VIDEO:Recipe for a St. Patrick’s Day Feast: Beef in Guinness

Chef Diane Stopford - SDNN | Wed, 03/17/2010 - 9:48am | Login to bookmark or comment

Beef in Guinness is a traditional Irish dish of beef slowly braised in Guinness. It is a simple, hearty dish, using the tougher, cheaper, but also flavorful cuts of meat.

Top the beef with a puff pastry lid and it makes a deliciously rich beef pie. This recipe uses stewing beef but short ribs also work very well.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs stewing beef

• 2 tbsp flour

• 3 tbsp vegetable oil

• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

• ½ tsp cayenne pepper

• 2 large onions, roughly chopped

• 2 cloves garlic, crushed

• 2 cups carrots, roughly chopped

Eight great beer recipes for St. Patty’s Day

Susan Russo - SDNN | Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:10am | Login to bookmark or comment

For many Americans, St. Patrick’s Day is an excuse to cook annual favorites like corned beef and cabbage and Irish soda bread. It’s also a day that excuses – and encourages – imbibing.

With San Diego’s thriving craft beer scene and scores of bars, that shouldn’t be a problem. But don’t just drink beer on St. Patrick’s Day – cook and bake with it, too.

‘Green Zone,’ ‘Red Riding’ plus more movie reviews, news

Critical palette also includes “Yellow Handkerchief,” “Ajami”

David Elliott - SDNN | Mon, 03/15/2010 - 10:45am | Login to bookmark or comment

“Green Zone”

Would Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” have won the top 2009 Oscar on Sunday if its anti-Iraq War politics were less artfully tucked inside the hot-wired emotions of a bomb defusion team doing its job? Probably not, and Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” has commercial traction from cryptic Hitchcockean tensions, rather than its barbed slicing of Britain’s Tony Blair for being George W. Bush’s favorite war buddy (some critics have been reviewing it as if the film had no politics).

In Season: Mushrooms capture last flavors of winter

By Lauren Duffy - SDNN | Mon, 03/15/2010 - 10:34am | Login to bookmark or comment

I’m no vegetarian, trust me.

I love a good burger, appreciate an old-fashioned steakhouse and have been hard at work cultivating my barbeque skills ever since I inherited a hand-me-down smoker.

But every now and then, I’m just not in the mood for meat. The fact is, I really like vegetarian cuisine. Especially when it comes to mushrooms.

All Adam, all the time

"American Idol" rocks Fantasy Springs Casino

David A. Lee - BottomLine | Fri, 03/12/2010 - 9:52am | Login to bookmark or comment

The “Glamberts” were out in force on Saturday, Feb. 27, when the object of their/our obsession -- "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert -- performed his first solo concert ever at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio.

With an invitation-only pre-party for more than 600 guests (during which all of his Idol performances were screened), the night got off to an early Adam-adoration fest.

Bottom's Up: St. Patrick's Day is so gay

A heavy pour of San Diego nightlife served straight, no chaser

Robert Corea - SDGLN Nightlife Columnist | Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:57am | Login to bookmark or comment

“On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon.” – The History Channel’s Web site.

In my professional opinion, despite its religious history, St. Patrick’s Day has got to be one of the gayest holidays in modern times. Think about it. Each year millions of people celebrate the image of a tiny man with a big sack at the end of a rainbow. ‘nough said.

Restaurant Review: Tender Greens

Frank Sabatini Jr. | Mon, 03/08/2010 - 11:20am | Login to bookmark or comment

Key:
+ shameful
++ mediocre
+++ delightful
++++ amazing

Tender Greens +++

2400 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 104
619-226-6254

Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday through Thursday; until 10 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays

Cuisine: American-organic

Budget impact: Low to moderate

VIDEO: Adam Lambert has blast at Sydney's Mardi Gras

SDGLN Staff | Sun, 03/07/2010 - 10:51am | Login to bookmark or comment

SYDNEY – Adam Lambert had a gay ol’ time at Sydney’s legendary Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Party, Australian media have reported.

San Diego’s famous glam rocker performed with glitter in his hair and in a scandalous leather costume with a giant codpiece, surrounded by sexy dancers in a homoerotic routine.

The Aussies loved it.

Movie reviews: "Alice in Wonderland," "Fish Tank" and "A Profit"

Latino Film Fest is previewed

David Elliott - SDNN | Fri, 03/05/2010 - 12:22pm | Login to bookmark or comment

“Alice in Wonderland”

In 1903 the first “Alice in Wonderland” film, coming 38 years after Lewis Carroll’s classic was published, was shown as Britain’s biggest screen treat so far — 12 minutes long! 800 feet of film! Cost: under a thousand pounds. In 1951 Disney put out its charming animated version, sold as “the all-cartoon Musical Wonderfilm!” Cost: $3 million.

Bottoms Up: You are what you drink

A heavy pour of San Diego nightlife served straight, no chaser

Robert Corea – SDGLN Nightlife Columnist | Thu, 03/04/2010 - 11:20am | Login to bookmark or comment

SAN DIEGO -- They say that you are what you eat, but like those who choose to drink their dinner on occasion, I happen to believe that you are what you drink.

As someone who makes a living by scouring the streets to find top-shelf nightlife and entertainment, I know that what someone drinks can tell you a lot about them. Considering this to be true, I began to wonder why so many fickle queens settle for run-of-the-mill cocktails instead of demanding the best that bars have to offer.

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