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Within the first couple minutes of Cameron Crowe's directorial debut, Say Anything..., protagonist Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) tells his female pals he wants to ask the valedictorian of his high school graduating class, Diane Court (Ione Skye), out on a date. "Diane Court doesn't go out with guys like you," Corey (Lili Taylor) tells him. "She's a brain. I'm sorry, it's just you're a really nice guy, and we don't want to see you get hurt." "I wanna get hurt!" Lloyd replies.
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In 2013, Simone Faure, a pastry chef from New Orleans, opened the James Beard-nominated La Patisserie Chouquette in St. Louis. She got her start going to culinary school in New Orleans and making kosher wedding cakes for The Ritz Carlton in New Orleans and St. Louis. Her schedule involves going to bed by 7 p.m. and getting up at 1 a.m. to start baking. In this edition of Voices In Food, Faure talks about cultural appropriation and how ...

You tip your bartender, so why don't you tip your barista?
It’s early morning, and you just placed a coffee order at your local coffee shop. Maybe the barista asked about your weekend or wished you a good day. It’s a friendly interaction. You go to pay, and the inevitable happens — the barista whooshes the screen in your face, and you’re prompted to tip or not. Suddenly, the experience turns transactional and forced. Do you leave a tip? If so, how much? Will the...

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More than five years ago, James Beard Award-nominated and Cincinnati-based chef and restaurant co-owner Jose Salazar chose to stop drinking. Alcohol impacted his ability to run his restaurants — Salazar, Mita’s, Goose and Elder and Daylily Deli — because he didn’t like feeling hungover. In this edition of Voices In Food, Salazar opens up about his relationship with alcohol, how “Dry January” isn’t a long-term solution, and how society needs to b...

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In 2014, restaurateur Dana Thompson formed both a romantic and business partnership with chef Sean Sherman, aka The Sioux Chef. She became co-owner and COO of the brand, and in 2021, she and Sherman opened a decolonized Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis called Owamni, which won a James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in the U.S. Along with Sherman, she also co-founded the nonprofit NĀTIFS (North American Traditional Indigenous Food...

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Sangria — a delicious concoction of wine, fruit and liquor — has roots in Spain and Portugal, and maybe the West Indies. In the U.S., it’s become a ubiquitous warm-weather beverage due to its refreshing and drinkable qualities, and the availability to snack on booze-soaked fruit. Sangria is versatile (it can be made with red, white or even rosé), pairing well with different kinds of wines and fruits. But making it based on some expert-recommended guidelines can make ...

Actor Pedro Pascal, whose full name is José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal, was born in Santiago, Chile, on April 2, 1975. Eventually, he moved to San Antonio, then Orange County, California, where he took drama classes. Pascal got his start doing guest roles on shows like Law & Order, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and NYPD Blue before he hit it big with Game of Thrones, Narcos, and now The Mandalorian and The Last of Us.
Pascal has become such a beloved actor that there is even a podcast, Podro Pascal, ...

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Tara Monsod grew up in Palmdale, outside Los Angeles, but spent a big part of her youth in the San Fernando Valley. In San Diego, she worked at Juniper and Ivy, and in 2020, the Filipina worked as a sous chef at Animae, a San Diego-based Filipino steakhouse. In 2021, she replaced renowned chef Nate Appleman as executive chef there. Since rising to her role, she’s made it her mission to diversify the staff and bring fine-dining ...

It was fitting for Southgate to unveil the Beverly Hills Supper Club memorial on Memorial Day weekend, already a time for tribute and reflection. On Sunday afternoon, which was the 46th anniversary of a fire that took 165 lives, an estimated 300 people finally got to see the top-secret two marble slabs, located in what’s known as Memorial Pointe, at 525 Alexandria Pike. The memorial is now a park maintained by the city.
“We come together today to recognize your loss, to remember those who did...

Most people are familiar with Guinness—an Irish stout that has been infusing beer with nitrogen since the 1950s which brings creaminess and tiny bubbles. In the past decade, craft breweries and major brands across the world have brewed nitro beers, making them more mainstream than ever before.
Nitro beers can be found on draft at bars and breweries globally. Longmont Colorado’s Left Hand Brewing Company even hosts a nitro beer festival annually and invites breweries from all over the world. B...