by John Donne Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the devils foot; Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's stinging, And find What wind...
There is an entire section of the HOF devoted to Peter Jackson’s new documentary, THE BEATLES: GET BACK, that details the recording sessions for the “Let it Be” album. If you haven’t watched, I highly recommend. For music lovers, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is an interesting ...
Where: John's Roast Pork, 14 E. Snyder Avenue, Philadelphia, PA Read More Max's Steaks — Photo by Visit Philadelphia There are famous cheesesteak shops, and there are cheesesteak shops that are famous— and North Philly’s Max’s Steaks is both. The spot boasts Hollywood chops as...
The entire ham dry-curing process lasted on average 604 days and ranged from 566 to 631 days. The mean (±SD) of ham weight loss during dry-curing (%) was 28.95 ± 2.18%; the values ranged between 22.98 and 36.22%. The percentage of WLC was consistent with reports on Italian dry-...
flowing long below his pork-pie hat, as if Lester Young were Wild Bill Hickok. John had his wig, and I just had my hair, but motionless, eyes slitted against morning, we four leaned back like tilted packing crates against the back wall of the empty car. We crawled down a few floors...
The latest batch of pigs is ready for slaughter and organ extraction. Tonight, I will be opened up and rebuilt. I have programmed frames to handle the entire operation. A shame I never had a chance to name the pigs. But at least I will dine on fresh pork. ENTRY 12CORPOREAL...
When the media called the disease “swine flu,” the National Pork Producers Council angrily objected, “This flu is being called something that it isn’t, and it’s hurting our entire industry. It is not a ‘swine’ flu, and people need to stop calling it that.”[1]The pork producers...
John A Burns I wrote of Burns previously: Along with World War II AJA veterans like Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga, Burns was part of the “coffee drinking group” that met to try to undo what Burns called the “economic strangulation” of the Big Five and Republican control of Hawai...
The entire time one is attached to a safety line, but it does not feel as if one is (at least not to me). When guests asked “what happens if I fall?” the staff would respond, “you don’t fall, you just dangle.” C caught on very quickly and completed all the obstacles on ...
As we trudged through magnificent palaces and gardens, pondered over ancient ruins and gazed in awe at the pain people have taken through centuries to preserve their history, and in some cases, folk lore, we were slowed down by a…