Fruitcake

When we think about the year-end holidays, books often are at the center of our memories. Maybe we received a special book as a gift, and it became a cherished memento. Or maybe we read a book about the holidays each year, as a treasured part of our...

This is the time of year when you get that call from Aunt Vivian saying: "Hello dear, I just wanted to make sure I have your address right. I'll be sending my fruitcake!" And you politely say: "Oh, great, Aunt Viv! It's a holiday tradition!" Then the...

Although prepared almond and hazelnut pastes (and marzipan, a sweetened almond paste) can be found at many gourmet markets and specialty stores, they can easily be made at home....

What's the connection between pattypan squash and the bagel? OK, pretty remote, but it exists....

Mark Oxner, a GOP candidate for the 9th Congressional District, has produced a new Spanish-language ad that links Alan Grayson to the founder of Planned Parenthood to eugenics — the discredited 20th century science of breeding (or sterilizing)...

Resident X Factor expert Josh Ridgway will be blogging about the US version of The X Factor on FOX this season.  You can also follow Josh on Twitter: @JoshFactor. Wednesday night is finally the premiere of The X Factor on Fox. You may have seen several...

Did you promise to get active in 2011? If you have a taste for the offbeat — swamp soccer, anyone? — these one-of-a-kind sporting events can help you keep that promise and travel at the same time. The World Bog Snorkeling Championship If you...

ALASKA Winter Solstice Festival Fairbanks welcomes winter with live bands and other music makers in two locations downtown, with storytelling, holiday movies, cocoa, cookies and fireworks. A treasure hunt with clues at 10 locations leads to a prize, the...

John Waters doesn't love all holidays. "I think Santa Claus should team up with the tooth fairy and kill the Easter bunny," he says. But Christmas? Christmas he loves unconditionally, without irony. For the past decade, he's been touring every December...

Didi Panache, Chase Padgett, Rob Gee's “Fruitcake,” Pepe's “Truth or Dare” — even Wayburn Sassy himself. It's like an Orlando Fringe Festival reunion. Well, that makes sense as those performers are coming together for another...

I stopped by BethFest at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center this afternoon and spent a very funny hour with Paul Strickland's “Brighter Shade of Blue.” Many of you saw the show at the Orlando Fringe Festival, where Strickland won the newbie...

Tod Caviness here, not dressed up and with no place to go this Halloween. Sigh. - I might be persuaded to head out to Mount Dora tomorrow, though. There are no bad excuses to visit the Rockin' Rabbit Brewery, as far as I'm concerned. This Thursday (Oct....