Food and Drink Features
Carol Smaglinski
Hands down, the just-published “Bite Me” is, as the cover states, a “stomach-satisfying, visually gratifying, fresh-mouthed cookbook.” And it all starts with the bright, blue cover that features shrimp hanging by clothespins on a laundry line.

Television series
Rod Lott
Four years ago, cable remade the perfectly fine ’70s sci-fi thriller The Andromeda Strain, based upon Michael Crichton’s thriller, but needlessly doubled the running time, thereby cutting its effectiveness in half. 

Comedy
Rod Lott
Coming at the tail end of Hollywood’s innocence, 1968’s How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life is one of those old-school romantic comedies that indulges in such outdated notions that a woman’s place is in the home.

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Oklahoma artists J. Don Cook and Bert Seabourn are scheduled not for a duel, but a dual exhibition at Myriad Botanical Gardens, 301 W. Reno. On display through May 31, it opens with a free reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the south lobby of the Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory. Call 445-7080 or visit www.myriadgardens.org.

Thursday, daily, ongoing