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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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  • WORLDWIDE– Surviving an 8.9 just got easier, because after the dust has cleared you will need clean safe water until the calvary arrives. And whether you are in Sichuan province...

    diy: water

    WORLDWIDE– Surviving an 8.9 just got easier, because after the dust has cleared you will need clean safe water until the calvary arrives. And whether you are in Sichuan province...

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  • Animals are not meant to eat cooked-processed, gluten corn-filled dreck a.k.a packaged pet food. It is totally devoid of enzymes, and thus, lifeless. So why not DIY? INGREDIENTS 1300 g...

    diy: kitty chow

    Animals are not meant to eat cooked-processed, gluten corn-filled dreck a.k.a packaged pet food. It is totally devoid of enzymes, and thus, lifeless. So why not DIY? INGREDIENTS 1300 g...

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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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  • WEST AFRICA– Lemonade without sugar? Pickles without puckering? Guinness milkshakes? Yes, if you had the miracle berry! For an hour after consuming this miraculous West African berry, which is about...

    Miracle Berry!

    WEST AFRICA– Lemonade without sugar? Pickles without puckering? Guinness milkshakes? Yes, if you had the miracle berry! For an hour after consuming this miraculous West African berry, which is about...

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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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  • LOS ANGELES– The Los Angeles Times is reporting that when California drivers convert their gas-guzzlers to cooking oil the State of California labels them a tax cheat and slaps them...

    Biofuel Blowback!

    LOS ANGELES– The Los Angeles Times is reporting that when California drivers convert their gas-guzzlers to cooking oil the State of California labels them a tax cheat and slaps them...

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  • SOUTH AFRICA– Lattes and cappuccinos have attained cult status, but is there a healthier way to get your cult jolt? That’s what South African Cape farmer and espresso junkie Carl...

    Healthy Espresso?

    SOUTH AFRICA– Lattes and cappuccinos have attained cult status, but is there a healthier way to get your cult jolt? That’s what South African Cape farmer and espresso junkie Carl...

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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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