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Minestrone Di Verdure, By Mara L.

By Mara L. | Published: March 12, 2010
Now I feel bad, having had such terrible things to say about reverse culture shock and my home country. Time for an entry of a different kind: a short note on something I truly miss in Manhattan supermarkets. Every Italian market offers pre-cut vegetables for soup, and as a result, one finds oneself eating healthy [...]
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“Degenerates, Degenerates, They Will All Turn Into Monkeys…”

By Jens Haas | Published: March 10, 2010
I received this short clip so often, I finally have to post it. Postmodernist omnivore Slavoj Žižek debates with his seminar where to go for lunch. My vegetarian and vegan friends — almost all of them living in Manhattan — will forgive me, I’m sure (or not?). For the record, I certainly understand what people [...]
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“Like The Street In Some Big City…”

By Jens Haas | Published: March 8, 2010
Spiegel Online International just published an amusing interview with the maker of Chatroulette, 17-year-old Moscow student Andrey Ternovskiy. Excerpt: “I am a nerd. The web is everything for me. School bores me. I have my own way of learning: I read Wikipedia. School is a waste of my time and I’d rather use that time to [...]
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