World Food Thursdays 2

We want to see food from every corner of the world together, side by side being delicious all in one common community. We want to revel in our diversity, to respect everyone's techniques, ways of eating and rituals around cooking and eating.

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World Food Thursdays 1

We want to see food from every corner of the world together, side by side being delicious all in one common community. We want to revel in our diversity, to respect everyone's techniques, ways of eating and rituals around cooking and eating.

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Artisan Cheese Cultivators

“I am a firm believer that what is in the air, the water and the earth in your particular area greatly influences the flavor of cheese. The minerals in the earth are in the grass that’s eaten by the cow, and we take her milk and make it into cheese, and that taste progresses from the ground to the consumer,” Chris said.

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Real Milk Revolution

Solidarity movement for raw milk cowshares in North America and around the world. This is about our freedom of choice and ability to make informed decisions for ourselves without one-size fits all regulations. Lets amplify the buzz about raw milk and local farms.

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Grape Kombucha Soda

This is a very simple technique that makes an extra tasty batch of kombucha. By adding fruit juice after the ten day fermentation period you get a fizzier drink, which means there is more alcohol. This drink is very much like a grape soda, but good for you! I have been making kombucha lately with honey, and I have found…

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Unexpected Incidents in Egypt

My life in here in Beba has been similar to the previous posts I have written. I am still living here at the church and teaching English in two different towns. I have a couple more stories about Egyptians that I find telling about the culture as a whole.

Both of them actually happened as I was travelling between one of the towns where I teach and the one where I live. As you may recall I have been taking microbuses between these two towns which they pack completely full of people and then go careening off down the road to try and make as many trips as possible in the day so they can make enough money to pay rent. They aren’t the wealthiest people, these microbus drivers, but they do seem to normally make enough to at least feed their families.

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