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Vintage 2021: A Deep Dive into Denmark and the New Nordic

A new “limited release” from Zingerman’s Food Tours Writing in National Geographic, Erica Jackson Curran says: Among the pandemic’s many challenges: quarantine measures greatly reduce our ability to create new experiences and connect with other people. … Continued

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Pan Fried Padron Peppers

Buy at the Farmer’s Market, fry ’em up in your own frying pan When I was working on Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating some twenty years or so ago, I created small sidebars that I called “Travelers … Continued

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Food for Future Organizational Thought

Sharing some background on our “Community Shares” program On his new album All Round the Light Said, Irish singer songwriter Joshua Burnside sings about “A Man of High Renown.” Who we hold in high renown, who … Continued

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The Seemingly Small Act of Knowing People’s Names Can Make a Big Difference

Honor our colleagues and improve our organizational culture   In 1980, a couple years before we opened the Deli, the psychologist Carl Rogers wrote his classic A Way of Being. Rogers, who was born in 1902, … Continued

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Mirzam Chocolate with Coffee & Cardamom

A cup of amazing Arabic coffee in chocolate bar If you like both great dark chocolate and a good cup of coffee, as I do, you might well want to check out this terrific chocolate … Continued

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Uove in Purgatorio

“Eggs in Purgatory” makes a marvelous meal If you don’t remember your religious contexts, purgatory is where our souls wait for purification before getting into heaven. Regardless of one’s religious beliefs, the concept seemed about … Continued