From Serious Eats With all the channels on broadcast TV and cable—and the inevitable episode repeats—it's hard to sort out what's new or worthwhile. Let us sort it out for you so you don't miss anything worth watching. Times may vary with region; check your local listings for exact hour and chan...

The most interesting of tonight’s news articles concerns the “Facebook invasion” by zealous mujahideen. It has been my repeated contention that in the art of information warfare the enemy remains far ahead of us. This story is yet another example of that fact: while we excommunicate one anothe...

We made it past Thanksgiving but the end-of-the-year holiday stampede is far from over. Wine writer Dick Rosano helps us choose wines to give as gifts at holiday parties. Dick Rosano writes about wine for Wine News and is the author of Wine Heritage: The Story of Italian-American Vintners. Dick's Pi...

Mi hanno raccontato che almeno una volta – se non di più il - decano degli studi shekspeariani in Italia, purtroppo morto da poco ma uno di quegli accademici potentissimi eppure coltissimi e anche molto amato, Agostino Lombardo che era alto e poetico, e smodatamente europeo, organizzava dei conve...

Recall this image? Recall the intoxicated words of the Daily Mail reporter? It seems hard to believe that this is the same actress whose portrayal of the Queen won her an Oscar. Yet this was no retouched studio shot, with the only work to transform her toned body having been carried out during gruel...

  Short and sweet tonight, I'm afraid! It's been a long week, I have a houseguest coming over tomorrow night, and at some point I would dearly love to fit in more than the 5 hours sleep per night I've been getting since the start of November and NaBloPoMo... Orecchiette is a ...

   Sunday Thru Thursday Every Week is Restaurant Week: 3 Courses for $35.08 We offer our full menu for our "restaurant week" deal.  This is not an early bird special, but available all night long.  You can chose any antipasti or salad or a 2 cheese plate for your starter, any dis...

Don’t miss “Letter From Iceland” under the “General” heading. The most concentrated essence of the financial crisis can be found in Iceland, and the account of recent events there is fascinating — and sobering. Thanks to C. Cantoni, Conservative Swede, Diana West, Insubria, JD, no2libera...

Here's a community interview from our Italian Visual Basic MVP Alessandro Del Sole, this time with Lucian Wischik, a Developer on the team. I'm just getting to know Lucian but he is a very interesting and bright person who is just a pleasure to talk with (I hope he starts blogging a lot more). When ...

What happened from October 18, 2006 to October 30, 2008? It’s been two years, since the last time I posted a blog here. I didn’t realize how busy I was from the time when I work as call center agent. There are so many things happened during that period, now I am not certain whether I can...