He had us at hello … to that slice of pizza pie he accepted from a man in Naples a few months ago. And now, we Americans are loving Pope Francis in a way the presidential candidates could only pray for. While his Holiness will be visiting both New York and Philadelphia as he hits our shores, it looks like…
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McDonald’s to Debut All-Day Breakfast
Love ’em or hate ’em, Egg McMuffins will soon be available from dawn to dusk and then some. Starting October 6, the Golden Arches are rolling out the breakfast sandwiches along with a smattering of their other fare: McCafé drinks, McMuffins (sausage and/or egg), biscuit sandwiches (bacon, egg and cheese, and/or sausage), sausage burritos, hash browns, hotcakes, oatmeal, and yogurt…
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Hungarians Feed Hungry Syrian Refugees
Syrian refugees fleeing the dangers in their country were put in a camp at the Keleti station in Budapest after disembarking their train. Many of them fled, determined to walk the 100-mile trek to Vienna, because they tired of waiting for a train ride to Austria, where they have been offered temporary asylum. They faced a lack of facilities and…
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Diane Mina’s Curative Bloody Mary
By Linda Iaderosa I met Diane Mina last fall as she poured generous amounts of Bloody Marys at a 49er Tailgate party held at Levi Stadium. Let’s face it, when someone hands you a bloody Mary–the likes of which you have never tasted before–you’re going to have a spirited connection right from the start. I discovered that the fresh and…
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Shared Gardens
By Laurie Wiegler There was a time in 1980s San Francisco, when a reporter could let an apartment from a woman out in the Sunset District and be surprised that there was a garden out back, a patch of land sprouting carrots, lettuce, beets, and luscious tomatoes. Today, gardens are everywhere seemingly, even as water shortages, zero lots and high-density…
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Why Five Celebrity Chefs Are on Postage Stamps
Several months ago the US Postal Service released a five-stamp series honoring trailblazing chefs; the beatified included James Beard, Julia Child, Joyce Chen, Edna Lewis, and Felipe Rojas-Lombardi. Alas, this comes too late in our history to provide what would have been a literally delicious irony—since stamps are now self-adhesive, we no longer need to lick them, and thus have…
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