dining out delights

Vegetarian Times;  June 1, 2008 ;   Turner, Elizabeth;   321 words ......Piccata from New York's upscale Candle 79 to the creamiest-ever vegan mac and cheese from Vita Caf in Portland, Ore. Depending on where...Of course, not every eating adventure yields the ultimate vegan mac and cheese or a perfect bowl of steamed greens. Sometimes our...

Some give 'Tropic Thunder' an 'F' over 'R' word

Oakland Tribune;  August 13, 2008 ;   Sally Kalson;   187 words ......prompting denunciation by 22 disabilities groups. Many have called for a national boycott of the film. At the same time, some reviewers loved it. The R-rated film is intended as a spoof of the film industry. Stiller plays an actor who hopes to score an Oscar by...

God votes Labour, but He's conservative at heart

The Independent - London;  May 8, 1994 ;   NICK HORNBY;   787 words ......sounds like the stuff he was doing 15 years ago, and everybody loves it. I love it, everyone I have spoken to loves it, and reviewers loved it. In recent months, only the resignation of Graham Taylor has provoked such universal good cheer among the people I know...

Voigt draws mixed reviews for her role

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 22, 2008 ;   Associated Press;   339 words ...LONDON -- She's lost the weight, but has she lost the voice? Reviewers loved the Royal Opera's production of "Ariadne auf Naxos," which opened Monday. But soprano Deborah Voigt -- who was famously dropped...

'Clausen's Pier' not only good summer book

Daily Breeze;  July 27, 2003 ;   VALENZUELA;   787 words ......America" as its first book club selection and favorably reviewed in newspapers and magazines across the country. Readers and reviewers loved the book because of the suspenseful plot and big themes of independence and loyalty. The intrigue begins on Page 1, with...

New cookbook dishes up all your favorites - without meat or dairy.(Food)

The Boston Herald;  January 23, 2008 ;   Schaffer, Mat;   643 words ......vegetarian often loses because they contain meat, she explained in a telephone interview from her Brooklyn home. Moussaka, vegan mac and cheese, barbecued tofu, spaghetti and kidney bean meatballs - we have them all. According to Moskowitz, vegan food doesn...

TOP MARQUES FOR THE UGLY DUCKLING.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  December 19, 2001 ;     308 words ......And amazingly there's only one motor made by Rolls-Royce on the list. The Bentley Arnage Red Label scrapes in at No99. But reviewers loved the feature-packed Fiat - even though it's a real ugly duckling. The magazine said: The Italians have always shown a lot...

Oscar's sibling revelry: Coens give violence an arty twist.(80th Annual...

Daily Variety;  February 25, 2008 ;   Thompson, Anne;   568 words ......literary and cinematic pedigree. The Coens delivered a movie--complete with chilling violence and a cryptic ending--that reviewers loved, from the Cannes fest in May through year-end critics' group kudos. After No Country bowed Nov. 9 on 28 screens, critics...

Some give 'Tropic Thunder' an 'F' over the 'R' word

Daily Breeze;  August 13, 2008 ;   Sally Kalson Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;   787 words ......Special Olympics, is going so far as to seek congressional condemnation of what he calls "hate speech." At the same time, some reviewers loved it. Bob Strauss of the Los Angeles Daily News wrote: "Complaints would be appropriate if this movie wasn't as side-splitting...

Documentary profiles life and career of Sian Phillips; TELEVISION.(Arts)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  March 23, 2002 ;     285 words ......Phillips. She had never sung before, and even the producers were amazed when they heard her extraordinarily deep singing voice. Reviewers loved it. That was followed by Marlene, another success and an appropriate performance for Phillips to reinvent herself with...

FROM ELVES TO SHELVES OUR CRITICS' HOLIDAY LIST OF GREAT READS WOULD FILL...

Rocky Mountain News;  December 4, 2004 ;   Patti Thorn, Rocky Mountain News;   787 words ......sorting the forgettable from the standouts to offer you the best of the bunch. Inside these pages, you'll find the books News reviewers loved last year, those that received "A" grades from our critics. You'll find our favorites in fiction, nonfiction and children...

FROM ELVES TO SHELVES OUR CRITICS' HOLIDAY LIST OF GREAT READS WOULD FILL...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  December 4, 2004 ;   Thorn, Patti;   787 words ......sorting the forgettable from the standouts to offer you the best of the bunch. Inside these pages, you'll find the books News reviewers loved last year, those that received A grades from our critics. You'll find our favorites in fiction, nonfiction and children...

Trendy films turn a boomer grumpy

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 23, 1989 ;   Charles Krauthammer;   590 words ......Instead, I got two hours of melodramatic psychobabble relieved at rare intervals by vintage Martin schtick. Too rare. The reviewers loved it. I left around Act Two. Then - I'm getting grumpier - there was "Dead Poets Society," a romantic self-indulgence so sentimental...

Grumpy At the Movies

The Washington Post;  October 20, 1989 ;   Charles Krauthammer;   734 words ......Instead, I got two hours of melodramatic psycho-babble relieved at rare intervals by vintage Martin shtick. Too rare. The reviewers loved it. I walked out around Act Two. Then-I'm getting grumpier- there was "Dead Poets Society," a romantic self-indulgence so...

Ripping Pages From TV Mags

The Washington Post;  April 19, 1987 ;   Patricia Brennan;   353 words ......six episodes and they showed four of 'em - it didn't even last the six. There was literally not a bad thing said about it. Reviewers loved it. But nobody watched it. It started out with okay ratings and went down." ABC programming executive Tony Thomopolous canceled...