there are only two people left on the planet who were verifiably born in the 19th century.
When you take a sip, of Cruze Farm's buttermilk, you understand why it kept the farm alive. You can taste the butter and the milk; the thick creaminess lingers on your lips. It's a little tangy. A little sweet. It's not sour. It also has the necessary acidity to make real buttermilk biscuits—it's the whole reason the lauded Southern staple came to be. The lactic acid in buttermilk—the same thing that gives it that tang—is also what makes for truly tender biscuits, breaking down the gluten in the flour. It also contributes to the leavening effect of baking soda, producing tiny bubbles of carbon dioxide that puff up the biscuits sky-high. You know how vinegar and baking soda together will explode? It's the same effect, except in miniature. And much more delicious.
raspberry bars. yes, please.
“Slouching Towards Bethlehem” is a classic of what was later named the New Journalism. Didion used a vernacular voice that mimicked the laid-back aimlessness of Haight speech. More New Journalistically, she adopted a Haight personality. She blended into the scene; she internalized its confusions. She gave readers the sense that she was putting herself at risk by reporting this story, that she might get sucked into the Haight abyss and become a lost soul, too...
Ebnother (monochrome)
went to see some comedy on a whim. it was the perfect storm. saw her mention it on twitter about an hour before the show and it was at the ucb east on third street and it was at 645 and it was 5 bucks. wrote for the letterman show and is a producer on the daily show. was prepping her act to go to the edinburgh festival. not the funniest ever but endearing enough for 5 bucks on a monday at pre-dusk.
matzoh, matzoh, man.
Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans?
rosemary, peach and tomato chutney (peaches coming in strong now)
bang zoom
original story john hughes wrote for national lampoon that evolved into the screenplay for vacation.
scorsese rebuilt max's kansas city.
RIP Rowdy Roddy Piper
just watched trainwreck. was kind of one. amy schumer wasnt bad but she wasnt great either. and it was just too long and tonally inconsistent. probably a lot of that is apatows fault. theres some funny and some poignant moments but it just felt flat. her tv show is so much more interesting as is her stand up. although she did crib a scene from a joke straight out her last stand up special which was weak.
grantland is all in on tom cruise this week. im dipping my toe into an oral history on the comedic turn he took as les grossman in tropic thunder.
tonight at 8 on tcm:
Described by the New York Times as "a master of movies about the American idiom...one of our most original filmmakers," Les Blank (1935-2013) was a Florida-born documentary filmmaker best remembered for his poetic studies of American musical traditions. But, as reflected in this TCM salute, Blank's idiosyncratic films and short subjects covered a wide range of subjects including Cajun culture in the U.S. (Spend It All, 1971): black Creole life (Dry Wood, 1973); the city of New Orleans (Always for Pleasure, 1978); cooking (Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers, 1980); and the polka and its devotees (In Heaven There Is No Beer?, 1984). Of the 11 Blank films shown in our tribute, no less than eight are TCM premieres!
forty years after chicago
(from 2009)
