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Staying True to Yourself as an Act of Remarkable Resistance

Putting honest poetry into the world, even under pressure In 1940, a few months before she passed away in Toronto at the age 71, the anarchist activist and author Emma Goldman published a pamphlet entitled … Continued

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Turkey Urfa Chili from the Bakehouse

Featuring incredible red-black pepper from Sanliurfa While the Bakehouse is known, of course, for amazing artisan bread and pastry, there is a whole other area of culinary activity in which the Bakehouse team quietly excels: soup! … Continued

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Super-Tasty Salt & Pepper Peanuts

A Candy Manufactory classic in the making While Miss Kim has been in the headlines and the Roadhouse is renovating (so far, so good—the target reopening date is still February 16), the Candy Manufactory continues … Continued

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High-Grown Honduras Coffee from Farmer Pablo Paz

A student project brings beauty to our organizational ecosystem It’s been over a decade and a half since Andrew Boyd first reached out to me to talk about a new project he and some other … Continued

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Incredible Kamā Za’atar from Jordan

Don’t miss this exceptional spice blend on the Deli’s shelves My first experience with za’atar was when I visited Jerusalem for the first time, back when I was a student. Za’atar would come in small … Continued

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What It Means to Make Democracy in the Day to Day

Why the power of making tops the power of taking I would prefer to dwell in denial. It certainly seems easier, in a sense, to pretend that none of us has seen the news out … Continued