“I don’t know how this started or why, but it’s here and we’d be crazy to ignore it.” These may be the famous words of Mitch Brenner (played by Rod Taylor) in “The Birds,” Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror/thriller about a small California town plagued by random, mass bird attacks. But they also apply to the strange flock of birds that has alighted on the back bar of seemingly every upmarket cocktail joint around the world. Maybe you’ve seen one, in real life or on social media: a delicate drinking vessel formed in the elegant likeness of a sparrow or lark, with a single “leg” stem and a tubular opening for the tail, into which bartenders can stick a straw and...
Everyone’s kitchen: pre-Christmas meal Christmas wreath Gingerbread men and roasted chestnut Harvest of the day: Leeks, thyme, broccoli leaves, tomatoes Christmas wreath For this wreath you will need … leftovers! There is no specific recipe to follow. You will need some puff pastry and imagination. Today we will have a vegetarian base with cheese. We will use: Mushroom, sundried tomato, olives, chard or spinach, chickpea, onion, garlic and thyme. When making your own, try to be seasonal as much as possible. Here are more suggestions: The cheesy one: mozzarella, gorgonzola and parmesan Oh my goat! : goat cheese with honey and walnut Completely vegan: Silken tofu with spices Christmas on a plate: butternut and chestnut with cranberry sauce Mexican: Red...
New Double Crunch Pizza will Close Out 2022 at Taco Cabana Taco Cabana closes 2022 with all-new Double Crunch Pizza launching Dec 19th. Holiday gift card program available through Dec. 31. For the first time ever, Taco Cabana is launching its new Double Crunch Pizza (DCP), adding an extra layer to its flavor-packed menu. Available starting Dec. 19, 2022, the new Double Crunch Pizza continues TC’s tradition of culinary innovation and will be available for just $4.99 at all Texas Taco Cabana locations. New Double Crunch Pizza TC’s Double Crunch Pizza is composed of two crispy tortillas blended with corn and flour, layered with seasoned ground beef, refried beans, chipotle ranch dressing, Monterey Jack...
Council takes up Pecos Trail rezoningAt its meeting tonight, the Santa Fe City Council will tackle a contentious proposal to rezone property on Old Pecos Trail in order to approve a new subdivision. According to the massive packet on the development (if it doesn’t load, try viewing it here instead), the council will need to both approve the rezoning of approximately 9.59 acres—as recommended by the Planning Commission last summer—and approve or deny the 25-lot subdivision. The city’s planning department also has recommended approval of applicant Pierre Amestoy’s proposal, and says the property’s R-1 zoning is “mismatched” to the city’s General PlanFuture Land Use Map, and rezoning to R-3 would “correct that mismatch.” (Last month, the city announced it was undertaking a multi-year, multi-phase revamp of its...
BookTok is revolutionizing the literature world.For the past two years, books have been climbing the charts not on the backs of movie and TV deals or some miraculous PR stunt, but because users on TikTok deemed it worthy.Kristen McLean, the executive director of business development at NPD Books, told the New York Times that TikTok has "made the transition from a novelty to a real anchor for the market. The whole idea of dominating supermarket shelves, dominating airport stores, dominating the front tables at bookstores, it’s just not really where it’s at in the same way." According to BookScan, BookTok — the TikTok community of bibliophiles — helped authors sell 20 million books in print in 2021. In 2022, those...
