I won’t even put the picture of this recipe up top—it’s just that ugly. But if you trust me, you’ll ignore the ugly, make it anyway and thank me for introducing you to something this tasty *and* so, so healthy! *smile*
Fela!
Book by Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones
Music by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
If you’re like me, you had no idea who or what “Fela” was when you heard the title of this Broadway show. (And if you’re one of the people who did know who Fela was, well, then this review probably does not apply to you.)
Fela Kuti was a Nigerian musician/singer, pioneer of afrobeat music and political activist. You learn this as soon as the show opens and you find yourself in the ‘audience’ at Fela’s final concert in 1978 at the Shrine in Lagos, Nigeria. And that first-act ‘show’ is quite a fun one, even for the un-informed and un-initiated. The music and the dancers and the beat pulse all around you and Fela talks directly to the audience, drawing you further in.
Zucchini Tomato Rice Gratin with SausageAs the end of the summer vegetable season approaches, this is one of those recipes I turn to. I found it in Gourmet Magazine back in 2008 and it quickly became one of my favorites. You can use it as a vegetarian main dish, or do as I do and serve it with sausage for a delicious and not-too-heavy spring-or-fall meal.
American Idiot
by Billie Joe Armstrong, Michael Mayer
and Green Day
American Idiot Playbill
I don’t quite know what to write about this one as I don’t think they gave me enough in the 9o minutes to really critique it—-as a piece of Musical Theatre, that is.
Is it loud? Yes. Is the dancing ‘gritty’? Yes. Did they punk out the musicians and put them on stage? Yes. Is there a cool, multi-media set? Yes. Did they cast just enough ‘non-perfectly-beautiful-people’ in amongst the ‘beautiful people’ for it to make you feel like there are ‘real people’ up there? Yes. But all in all, it didn’t feel like a show.
Bacon Leek and Horseradish Macaroni and Cheese
Labor Day Weekend! The very words put me in a frenzied have-to-get-in-all-the-tastes-of-summer mode—before it (summer, and warm weather, and backyard volleyball, and BBQ-ing ) is all too soon gone.
So this Labor Day, the menu was Barbecued Pork Ribs (naturally), Coleslaw and Macaroni and Cheese. But not just any ordinary Mac-n-Cheese: Bacon, Leek and Horseradish Mac and Cheese!
