| It's the hottest time of the year for spicy, saucy wings
It's the hottest time of the year for spicy, saucy wings McClatchy Newspapers Michael Deary has perfected his chicken wings over the years in Elk Grove, Calif. By Alison Roberts The way Michael Deary sees it, when you're a football fan, you gotta wing it. On game days, you can smell the excitement in Deary's Elk Grove, Calif., kitchen as he starts frying up his Buffalo wings early so he'll have a big pile for friends and family to tackle by kickoff. "I'm a fanatic about them," says the longtime Raiders fan. "My friends come over, and they're like, 'You're cooking wings at 8 in the morning?'" Wings have found a winning teammate in football -- with wing consumption peaking on Super Bowl weekend. Last year, more than 1 billion wing servings flew into the sunset and into human gullets during the big game weekend, the National Chicken Council reports.
Tonto Bar & Grill
My dinner companion, visiting from New Jersey, doesn't know what to make of our appetizer at Tonto Bar & Grill. Admittedly, it is a bit of a mess, resembling a soft hockey puck ladled with soupy tomatoes and flanked with big cracker shards on a pool of bright green liquid splashed in fuchsia syrup. The menu doesn't help my East Coast pal much, calling it an Indian harvest torta ($9.50) and listing unfamiliar ingredients such as Anasazi beans, ancho chiles, and "Ancient 3 grain flatbread." But after his first bite, he's smiling. "It's like seven-layer bean dip," he says. .
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George MacDonald Fraser
For two years he received rejections from publishers, with one American house adding that Flashman was the wrong name for the character. The book was finally accepted by the small firm of Barrie and Jenkins. Although some critics saw the series as a satire on Victorian morality, its continued popular success was due to Fraser's ability to make learning history enjoyable. The richly comic narrative moved with a military dash worthy of Anthony Hope or Rafael Sabatini while spoofing the wholesome sensibilities of the heroes of Buchan and Henty. Though later instalments perhaps strove for effect, with some critics tiring of Flashman's priapism and finding him braver than of old, the broad comedy was always underpinned by Fraser's meticulous research. On Desert Island Discs he chose to take with him the Oxford English Dictionary, and he rightly prided himself on his command of 19th-century trivia and slang, often drawn from contemporary issues of Punch.
Classic diner in the Point brews its own spruce beer
Flat-lined on Notre Dame St., homemade spruce beer is bubbling in the Point. Barry Fleischer, who made the uniquely Québécois concoction at Restaurant Émile Bertrand for 25 years, has brought his brewer's skills to Point St. Charles. Fleischer and Dany Roy are serving up homemade spruce beer - along with steamies, poutine and good cheer - at Paul Patates. If you haven't been to the eatery, at the southwest corner of Charlevoix and Coleraine Sts., you may have seen it on TV. Paul Patates is a location used in Taxi 0-22, the TVA comedy series that stars Patrick Huard as the tweed-capped, motor-mouthed, highly opinionated cabbie he created for his live shows. .
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