Wednesday, December 23, 2009

According to its ethics code, NPR still has a Fox News problem | Media Matters for America

FOX IN THE HEN HOUSE
National Public Radio operates under a wide-ranging ethics code that leaves little doubt about how its journalists should conduct themselves. This ethics code, written "to protect the credibility of NPR's programming by ensuring high standards of honesty, integrity, impartiality and staff conduct." And yet still, NPR finds itself struggling with the evergreen controversy that surrounds two of its well-known voices who regularly appear as commentators on Fox News, an organization that makes a mockery of ethical standards, a cable outlet whose employees would be summarily fired from NPR for the seemingly countless and chronic journalism transgressions they make.
(MEDIA MATTERS, suggested by ALTERNET)

Monday, December 21, 2009

Best Coquito in New York Is Named - NYTimes.com

TRADITION
Coquito is a very important tradition in the Puerto Rican community. Everyone has their own recipe. And behind every recipe there’s always a grandmother or an aunt or an old town. The drink is usually made with coconut and rum, along with nutmeg, cinnamon and various secret ingredients, sometimes egg yolks, sometimes condensed milk. It can be thick and creamy, light and spicy, boozy, mellow, sweet or tangy.
(NYT)

HERE'S OURS:

1 can coco lopez

1 can condensed milk

2 cans evaporated milk

2 tsp. vanilla

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/2-3/4 litre white rum

6 egg yolks

cup sugar