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  • HEMP is not marijuana and has no drug value.  It is the name of the soft, durable fibre that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus.  Hemp use dates...

    101 hemp uses!

    HEMP is not marijuana and has no drug value.  It is the name of the soft, durable fibre that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus.  Hemp use dates...

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  • JAPAN– Natto has been a breakfast food for centuries, but because of its health benefits it is enjoying a fresh and robust popularity. If you have never eaten natto before,...

    diy: natto

    JAPAN– Natto has been a breakfast food for centuries, but because of its health benefits it is enjoying a fresh and robust popularity. If you have never eaten natto before,...

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  • WORLDWIDE– Foie gras is back on Chicago menus after a two-year ban, but it’s not the only deadly delicacy on menus. 1. Casu Marzu (maggot cheese) Casu marzu is a...

    Forbidden Foods!

    WORLDWIDE– Foie gras is back on Chicago menus after a two-year ban, but it’s not the only deadly delicacy on menus. 1. Casu Marzu (maggot cheese) Casu marzu is a...

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  • AMMAN, JORDAN — In 1994 I saw an incredibly funny film, Terrorism & BBQ, about a low-level Egyptian government employee who gets caught up in a Kafka-esque maze of bureaucracy...

    BBQ & Terrorism!

    AMMAN, JORDAN — In 1994 I saw an incredibly funny film, Terrorism & BBQ, about a low-level Egyptian government employee who gets caught up in a Kafka-esque maze of bureaucracy...

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  • JAPAN– Trains in Japan are infamous for their Ekiben; a boxed lunch that is a culinary journey into Japan’s regional foods at a fraction of the cost of one of...

    Ekiben!

    JAPAN– Trains in Japan are infamous for their Ekiben; a boxed lunch that is a culinary journey into Japan’s regional foods at a fraction of the cost of one of...

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  • LOS ANGELES– Months ago I wrote on the “Underdground Dining” phenom, so it was gratifying to see April’s edition of Bon Appetit give it some ink. Bon Appetit dubs this...

    Secret Cafes!

    LOS ANGELES– Months ago I wrote on the “Underdground Dining” phenom, so it was gratifying to see April’s edition of Bon Appetit give it some ink. Bon Appetit dubs this...

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  • LONDON– When he was elected mayor of London earlier this week, Boris Johnson, a conservative journalist who rose to fame as a panelist on a British television quiz show (think...

    Last Call!

    LONDON– When he was elected mayor of London earlier this week, Boris Johnson, a conservative journalist who rose to fame as a panelist on a British television quiz show (think...

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  • NEW YORK– The New York Times is reporting that Urban Farms are really taking off! For years, New Yorkers have grown basil, tomatoes and greens in window boxes, backyard plots...

    Urban Farmers!

    NEW YORK– The New York Times is reporting that Urban Farms are really taking off! For years, New Yorkers have grown basil, tomatoes and greens in window boxes, backyard plots...

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  • HAWAII, USA– Inventor John Grandinetti has built what could possibly be an answer to third world food safety, fuel shortages and safe water all in this affordable high-powered solar stove....

    Sun Food!

    HAWAII, USA– Inventor John Grandinetti has built what could possibly be an answer to third world food safety, fuel shortages and safe water all in this affordable high-powered solar stove....

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  • PHILLIPPINES– The Wall Street Journal reports that rising rice prices are causing a global panic, but they may also help the Ifugao tribespeople of the Philippines in their fight against...

    Worm War!

    PHILLIPPINES– The Wall Street Journal reports that rising rice prices are causing a global panic, but they may also help the Ifugao tribespeople of the Philippines in their fight against...

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  • LONDON– When Richard Reynolds began planting flowers secretly at night outside his tower block in South London he had no idea he was part of a growing global movement committed...

    Guerrilla Gardening!

    LONDON– When Richard Reynolds began planting flowers secretly at night outside his tower block in South London he had no idea he was part of a growing global movement committed...

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