Comments for The dish http://meadowparty.com/blog The collected thoughts of sportswriter, bookworm, & food critic Keith Law Mon, 14 May 2012 07:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Saturday five, 5/12/12. by Ronaldo http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2239&cpage=1#comment-16537 Ronaldo Mon, 14 May 2012 07:06:49 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2239#comment-16537 Obo - Sure, Obama stating that the status quo is unconstitutional would be a much bigger step for marriage equality. Still, the President expressed his personal belief that everbody should have equal marriage rights. That is a pretty big step, and well ahead of anyone else who has ever been - or run for - President. Obama has proven to be the most pro-gay President in American history by a very wide margin. Would I like to see even more? Sure, but politics continues to restrain. Obo –

Sure, Obama stating that the status quo is unconstitutional would be a much bigger step for marriage equality. Still, the President expressed his personal belief that everbody should have equal marriage rights. That is a pretty big step, and well ahead of anyone else who has ever been – or run for – President. Obama has proven to be the most pro-gay President in American history by a very wide margin. Would I like to see even more? Sure, but politics continues to restrain.

]]> Comment on Top 30 boardgames. by Jacob http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=1985&cpage=1#comment-16536 Jacob Sun, 13 May 2012 22:06:34 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=1985#comment-16536 Please try bohnanza, a German card game where you are a bean farmer, sounds wierd, but is amazingly fun Please try bohnanza, a German card game where you are a bean farmer, sounds wierd, but is amazingly fun

]]> Comment on Saturday five, 5/12/12. by Drakos http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2239&cpage=1#comment-16535 Drakos Sun, 13 May 2012 01:08:30 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2239#comment-16535 I haven't heard much about the downsides (and I'm sure there are some) but Seattle, San Francisco, much of Alameda county and I'm sure many other places have had food waste recycling for years now. In Seattle it couldn't have been much easier for residents. Just throw your fruit and vegetable scraps, meat, bones, food soiled paper, egg shells, etc. in with your curbside yard waste and then have it hauled away. It went off, was turned into compost and then the compost was sold. I haven’t heard much about the downsides (and I’m sure there are some) but Seattle, San Francisco, much of Alameda county and I’m sure many other places have had food waste recycling for years now. In Seattle it couldn’t have been much easier for residents. Just throw your fruit and vegetable scraps, meat, bones, food soiled paper, egg shells, etc. in with your curbside yard waste and then have it hauled away. It went off, was turned into compost and then the compost was sold.

]]> Comment on Saturday five, 5/12/12. by Obo http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2239&cpage=1#comment-16534 Obo Sun, 13 May 2012 00:37:10 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2239#comment-16534 I keep seeing things, like the New Yorker piece linked here, praising Obama about his recent stance on gay marriage. Am I missing something or didn't I read that while he said he personally supports gay marriage, he also thinks it's up to the states to decide? Wouldn't the laudable stance be that he thinks it would be unconstitutional for a state to prevent gay people from marrying? I keep seeing things, like the New Yorker piece linked here, praising Obama about his recent stance on gay
marriage. Am I missing something or didn’t I read that while he said he personally supports gay marriage, he also thinks it’s up to the states to decide? Wouldn’t the laudable stance be that he thinks it
would be unconstitutional for a state to prevent gay people from marrying?

]]> Comment on Ruhlman’s Twenty. by Saturday five, 5/12/12. http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=1990&cpage=1#comment-16533 Saturday five, 5/12/12. Sat, 12 May 2012 18:06:40 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=1990#comment-16533 [...] recipe I mentioned as my favorite sauce for fried foods; it’s just the mayonnaise recipe from Ruhlman’s Twenty (also found in his earlier book Ratio), with one or two chipotle peppers, pureed with 1-3 tsp of [...] [...] recipe I mentioned as my favorite sauce for fried foods; it’s just the mayonnaise recipe from Ruhlman’s Twenty (also found in his earlier book Ratio), with one or two chipotle peppers, pureed with 1-3 tsp of [...]

]]> Comment on Waverley. by Brian in ahwatukee http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2237&cpage=1#comment-16531 Brian in ahwatukee Fri, 11 May 2012 22:27:15 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2237#comment-16531 I hated Ivanhoe and that was supposed to be more swashbuckling knights and armor stuff, just really an uninteresting read. Not totally related but I wanted to substantiate your strong dislike for sws. Also I'm 4/5 through Proust now and my god I have no idea what's great about it. Nothing happens except for a petulant narrator occasionally making an amusing observation. It does however read really easy so while long, it isn't arduous. I hated Ivanhoe and that was supposed to be more swashbuckling knights and armor stuff, just really an uninteresting read. Not totally related but I wanted to substantiate your strong dislike for sws.

