Friday, April 01, 2005

Reviews, MAR/APR 05

MUSIC - La Oreja (de Van Gogh)
"Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías La Dormida"
by MICHAEL KAY, graphics editor

Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías La Dormida (loosely translated, “What I Told You While You Were Asleep”) is a beautiful and ingenious album in many respects.

Although generally ranked among the rock/pop charts, Lo Que Te Conté has elements of dance, easy listening, and folk to satisfy the tastes of virtually anyone in search of delightful, easy-on-the-ears music.

Once you start up the first track, you can almost begin to visualize the vivid masterpieces of Mr. Van Gogh himself. Lo Que Te Conté is a one-hour escape from the pressures and rushes of everyday life, invoking feelings of nostalgia and romance.




RESTAURANT - Shahrzad
A Taste of Tehran
by ROXY VARZA, staff writer

You cannot leave a Persian restaurant if you have never tried ghormeh-sabzi. This stew takes a ridiculous amount of preparation, trimming cilantro leaves one-by-one from the stems.

Cilantro, onion, kidney beans, juicy beef chunks, and other spices and herbs are blended together with the tangy flavor of fresh lemon and limoo omani (dried lemon) to create a mouth-watering flavor. Iranians take this dish very seriously.

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