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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...

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...

Nice Things Podcast – Episode 8

Author: Allan Van Vliet|Matson Atkins On this exciting episode of the The Nice Things Show, your hosts took to discussing political polarization in the United States....

Malcolm X, Colorism, And MULTI

Author: Chance Ward As many of you all know, this past week was the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination. X was a Muslim minister, human...