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- Attainable “Detox”
Why are people, especially women, always claiming to be “detoxing”? Why can’t women just say, “Hey, I’m feeling kind of fat, and I’m going to drastically reduce my food intake for a few days”? We humans are always convincing ourselves we know better than the wisdom of ages: after surviving pretty well for thousands of […]
- Russian Nostalgia-Fest, Part I: Borscht
There are many schools of borscht. Some hold that it should be hot, rich and meaty; others that it is a cool concoction for summer, made only with vegetable stock. Polish kitchens send it to the table with the sour cream already mixed in, so that the soup is the exact colour of Pepto Bismol. […]
