Splice Today

One man puts his ass on the line

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:56:10 -0400

Yesterday I decided to make the world's hottest curry using a spice mix with the endearingly juvenile name Satan's Ashes

Twenty years ago: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:22:12 -0400

Ask Anthony Amore what keeps him up and at night, and the Providence-born head of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has a ready answer.

Worst Case Scenario: Nazi Zombie Invasion

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:24:42 -0400

Border patrol stops man trying to order a pizza

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:24:39 -0400

A recent increase in border patrol along side streets dividing Derby Line, Vt., and Stanstead, Canada, are causing confusion and animosity between locals and border patrol agents.

Hipsters on food stamps

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:19:34 -0400

In the John Waters-esque sector of northwest Baltimore -- equal parts kitschy, sketchy, artsy and weird -- Gerry Mak and Sarah Magida sauntered through a small ethnic market stocked with Japanese eggplant, mint chutney and fresh turmeric. After gathering ingredients for that evening's dinner, they walked to the cash register and awaited their moments of truth

This is what binge drinking does to you

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:14:33 -0400

Mac and Cheese Connoisseurs

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:22:33 -0400

I haven’t eaten mac and cheese in over a month. I know!! Tragic!! But I’m back on the job now and raring to go, so it seemed only fitting that I should apply my new energy and focus to a dish that calls itself “Kicked Up.” It turned out to be a fine choice.

Get your shrimp fried rice and chocolate glazed donuts

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:47:30 -0400

Given California's storied history of pairing unusual ingredients with winning results—from its namesake California roll to Wolfgang Puck's smoked salmon pizza to the Korean short rib taco—perhaps it should have come as no surprise several years ago when, on a trip to LA, I spotted a sign above a small hole-in-the-wall restaurant advertising Chinese food and donuts.

Do optometrists take steroids?

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:01:17 -0500

Oh come on, like you've never had breast milk cheese

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:35:59 -0500

This Chelsea restaurant has gone from brasserie to brassiere.