The Village Voice recently published on their blog, several NYC “Hangover Specials” …

Need a Hangover Helper? Try these Restaurant Dishes

New Year’s Eve’s approaching. That single evening of fun and booze which results in a terrible hangover the next day. Everyone has his own cure, from drinking pickle juice to simply drinking more booze. Yesterday we told you how the pros deal with the splitting agony. Sometimes, though, a big plate of food is all you need. While many restaurants serve “hangover breakfasts,” these really just entail large portions of eggs and bacon and the like. But here are some restaurants that have particularly interesting “hangover” dishes meant to cure the ills. And although many of the below restaurants will be closed on New Year’s Day, these dishes can be ordered at any time. And we all know that unlike New Year’s Eve, hangovers come more than just once a year.

Donatella, Ms. Arapia’s eponymous new pizza joint, offers a special hangover pizza topped with sausage, lardo, a sunny-side-up egg, smoked mozzarella, pecorino, and basil for $16 as part of their Saturday and Sunday brunch specials.

German restaurant Heidelberg, meanwhile, features a “hangover special” of marinated herring with sour cream and boiled potatoes as part of its $29.95 prix fixe Sunday brunch.

Spicy food is often touted as a cure, and Mrs. Kim’s has just the thing: a Korean hangover stew of pork shoulder and belly, kimchi and tofu for $15. And it’s available for dinner too–perfect for après day-drinking!

A different Korean dish is the “hangover soup” made from shredded beef and bean sprouts served with salted shrimp sauce at Cho Dang Gol for $13.95.

The Mitraillette is billed as “The Hangover Sandwich” at the 20th and 17th Street locations of Petite Abeille. It’s a burger served with sautéed onions, Belgian fries, and ketchup on a challah baguette for $13.50.

Hangovers must be as common in Begium as in Korea (maybe it’s all the beer). Resto’s option is the $14 Belgian hangover pasta, which is made with ham, gruyere, sunny-side-up egg, and is available for lunch and brunch.

And if things are so bad that you can’t stomach food, try the hangover cure juice at Peacefood Café. A $6 (or $7 for a large) combo of apple, orange, carrot, celery, and ginger juices should help the aspirin go down.

Have a tip or restaurant-related news? Send it to fork@villagevoice.com.

Not just my mom, my grandma, my sister and I, there are now 7 adults and 4 children.  We all have varying tastes and ideas about what a Christmas meal should entail.  This year we are ordering from Rascal House.  We can take care of the vegetarians in the family with a freshly tossed salad and a terrific Greek pizza (and the not-so-veggies can enjoy these as well!)  and the kids can have their hot, yummy pepperoni pizza.  For the “grown ups” (am I really considered one this year?)  You can bet we have plans for a delicious deli tray made from the freshest cut deli meats and cheeses and a veggie tray to keep those hungry tummies at bay!

I know I won’t have time to bake this year, so a cookie tray is probably first on my list.  The freshness of a Rascal House cookie tray rivals only Grandma’s!  (I don’t think she would mind me saying that )

And last but not least … the pasta.  Yum… Rigatoni or Spaghetti?  Good thing I still have a couple of days to decide!

Actually, modern daylight savings time was invented by George Vernon Hudson, a entomologist from New Zealand.  Huh!

In this image provided by Courtesy Science Ltd and Jay Jopling/White Cube (London), Artist Damien Hirst’s platinum cast of a human skull is shown covered with 8,601 ethically sourced diamonds and is estimated to be worth over $98 million. Titled ‘For the Love of God’, the original skull was examined by forensic experts, who concluded that it was male, probably of European origin and about 35 years old at the time of death. Radiocarbon analysis suggests that he lived some time between 1720 and 1810. (Photo by Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd via Getty Images)

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/week22/index.html

Is this the middle of the end of the printed book?  Below you’ll find the article.

Lacking storage, Ohio tosses out college books

By Associated Press

POSTED: 08:50 a.m. EDT, Oct 12, 2010

COLUMBUS: Ohio is thinning out its collections of spillover books from 13 university libraries because warehouses are running out of room.

The state has five book depositories and doesn’t have the funds to build more. So librarians say their goal is to leave just two physical copies statewide of lesser-used academic books and journals.

A consortium that includes Ohio’s university libraries and the State Library of Ohio says hundreds of reference materials have already been donated or recycled.

