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By Karon Liu Food Writer Tues., May 29, 2018 Southern cooking, the “down-home” cooking associated with the Southern United States is the second most popular genre of cookbooks I get in the mail from publishers — just behind the burgeoning vegan-centric field. This stick-to-your-ribs cuisine — think grits, cornbread, barbecue, fried chicken and mac and cheese — is central to a vast culinary region that covers about a quarter of the United States that was born from centuries of influence from European, Caribbean, African, Native and Latin cultures. But the cookbooks I get are not as diverse as that influence would suggest. They are typically penned by white authors about their experience in the south and cooking the food they ate as kids. There’s nothing wrong with that, but considering the richness and long, uncomfortable history of southern cuisine, I want more diverse voices so I can get a better understanding of … [Read more...] about Cookbooks to take you deep into the belly of the Southern United States
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Step aboard the SAM 26000 — the first jet-powered aircraft ever built for the president of the United States
caption Boeing VC-137C SAM 26000, or Air Force One, during its final flight, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, May 20, 1998. source US Air Force On October 19, 1962, Boeing delivered a highly modified version of the civilian 707-320B airliner with the serial number 62-26000. It would be tasked with Special Air Missions, and its call sign would be “SAM Two-six-thousand.” It was the first jet aircraft built specifically for use by the US president, whose presence prompted the call sign to change to “Air Force One,” which had been adopted in 1953 for use by planes carrying the president. The SAM 26000 would carry eight presidents during its 36-year career – John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton – as well as countless heads of state, diplomats, and dignitaries. “A person could justify that it’s the most … [Read more...] about Step aboard the SAM 26000 — the first jet-powered aircraft ever built for the president of the United States
EU must give up “nightmares” of United States of Europe, Hungarian PM says
The European Union should give up its "delusional" idea of a United States of Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday in pledging to defend his nation's Christian values and fight EU migrant settlement quotas. Orban, a maverick anti-immigration nationalist, was elected to a third straight four-year term by a landslide last month and is now the longest-serving premier in the post-Communist history of the central European country. In eight years in office, he has put Hungary back on a sound economic footing but his backsliding on democracy, including a takeover of independent media and crackdown on non-governmental groups he sees as promoting liberal, open-border values, have put him at odds with Western partners in the EU. "The Union must function as an alliance of free nations and give up on its delusional nightmares of a United States of Europe," Orban told parliament in his inaugural speech. "The EU must return to the grounds of reality. As … [Read more...] about EU must give up “nightmares” of United States of Europe, Hungarian PM says
Jeff Bezos just shared a new video of a giant $42 million mechanical clock designed to outlast the United States
source Jeff Bezos Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has funded the construction of a clock buried in a mountain in Texas that’s designed to keep time for 10,000 years. The clock is a project of the Long Now Foundation. Bezos shared a video of the clock’s construction on Tuesday. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spends his fortune on a lot of interesting projects, such as The Washington Post, Blue Origin, and giant historical mansions. But his most quixotic project may be the “10,000 year clock,” in which he is funding the construction of a clock in the West Texas desert that’s designed to keep time for millennia. Bezos shared a new video of the construction of this clock on Tuesday. Check it out: Installation has begunâ¬500ft tall, all mechanical, powered by day/night thermal cycles,synchronized at solar noon, a symbol for long-term thinkingâ¬the#10000YearClock is coming … [Read more...] about Jeff Bezos just shared a new video of a giant $42 million mechanical clock designed to outlast the United States
Jon Bon Jovi dishes on wining, dining and his favourite hotel in the United States
Jon Bon Jovi, 55, has been a rocker for more than three decades, but that doesn’t mean he is slowing down.On March 14, his band Bon Jovi kicks off a two-month tour in the United States and Canada, and on April 14, the band will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland. But first, in mid-February, Bon Jovi and his son, Jesse Bongiovi, 22, will release a rosé wine, Diving into Hampton Water (the name is an homage to their Hamptons home). They collaborated with French winemaker Gérard Bertrand; the wine is produced in France’s Languedoc-Roussillon region.“It’s a favourite in our household because you can drink it starting with lunch and into the evening, and we enjoy lots of it whenever we travel,” Bon Jovi said.Over lunch at Wild, a gluten-free restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village, he spoke about how he discovered a new part of France through the process of producing the wine and about his travels in general; Jesse … [Read more...] about Jon Bon Jovi dishes on wining, dining and his favourite hotel in the United States