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and the right tea, you get something utterly unique: a drink that slinks down your throat and hugs your belly, relaxes your muscles and calms your mind. The best aged tea is medicine you want to gulp, full of bitter chocolate or stonefruit or wet, sweet soil. And for the complexity...
One of the reasons, maybe the main reason, you choose to go to the Amalfi Coast in the depths of winter rather than the heights of summer is the traffic. The congestion on the road from Naples to Sorrento, and from there to Salerno, is notoriously awful in the hot weather. But the ...
(You can see my favorites in another blog post here.) This story is about a family who had a very prosperous chocolate factory in Damascus, Syria. When the factory was bombed and completely destroyed in 2012 in the Syrian Civil War, the family left Syria and became refugees in Lebanon. ...
nightly battle. But the warreallybegins once your child is asleep. Even though you tucked them in for the night, you might find their covers flung onto the floor when you check in on them. So if you’ve ever wondered why your kid kicks off the covers, this is what you need to know...
. . . Affirmative action is banned by local edict in nine states, including Michigan and California. *The deforestation of the Amazon is the subject ofa long, semi-animated piecein the Washington Post. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is not only no fan of environmentalism, but he’s corrupt...
1932: 3 Musketeers Bar is invented The newcomer to the candy aisle in 1932 was the 3 Musketeers Bar. The original candy contained three distinct nougat flavors—strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla—in one package. High vanilla and strawberry costs during WWII caused Mars to alter the bar to con...
So when I first saw this post on Reddit, it hit me right in the same place as the first time I saw The Birds. But then like most things, if you dig a little deeper, you find out the real reason something is happening isn't that scary at all. Maybe a bit gruesome, but not ...
A growing trend among those looking for companionship is what is being called "paperclipping." Cosmopolitan magazine recently shined a light on the topic of paperclipping, describing is as a someone who keeps minimal contact with someone else just in case they happen to need them in the future...