The Lucky Elephant--March, 2010

Learn how to survive in the wilds of Boulder City, Nevada. Protect yourself against coyote attacks, find food, locate water and more. Adventurer Justin demonstrates the proper methods for extreme desert survival.

The following recipe is from David Colombe's debut book Colombe's Cooking In Your Kitchen. The recipe is posted with his permission. You can find more information about David Colombe, his book, and his delicious recipes at his website.

I have served this both as a main course and as an appetizer. Either way, people LOVE it. It is really great to make your own rub for this. It’s really easy and will make a big difference in the dish. Everybody will be WOW’ed. Making your own rub gives you the personality of the dish, instead of using a prepackaged rub that usually contains more salt than real flavour.

"The Phantom of the Opera"
by David Burton
Acrylic on Canvas Panel, 11 x 14

David Burton is an artist who specializes in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Western and Horror illustration. Shown here is his painting of Lon Chaney as, “The Phantom of the Opera". It is the cover to the upcoming Rick Lai novel, “Shadows of the Opera” as well as graciously provided to the Mellophant community for the use of this blog. His art is available for sale from his catalog.

Lots of professional writers and artists have generously shared their work with us. You can show your appreciation for their efforts by leaving comments.

The leap from Haitian zombie to Romero’s zombies may appear logical, but the fact remains that important steps are taken out of the equation, that the contemporary zombies born from Night of the Living Dead may actually have a Gothic, European literary origin, an origin that has often been ignored in zombie scholarship.

Eating according to what is in season isn't a new idea, but it is one that is being proven to be based on a sound medical, ethical, environmental and scriptural foundation. From basic staples to scrumptious desserts, A World of Wisdom will take you through the seasons and show you how easy it is to follow a season based diet. 198 pages of seasonal, grain based, low animal products, whole foods recipes organized according to season. Includes a section on many ordinary and unusual grains with easy cooking directions.

The excerpt below is from the section on Fall foods.