Francine Halvorsen’s books on food include "Catering Like a Pro," "The Food and Cooking of China," "Eating Around the World in Your Neighborhood" and "Crowd-Pleasing Potluck." The second, revised edition of "Catering Like a Pro" is both a popular read and culinary text. She has also written articles for Food Arts, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and The Urbanite as well as various e-zines. She is, as well, a professional artist, whose paintings and installations have been exhibited in prominent galleries and is collected in numerous private and public collections. A winner of various awards and honorariums, her work has been reviewed in many fine art publications.
February 7, 2012
February 6, 2012
Mount Royal bike lane statements
People involved in the Mount Royal Avenue bike lane issue have asked for the full text of the statements issued by Maryland Institute College of Art and the Baltimore Department of Transportation so here’s a link to a page where we’ve pasted up both. In addition, MICA has put Lazarus’ statement up on its website [...]
February 3, 2012
February 1, 2012
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Baltimore’s guerrilla crosswalk artists
Transportation officials don’t like it, but Hampden residents are apparently fed up – they want cross-walks repainted on The Avenue and if the city’s not going to maintain the crosswalks on this busy north Baltimore street, they’re doing it themselves. Deborah Patterson, a former OSI-Baltimore Community Fellow who runs ArtBlocks, is one of the ringleaders. [...]
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January 31, 2012
