Sudoku: November/December 2008
Reviews: The Great Debate
Austin City Limits 2008 Wrap-Up
Jason Boland
A well-known and respected Oklahoma native whose band, Jason Boland and The Stragglers, have been releasing what most people consider to be real country music for 10 years. Music that revives the sounds of Merle Haggard, Woody Guthrie on Boland and the Stragglers new album, “Comal County Blue” and not the engineered sounds that can be heard on mainstream country radio.
Mouth Watering Reads
There is one element of a kitchen that is as essential as the stove, the cookbook. Inspiration and storytelling are the tools of a great cookbook writer and they can inspire and teach as well as any class. There are as many types of cookbooks as there are useless kitchen utensils. You may think you need a peeler just for avocados, but how many times do you really peel an avocado? Cookbooks can have the same beautiful uselessness and become stacked on a shelf only to be looked at once or twice a year. Good cookbooks can be strong, consistent and written with a thoughtful and clear tone can become as much a part of your kitchen life as a great knife. For newlyweds, newly engaged or really anyone who has even an inkling of being a home cook needs cookbooks that will guide them at any level towards techniques and recipes that make dinner more than a quick and bland collection of your refrigerator’s contents!
