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Hem Sovann


Hem Sovann
Location:Cambodia, Batambong
Activity:Services

Botros


Botros
Location:Lebanon, Beirut
Activity:Grocery Store

Hugo


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

On the bright side, hey! Free shipping!

Last week, I got an email from Old Orchard Juice, introducing their newest juice, a Montmorency tart cherry juice they’re calling Very Cherre.

This 100% cherry juice has almost double the antioxidants of 100% pomegranate juice, and oddly enough, about 3mg of natural melatonin (which makes me wonder if that wouldn’t just make you nod [...]

Biscuits? Meh.

I mean, they look okay (despite some truly lackluster photography on my part). My husband said they were good but I found these biscuits dry and bland.

I won’t link directly to the recipe I adapted from (for fear of starting an intermural food blog smackdown), but it went something like this:

- 2 cups [...]

Photo Friday: Pasta alla Norma

This was my last attempt to like eggplant. More squishy bitter dirt vegetables for the rest of you!

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I don’t usually bring up politics, but I can’t let this pass.

This past Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed written by John Mackey, the founder and current CEO of Whole Foods.

Mackey has launched a public campaign to defeat single payer national health insurance, and in his op-ed, he likens the President’s health care plan to socialism, touts less regulation on the insurance industry [...]

R.I.P. Tomato Plant, May 2009 – August 2009.

Remember the lovely wee seedling I brought home and how I fussed over it? And how it turned into a great big beautiful plant?

But then… the blossom end rot came.

Now this:

And so now, I say this with all due sincerity…

UP YOURS, YOU STUPID PIECE OF CRAP PLANT. I’D COME OUT THERE AND KICK [...]