Join me, librarian and amateur cook Ashley Rayner, in my home kitchen as I explore culture through food as part of this year's One Book, One Chicago. Each dish is made from cookbooks that you can find at CPL. In this episode, I will make Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce from the cookbook Jubilee.…
Snacks in the Stacks: Roasted Aloo Gobi (Potatoes and Cauliflower)
Join me, librarian and amateur cook Ashley Rayner, in my home kitchen as I explore culture through food as part of this year's One Book, One Chicago. Each dish is made from cookbooks that you can find at CPL. In this episode, I'll make Roasted Aloo Gobi (Potatoes and Cauliflower) from the book Indian-ish.…
Beyond Borders: Exploring Cookbooks, Expanding Horizons
This season of One Book, One Chicago, we explore the theme Beyond Borders and the book Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. One of the ways I love to explore the world is through cooking. I know the universal language is technically mathematics, but in my experience food is a great way to learn about a…
Snacks in the Stacks: Chicken Adobo and Garlic Fried Rice
Join me, librarian and amateur cook Ashley Rayner, in my home kitchen as I explore culture through food as part of this year's One Book, One Chicago. Each dish is made from cookbooks that you can find at CPL. This episode, I'll make Chicken Adobo with Garlic Fried Rice, as found in The Adobo Road…
Children of the Night: If You Liked Lovecraft Country
Can't believe Lovecraft Country is over? Stay in the eldritch spirit with librarian Ashley's creepy recommendations.
Top Picks: Around the Way Girl Taraji P. Henson
When I think of Taraji P. Henson, I think of versatility. Her roles range from a NASA mathematician to a dangerous hit woman. Her fashion, both on the screen and in real life, is eye-catching and fun. And when she’s in a movie, you can’t take your eyes off her. She makes 50 look good! For her 50th…
In Living Color: African American Historical Graphic Novels
When I was a student, I didn’t like history. All of those dates and times didn’t seem applicable to my life. I preferred reading actual stories about what happened to people. As I grew older and learned that history is much more than timelines, I really enjoyed exploring the different ways that stories can be…
Organic Science Fiction: The Works of Chicago Author Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor's work straddles the mundane and the fantastical. In one story, children are born with hair in magical dada locks that allow them to fly. In another, a cab ride starts in Chicago, makes a pit stop at a supernatural parade and ends in Nigeria. Connecting different cultures and different worlds is Okorafor's specialty…
Top Picks: Samuel L. Jackson
Quick: think of your favorite movie. There’s a good chance it features Samuel L. Jackson. He started out as a “that guy” in lots of movies, like his blink-and-you'll-miss-it roles in Goodfellas or Coming to America. He was also a fixture in several Spike Lee movies. In Do the Right Thing, he played Mister Señor Love Daddy…
Happy 75th Birthday, Robert De Niro!
Happy birthday to one of my favorite goodfellas, Robert De Niro, who turns 75 on August 17. Although he's best known for his gangster roles, De Niro's career has run the gamut from drama to comedy and everything in between. When you've been in over a hundred movies, there are a lot of characters to…
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