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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe

When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...

This dude I met on the street

I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...

Four Days in Jujuy

My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...

A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)

1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...

Racing in the street: the one about my favorite song

Author: Jack Butcher Allow me, if you will, to steal and paraphrase from three men better than I will ever be: This might just do...

Stripped Down Humanity

Author: Eileen Lee Blue eyesPounding, rushingCamera lights and smiles, flashingDusky blue, like the fading, setting skyCould you take a photo for me please?Group photos, and thenIndividual...

Understanding Sectarian Civil War in Central African Republic

Author: Rourke Healey Throughout almost 18 months of violent conflict and hundreds of deaths in the Central African Republic (CAR), the international media has remained silent...

Food is Language, Language is Food

Author: Lena Smith I have been in France for more than two months and I have not blogged about food. I have eaten a lot of...

Real meat, fake lakes.

Author: Nettie Stein-Miller With $14 salads from Four Cafe and $12 burritos from Chipotle (that extra guac charge is a killer), it is an increasingly difficult...

Listen. Learn. Advocate.

Author: Chance Ward This month has brought to the forefront a concept that people have been blind to for far too long. This concept is the...

Cubanos & Food Trucks: a match made in culinary heaven

Author: Nettie Stein-Miller In December, the diplomatic miracle that opened U.S.-Cuban relations shocked the world. For states with small Cuban immigrant populations, this news was less...

Lessons from Quito

Author: Delaney Nolin Upon leaving Quito today, I was reminded of all the incredible things I have learned living here for a month, so I decided...