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We So Love These 34 Miso Recipes
Bon Appetit - 5 Apr 2016 20:58
Miso is a funky Japanese fermented soybean paste that's probably been patiently loitering in the back of your fridge for months twiddling its thumbs, waiting for you to realize its worth. The post We So Love These 34 Mis...
Blog From a Place of Service
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 16:54
So you've got this business. Maybe you love it, maybe you don't. Maybe it's just kind of the thing you do so that you can put food on the table. Or maybe it's the thing that springs you out of bed every morning because y...
Robot Authors Are Coming For Your Prizes, As Soon As They Learn To Write
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 14:35
Last week, the robots finally came for that which we humans hold most dear: Our ability to write the Great [insert country or region here] Novel. The Japan News reported, and various American outlets picked up, the news ...
Ana Veciana-Suarez: As robots create art, can they replace humans?
News Observer - 5 Apr 2016 10:00
Writers fret about many things. In fact, agonizing over something, anything, is a writer's natural state, a condition that can feed the muse but also kill inspiration. …
Politico's senior managers are beating an early retreat
Washington Post - 5 Apr 2016 02:45
The executive soap opera at Politico appears to be winding up faster than previously scheduled.Jim VandeHei, the site's chief executive, will officially leave the publication he co-founded within the next two weeks, scra...
Carrboro Farmers' Market opens with food truck event plus more Triangle food events
News Observer - 5 Apr 2016 16:26
Japanese tea event at Duke gardens on April 9 Beer and cheese dinner at Washington Duke Inn in Durham on April 13 Durham Distillery hosts botany bar crawl on April 16 …
'This is my baby': Michelle Obama's last spring planting at the White House garden
Washington Post - 5 Apr 2016 23:44
Next year, if President Trump paves over the White House garden for his helipad, we will remember its bushels of kale, its bulbous turnips, its symbolism of a happy, healthy, sustainable America that ate right and stayed...
Spend The 400th Anniversary Of Shakespeare's Death In Hamlet's Castle
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 23:37
"Act I, Scene I: Elsinore. A platform before the castle." These are the very first words to appear on the page of William Shakespeare's great tragedy, "Hamlet." Thanks to the magic of Airbnb, they could also be the fir...
A Personal Take On U.S. Schools' Failures Hits The NYC Stage
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 23:17
The new off-Broadway play, “Exit Strategy,” puts a very personal spin on the institutional failure of the U.S. education system, depicting the chaotic final days of an inner city high school. Still, playwright Ike Ho...
Terrace Martin Paints Jazz and Beyond with Velvet Portraits
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 23:00
Just as the dust from Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly seemed to settle, the rapper dropped untitled unmastered., a collection of what were once called "b-sides" and are now enough to constitute a legitimate release....
Helena's "Laura Ingalls meets Pottery Barn" Cabin -- House Call
Apartment Therapy - 5 Apr 2016 23:00
Pin it Name: Helena Location: Springhill -- Belgrade, Montana After almost 5 months of moving around, I finally wanted to create a space all my own. Having a "cabin in the woods" has long been a dream of mine (does anyon...
Michael Malizia: Elevating Mixed Media to Sentimental Heights
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 22:51
As you take a step into your cluttered attic, feeling the stress of Spring cleaning crawling into your brain, think of Michael Malizia. When you sit down to sort out your memorabilia, placing them into two piles labeled ...
Rent Julia Child's Provence House on Airbnb -- Design News
Apartment Therapy - 5 Apr 2016 22:45
Pin it Remember when Julia Child's Provence home "La Pitchoune" hit the market last year? It was scooped up pretty quickly, but you can still stay there (and master the art of French cooking, perhaps?).
Why Don't People Reverse Their Fridge Doors? -- Good Questions
Apartment Therapy - 5 Apr 2016 22:30
Pin it Q: In so many of the House Tours and House Calls that you show on Apartment Therapy, I've noticed that the refrigerator doors open incorrectly. They open in such a way that it's clearly inconvenient and blocks the...
"12 Inches of Sin V" Art Gets Sexy, Immersive in Las Vegas April 9
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 22:28
There is a theory that porn/erotica drives advancement in technology and the arts. The desire to see nakedness and watch sexy-time activities was behind the vapid expansion of home video, cable TV and the internet; going...
'Jazz Masters' honor genre's greats, but keep them watching from the audience
Washington Post - 5 Apr 2016 22:28
Each year, the National Endowment for the Arts inducts a new class of "Jazz Masters," a fellowship that represents the highest honor America bestows on its jazz musicians. In 2016, for the first time in recent memory, th...
Ballet X Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Gala and 10 Year Retrospective
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 22:20
Ballet X will be celebrating 10 years of groundbreaking choreography on April 7 with The Premier Party. The highlight of the night will be one night only performances by the dancers. David Haas, whose family is considere...
These Survivors Refuse To Let Their Sexual Assault Define Them
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 22:10
Fabiana Diaz woke at 4 a.m. one day last year to plant hundreds of teal forks in the ground on the quad at the University of Michigan. The forks were representative of one-in-four women and one-in-six men who experience ...
Double Toil and Trouble: Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' on Broadway
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 21:44
Saoirse Ronan is Abigail Williams The Crucible is a play about a horrible moment in American history, born of another horrible moment, and therefore literally tailor-made for such times. Arthur Miller wrote his play of t...
The Stuff Legends Are Made Of: A Review of Miles Ahead
The Huffington Post - 5 Apr 2016 21:40
When considering characters or personalities known as legends, it is important to remember that much of their renown is also built upon innuendo and embellishment, creative recollections and plain mistruths. There are ma...
Stir a pot of spring
News Observer - 5 Apr 2016 21:31
A common misconception is that making risotto is hard …
Reliable Source: President Bartlet for Hillary: Actor Bradley Whitford says fictional prez would be for Clinton
Washington Post - 5 Apr 2016 21:24
Hillary Clinton has been racking up celebrity endorsements, but this one is unusual: President Jed Bartlet, America's beloved former commander in chief (even though he wasn't, you know, real, but rather the POTUS of "Wes...