Uptown Magazine - March 15th
ChefHangouts
If you’re looking for a reason to sign up for a Google+ account and are a food nut or a wanna-be-chef, these new online cooking lessons being offered by Chefhangout.com are a unique way to sharpen your skills in the kitchen without leaving the comfort of your home. For around $20 a class, you’ll connect with an instructor and 10 other students via video chat using Google’s new streaming services. You can also trade and gather recipes from other users in the free video chat rooms that are part of Google+’s built-in features. This is an innovative use of Google’s group video chat feature and is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this type of learning and collaboration. While $20 a lesson may seem steep to some people, you can bet that a similar service will pop up without a fee, but heavy with ads and product placement.
The Most Common Cooking Mistakes
If real-time video chat cooking classes aren’t your thing, this list of the 41 Most Common Cooking Mistakes may help you identify some of the bad habits you may have picked up and should give you some easy-to-follow tips to help you not burn your chocolate the next time you’re baking, brown your meat for that perfect stew and improve your knife skills.
MP3 of the Week: Ryan Crosson Live
Part of the Visionquest crew originally from Detroit, Ryan Crosson and buddies Lee Curtiss, Seth Troxler and Shaun Reeves have been making their mark with a sexy, slowed down, after-hours style of house and techno that is injected with indie pop sensibilities. From their legendary Need I Say More parties in Motor City (usually the best after-party at Movement) and fledgling label to their tireless tour schedule that has them playing in the top clubs in the world and their recent mix for Fabric, Visionquest’s members are helping broaden the sound associated with Detroit. While they have all relocated from the city, they still have strong roots in the community and it’s impossible to separate what the are doing from the 313.
Video of the Week: Jeff Ross Roasts Wall Street at Occupy LA
If you missed Jeff Ross speed roasting adoring Winnipeggers at the Burt (I wouldn’t be surprised if the guy who gave him a JR ring during the segment ended up in his next TV special) or his performance on the roast of Charlie Sheen, who showed up looking like Gaddafi after a week-long bender, watch the hilarious comedian riff on Wall Street and the Occupy L.A. movement. His take-no-prisoners approach works well with the rag tag crowd of protesters and adds some humour to the Occupy camp.
