...And why it’s too bad doors don’t have keyholes anymore!
By Chef John from Food Wishes Video Recipes
Thanks to your basic supermarket wonton skins, homemade tortellini are now a reality for even the average home cook. The origin of “tortellini” is very cloudy, and several stories exist regarding how it was invented. This version, found on Wikipedia, is my favorite, and totally sounds like something a chef would do.“One legend says that this dish is born in Castelfranco Emilia (province of Modena). One night during a trip, Lucrezia Borgia checked into an inn in the small town. The host was captivated by her beauty and couldn't resist the urge to peek into her room through the keyhole. The light inside the bedroom was only made by a few candles and so he could only see her navel. This pure and innocent vision was enough to send him into an ecstasy that inspired him to create the tortellini that night.”
Psychic TV, 9 at the Independent. $23.
"Genesis P-Orridge stands out as one of the most provocative shit stirrers of the last four decades to grace this planet. Throbbing Gristle was the flashpoint: a burning wire prodding the throbbing nerves of society proper, questioning its tenets and pointing out its inconsistencies, reveling in its ugliness and beauty. When that imploded, Psychic TV was born, along with TG fellow conspirator Peter Christopherson, and a more dance-oriented shape appeared." -- TransformOnline
Wilco, 7:30 at the Greek Theatre. $39.
"Jeff Tweedy has had a lot on his shoulders lately: addiction, rehab, and the lofty expectations that come with each Wilco album. It's no surprise then that he and the band have gone back to basics on Sky Blue Sky, ditching the sonic tinsel of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and the minimalism of A Ghost Is Born for the haunting beauty of a slide guitar. His voice is the star, though. In ''Either Way'' and ''Impossible Germany,'' he sounds like a bicentennial-era Don Henley — raspy, rich, and right in the happy zone. This may be the best Eagles album the Eagles never made." -- Entertainment Weekly
Dave Brubeck Quartet, 8 at Fox Theatre. $35/40/45/65.
"Dave Brubeck was the white, collegiate face of jazz back in the late 1950s and early '60s. Fronted by Brubeck at the piano, his quartet featured a rhythm section of bassist Gene Wright and drummer Joe Morello and the sweet, melodic alto sax work of Paul Desmond, and Brubeck had the first jazz instrumental recording to sell a million copies plus landing himself on the cover of Time magazine. The music he played was hip, swinging, and decidedly un-square, yet his infusion of modern European harmonic sensibilities gave his group a sophistication that conjures images of dark, wood-paneled clubrooms swirling with cigarette smoke and packed with beautiful, blonde Euro-models and Madison Avenue playboys." -- PopMatters
