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My friends, who grew up with Southern-style, white, sugarless cornbread, like to make fun of Midwest cornbread. "Why don't you just have cake?" they ask deridingly. And it's true, with just a little more sugar than most people put in cornbread up here, you can make a really good cornmeal cake. This particular cake is a great way to use up any softer, end of season apples that are hanging out in your fruit drawer or fresh rhubarb which …
| "The stall" buys you time when you remember at 5 p.m. that you have invited a friend over for dinner at 6:30. Sure you can put out chips and salsa for your friend to nibble on while you finish the main course. But, having a trick like quick pickling up your sleeve is less likely to make your guest feel forgotten. Quick pickling is simply a marinating technique for vegetables. Carrots are a great vegetable to use because their …
Food, fireworks, presents for every guest-Chinese New Year beats Valentine's Day hands down. In college, I worked for two florists at the same time, which was not a problem until Valentine's Day. I went to work at 7:30 a.m. on February 13 where I cleaned and dethorned hundreds of roses. At 5 p.m. I left to go clean and arrange hundreds more at the second florist. Because it was above 32 degrees, we didn't have to bag the arrangements. …
I have been taking advantage of the cold weather to do some closet cleaning. Last week I stumbled upon a box of recipes that I moved cross country a couple of times. Even though I know I shouldn't have bothered with a box with contents I have happily lived without for 14 years, I couldn't help but look through it. On top was an article on the foods of Gascony. I saved it not because I believed I would …
T. S. Eliott was wrong. April is not the cruelest month. Somewhere in late January we run out of potatoes, carrots, cabbages, and squash at our house. Sure, we can coast for a several weeks on our stash of frozen broccoli, green beans, corn, and cauliflower, and jars of canned apple sauce and tomato sauce. Yet, inevitably before May, we will find ourselves in the produce aisles of the local grocery stores and this is always disappointing. But this …
My friends who garden were restraining themselves from peeking at seed catalogs last month. However, this month, all bets are off. Even though the days are only minutes longer, they are itching to get their hands into dirt. Me, I know that I will have little to no luck growing anything but raspberries and very leggy mint in my backyard. The story is worse in the front yard where the walnut tree will kill tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, broccoli, kale …
My mother never cooked separately for us. Liver, channel catfish, blue cheese dressing — if my parents were eating it, we were eating it, too. However, the one food I could not share my parents' love for was pickled beets. As an adult, I have grown to tolerate them, but I still do not love them. Roasted beets, however, are another matter. That I can love beets cooked one way and not another is not uncommon as I have …
Somehow I don't mind seeing red hearts on the shelves in January the way I mind seeing Christmas trees in early November. Valentine's Day was my father's favorite holiday. He saved every valentine he received as a child in the 1920s and 30s. The earlier ones were festooned with puffy paper hearts, cherubs, and forget me nots. The later ones from the early years of the Great Depression were often homemade from wallpaper samples. My sister and I were …
There are those in our community who will always lament what Champaign-Urbana does not have in the way of terrain and culture. But in the last nine years it has become increasingly difficult for these individuals to complain about a lack of local food and local cuisine. Those who complain that we do not have the Bay area's Cow Girl and Strauss Family creameries need only look to Prairie Fruits and the new Kilgus Dairy near Fairbury. The next …
Few things are more satisfying on a cold night than fettucine tossed with butter and grated cheese, or a bowl of noodles topped with stew or made into chicken and noodles. This is especially true when the noodles are made with really good eggs like the local ones carried by Common Ground Food Coop in Urbana. So, when I found myself with a surplus of egg yolks a few weeks ago, I decided to use them up by making …
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Nice article, Emily! When I get to the CU area, I’ll be sure to give this place a try.
Sorry about the lack of address and hours. All I can say is duuuh
“...who aren’t so savvy with the google…“ You know, the way I’m not so savvy with the typing. That page I linked is one of the best things I’ve seen on the internet, though.
Yeah, I did a little googling and found it. I’d forgotten that there was finally something going into the Boston’s space. But when I was reading the article I was thinking that that kind of info would have been nice for the people who savvy with the google: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php#comments
Mike — Here you are: http://champaign-taste.blogspot.com/2010/03/kaiyo-japanese-restaurant.html
I am embarrassed to say that I gorged on sushi at Kaiyó over the weekend. (Who wants to eat one more grain of vinegar-scented rice? Not I!) In any event, if you’re looking for quantity over quality, Kaiyó is the place to go. ...if you’re looking for…
Some basic info like location and hours would be awesome for articles like this.
The sushi has been great everytime I have been there. The rest of the food varied. I hope the uneveness is just growning pains because when it is all good the resturant is amazing. For the price you can always find something to eat that is tasty.…
I find this very interesting, as I went there twice and definitely had a different experience. The first time I went the sushi was OK, the second time I went the sushi was terrible, the service was terrible, and the place didn’t seem clean. I will definitely…
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Good stuff as always! I like the theory Zelina presented…curious to see how it plays out with Sawyer, Jin/Sun, and Kate…
I found that cake thing about a year ago. It’s pretty amazing. Happily, it didn’t stick as a habit ‘cause I *still* made a mess with the flour and cocoa and all that ...
Foreigner had Double Vision, now that’s vision.. It is interesting today how diverse people’s music taste has become. Take 107.1 for instance, depending on what time of you’re listening to it you can hear indie, top 40 alternative, hip hop, and alt country all in the same block of…
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“Evaporated.“ Never said that but cool…. Yes, I do know. But people have wanted to be Elvis for 60 years. And I think what is hipper these days is the switch around. Ya know, how every one in the band “kind of” plays “everything” and switches around…
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i just found this article, and am so happy about it! mark is a wonderful person!!
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Cheesy Computers with evaporated Beats and Samples may not be your taste and I can appreciate that…but in some cases they are born out of necessity. Do you know how hard it is to find a drummer these days? Do you know how hard it is to find…
Sometime between now and their first game in this year’s NIT, the Illini need to practice taking a shot before the game clock expires.
Can we please refrain from ever EVER comparing running a marathon to childbirth? Especially when the comparison is made by someone without a vagina? Kthx.
I think we are in. But being blown out again by OSU might give the selection comittee doubts. I dunno anymore.
Mark: You raise some interesting points. I’m impressed by anyone who runs a marathon, no matter their finishing time. It’s the commitment people show to accomplishing a goal they set for themselves that impresses me most. A sign I saw at the Illinois Marathon last year along…
To get back to the show, if that’s allowed, we saw it last night. I know a lot about the films of the 30s and 40s and appreciated what Durang was trying to do, though some was pretty obvious and the ending was forced. A literal kitchen…
Every band in CU - I realize this is just a cheeky comment, but I wanted to respond anyway. I think this column is more about the scene and the support system than the bands themselves. The last thing I would ever want is for someone to…
Interesting article, John. I second your comments Doug. I’d really like to see the two of you do a Siskel & Ebert-style review of albums. Can SP make this happen? And if Noiseboy could reappear to DJ one day at Mike & Molly’s…
@Ty I think this article from last year is what you’re looking for: http://www.smilepolitely.com/food/talking_breakfast_at_the_market/ Enjoy!
Thank you SP editors for removing a not-so-nice word from Pope’s comment. I was just going to comment on it myself, wondering if we need an article titled “Down with the F-word”. John, very interesting read. Huzzah for well-written local music opinion.
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I like Kaiyo A LOT, but at Sushi Kame (next to the art theatre) you can get an absolute shitload of good sushi, plus miso, and a bit of noodles in a vineagar cucumber salad for $21, and you know it was made just for you. I…