Also I’m 4/5 through Proust now and my god I have no idea what’s great about it. Nothing happens except for a petulant narrator occasionally making an amusing observation. It does however read really easy so while long, it isn’t arduous.

]]> Comment on Saturday five … er, eleven, 5/5/12. by BSK http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2229&cpage=1#comment-16528 BSK Wed, 09 May 2012 15:36:59 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2229#comment-16528 "Don’t trust any meat item where the cook can hide substandard product under other ingredients, like a spicy sauce." Wouldn't this be true of just about any meat preparation that involves a sauce? Or are there ways to differentiate meat quality in other recipes but not in those like spicy tuna? If that is the case, what makes spicy tuna different? “Don’t trust any meat item where the cook can hide substandard product under other ingredients, like a spicy sauce.”

Wouldn’t this be true of just about any meat preparation that involves a sauce? Or are there ways to differentiate meat quality in other recipes but not in those like spicy tuna? If that is the case, what makes spicy tuna different?

]]> Comment on 50/50. by JonathanL http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2232&cpage=1#comment-16527 JonathanL Wed, 09 May 2012 15:36:30 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2232#comment-16527 Gotta side with Ronaldo. When the therapist laid out his mother's life for him, taking care of her tragic husband while wondering every day if her only son is going to die, that was pretty powerful, and them taking him into surgery at the end before anyone was ready was a scene I remember well. I don't disagree with you that the movie came up short overall, though. I am glad I saw the film, but I'm sure I'll never see it again. But Joseph Gordon-Levitt pretty much demands you see his movie with his performances anymore. He's so great on screen. His Bruce Willis impersonation in the upcoming Looper (I think it's called) is eerie, at least going by the trailers. Gotta side with Ronaldo. When the therapist laid out his mother’s life for him, taking care of her tragic husband while wondering every day if her only son is going to die, that was pretty powerful, and them taking him into surgery at the end before anyone was ready was a scene I remember well.

I don’t disagree with you that the movie came up short overall, though. I am glad I saw the film, but I’m sure I’ll never see it again.

But Joseph Gordon-Levitt pretty much demands you see his movie with his performances anymore. He’s so great on screen. His Bruce Willis impersonation in the upcoming Looper (I think it’s called) is eerie, at least going by the trailers.

]]> Comment on 50/50. by Ronaldo http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2232&cpage=1#comment-16526 Ronaldo Wed, 09 May 2012 09:59:02 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2232#comment-16526 I actually thought the mother/son dynamic was one of the more compelling subplots. Her boy is dying and she has this primal need to assert her maternity, yet he continues to assert his independence and push back. Adam nearly comes out as the more selfish of the two. I've never had cancer, but I've admired how some people can realize that it's not "all about them", that while Adam has it worst, others around him are suffering too and through grace could use some empathy from him. It's a very complicated balance, and I thought it worked as a thought-provoking dynamic in this movie solely because Huston's performance was pitch-perfect. I actually thought the mother/son dynamic was one of the more compelling subplots. Her boy is dying and she has this primal need to assert her maternity, yet he continues to assert his independence and push back. Adam nearly comes out as the more selfish of the two. I’ve never had cancer, but I’ve admired how some people can realize that it’s not “all about them”, that while Adam has it worst, others around him are suffering too and through grace could use some empathy from him. It’s a very complicated balance, and I thought it worked as a thought-provoking dynamic in this movie solely because Huston’s performance was pitch-perfect.

]]> Comment on 50/50. by Nathan http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2232&cpage=1#comment-16525 Nathan Wed, 09 May 2012 01:24:21 +0000 http://meadowparty.com/blog/?p=2232#comment-16525 I saw this movie 2 weeks after my cancer diagnosis and was surprised at how close they hit Adam's perspective. I loved the humor and related well to Adam. I could have done without everyone I knew asking me if I had seen the movie once they heard of my diagnosis, but overall I enjoyed it quite a bit. I saw this movie 2 weeks after my cancer diagnosis and was surprised at how close they hit Adam’s perspective. I loved the humor and related well to Adam. I could have done without everyone I knew asking me if I had seen the movie once they heard of my diagnosis, but overall I enjoyed it quite a bit.

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