looka, <'lu-k&> dialect, v. 1. The imperative form of the verb "to look", in the spoken vernacular of New Orleans; usually employed when the speaker wishes to call one's attention to something.   2. --n. Chuck Taggart's weblog, hand-made and updated (almost) daily, focusing on food and drink, music (especially of the roots variety), New Orleans and Louisiana culture, news of the reality-based community, movies, books, sf, public radio, media and culture, travel, Macs, liberal and progressive politics, humor and amusements, reviews, rants, the author's life and opinions, witty and/or smart-arsed comments and whatever else tickles the author's fancy. Please feel free to contribute a link if you think I'll find it interesting.   If you don't want to read my opinions, feel free to go elsewhere. Page last tweaked @ 5:02pm PDT, 5/10/2005 If you like, you are welcome to send e-mail to the author. Your comments on each post are also welcome; however, right-wing trolls are about as welcome as a boil on my arse. Search this site:   Thursday, May 12, 2005 The Digital Dish is here!   Upstart publisher and editor (and Looka! reader) Owen Linderholm emailed me several months ago about an idea he had -- a book that would include food writing from a wide variety of food-related weblogs. I was honored to be asked to contribute, and now after lots of hard work, the fruit of our labor is ready for harvest. Digital Dish: Five Seasons of the Freshest Recipes and Writing from Food Blogs Around the World was published last week, and is available for order now. Besides myself, there are over 20 other food webloggers participating. It's a great idea -- food writing is forever, in my opinion, whereas a great deal of weblog writing is as ephemeral as it gets -- and a terrific project; I hope you'll buy one (or several!) Here's a little preview: the book's introduction, and profiles of all the participating weblogs and their authors (.pdf file). Digital Dish is $19.95, plus $5 for handling and 2-day shipping (CA residents will add sales tax). For shipments outside the U.S., it's a US$11 fee for shipping. Click this button for shipping within the U.S.: or this button for shipments outside the U.S.: Although it's listed at Amazon, please buy it here, 'cause that way I get the money for it, rather than the huge evil faceless corporation. Hey, ain't nothin' wrong with an author gettin' paid! I'd be honored and thrilled to have my writing on your bookshelf, and not just as a fleeting glance at a transitory page on your computer monitor. It feels good to be published. Enjoy!

 
 
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