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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...

A Valentines Day twist: long-term male birth control

Author: Melina Devoney Everyone knows that many couples were acting like rabbits this Valentine's Day. A lesser-known fact is that a certain group of lab rabbits...

Planchitans for Breakfast

Author: Halley Crane Sometimes a Saturday morning breakfast at the Marketplace just doesn't do the trick. I woke up this past Saturday craving something different, something...

Single and ready to mingle? Going out barhopping? Not in that outfit!

Author: Noel Hemphill While investigating the Hermosillo Bar on York Avenue for it's strength as a single's bar, I found something else out. It wasn't pleasant....

Tiny penguins in tiny jumpers: How a knitting revolution is saving penguin lives after oil spills

Author: Jill Goatcher Fittingly called "Little Penguins," the tiniest penguins in the world measure up at a mere 13 inches tall and average around 2 pounds,...

Thar she blows!: The International Court of Justice halts Japanese whaling

Author: Jill Goatcher Japan has slaughtered thousands of whales in the name of "science." Selling whale meat in commercial markets, dropping carcasses and killing the massive...

Happiness on Hyperion

Author: Nettie Stein-Miller In search of indulgence? Look no further than Hyperion Avenue in Silver Lake. Last weekend I ate at Barbrix, a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant and...

The Other Hand

Author: Lena Smith I finally learned how to say leftie in French. And it turns out none of my French professors ever got the translation exactly...

Beyond the dairy dyad: Milk offers more

Author: Nettie Stein-Miller Though ice cream sandwiches and frozen yogurt may be the newest dairy fads in the dessert world, Milk in Beverly Hills is bucking...