Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
Who here knew orphan trains were a thing? I, for one, had no idea that through the 1920s, the Children’s Aid Society transported hundreds of thousands of orphaned children from busy Northeastern cities to the rural Midwest in the hopes of giving them new lives. The idea was that children would have a better chance…
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Mumbai is a city of immense wealth as well as supreme poverty. Just next to the airport, around the corner from gleaming luxury hotels sits the Annawadi slum. Here, families squat on the land owned by the airport and make lives with much less than we would ever think possible. Though their homes could be…
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Bruges, Belgium is a big spot for tourists. It’s also a big spot for beer. The problem is the beer trucks take up a lot of space and make a lot of noise on those streets where the tourists walk. Solution: a brewery is installing a pipeline underground to take beer from the bottling plant…
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My very observant boyfriend noticed how disappointed I was when Amy Poehler’s new book was stolen from me during a white elephant gift exchange. He must have told Santa because just a couple weeks later, I received the very book for our own Chrismukkah gift swap. The holidays may be over, but if somebody is…
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Ever feel like you need to get something off your chest? Sometimes I’ve just gotta talk it out. That’s why I’ve decided to do a monthly feature called “Thoughts On…” At the beginning of the month, I’ll provide a prompt to stimulate discussion. The point is to get us to put our thoughts out there…
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I get it; people are angry that no charges were brought against the officers involved in the deaths of Michael Brown or Eric Garner, but it is no excuse to [in a pre-meditated fashion] kill two police officers for no reason other than the fact that they wore the uniform. It is a sad day…
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I am a big fan of the show “Girls” and its accurate portrayal of life for early 20-somethings in New York so it stands to reason that I would enjoy this collection of personal essays by its creator, Lena Dunham. Dunham is comfortable with the uncomfortable. All the things I would never talk about (therapy, bad…
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It’s hard to think about a night out at the bars that doesn’t include alcohol, but that’s exactly what Brillig Dry Bar created. And I think it looks awesome. If you use lemon zest or juice to flavor a dish, do you realize you could be reducing salt by 75%? That’s a small and very…
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I’ve always been a fan of Anjelica Huston’s work but knew very little about her life. I’d heard she had a sorta famous father and dated Jack Nicholson for a bit, but now I realize her father was one of the most famous directors of our time and her relationship with Nicholson lasted 17 years.…
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In the US, circumcision is pretty much the norm, but that’s not the case everywhere. The CDC is saying it probably should be, since it could reduce the risk of HIV and STIs. What’s your take on Chris Rock’s idea of the “Mexican Problem” in Hollywood? A study of the way dogs tilt their heads…
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Peaches to Apples 