Month: July 2023
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Kombucha
This year, I signed myself into the pro-probiotics camp. As they are the bacteria intended to do amazing things for your gut, probiotics are the golden child of the wellness movement. Thanks to their supreme popularity of late, there is a plethora of fermented tea products, aka kombucha, available at your grocery store. Since all…
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300 Degrees
Slow-smoked beef brisket is among the most amazing American food. That a slab of brisket can be made so tender and flavorful is pure wonder and purely wonderful. Again, time has proved itself to be the magical ingredient to transform all things anew, both in textures and in flavors. The brisket spends hours over smoldering…
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Agile
Among the greatest social challenges today is how to help marginalized populations productively with minimum unintended consequences. Especially from a policy perspective, to draft a strategy often comes with assigning attributes to certain groups of people, often with negative statistics such as gun violence, drug abuse, and domestic abuse. These statistics have an unfortunate tendency…
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The Dreamer
Solitude: the state or situation of being alone. To be alone, but not to be lonely is not an innate ability. In fact, we’re born with an opposite inclination. Humans are social animals, meant to bond with our kins; and to belong is to feel safe. Yet, we’re also profoundly alone. One sees the world…
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