Winnipeg Free Press - February 2nd
Foodpairing
IF you’re still trying to understand the subtleties of pairing wine and food and are aspiring to be a dedicated foodie or know-it-all home chef, this new web app is going to come in handy when you get serious about connecting flavours.
While you may have the basics down, Foodpairing is a new way to explore flavour combinations. The Foodpairing tree gives you an interactive visualization of each ingredient, allowing you to see and explore connections between food and drinks you may not have thought about before. The tool aims to help you be more creative with food and beverages, create your own unique recipes on the fly and help you explore new ingredients.
A free account will get you access to a small portion of the database or you can subscribe to the full site for $15/month or $129/year. Web users aren’t used to paying for access to info, so it will be interesting to see how long Foodpairing can keep this revenue model going.
Catching up with Madonna
SINCE the release of her debut album in 1983, Madonna has never been afraid to reinvent and reimagine herself as an artist. While she’s been out of the spotlight for the past four years, that doesn’t mean she hasn’t been busy. W.E., a romantic drama she co-wrote and directed will be in theatres on Friday. She is also poised to release her 12th album, MDNA, in March and will headline the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.
“I don’t like to repeat myself,” explains the singer/director/dancer. “I’m a curious person who’s interested in learning, and I like to take the road less travelled by. That’s just my nature, so perhaps that leads me to subject matter or controversial or subversive waters. I don’t know. It’s not something that’s intentional. I’m not calculating being subversive or trying to be ahead of people. I just work on things that interest me.”
In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, the 53-year-old pop icon sat down with Rebecca Keegan to discuss W.E., MDNA, her world tour and the pressure of performing at the Super Bowl.
“I have 12 minutes and 40 seconds to do something extravagant and exciting in the middle of something that’s quite sacred to all of America,” she said. “No one’s asked me to tone down my moves. They were curious about my costumes and the costumes of the dancers….They were very clear with us up front that they don’t want nipples or anything like that, and I didn’t have any intention of doing that, so I was like, ‘OK, we’re cool.’
“I’m more nervous about this than most things I’ve done, simply because … it’s not how I’m used to working. I’m a perfectionist. I like everything to be done just so, and I like to run things and run things and run things until people can do it with their eyes closed.”
Game of Thrones — Season 2 Trailer
FANS waiting for the second season of HBO’s Game of Thrones will be pleased to know a new teaser trailer, You Win or Die, was released last week. If you missed the first season of the riveting fantasy drama, Game of Thrones returns to the air on April 1, so you still have plenty of time to power-disc the first 12 episodes.
