I think they also use it as just a generic word for "dessert." "How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"

I had never had Vindaloo before I had it in London. I was doing a summer study program and our dorm was near an Indian neighborhood. It was a godsend because the food was quite inexpensive (for London) and delicious. Plus, they were one of the few restaurants that kept pitchers of water on the table for free. I…

There are several pad thai recipes online that use ketchup. I assume to substitute for tamarind paste.

That's another article I would find fascinating. Dishes created by immigrants that didn't exist in their home countries, but which eventually found their way back. I've heard that Neapolitan "pizza" was actually created in the U.S. after WWII, but it was a different version of the cheese and sauce on flatbread that…

I've had Chicken Vindaloo in an Indian restaurant in north London, and it was really spicy.

That was my understanding as well.

I was about to make the same comment (though I see from the responses I guess it wasn't the "right" question to ask).

I'd love to see an article discussing how New World chili peppers spread to the cultures that we think of as having "spicy" food, like Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, and southern Chinese (and what they used…

I can't believe no one has said Geoffrey Rush yet. He was even good in House on Haunted Hill.

Veteran's division: William Powell. If I'm channel surfing and he's in a movie on TCM, I instantly stop.

I need to take a leak so bad, I can taste it.

One of the recurring themes in the original Star Trek was some dimbulb higher-up trying usurp Kirk's authority to take control of the Enterprise, either to do something suicidal ("The Doomsday Machine") or run some clearly wrongheaded mission ("The Ultimate Computer").

The first, and biggest, mistake The Motion Picture…

The extended version they show on BBC America from time-to-time is pretty funny in that they didn't bother to tint the eyes in the restored outtakes. So the blue comes and goes, sometimes within the same scene.

The guy on the Bored Panda site is damned impressive. In fact, there are a lot of superb makeup artists on that site. But he really stands out.

This sounds like an excellent premise for an 8-10 episode limited series, with room to expand if the initial run is good. But a 22 episode network open ended series? Not sure I see it.

I know it's not really the point you were making, but I do chuckle every time Canadian Kiefer Sutherland starts his address to the nation in the ads with "my fellow Americans…."

I'm glad someone else noticed the resemblance to the Village. I hope that's not coincidental. Be seeing you!

Can't help but think Rhea Perlman will figure into the plot going forward. You don't hire Carla just to have her power walk around a neighborhood.

Yep.

Plus the return of my favorite trope: Lucifer constantly smoking without ever being seen taking a drag on the cigarette. It's like network beer commercials.

The energy in the show jumped about fifty percent when Maze returned. Then about a thousand percent when Tricia Helfer showed up. The trailer for the next…

Wife. And once again his character way outkicked his coverage.

ME-TV just added Land of the Giants and Time Tunnel to their late Saturday night Irwin Allen block. I never liked Giants but I was curious about Time Tunnel, which I hadn't seen in awhile. The show itself is pretty dull, but it has a great premise - two guys test a not-quite-finished time machine and get…