Monday, February 28 2011
‘Kings of Pastry’ Is Certainly Drool-worthy, but It Leaves You Wanting More
This documentary might make you run to your nearest bakery, because although it provides little more than satisfying food porn, that’s enough to make it worth watching.
Monday, October 11 2010
CIFF 2010: ‘Bitter Feast’ (Joe Maggio, 2010)
Bitter Feast warns potential viewers what they may encounter right in the title. Yes, it's a horror movie about food culture. Unfortunately, it's not much of a feast, but it will leave something of a bitter taste.
Wednesday, August 4 2010
Feeding an Addiction
Call me a romantic, but after watching so much of that wet and messy business, I crave a less-is-more, simpler, sexier rendition of food porn. Instead, of grotesque, I prefer burlesque and have found that the good stuff isn’t on reality TV.
Monday, July 26 2010
Food: Quiet Inlet
Quiet Inlet is an impressively inventive album that may be one of 2010’s best releases.
Wednesday, February 6 2008
Food: Molecular Gastronomy
The duo of saxophonist lain Bellamy and percussionist Thomas Stronen create more haunting, improvised experiments around the theme of food.
Tuesday, July 10 2007
I Like Food, Food Tastes Good by Kara Zuaro
Even if a band like, say, Pelican doesn't sound like my cup of tea, I'm happy to try their recipe for oatmeal cake.
Monday, May 7 2007
Rope, Inc.: Songs Of Love & War
A seamless collection of not-quite-electronica, rather abstract, ambient, and interesting songs.
Monday, February 5 2007
Food: Forever Is a Dream
Food, a relatively obscure Chicago group who released their only album, Forever Is a Dream, in 1969, get the reissue treatment from Fallout
Wednesday, August 24 2005
Hiltmeyer, Inc.: Sendling 70
If I press the Mega Bass button on my CD player the tracks become almost totally obscured under the cacophonous low-end rumble.
