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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.…
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Zeleni, I had the exact same theory only with the mysterious Man in Black/Smokie granting the wishes. MIB promised Sayid he could have anything in the world he wanted, which turned out to be Nadia. Although he does not necessarily “have” her, she has not died yet…
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…
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Pheidippides wasn’t planning on running a marathon; that’s why he died. If he had known ahead of time that he’d be running 26 miles and followed a good training program for a year, stretched properly before the event, had bands and cheering people along the race route,…
Doug, I absolutely agree. I think this might have come across focused on rock because, as you say, rock was the 90s, and we had some innovative rock bands here then. But what I’m really trying to get at is that there’s no way Dirty Projectors, Liars…
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Keep us posted on the latter!
Nice article, Emily! When I get to the CU area, I’ll be sure to give this place a try.
The marathon is certainly a tough distance, but I imagine that it compares to childbirth. In any event, having completed the former, I will agree that it is an excruciating tastk. Should the opportunity arise, I will let you know how the latter compares.
I’ve always suspected that there’s a direct correlation between projected land use for the Rt 150 corridor [Industrial / Commercial] and the drive to expand 74. See the CCRPC Future Land Use Map for details, and then take a look at who owns land there, and you…
Zelini, I really like this - I’ll try to follow the theory more closely. As they reveal more about Kate (possibly next week), it might give us more perspective. I agree with your observation about Ben and I think Michael Emerson has done an excellent job conveying his lesser stature.
Surprised you think it will take two wins. I think we have a shot to get in with another loss. The bubble is just a disaster this year, and we’ll float to the top even with one win.
What if the sideways alternatives are where Jacob actually grants them their wishes, but in ways they didn’t quite expect? The elimination of one regret. Sayid gets to be with Nadia - although through his brother. Maybe he ends up with her at the expense of his…
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This also explains why I was starting to think Roses & Sake was a group of strange pagans from Vancouver. This is when it pays to be a local. My apologies to the true Roses & Sake, we’ll fix this ASAP!
Ahh, shame on me. I grabbed it directly off of Mike ‘N Molly’s website. I’ll see if I can’t get it corrected on here (and maybe pass along the word to them as well). Thank you, observant reader!
I’m with Brigham regarding the Acrylics set. Very XX-ish. Very good.
i think the roses & sake link is actually: http://www.myspace.com/rosesnsake
Dangit! Now I have to go home and try that cake. MMMmmMMMMmmmm looks goood. Cakey cakey cakey…
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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…