Comic Cons Are Quietly Becoming Craft Beer Festivals

This weekend the Pacific Northwest’s largest comic book and pop culture convention will welcome some 90,000 TV, gaming, comics, and cosplay fans to its annual geek getaway at the Washington State Convention Center. But for the first time in the history of ReedPop’s Emerald City Comic Con, it will also welcome attendees to its official League … Read moreComic Cons Are Quietly Becoming Craft Beer Festivals

Why Spice Is a Staple of Science Fiction

One of science fiction’s most famous food tropes, spice often exists as something outside its everyday culinary use. Whether a deadly, interstellar travel enhancer in Frank Herbert’s Dune, a magical form of seduction in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices, a drug in George Lucas’s Star Wars or currency in EA Games sci-fi simulation Spore, across mediums the term has … Read moreWhy Spice Is a Staple of Science Fiction

Alton Brown Officially Confirms the Return of ‘Good Eats’

After a summer of teasing foodies and fans, Cutthroat Kitchen and Iron Chef Gauntlet host Alton Brown has officially announced the return of the critically acclaimed series Good Eats. “We’re bringing it back, we’re restarting it, we’re getting the band back together!” Brown shouted to a crowd of screaming fans during “Good Eats… the Panel,” a discussion with the series’ host and the other Eats creatives … Read moreAlton Brown Officially Confirms the Return of ‘Good Eats’

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