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The Grid
The week's releases
Metro staff reviews the latest CDs, DVDs and books for your reading pleasure.
 
My Entertainment
Flash-fried finger-lickin’ chicken
Here, “un-fried” really means flash fried. Flash frying is a high-heat deep-frying technique used to rapidly brown small pieces of quickcooking food such as tiny calamari or small shrimp to avoid overcooking them before the crust browns. Flash flying requires an oil temperature of at least 400°F — which means you have to use an oil with a high smoke point, like grapeseed oil. By poaching the chicken first and then flash frying it, I was able to eliminate 20 grams of fat and at least 250 calories from traditional fried chicken. Because the chicken is already cooked, it only has to spend enough time in the hot oil to brown the crust, which means it absorbs less oil.

Taken from “Now Eat This!” by Rocco DiSpirito.

 
My Entertainment
Take comfort in lighter dishes
As a chef, Rocco DiSpirito knows a thing or two about the transcendent, magical power of a stick of butter. But loading up on the good stuff wasn’t really an option when writing recipes for his new book “Now Eat This!,” a collection of comfort foods that clock in at under 350 calories.
 
New York Going Out
Gallivan is a chef for all seasons
There’s no secret to why Terrence Gallivan of August restaurant is this week’s Hot Chef (um, just look at his picture). But this Virginia-raised chef is nice as well — he won’t even say anything bad about Gordon Ramsay.
 
Philly Arts
Dreaming up life in a ‘Future City’
Gene Coleman has a recurring dream in which he finds himself in a strange city. “I don’t know where this place is, and I don’t think it’s any place that actually exists,” he says. “But it has these fantastic, almost surrealistic architectural qualities to it.”
 
Published 00:43, June the 18th, 2009
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Experimental vocalist Theo Bleckmann is in town tonight.  Experimental vocalist Theo Bleckmann is in town tonight. 
Photo: JOHN LABBE
 

A week on the Philly arts scene

 1. Classical/Experimental
Theo Bleckmann and Ensemble Noamnesia
Vocalist Theo Bleckmann has a staggering range, not just in what his voice can do but in what he chooses to do with it, from combining with four others in the nouveau-a cappella jazz group Moss to exploring the songs of Charles Ives with avant-jazz band Kneebody. Composer/bass clarinetist Gene Coleman’s Soundfield hosts Bleckmann for a set of his compositions, backed by Coleman’s Ensemble Noamnesia and NY’s JACK String Quartet.

Slought Foundation
4017 Walnut St.
Tonight, 8 p.m.
$10, 215-701-4627
www.Slought.org

2. Dance
Meredith Rainey
Former PA Ballet soloist Meredith Rainey premieres “Look Inside,” an exploration of voyeurism that marks the launching point for his new company, Moving Parts, an attempt to expand beyond the world of classical ballet.

Community Education Center
3500 Lancaster Ave.
Tomorrow and Saturday, 8 p.m., and Sunday, 3 p.m.
$10-$12, 215-387-1911
www.cecarts.org

3. Visual
Hidden Gems of West Philadelphia
UCAL collects a treasure trove of works on paper from the collection of longtime West Philadelphian Sylvia Egnal, including Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Fernand Légér and a series of Japanese woodcuts.

University City Arts League
4226 Spruce St.
Through July 5
215-382-7811
www.ucartsleague.org

SHAUN BRADY
 
 
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Music
MMMpod
The March MMMpod features conversation and music from Surfer Blood and The Allman Brothers Band (There's a double-bill you're not too likely to see. However, Gregg Allman does mention Hannah Montana!). We also speak with Vampire Weekend and the Dropkick Murphys.
 
 
 
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