Culture
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Anna Bolena — tragically interrupted
Anna Bolena wrapped her long hair in one hand, lifted it above her shoulder, arm stretched, and walked decisively a few steps before an abrupt stop, swinging her black tail frontwards in an arch over her head where it hung before her forehead, as she took a drastic bow that exposed her neck to the…
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You are what you eat*
(as colorful as you eat, as vibrantly attentive as you digest. You are with certainty the freshness and the energy of what you intake, and you radiate with joy, in concordance with the discerning mind that has helped you acquire a sense of delicate taste, the very same that will impregnate your spirit to conquer…
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Hunger
The hunger of gastronomical measure on the flesh is merely a choice on cultural oppression. Yes, it has some repercussions. It stands pale, though, next to the insatiable hunger that will perpetuate in everything we are, far beyond fresh or decaying flesh. Stay hungry! (Talking Heads)
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Words at the Opera — Hamlet
The wiser among us are the madmen. Hamlet / Grand Opera in five acts (1868) by Ambroise Thomas
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Love Ingrained (some Breads)
Arepa (South America) Bagel (Polish, Jewish) Baguette (France) Biscotti (Italy) Brioche (France) Cornbread (American continent) Crêpe (France) Croissant (France) Croutons (France) Dampfnudeln (Germany) Injera (Ethiopia, Eritrea) Matzo (Jewish) Muffin (United Kingdom) Panettone (Italy) Pita (Greece, Middle East) Pizza (Italy) Pretzel (Germany) Pumpernickel (Germany) Sangak (Iran) Scone (United Kingdom) Semmel/Brötchen (Germany) Waffle (Belgium) Zwieback (Germany)
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Bread — Evolution and Devolution
The inquisitive mind, the inner vision for growth and development of human kind, the inspirational spirit in all — towards gods or towards nature, and the quest for optimal maintenance of the carnal and the soul, all these have led us to find ways to dissect and compose far beyond the fruits of nature which…
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No Tipping
I feel compelled to reflect upon the mind and soul of a society that reaches the conclusion of preventing tipping. Equally moved am I to reflect on the direction the people will be swayed into as a result. Seeing this young man in his service uniform in Bandung in 2018, I had to have a…
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awel / abol
The first coffee serving in the Ethiopian coffee ritual
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A Good Morning is… that the Sun has not come up for nothing
A good morning is a warm meal for comfort in a hearty plantain purée; a noble joy to the palate and to the soul, reviving the memory of a wonderful Indonesian rain season; accompanied by the glance at a book that spells out who we are, and revitalizes being, beyond what we have believed to…
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Love Ingrained
For the newly incarnated soul, love begins being fertile in the kitchen. Shades of anguish will likely manifest themselves there as well but much of the following decades the fleshed soul will spend falling and standing in love, will be tainted and significantly propelled by the hugs, kisses, bowl licking, smiles, tears, and conversations about…
Sila Blume 