Ohio State University history professor Kevin Boyle calls the policy catastrophic. He tells The Columbus Dispatch books are being lost for good.

The OhioLINK consortium maintains there’s less need for printed copies of works because electronic versions are available.

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The following is an excerpt taken from the website of  Acoustic Night performer, “Austin Walkin’ Cane.   For more information, please see his site: http://www.walkincane.com/bio.html

“Damn Fine Blues!” Original & classic delta blues featuring slide guitar and baritone vocals. A blues gumbo repertoire that blends in jazz, folk, soul & rock ‘n’ roll. Austin “Walkin’ Cane” Charanghat is a blues singer, songwriter and slide guitarist that performs acoustic solo, duo & electric band sets. Walkin’ Cane has travelled all over the country from New Orleans, Louisiana to Juneau, Alaska and has acquired various blues/instrumentalist awards over the years. Austin walked for ten years with a cane due to an arterial venous malformation at birth. While performing on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, a homeless man called out “Hey Walkin’ Cane got some spare change for a brother?!” Charanghat took the jibe as his nickname. In 1996, after years of battling the inevitable, his left leg was amputated below the knee. A year after the surgery, he returned to the music scene stronger & without need of a cane. In 2002, Austin & Karen Starks were married at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee and began recording his 706 Union Ave. cd at the legendary studio immediately after the ceremony. “The thought of recording & getting married in the same room where many of my heroes took their first steps was incredible.” Austin “Walkin’ Cane” is proud to be sponsored by National Reso-Phonic Guitars, Dr. Z Amplifiers & Ernie Ball Strings. “Walkin’ Cane’s” latest cd, “Murder of a Blues Singer”, was inspired by an after hour diner conversation with blues legend Robert Jr. Lockwood. “The stories were flowing like the grease off our plates”, subsequently the album is saturated in classic delta blues, as were the tales of Lockwood’s stepfather, Robert Johnson. Mr. Lockwood had agreed to perform on the record, but fate had changed that path. The Walkin’ Cane Band featuring Mike Barrick on bass, Michael Bay on guitar & Jim Wall on drums captured the perfect “live in the studio” feeling that Charanghat & co-writer Chris Allen had envisioned for these songs. The band is a “well oiled machine” & has been writing, recording & performing together since 1998. Special guests on “Murder of a Blues Singer” include Colin Dussault (Colin Dussault’s Blues Project), Eric “Eroc” Sosinski (Michael Stanley, Wish You Were Here) and one of Cleveland’s finest gospel groups, the Prayer Warriors.

Walkin’ Cane Accolades: 2009 – International Blues Challenge – Memphis, TN 2008 – NACA Northern Plains Showcase 2007 – NACA Mid-American Showcase 2007 – International Blues Challenge (IBC’s) in Memphis – acoustic, solo, delta, slide blues – sponsored by Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society 2007 – best guitarist – cleveland free times magazine 2006 – National Reso-phonic Guitar CD Compilation “Love Grown Strong” – Walkin’ Cane original included. 2006 – River City Blues Competition Winner – acoustic solo delta blues – Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society 2005 – sponsorship with National Reso-Phonic Guitars 2004 – sponsorship with Dr. Z. Amplifiers 2003 – live performance on PBS television show “Applause” 2002 – sponsorship with Ernie Ball Strings 2001 – best unsigned blues band – buddy guy’s legends/guitar player magazine – chicago 2000 – best local instrumentalist winner – the best of cleveland - citysearch.com Festivals: Columbus Traditional Blues Festival w/ John Hammond Jr., Henry Gray, John Primer – ‘07 International Blues Challenge – in Memphis – ‘07 Two Jr.’s Show w/ John Hammond Jr. & Robert Jr. Lockwood – ‘06 River City Blues Fest w/ Watermelon Slim, Fruteland Jackson, Slick Ballinger & Blind Mississippi Morris – ‘06 Opened for or performed with: Bobby “Blue” Bland, Buddy Guy, Gregg Allman, Johnny Winter, John Mooney, Robert Jr. Lockwood, John Hammond Jr., Billy Branch, Jaimoe (Allman Bros.), Watermelon Slim, Rare Earth, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ted Nugent, BR549, Arc Angels, Nappy Brown… Finalists/Nominees best blues band / best vocalist / best guitarist – cleveland free times – 1999-2001, 2004-2008 2006, 2000 – best blues band finalists – scene magazine