14th Street, NW) June 13th at 6 PM to discuss and sign her new book Foxy…My Life In Three Acts. The title of the second act makes me chuckle - “Fros and Freaks.” This [...]

Shine

Friday, 4 June 2010, 8:07 | Category : Books, Culture, DC, Food
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Next Tuesday, June 8 (6:30 PM) Eatonville Restaurant’s Food & Folklore dinner series is focusing on Moonshine! I’ve been talking with Max Watman, author of Chasing the White Dog: An Amateur Outlaw’s Adventures in Moonshine, the special guest speaker for the evening. [Books will be available for sale and for signing.] [...]

Eclectique News

CAN, DO, TEACH, READ
The Big Read cranks up in DC this week. Under the chairmanship of Dana Gioia, the National Endowment for the Arts decided to launch an initiative to support local efforts to present community reads and address what they sited as a declining readership among American adults. D.C.’s been hosting Big [...]

Tales from the Twit

Monday, 22 March 2010, 20:53 | Category : Books, Television, Youth
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Is Reading Rainbow really coming back?!
[Tweet from host LeVar Burton.]

What Happened in Haiti May Not Stay in Haiti: Saving Cultural Heritage

Saturday, 30 January 2010, 12:06 | Category : Books, Culture, Haiti, History, Humanities, Museums, People, The Arts, international affairs
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Anyone who keeps up with the artifact and art market or have seen at least one “Indiana Jones” movie, is familiar with the underground and sophisticated ring of curatorial thieves waiting for an opportunity (natural or man-made) to pounce on valuable artifacts for very wealthy clients. Oh, let me not forget - to feature [...]

It’s all about Rum!

Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 21:45 | Category : Books, Cuba, Culture, DC, Food, History
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Here’s the next Food and Folklore event for January:

Here’s the menu:
Passed Hors D’ouevres
Mojito Marinated Grilled Chicken Skewers
Tostones topped with Black Bean Puree and Habanera-Lime Sour Cream
Shrimp and Scallop Ceviche
Empanadas de Queso
First Course
Avocado-Mango Salad with Jalapeno Lime Vinaigrette
Entrée
Grilled Pork Tenderloin or Red Snapper with Guava Glaze and Mojo Sauce
over Black Beans and Rice
Dessert
Coconut Caramel and Rum [...]

Eclectique News

Seeing red ribbons? Today’s World AIDS Day. Be a Valentine. Wear red. Be aware. Don’t discriminate. No one is immune.
http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/
The President’s Address to the Nation on Afghanistan – Live at 8 PM tonight…and even FOX is carrying it.
Busboys and Poets is hosting watch events for President Obama’s speech outlining [...]

Eatin’ville

Thursday, 29 October 2009, 13:26 | Category : African American, Books, Culture, DC, Food, Women
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Eatonville Restaurant invited me to work with them on a new monthly series of themed dinners called FOOD AND FOLKLORE. It combines three of my favorite things, food, culture, and Zora Neale Hurston. When I was introduced to the concept of crafting menus and a program around something topical, I thought “dinner party.” [...]

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