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Last year, when I was back in Singapore, my family and I had dinner at Whampoa Keng. Steamboat restaurants in Singapore are a dime a dozen, but what makes this family-run business stand out is their specialization in Teochew-style steamboat. Heated in a traditional hotpot filled with hot coals to keep the soup warm, the cloudy fish broth is always reliably rich and comforting, with a sour plum or two added to whet the appetite.

Dominique Crenn seems like a fascinating person. She immigrated from France to the United States and became the first female chef there to earn three Michelin stars. Her renowned restaurant Atelier Crenn is in San Francisco, but she herself oozes Hollywood. She won Iron Chef, shaped the film The Menu (as consulting chef), and was a subject for Chef’s Ta… ncG1vNJzZmiokae2tK7YpqaurJhjwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89onqiklJq7brzOqaey

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Well, I’m kicking myself.  I thought I’d take the weekend off, concentrate on my own music, do some work around the house, avoid a Sunday hangover, and maybe stave off the existential dreads that seem to arrive with the coming work week, based on the nagging feeling of not having gotten anything useful done.  I should’ve known better.  Rust never sleeps. And neither does must-see live music in Buffalo.  On Saturday, October 28, a Halloween Covers Show took place at Electric Avenue, next door to Mohawk Place on East Mohawk Street in downtown Buffalo.

Today’s podcast is another full-length episode of the Food Fans Radio Show, which airs every Friday at 5pm and Saturday at 11:00am on WPVM 103.7fm. This one features our experience with Cottage Cooking, plus the Chow Chow opening party, Entrepreneurs of Color, and Diaspora events with my friend Lucho from AshevilleMulticultural.com. There’s also a “random” segment in which I cover Buxton Hall’s salads (I’m still on a salad kick), the new TV show The Bear, and the best alternate burgers (elk, bison, veggie, etc) in WNC.

This is from the GOOD OMENS kickstarter page where we post monthly updates. I will be finished early fall. Following such a positive response to Colleen's piece last month, bringing you behind the scenes into making the Good Omens graphic novel, we are delighted to say that she has agreed to write something for our updates going forward! For June, she's going more in depth into the process of flatting and the technicalities of colouring on screen vs print.

New York is made for stars to shine under the brightest lights. And in the sports world, some of the games’ biggest names called the area home during 2023, From the teams I follow, we had the iconic Aaron’s, Judge and Rodgers, supreme NBA talents Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, and hockey wizards Artemi Panarin and Jack Hughes, just to name a few. And I’ll even extend it to the WNBA’s Liberty, which counted a pair of league MVPs, Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones, on its “super team” roster.

Our Mother, who art in the heart of the earthly realm, May the holiness of they name shine anew in our remembering. May the Breath of thy awakening kingdom warm the hearts of all who wander homeless. May the resurrection of they will renew eternal faith even unto the depths of physical substance….. - Valentin Tomberg I have written previously about my childhood hatred for mathematics, followed in turn by my adult discovery that numbers are qualitative symbols, not mere quantitative markers.