Weekend Paleo Brunch: Fried Chicken Liver with Bacon and Egg

Today, I realized that chicken liver is cheap. I mean like ‘$1.30 for 2 portions’ kinda cheap. Man, I had no idea. So I grabbed it off the supermarket shelves like a valiant hero and marched back home.

Once home though, I wasn’t so sure what to do with it. Being Indian, a particularly spicy chicken liver dish was part of our diet at home whilst growing up. It used to be a bit of a rare treat but I hadn’t had it for years now. It was always a side dish that accompanied rice, but I needed to turn it into a main dish. I did some mucking about and the end result was this.

And it was delish.

Interview with the cast of Romz and Julz

Local Tamil theatre is a persistent little beast. I’m always amazed at the efforts of playwrights and directors like Selva who not only nurture the Tamil theatre scene, but push the boundaries of the medium to bring exciting plays to the local and even the international audience.

So I get pissed off when people whine about ticket prices. “Waaaahh $30!” “Waaaahh so expensive!”

Look. You get away with paying $10 for a blockbuster flick coz the studios have copies of the film in reels playing in hundreds and maybe even thousands of cinemas all over the world at one time.

A stageplay isn’t scalable like that. Think hard about the math and you’ll realize that you’re actually paying through your nose for a movie. Add the popcorn and soft drinks to the mix and you’re putting your money in everyone’s pockets but your own.

A play is put up by passionate people with love for the art and the craft of the medium. And nobody puts up a play for him or herself. They’re doing it for you.

So support your local artistes. They need you.

Ok I’m done; I can get off my soapbox now. Anyway, we sat down with some of the cast of Romz & Julz to know more about the play. Here’s the interview:

Eat like a Caveman and Get Fit

I first heard about the Paleo diet on the Four Hour Work Week blog and I liked the sound of it. I’m no doctor and nor do I play one on TV, but the Paleo diet just made sense.

But what is the Paleo diet?

Well, it’s basically a war against processed foods, grains and all the crap that supermarket shelves are full of. And don’t let the word ‘diet’ put you off. Look, I don’t believe in diets. But I do believe in eating natural. This is not a diet. It’s a way of life, man.

The basic idea is this: eating the way our ancestors did. Pretty simple. Nothing more to it. What did our Homo Sapien friends eat? Meat, vegetables, tubers and seasonal fruits.

What do we eat? Crap.

You know I speak the truth. Admit it.

Vasantham: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Crappy Subtitles

Dear Vasantham,

Thanks so much for airing Payanam this Deepavali season. I’d meant to watch it in the theatres when it was released but I never got the time. So imagine my joy when I learned that you’d chosen Payanam as one of the many films you were during the 6 days of Deepavali!

On Friday, I sat down to dinner and turned on the television. I don’t normally watch TV, let alone Vasantham, so this was a biggie for me. The movie was awesome. What else can you expect from Prakash Raj? But I had a huge problem. With the…subtitles.

Exclusive: Interview with RDG on Vanthavan Yaar

Ravindran Drama Group is rehearsing for their upcoming thriller, Vanthavan Yaar, to be staged this Friday and Saturday. I caught up with some of the cast and crew to have a chat!

Exclusive: Interview with Mankatha’s superstar editor, Praveen KL!

So Venkat Prabhu’s long awaited Ajith-starrer, Mankatha, has finally hit the screens and packing in theatres all around the world. I sat down with the movie’s superstar editor, Praveen KL to learn more about how the movie came together and I learnt a little something about Ajith’s culinary skills!

1) Congratulations on Mankatha‘s success! It’s been reported that Mankatha has beaten Enthiran’s opening numbers! Did you anticipate how successful the movie would turn out to be?
Thanks. It feels wonderful hearing about the grand opening and the response for the film. The team is overwhelmed for the humongous appreciation. Ajith’s fans are the toughest to please and we are glad they are happy with the way the film turned out. The first three days of the movie’s release my phone went buzzing nonstop with calls from all over the world. My Facebook and Twitter were flooded with messages. We were very confident that the movie will be a hit but didnt expect it to be so massive. Infact Sun Pictures acquired the film before release and it became bigger than we thought. Ajith has always known for his opening collections and this goes on to prove that he is still the KING of box office opening. Mankatha has the second biggest opening collections for the first week in tamil film history.

Top 3 Indian CEOs who could take over Apple

Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO and become Minister Mentor of Apple.

When we heard the news this morning, we were devastated. After all, the man is a legend. He has helped change 5 industries forever – personal computing, music, movies, phones & mobile computing. That’s no mean feat. We’re gonna miss him. Sure, Tim Cooks has been appointed as the new CEO of Apple, but he’s no Steve Jobs.

As you probably can tell by now, I’m a Apple fanboy. I don’t think Apple is gonna be the same anymore (though we really hope we’re wrong on that one!) but since Steve himself suggested Tim Cooks to take over his throne,  I guess there’s more to Tim than I give him credit for.

Meanwhile, I couldn’t help but wonder: which Indian CEO could have taken over Apple?

Sathish Ramesh makes the leap from acting to music

Following the success of Vettai on Vasantham Central, Sathish Rames has now made the leap from TV to music, producing his very own rap album with his group, Choco-Mattin and Shabir. PopMasala sat down with him for a short interview.

Before we get into the meat of the interview. Let’s get to know more about you.

Well I’m Sathish Rames a.k.a Slick-Xplicit, which is my stage name. I’m working at JP morgan as a Junior Financial Analyst. I’m also an album producer now thanks to my Guru, Shabir.

I got into the media industry through open auditions. I was discovered by producers Venga and Ram Murugase.

We never knew you were into music. How did you get started in that?

Well, rapping was always close to my heart growing up. This interest started with my deep interest in poetry writing and music was always a need to me rather than a want. It always helped me express my thoughts and feelings more fluently and eloquently.

Karka Tamil offers more proof that Tamil is indeed dying

Vasantham has tackled a couple of live-puppet style shows in its time, but none have thus far succeeded. Karka Tamil is no exception.

The puppetry is amateurish at best. The writing is weak. The sets look cheap. The skits are a great cure for insomnia. Sweet fuckin’ Jesus! Karka Tamil makes me wanna break my fucking tholaikaatchi.