http://thenewsbase.com Cooking, Books, Movies, Cool Websites Thu, 22 May 2008 16:38:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently tried to cancel my Myspace account, because it is causing “personal drama”. It's an incredibly difficult process these days. You have to confirm twice that you want to cancel, and write why. Then, you have to receive an e-mail and click on a link in that ... http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/22/gripe-about-myspace/ Whale Rider Whale Rider is a lovely little movie about a rural Maori town in New Zealand and their search for a leader. It's about the struggle for a little girl to be accepted, about the struggle between tradition and modern ideas, fulfilling your dreams, and about love within a family ... http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/18/whale-rider-movie-review/ My husband caught a beautiful trout a few nights ago. It was full of roe (that's fish eggs, also known as caviar). I've had commercial caviar before, you eat it on crackers with champagne. And I've had catfish, bluegill and bass roe before. They are in a ... http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/13/new-most-simple-delectable-recipe-for-trout-roe/ This is a neat little book that I read almost in one day. I found a lot of myself in it. Some of you may think that this statement is odd. After all, it's about a British girl growing up in a small town under a severely religious, perhaps ... http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/11/orange-are-not-the-only-fruit-by-jeanette-winterson/ There are hundred of ice cream flavors on the market. And many of them taste very good. Unfortunately, most ice cream is full of fake stuff... high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, preservatives, etc. Yuck. I have found a great alternative. No, not some fancy expensive alternative. ... http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/11/ice-cream-the-natural-alternative/ I subscribe to a lot of newsletters, but my favorite is the "Funny Columns" from self-described "writer Melvin Durai, who was born in India, raised in Zambia and brainwashed in America". He apparently now lives in Canada (go Canada!), and most of his columns have a sarcastic political message, ... http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/08/melvin-durai-the-rajah-of-humor/ I started watching this movie, expecting a documentary from BBC or the Discovery Channel about sleep and dreams. It was definitely not that, but something much better. A Michel Gondry film. The director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, many of Bjork's music videos, and several ... http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/07/movie-review-the-science-of-sleep/ I absolutely love to see Jim Carey in a serious role. I think that Kate Winslet is beautiful. Charlie Kaufman (screenwriter for Adaptation and Being John Malkovich among others) is brilliant. And I think that Michel Gondry is an absolute genius. It also has Elijah Wood ... http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/06/movie-review-eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/ If you stretch your meat with pasta, potatoes, veggies, etc. you can buy expensive cuts of meat and fish with relatively little cost. Most Americans (and people in other developed countries) eat too much meat anyway, and need more fruits and vegetables in their diet to stay healthy. http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/02/kitchen-tip-2/ To make onions easy to deal with (and take advantage of sales, especially on specialty onions like vidalias), chop several onions at once, then freeze for later use. Do the same with carrots, broccoli, and other like veggies. http://thenewsbase.com/2008/05/01/kitchen-tip-1/