| Recipe: Honey Barbecue Ribs By Andrew LewisSometimes, the simplest recipes are the best. These succulent pork ribs are great at barbecues and can be served cold at picnics, yet they only take a few minutes to prepare. Although this recipe calls for pork ribs, the marinade works equally well on belly draft, pork chops, chicken wings, or even Quorn fillets.Read this article | Comment on this article blog.craftzine.com |
Thirst Quench: Hydrating Drinks For Summertime By Wendy TremayneWe recognize the summer by the longest days and shortest nights and by thunderstorms and hail. It is the season of the monsoon rains that flood gardens and bring autumn's harvest. It is also the season of the butterfly, bee and rattlesnake. For us humans, summer is the season that we need to work hardest to stay hydrated. When I think of summertime my memory conjures the image of giant beverages in throw-away containers: big gulps and mailbox-size vessels filled to the brim with unnaturally colored sweet liquids. Dehydrated people clutch these with hopes of hydration. But while sugar gives us some short-term energy, hydration is not to be found oozing from a soda fountain or in a landfill-destined bottle in the refrigerated section of the market. For the longest time it seemed there was a great mystery surrounding the making of a good beverage. Surely specialized machinery was required to extract and combine ingredients into the perfect texture, taste, and color?As I became a maker of things, I discovered that with each new season of the year, nature provides flora that contain everything we need to balance our bodies, including a near infinite choice of color, texture, and taste, for a variety of yummy summer drinks.When mixing up a summer drink, look to the plants commonly found in markets and gardens. But don't forget that the region in which you live produces flora unique to the area. These less common, region-specific plant varieties can be foraged. Their benefit is a perfectly synthesized bit of what is needed most by those who dwell there. For example, where I live in southern New Mexico, the prickly pear cactus provides slow-to-process sugars and serious hydration. Its fruit, like the native ocotillo and the hibiscus flower, makes a refreshing, hydrating, and awfully pretty red tea. Nature seems to know when it has spawned something that is universally appreciated, because honey can be found just about anywhere, and it is a favorite drink sweetener and the best preservative in the world.If you are ready to take your health and hydration into your own hands, diversify your summer palate and kick the silly, costly, and good-for-just-about-nothin' pre-made drinks offered in the stores. You'll impress yourself and those you're willing to share with by making these DIY summer concoctions.Read the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Food | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |
Arts and crafts show for a cause Great arts and crafts shows are always in style, and one of the best, the 17th annual Autumn Harvest festival benefiting Madonna House of Catholic Charities, is set from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18 at Bishop ... tulsaworld.com |
Arts & Crafts Reissuing the KC Accidental EPs On Purpose in October, Indie Snobs Everywhere Rejoice I know full well that I can't speak for everyone, but everyone in my circle was kind of nuts about KC Accidental back in the day. Made up of Broken Social Scene stalwarts Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin, KC Accidental was, to a certain extent, Broken Social Scene before there was a Broken Social Scene. hour.ca |
Dead or Alive: Nature Becomes Art - Show in NYC From the Museum of Art and Design in NYC: Dead or Alive , presented by the Museum of Arts and Design from April 27 through October 24, 2010, will showcase the work of over 30 international artists who transform organic materials and objects that were once produced by or part of living organisms-insects, feathers, bones, silkworm cocoons, plant materials, and hair-to create intricately crafted and designed installations and sculptures. Dead or Alive features new site-specific installations and recent work by contemporary artists from around the world, including Jennifer Angus, Nick Cave, Tessa Farmer, Tim Hawkinson, Jochem Hendricks, Damien Hirst, Alastair Mackie, Kate MccGwire, Susie MacMurray, Shen Shaomin, and Levi van Veluw among others. A special weeklong visitor preview starting Thursday, April 22, will allow MAD visitors to observe artists as they create and install site- specific works in the museum galleries.Dead or Alive: Nature Becomes ArtApril 27 - October 24, 2010Museum of Art and Design (MAD)Tue. - Sun. 11:00 am to 6:00 pmThurs. 11:00 am to 9:00 pm2 Columbus Circle NYCRead the Full Story » | More on CRAFT » | Comments » | Read more articles in Arts & Design | Digg this! blog.craftzine.com |