Sour Grapes: Sous-vide fine dining from plastic bagFor the humble home cook, the options for making food edible are mostly limited to the basics: sauteing, steaming, baking, broiling, and perhaps the occasional flambe. But these days, more and more people are getting fancy in the kitchen. And fancy foodies love a complicated cooking method. Sous-vide, French for “under vacuum,” is a method […] Continue Reading |
Speaker’s Corner: Nothing to fearWhen it comes to public speaking, according to common “top fear” lists, some of us would rather be dead than deliver a speech. On listverse.com, writer Caty Medrano compiled her idea of “top 10 strong human fears.” What I like about her list is that it deals in the drives behind fears: Losing your freedom […] Continue Reading |
Local, Live, and Loud: March 6 – 19Thursday, March 7 Masta Ace, Stricklin, Wordsworth, The Bundles, Ill Tone & The Kids Lucky Bar, $18, 9 pm I’m consistently amused by the way a story can be transformed from one mouth to another. It’s like that game Telephone. You know the one? Remember it from when you were a kid? In it, it’s […] Continue Reading |
Ability’s Muse: The many layers of suicideToo often I hear of families and friends losing loved ones to suicide. Those left behind are wracked with guilt, wondering what could have been done differently. There is much conflict and controversy as to how those no longer with us should be viewed. Suicide has been labelled as the ultimate act of cowardice, as […] Continue Reading |
Sour Grapes: Alkaline diet mysteriousDiets aren’t always about losing weight. Sometimes, an eating regime can be about healing the body and protecting oneself from disease. Enter the alkaline diet. The alkaline diet is based on a whole lot of chemistry and science mumbo-jumbo, but it basically breaks down to this: acidic foods suck away your very life force, while […] Continue Reading |
In Search of Lost Time: Don’t blame the victimVictim blaming is a powerful force where the person(s) subject to violence, bullying, domination, or oppression are blamed for whatever befalls them. We see this with frequency in our culture, and it’s disturbing and disgusting. We’re inculcated to think in this manner, in an individual-centric culture where each person is unreasonably accountable for everything in […] Continue Reading |
A message from the Camosun College student society: Election timeCamosun College Student Society (CCSS) and Camosun College elections are fast approaching! College and student society boards offer a wide range of positions to become involved in, and all positions will be up for election at the beginning of April for the 2013-2014 year. The college elects students to two separate boards: the board of […] Continue Reading |
Speaker’s Corner: (Un)constructive CriticismRead this: Rate My Professor is an obnoxious website students use to help decide which instructor to avoid, trash, or lust over. Now, read this: students can use Rate My Professor to determine if their learning style will mesh with that of an instructor’s. Patience is required to sift for useful information through rants and […] Continue Reading |
Ability’s Muse: Think of the childrenA society can be judged on the basis of how it treats its most vulnerable members. I cringe when this concept crosses my mind, as individuals of the utmost fragility fall through the cracks of our mental health system in BC so frequently. The cracks in the system that I speak of are far more […] Continue Reading |
Noms!: Pudding cookie sensationToday I bring you another recipe: pudding cookies. They’re relatively easy to make, and delicious. I call them pudding cookies because they are made using an instant pudding mix, making them extremely soft and extra delicious. They do, however, have such high butter/sugar content that it may be best not to think about it. Here’s […] Continue Reading |
