The Specter Of "Semi-Homemade" Meals A Convenience Food Craze Serves Up Hot Air At High Prices OK, so you pop open a tube of Pillsbury dough, spoon on some Pace Picante salsa, unzip a packet of pre-shredded pizza cheese [...] Laura Marrich \ Jan 15, 2004 Food
Sonic Reducer Originally released in 1997, Garageland's debut was criminally overlooked by most indie rock aficionados in the United States. In their county of origin—New [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jan 15, 2004 Music
Blue Note Last year marked the centennial of the birth of Vladimir Horowitz, often considered the last great exponent of the Russian tradition of romantic [...] Jason Serinus \ Jan 15, 2004 Music
Music To Your Ears Local metal purveyors Systemic have landed a spot on an upcoming DVD that spotlights underground industrial and metal bands around the world. Heavycore.org, [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jan 15, 2004 Music
Chris Rock Sunday, Jan. 18; Route 66 Casino (I-40 at Exit 140, 10 minutes west of Albuquerque, 21 and over, 7:30 p.m.): OK, so Chris [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jan 15, 2004 Music
The Blind Boys Of Alabama Saturday, Jan. 17; The Lensic Performing Arts Center (Santa Fe, all ages, 7:30 p.m.): Regardless of your take on its lyrical content, gospel [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jan 15, 2004 Music
Jungle Fever Mariposa Gallery The Mariposa Gallery has been a staple of Albuquerque's arts scene for three decades. In other words, when the Mariposa opened shop, I [...] Steven Robert Allen \ Jan 15, 2004 Art
Gastrological Forecast Are you simply too stressed out to cook? Do you merely glance at a frying pan and suffer from performance anxiety? Do the [...] Gwyneth Doland \ Jan 15, 2004 Food
All The News That's Fit To Eat All The News That's Fit To Eat The Chinese New Year starts next week, either on Jan. 21 or 22, depending on how you calculate (time zones, moon rises—it's too [...] Gwyneth Doland \ Jan 15, 2004 Food
Trans Fats Explained It'S A Hot Topic But Many Of Us Still Don'T Quite Get It Q: I’m confused about trans fats. I recently read that hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils are considered trans fats. What is hydrogenation, and [...] Robert L. Wolke \ Jan 15, 2004 Food