Reviews

The Making of Cabaret

Despite various directors’ attempts to make Cabaret change with the times – Liza Minnelli’s green fingernails in Bob Fosse’s 1972 film version, and the surprising evocation of a concentration camp at the end of Sam ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Discover Prince Edward Island: Adventure & Lighthouse Guide

By Susan Randles and Dave Stephens

It’s hard to imagine that two islands in one region of Canada could be as dissimilar as Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. PEI is tiny, fertile, temperate, and well adapted to tourism. Newfoundland is sprawling, ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

This Is Not the Mainland: A Novel Tour of Newfoundland and Labrador

By Rannie Gillis

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

True Crime, True North: The Golden Age of Canadian Pulp Magazines

By Carolyn Strange, Tina Loo

Like their dime-store novel counterparts, the most enduring charms of true crime magazines from the 1940s are their sensationalized covers and hyperbolic titles. A typical cover would depict a sultry woman with waffled tresses smoking ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Farmageddon: Food and the Culture of Biotechnology

By Brewster Kneen

It was Gloria Steinem who said that the personal is also the political. These days, the same applies to the edible, too. In North America, news about biotechnology does appear in the media, but it’s ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Real Food for a Change: Bringing Nature, Health, Joy and Justice to the Table

By Wayne Roberts, Rod MacRae and Lori Stahlbrand

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Tongue Twisters: Sexy Food from Bin 941 & Bin 942

By Gord Martin

Reconfiguring restaurant recipes for the home kitchen is always challenging. The dramatic differences in staple ingredients, equipment, number of assistants, and, most importantly, basic competence can be daunting obstacles. Making your food taste like restaurant ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

After Daniel: A Suicide Survivor’s Tale

By Moira Farr

Black holes are the only celestial bodies that succumb to their own gravity. Even light can’t escape. Toronto-based writer Daniel Jones, like many others who commit suicide, succumbed to his own inescapable void.After Daniel: A ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmstead and America in the Nineteenth Century

By Witold Rybczynski

Frederick Law Olmstead is a fascinating character and an inspiration to all those who take a long time to find their direction in life. After a somewhat haphazard education, he travelled widely and made forays ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Is the Pope Catholic? A Woman Confronts Her Church

By Joanna Manning

“Hope has two daughters,” quotes Catholic theologian, feminist, and social activist Joanna Manning. “Courage and anger.” The source of this wisdom? Saint Augustine himself, one of Catholicism’s leading misogynists. This fragment from Manning’s book, Is ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

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