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Simple, satisfying 3-ingredient barbecue sauces

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

By Steven Raichlen, The New York TimesTraditional American barbecue sauces have always had an air of mystery. The lengthy ingredient lists. The complex flavors. The secrecy surrounding the recipe. The mythical pitmasters who vow to take their formulas to the grave.So the notion of a barbecue sauce that contains only three ingredients smacks of heresy — even more so when you can assemble it in a matter of minutes. But there are precedents in regional American barbecue. Each of these recipes requires just three ingredients (not counting salt and pepper), and all will take your barbecue far beyond the sweet tomato-based condiment most of us call barbecue sauce.“Vinegar sauce is the original American barbecue sauce,” said John Shelton Reed, author of “On Barbecue.” While a watery mix of cider vinegar, red pepper flakes, and salt and pepper may not seem like barbecue sauce to most Americans, North Carolina-style pulled pork just wouldn’t taste right without it.The vinegar counterpo...

127-year-old California brewery shutting down

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

San Francisco’s 127-year-old Anchor Brewing Co. will shut down after years of declining sales, citing tough economic conditions.“We recognize the importance and historic significance of Anchor to San Francisco and to the craft brewing industry, but the impacts of the pandemic, inflation, especially in San Francisco, and a highly competitive market left the company with no option but to make this sad decision to cease operations,” spokesperson Sam Singer said in a written statement Wednesday.Anchor said that it made repeated efforts over the past year to find buyers for the brewery and its brands, but that it was unable to find one. The company said that it is still possible that a buyer will come forward as part of the liquidation process.In this 2004 file photo, a number of artisan beers made at Anchor Brewing Co. are dsiplayed in San Francisco. Anchor Brewing Co. says it is halting its operations and liquidating the business, citing declining sales and challenging economic conditi...

Video of 11-year-old boy looking for friends goes viral

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

It's a viral video with millions of views showing Shayden Walker ringing the doorbell of his neighbors Brennan and Angell Ray looking for friends after being bullied.This heartwarming moment started at the beginning of the month, KTLA sister station KAMR/KCIT reports. Angell Ray said the reason they decided to post the video on TikTok was that people needed to see the moment and that it was not acceptable how Shayden was feeling. She also thought people would relate to him.Shayden Walker (Courtesy: Brennan Ray)"Honestly, we posted it to get, like some friends for him... We had no idea it would reach worldwide or nationwide, so the fact it's gone all over the world is crazy," said Angell Ray.Shortly after posting the video, the Rays started a GoFundMe for Shayden that at the time of closing raised nearly $40,000. "I made the GoFundMe and within the first hour, it was $2,000 and within the first five hours, it was $10,000. Before I could get off work, we had passed $20,000 and so it w...

Israel Campos Arrested after Fatal DUI Crash on Richards Boulevard [Sacramento, CA]

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

Pedestrian-Auto Collision Near Jibboom Street Left Woman Dead and Three Others InjuredSACRAMENTO, CA (July 12, 2023) – Sunday evening, a fatal DUI crash on Richards Boulevard involving two children, led to the arrest of Israel Campos.Officers responded to the deadly collision around 6:30 p.m. near Richards Boulevard and Jibboom Street in downtown Sacramento.Upon arrival, authorities discovered two juveniles and one adult with major injuries. Medical responders rushed all three patients to an area hospital, where they remain in critical condition.Tragically, a 38-year-old female pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office is expected to release her name once they have notified the next of kin.On Monday, officials announced the arrest of 27-year-old Israel Campos for suspected felony DUI and gross vehicular manslaughter.The Sacramento Police Major Collision Investigations Unit continues to investigate the fatal crash.No words can mend the ...

Emillianne Audler Killed in Head-On Crash on Ellis Street [Madera County, CA]

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

Suspected DUI Collision near Fairview Street Kills 20-Year-Old WomanMADERA COUNTY, CA (July 12, 2023) – Monday morning, Emillianne Audler was pronounced dead following a head-on collision on Ellis Street.The fatal crash happened around 4:00 p.m. in the area of Ellis Street and Fairview Street.According to the investigators, an eastbound black pickup truck drove into the opposing lanes at high speeds for unknown reasons.As a result, the pickup collided head-on with another vehicle traveling westbound on Ellis Street.Upon arrival, emergency personnel declared the driver of the second vehicle dead at the scene. She was later identified as 20-year-old Emillianne Audler.Meanwhile, paramedics transported the pickup driver, 38-year-old Michael Messer, to a hospital in a critical condition.Investigators determined that Meser was driving with a suspended license. In addition, court records revealed that Messer previously had two DUI cases – one in 2018 and another in 2020.The family of...

