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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...

You’re Wrong About Critics: Myths, Delusions, and Scorned Artists

Author: Mike Cosimano We’re going to be doing something a little different this week.You see, I’m in the midst of watching a couple shows for this...

New Zealand is not Utopia, but that’s ok

Author: Tim O'Donnell|Emma Lodes I have now been living in New Zealand for six weeks. Yet, for me, and my fellow international students in Dunedin everything...

‘Just keep swimming:’ Adapting to the changing tides of ocean conservation

Author: Jill Goatcher As a species, the human race is more intertwined with the marine environment than we can imagine. We come from the ocean. We...

‘True Detective’ review: A looming shadow grows

Author: Mike Cosimano The best part of every “True Detective” episode is the opening sequence. In some ways, it might be the best part of the...

Big names, small prices

Author: Noel Hemphill It is no secret that designer items are expensive. As soon as the label of a top designer gets stuck on an item,...

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...

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...

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...