Make It A MedleyPeas and carrots. Broccoli and cauliflower. Tri-colored bell peppers. Sure, I like a good veg medley from time to time, but what I really crave most days is a great wine "medley."
A Whole Lotta Puddin'In the midst of Mardi Gras, self-indulgence becomes a virtue, and what carb-loaded, butter-laden, sugar-crusted Crescent City dessert better thumbs its nose at caution than bread pudding? The origin of this classic Creole dessert is generally credited to frugal cooks …
The Best In Sports In 7 DaysWinter Olympics, figure skating (7 p.m., Ch. 3): It's time for men's figure skating. Why? Expect the worst from NBC
Amid Shouts, A 911 OverhaulThe mood in the House on Feb. 8 was affable, as it had been throughout most of the Legislative session since it opened in January. Lawmakers passed more than 10 bills in a row with only minimal argument and a …
Do The Right Thing<i>This story originally ran in the Daily Mississippian, Ole Miss' student newspaper.</i>
The ‘Lord's Work'In a silent but massive social shift, the Mississippi House voted unanimously to allow Medicaid to pay for home care for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries.
[Music] Straight From The HeartThe annual HeARTS Against AIDS Benefit is reminiscent of a general admission concert—people pushing through crowds, juggling water bottles and cameras, and hoping not to find their hands in accidental contact with personal parts of strangers' bodies. While wineglasses and …
What The Tuck!?!In November 2002, Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck, a long-time Democrat, shook a few corners of the Mississippi political underground by announcing that she would now be called Republican Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck. "I feel that the Republican Party is more …
One of Mississippi's Best-Kept Secrets for ArtistsI had to buckle down and do it this week. It was time-consuming and a bit intimidating, but I finally got it done. What? The application for the MS Arts Commission Artist Roster.
Coretta, Betty and Me<i>It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century in the United States.</i>
[Tisserand] Throw Us Something, AmericaThe silence can be terrifying. Not just the silence that still shrouds so much of greater New Orleans—the silence of neighborhoods on the brink, homes and schools empty, stores shuttered, communities scattered, friends out of touch.
[Stiggers] What Would Kanye Do?Ghetto Science Public Television and Kunta "Rahsheed X" Toby Film Works present "Moments in Angry, Black History."
No. 22, Vol. 4It is indeed laudable that you are pressing to have this unfortunate young woman's remains returned to her family in Omaha ("Missing Shannon," Feb. 2-8, 2006), and the authorities involved do deserve to be castigated for dropping the ball, but …
Marek DlouhyMarek Dlouhy, 25, is a man who gets around the world. The native of the Czech Republic grew up in Jicin about an hour from Prague. He came to the U.S. in 2000 to dance with Ballet Magnificat.
Is Jackson ready for the emergence of "Homo-Hop"?"Heterosexuals are very comfortable with the idea of gay boys parodying hiphop, and alot less comfortable with us doing it. And particularly if we do it well" Tim'm West in interview with Reporter Lynne Johnson (2001).<i></i>