Don Cheadle takes the often-staid musician’s biopic and turns it on its head with Miles Ahead, a presumed account of Miles Davis’ life somewhere between 1975 and 1980, when he was hiding out in his New York mansion, high on cocaine and playing not a note. When Rolling Stone reporter David Braden (Ewan McGregor) shows up with the aim […]
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Stout Maple Pork Ribs
Ingredients Ribs Yields 4 servings 4 sides, pork back ribs 750 ml apple juice 1 cinnamon stick 1 bay leaf 2 cloves garlic 1 tsp salt 3 tbsp canola oil BBQ sauce Yields 1 litre 250 ml Sydney Street stout 150 ml maple syrup 1 tsp garlic 250 ml apple cider vinegar 400 ml Heinz […]
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Pirate’s Tonic
Ingredients 2 oz Mount Gay Eclipse Rum 1 ½ oz Don’s Mix (2 parts grapefruit,1 part cinnamon syrup) ½ oz lime juice tonic water Method Add all ingredients except tonic water to a set of shaker tins and shake until chilled and diluted. Strain into a chilled Collins glass and garnish with lime and shaved […]
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Banana Muffins
Ingredients 3 cups Odell’s all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 cup oil 2 large eggs ¾ cup milk 2 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 cup mashed ripe bananas (or 2 bananas) 1 cup medium-diced ripe bananas (1 banana) 1 cup chocolate chips 1 cup […]
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Rinaldo’s Skor Cannoli
Ingredients Yields 10 cannoli Shells 2 cups all-purpose flour ¼ tsp cinnamon 2 tsp sugar 1 tsp salt 2 tbsp lard ¼ tsp baking soda 3 tbsp white vinegar 3 tbsp marsala Filling 1 lb ricotta cheese ½ cup sugar ¼ cup lemon juice zest of 1 lemon ½ tsp cinnamon 2 vanilla pods 2 […]
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Pork shoulder tacos
Ingredients 5 lbs pork shoulder ½ onion, cut into rings 6 long slices of ginger 1 stalk of lemongrass 3 cloves of garlic, crushed 2 tbsp star anise 2 tbsp cloves 6 bay leaves 1 whole nutmeg 2 dried chilis ¼ cup tamari ¼ cup rice vinegar 2 tbsp salt Method Prepare a sachet with […]
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Pad Thai Chicken Wings
Yields 1 litre of sauce Step 1 45 g tamarind paste 150 ml water 1 small clove fresh garlic Puree in a blender and strain out the seeds. Discard the seeds and add the paste to Step 3. Step 2 1 kg white sugar 250 ml water Caramelize the sugar in a heavy bottom, medium […]
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Pizza alla Funghi di Tartufo
Ingredients 1 batch pizza dough (recipe below) 1 batch garlic cream (recipe below) 550 g mozzarella (fresh or grated) 4 portabella mushrooms, gills scraped and discarded 10 shitake mushrooms, stems removed 15 button mushrooms 5 king oyster mushrooms After the oven half-pack enoki mushrooms 25 fried sage leaves white truffle powder (recipe below) Italian parsley […]
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Quiet on the set a year after Stephen McNeil’s fateful budget
Mark Furey speaks with conviction about the bright future of movie-making in Nova Scotia. “The film and television incentive fund is here to stay,” says the provincial business minister. And you’ve gotta believe he believes it. Last April, after the Liberal budget killed the film funding program that had been luring major productions to the […]
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Free Will Astrology
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19) “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free,” said novelist Ralph Ellison. Would you consider making that a paramount theme in the coming weeks? Will you keep it in the forefront of your mind, and be vigilant for juicy clues that might show up in the experiences headed […]
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Patatas Bravas
Yields four portions Ingredients 2 lbs fingerling potatoes duck fat 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 shallot, brunoise ¼ cup pine nuts ½ cup red wine ½ cup chicken stock 1 cup roasted red peppers, chopped 4 sprigs thyme, picked and chopped 4 pieces of chicken skin Method Potatoes: Wash and halve the fingerling potatoes. Warm […]
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Letters to the editor, April 14, 2016
Weapons check They need those big guns (“Weapons of mass intimidation,” cover story by Rob Gordon, April 7). The cops should get anything they want. We the taxpayers must pay for power trips and our newly forming police state. We must prop up the egos of the fools in armour. —posted by willie_johnson25 at thecoast.ca […]