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Botros


Botros
Location:Lebanon, Beirut
Activity:Grocery Store

Oyunchimeg Norpil


Oyunchimeg Norpil
Location:Mongolia, Arhangai
Activity:Internet Cafe

Hugo


Hugo
Location:United States, New York, New York
Activity:Transportation

This post pretty much ensures I'll never get free stuff from PR people again.

About a month ago, I got an email from a PR person at POM Wonderful, the pomegranate juice company, asking if I was interested in a promotional pack of their juice. I thought it kind of odd, as they’ve been around for at least a couple years now, but, y’know, free stuff. I emailed them [...]

Twitter — and the end of blogging?

A couple days ago, someone mentioned how her husband thought she should do a post on her blog about how Twitter keeps her from writing posts on her blog. And honestly, it’s true for me as well.

Truth be told, I find Twitter more of a challenge than writing a blog. Anyone can natter on [...]

I think I have a new food boyfriend.

Harold McGee, who sounds like the protagonist in a Dr. Seuss book, has written this absolutely lovely article on making yogurt. It’s not only loaded with yogurt fermentation science (which I love), but it’s also got this sweet lyrical touches with little phrases like “the apple-freshness of yogurt.”

[sigh!]

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Behind the scenes: 4 posts that didn’t make the director’s cut.

Sometimes, when things get busy, I start writing a post then abandon it, often forgetting what my point was going to be in the first place. Today, I’m cleaning out the drafts folder and compiling them all here:

Draft 1: Quest for borscht
As a kid, I was fascinated with borscht

Wow. Do I know how to write [...]

It’s hard out here for a taco guy.

My story on food vendors (taco guys, shwarma men, arepa ladies, et al) ran in today’s Manhattan Times.

Here’s a PDF of the piece.

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