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THE OPENING ACT
MARCH 2�9, 2022
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RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
What we’re into
New releases
‘COOK THIS BOOK’
‘MANTICORE,’
SHOVELS & ROPE
M
y latest obsession is the
recently released cook-
book “Cook This Book: Tech-
niques That Teach and Recipes
to Repeat” by chef and internet
sensation Molly Baz.
The book was released in
April 2021 and arrived at my
house shortly after. I’ve been a
fan of Baz’s recipes for several
years and always receive rave
reviews from dinner guests
who get to eat my attempts
at her creations. My favorite
dishes I’ve tried so far from her
new book have been the cod
tostadas with juicy cucumber
salad, salted waju (watermelon
juice) granita and the minimalist
wedge (a simple but mouthwa-
tering take on the classic wedge
salad). If your palette enjoys the
fl avors of things like green ol-
ives, copious amounts of garlic,
fresh lemon juice, anchovies,
dill, schmaltzy potatoes and
other umami, savory things, you
will surely love this cookbook.
My other favorite thing I’ve
been into doing with this new
F
book was started by my younger
sister who taste tests every-
thing I make. She suggested I
rate each recipe after making it
and record that ranking in the
book for future reference. To do
so I am using gold star stickers
and using a ranking system that
works like this: 1 star = Not worth
making again; 2 stars = Good but
won’t make very often; 3 stars
= Delicious, will make often. So
far every recipe I’ve tried in the
book has received three stars.
— CHARLET HOTCHKISS, NEWS
CLERK, EAST OREGONIAN
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ans of Shovels, Rope or
both need not be alarmed
by “Divide & Conquer,” a
wrenching breakup song on
the new album “Manticore.”
It’s compelling but fi ctional,
and happily, Michael Trent and
Cary Ann Hearst are still going
strong as husband and wife
and as Shovels & Rope.
The new 10-tune set rivals
their best work, and the part-
nership is so self-suffi cient the
album required little outside in-
put — the duo wrote the songs
and played every note them-
selves, from piano underpin-
nings to the occasional guitar
or harp solo.
When there are words to be
sung, Trent and Hearst usu-
ally do it together, the bond
between them always audible.
Their harmonies dance with
an appealing informality, as if
they’re fi guring out intervals
while they sing.
The unpolished approach
fi ts the material. “I’m singing
The Associated Press
like a toothache,” they observe
on “Happy Birthday Who,” a
lament about homelessness.
When the couple profess their
love for their two children on
the aff ecting ballad “Bleed Me,”
Hearst’s vibrato conveys a
maternal quiver.
Elsewhere they’re at full
throttle, and topics range
from a World War I truce and
the ghost of James Dean to
the visceral plain and cosmic
bones.
“Life will make you shiver,”
the lovely ballad “Anchor”
concludes. “It’s a long and
lonely river.”
Find an ampersand to
lean on.
— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS