The Packers boasted one of the league’s top offensive lines this season thanks in part to All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari, who suffered a season-ending knee injury on Dec. 31. The Packers initially thrived without Bakhtiari, as they allowed just one sack in a win at Chicago and none in a playoff victory over the Los Angeles Rams. … [Read more...] about Aaron Rodgers’ ‘uncertain’ future hangs over Green Bay
Bright young minds
How the Bay Area’s counterculture helped sprout hippie food
Other influences quickly flowed in. Instructed by Southern California health food prophets such as Gayelord Hauser and Adelle Davis, counterculture kids adopted juices, wheat germ and brewer’s yeast. From the Seventh Day Adventists, they gleaned recipes for granola and a century’s worth of vegetarian dishes. To make their hearty, very brown, often bland cuisine palatable, young cooks embraced flavors they encountered in travels as well as the Indian and East Asian spiritual traditions they romanticized, with all the cultural ferment and ugly naiveté their motivations embodied. … [Read more...] about How the Bay Area’s counterculture helped sprout hippie food
NHL Power Rankings: Top second-year players for this season
16. Kaapo Kakko, New York Rangers. Speaking of growing pains, Kakko produced some of the worst underlying results of any player in the NHL a year ago. He struggled. A lot. But he is still an enormous talent and is going to be playing alongside a pretty talented group of forwards. I like that combination. He is one of the big “what ifs” in New York that could help power a breakthrough season. … [Read more...] about NHL Power Rankings: Top second-year players for this season
