Mexico Passion: TROPICAL FRUITS AREN'T SO EXOTIC THESE DAYS
Sweet-scented guavas, purple passion fruit and sunflower-yellow carambola are making ordinary oranges and apples seem downright bland.Whether eaten sliced and peeled, topped with honey or whipped cream, mixed into a salad or blended into a chutney or jelly, exotic fruits are appearing on dinner tables more frequently.They are becoming more frequent partly because grocery stores are offering more variety and cookbooks are including more of the brightly colored, tangy fruits in their...
Mexico Passion: NEW NEW MEXICO COACH REMEMBERS OLD FRIEND
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In many ways, the hiring of Rocky Long as the University of New Mexico's next football coach was a toast to absent friends. Or one, anyway.Long's eyes misted and his shirt collar seemed to shrink by two sizes Saturday as he spoke of the late Larry Korpitz, a former Lobo player and assistant coach, who, like Long, clearly pined for a chance to win the UNM head coaching job. ''Every time we talked, we talked about becoming...
Mexico Passion: Friends swarm Long, but his best pal is missing
In many ways, the hiring of Rocky Long as the University of New Mexico's next football coach was a toast to absent friends. Or one, anyway. Long's eyes misted and his shirt collar seemed to shrink by two sizes Saturday as he spoke of the late Larry Korpitz, a former Lobo player and assistant coach, who, like Long, clearly pined for a chance to win the UNM head coaching job."Every time we talked, we talked about becoming the head coach at New...
Mexico Passion: Best Bets
Twisted 'toons at warped speed The highly anticipated return of Spike and Mike is upon us. This year's "Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation" is said to be the best installment in recent years. The festival travels the world enertaining audiences who might be bored with teh offering of the Cartoon Network and the like.The show, which makes its Austin debut tonight, boasts 24 new films created in a variety of countries and using a...
Mexico Passion: DANCE REVIEW
Dealing in Universals, Not Specifics, Graham Distilled Human Emotions
Martha Graham's dances are more often sensed than comprehended. One understands them through the pores. Her most enigmatic works, also her greatest, can be puzzling, but in the largest sense the viewer knows very well what they are about. That is because Graham's genius as choreographer and dancer did not trade in specifics but in universals. On Tuesday night at the Joyce Theater, you did not need a scenario to grasp that a woman at the vortex of changing...