Summer grilling displays have cropped up at my local lifestyle store as quickly as dandelions infiltrated my spring lawn. It was amid one such retail hootenanny that I recently spied, with my critical eye, a surefire way to keep $12.95 plus tax in your pocket: Just keep on walking by the cheese-melting grill dome.
More Weekend Kitchen: cooking with ramps; toss 3 in the oven for 1 hour.
The equipment put me in mind of Rachael Ray garbage bowls, which no matter how goofy a specialty item I think they are, seem to sell quite nicely and make people happy. Read More...
Tompkins is based in Los Angeles and performs regularly in the city. Since 2002 he has performed a monthly show called The Paul F. Tompkins Show at Largo, an L.A. nightclub and cabaret. His show has featured such guests such as Fiona Apple, Jack Black, Dave Foley, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Aimee Mann, and Weird Al Yankovic. Since its inception in 2005, Tompkins has taken part in the Thrilling Adventure Hour, a staged production in the style of old-time radio that is also held monthly at Largo. Read More...
