Blogs
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
2014
Identity crisis in the Amazon Jungle: Balancing land rights of national parks, indigenous communities and big oil in Yasuni
Author: Ella Fornari The Galapagos are an archipelago of volcanic rock 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador and have a special place in scientific history...
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Heywood and the sexuality of cheese
Author: Nettie Stein-Miller In his latest book, "Cooked," the New York Times-appointed "liberal foodie intellectual" Michael Pollan explores the sexuality of cheese. While he is not...
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An accent makes all the difference
Author: Lena Smith I am spending part of my mid-semester break in Glasgow, Scotland. Having been here for less than a day, I already see how...
2014
Rewa District: Home of the white tiger
Author: Sarah Corsa My trip to the Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh, is the closest I have ever come to celebrity status. On Monday, my stoic translator...
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Somalia: Short-sighted U.S foreign policy risks revitalising terrorist groups
Author: Joseph Evans Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist group that has wreaked havoc in the war torn nation of Somalia over the last decade, has kept...
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To see everything sometimes is to see nothing
Author: Tim O'Donnell By the time this entry is published, I'll most likely be on a ferry headed toward Wellington — New Zealand's capital—and, all due...
2015
Tales from Tiputini
Author: Delaney Nolin As I rule, I try not to wake up before the sun has risen; it's one of my least favorite things to do....
2015
What has marriage become?
Author: Tanvi Varma Marriage is one of the most sacred relationships two individuals can have. On the topic of marriage, Homer (the Greek philosopher and author...