Masterpiece Theater: Arts Calendar July 13-19

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

A masterful doc on masterpieces of painting, an exhibition of this year’s Master Artist project awards, iconic actors in canonical plays from across the pond, winners of global wildlife photography awards; invent your own plants, curate your own dance festival, welcome another major gallery transplant to town; big summer art shows, a timely theatrical revival, Dudamel.Art by Kyungmi ShinThursday, July 132023 City of Los Angeles (COLA) Individual Master Artist Project Exhibition at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Awarded annually to L.A.-based artists, COLA supports the creation of new works by a selection of the City’s most exemplary mid-career artists, honoring the synergetic relationship between Los Angeles, its artists, its history, and its identity as an international arts capital. The Literary and Performing Artists debuted their works at Grand Performances in June, and now the six visual artists are showcased at Barnsdall Art Park. 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Feliz; Opening r...

‘Succession’ leads all Emmy nominees with 27 as HBO dominates; ‘Ted Lasso’ leads comedy contenders

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

By ANDREW DALTON (AP Entertainment Writer)LOS ANGELES (AP) — HBO dominated Wednesday morning’s Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of “ Succession,” “The White Lotus” and “The Last of Us” combining for a whopping 74, but the dominant theme darkening the scene is the ongoing writers strike and the looming possibility that actors may join them in as little as a day.“Succession” and its deeply dysfunctional dynasty of one-percenters led all Emmy nominees in its fourth and final season with 27, including best drama, which it has won two of the past three years. It got three nominations for best actor in a drama, with Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin all getting nods for playing men of the Roy clan, and Sarah Snook getting a best actress nomination. It also got four nominations for best supporting actor in a drama.The cursed vacationers at a Sicilian resort from the second of “The White Lotus” truly domin...

‘Succession’ and ‘The Last of Us’ lead Emmy nominations

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

The nominees for the 75th Emmy Awards – television’s top honor – were announced Wednesday morning.“Succession” led with 27 Emmy nominations, followed by “The Last of Us” with 24, “The White Lotus” with 23 and “Ted Lasso” with 21.The Emmy Awards are currently scheduled for Sept. 18.See below for a list of nominees in top categoriesOutstanding drama series“Andor”“Better Call Saul”“The Crown”“House of the Dragon”“The Last of Us”“Succession”“The White Lotus”“Yellowjackets”Outstanding comedy series“Abbott Elementary”“Barry”“The Bear”“Jury Duty”“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”“Only Murders in the Building”“Ted Lasso”“Wednesday”Outstanding limited series“Beef”“Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”“Daisy Jones & the Six”“Fleishman Is in Trouble”“Obi-Wan Kenobi”Outstanding lead actor in a drama seriesJeff Bridges, “The Old Man”Brian Cox, “Succession”Kieran Culkin, “Succession”Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”Pedro Pascal, “The Last of Us”Jeremy Strong, “Succession”Outstanding lead actres...

Yes, people of Toronto, this amazing Canadian band is still together

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

The Cowboy Junkies have one of the best music catalogs of the last 40 years, filled with more a dozen studio albums that have only grown more intriguing and impressive over time.The Canadian band remains best-known for the 1988 major-label debut “The Trinity Session,” a lo-fi gem that mixes country, rock, folk and pop in ways that absolutely astound, and includes the album’s signature cover of Lou Reed’s “Sweet Jane.”The Junkies went on to release a number of popular offerings in the ‘90s — including “Caution Horses” and “Lay It Down” — but then began to fade from the public’s eye as they rolled into the new millennium.That did not, however, stop them from putting out great music. Indeed, their post-‘90s material — from 2001’s “Open” to 2007’s “At the End of Paths Taken” to 2018’s “All That Reckoning” — have arguably been the strongest of their entire career.The run of amazing artistic success continues with the band’s newly released full-length album “Such F...

Inflation cools off further in Bay Area as consumer prices ease

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 11:37:54 GMT

Consumer prices in the Bay Area rose at a much slower pace in June than in prior periods, a sign that the brutally high inflation rate of the last two years has begun to cool off — finally — the government reported Wednesday.The Bay Area cost of living rose 2.9% in June on a yearly basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. That was the smallest annual increase for the region’s inflation rate in more than two years.In February 2021, consumer prices rose 1.6% on a yearly basis.The peak for the current bout of sky-high consumer prices appears to have occurred in June 2022, when the Bay Area inflation rate skyrocketed by 6.8%.Since then, the successive reports for the inflation rate in the Bay Area showed an overall trend for steadily smaller annual increases in the pace of inflation.But there’s one key caveat to assessing the June pace of inflation. The current price levels are still far higher than in recent years.Two examples: June’s consumer ...