https://www.laylaeplett.com/politics-conflict daily 0.75 2023-03-05 https://www.laylaeplett.com/politics-conflict/blog-post-title-one-kc8zc monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/cc886314-aaae-40a2-b307-246e04f34487/Y%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB_Chikanobu_Cha_no_yu.jpg Politics & Conflict - In The Japanese Tea Ceremony, Politics Are Served With Every Cup - Make it stand out A woodblock print by the artist Toyohara Chikanobu depicts a tea ceremony during the reign of Japan's Emperor Meiji. Under Meiji, tea was included in many schools as part of etiquette training for women.Toyohara Chikanobu/via Wikimedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/476aea93-3f1f-44fd-8ac1-83ab46d6681c/Sen_no_Rikyu_JPN-1.jpg Politics & Conflict - In The Japanese Tea Ceremony, Politics Are Served With Every Cup - Make it stand out A portrait of Sen Rikyū by Tōhaku Hasegawa. Rikyū was a highly influential tea master in 16th century Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/51b24960-4488-4c67-8b85-fabcec2328ca/Screen+Shot+2023-02-28+at+9.55.28+PM.png Politics & Conflict - In The Japanese Tea Ceremony, Politics Are Served With Every Cup - Make it stand out Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi (right) receives a bowl of green tea from Japanese tea master Genshitsu Sen at a tea ceremony in Kyoto during a 2013 visit to Japan. STR/AFP/Getty Images https://www.laylaeplett.com/politics-conflict/blog-post-title-two-wrzhk monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/b32c41d5-6d59-412f-bf04-4c20412f9b14/447458640_a8408cc844_c.jpg Politics & Conflict - What's an Aleppo Pepper? - Make it stand out The Aleppo pepper has been sold in markets throughout Syria, including Aleppo’s famed Al-Madina Souk which has been damaged during the war. 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Credit: Bedřich Fritta Ghetto Fighters House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/4ed2ae25-1541-4372-a0b5-292467b63329/Kaffeehaus_Theresienstadt.jpg Politics & Conflict - Remembrance and Resistance Through the Recipes of the Theresienstadt Ghetto - Make it stand out An illustration of Theresienstadt's non-functioning coffeehouse from 1943. Credit: Bedřich Fritta Jewish Museum Berlin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/04cffc26-ec3f-499b-86d1-9d1294e5672f/800px-Queued_Up_for_Food.jpg Politics & Conflict - Remembrance and Resistance Through the Recipes of the Theresienstadt Ghetto - Make it stand out An illustration of the inmates queuing up for food in the Theresienstadt ghetto. Credit: Bedřich Fritta Ghetto Fighters House https://www.laylaeplett.com/politics-conflict/blog-post-title-four-mg9wx monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/223929ef-864b-4c05-b1a0-44bfa2a05627/3714510143_b0a9be4de5_c.jpg Politics & Conflict - Cash Crops: How the Islamic State Profits from Agriculture - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Nathan Siemers https://www.laylaeplett.com/politics-conflict/99oz03ffjxpfw8qrfc7mjy3ydu06io monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/c8e4cb3e-d40f-4f1c-b060-0f41516cf3ef/3369557693_08cc691c30_c.jpg Politics & Conflict - Nelson Mandela’s Long and Hungered Walk To Freedom - Make it stand out Image Credit: Thomas Berg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/5ced1db3-472f-47b8-a93a-944a619c4cea/Nelson_Mandela%2C_2000_%285%29.jpg Politics & Conflict - Nelson Mandela’s Long and Hungered Walk To Freedom - Make it stand out Image Credit: Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/731bd547-d276-4611-b20a-e3e9046fbc9b/Screen+Shot+2023-03-02+at+2.44.23+PM.png Politics & Conflict - Nelson Mandela’s Long and Hungered Walk To Freedom - Make it stand out Photo by Layla Eplett https://www.laylaeplett.com/politics-conflict/culture-of-resistance-protesting-greeces-politics-with-yogurt monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/30d8f716-664c-4bea-84c2-8ff477b82762/Screen+Shot+2023-02-28+at+11.15.04+PM.png Politics & Conflict - Culture of Resistance: Protesting Greece’s Politics With Yogurt - Make it stand out In an act known as “yaourtoma,” yogurt is thrown at this politician in Greece. (Leo Vournelis, SAFN Blog) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/dd3678c8-a64f-456c-9368-a87dbad347bc/Screen+Shot+2023-02-28+at+10.25.21+AM.png Politics & Conflict - Culture of Resistance: Protesting Greece’s Politics With Yogurt - Make it stand out A young man escorted through Athens by police escort. The sign describes him as a Teddy Boy who is guilty of yaourtoma. https://www.laylaeplett.com/politics-conflict/in-syria-considering-the-unintended-impact-of-emergency-food-aid monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/17d4ebd4-ab2f-4371-bade-54da583432d3/22839717234_435241d144_c.jpg Politics & Conflict - In Syria, Considering the Unintended Impact of Emergency Food Aid - Make it stand out Involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq left many weary of engagement in foreign affairs but food aid is often perceived to be a more benevolent form of intervention. Photo by Alisdare Hickson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/d9d881f4-0e9c-496e-a3cb-62a689ecf010/6959549167_4124e5764e_o.jpg Politics & Conflict - In Syria, Considering the Unintended Impact of Emergency Food Aid - Make it stand out Women waiting in line to buy bread during winter 2012 in Al Qusayr, southwest of Homs. Credit: Photo by Freedom House. https://www.laylaeplett.com/global-american-history daily 0.75 2023-03-05 https://www.laylaeplett.com/global-american-history/blog-post-title-one-667w6 monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/129ba6d9-0799-454b-b754-d4745d543659/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+10.27.56+AM.png Global & American History - Quinine & Empire - Make it stand out Quinine Syrup (by Toby Cecchini via The New York Times) 4 cups water ¼ cup (1 ounce/20 grams) cinchona bark, powdered (a coffee grinder does this well) 3-4 cups rich simple syrup (by volume, two parts sugar to one of boiling water, stirred to dissolve) ¼ cup citric acid, also known as lemon salt 3 limes, only the peeled zests 3 lemons, only the peeled zests 2 sour or Sevilla oranges, only the peeled zests (or peel of 1 grapefruit or pomelo) 1 cup chopped lemongrass (3-4 stalks) 9 whole allspice berries 6 whole cardamom pods ¼ teaspoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon lavender https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/0431c20d-820c-414b-8a23-1638db4bbde2/Cinchona_Nilgiris_ILN.jpg Global & American History - Quinine & Empire - Make it stand out Illustration of the first cinchona trees planted in the Nilgiri Hills, India from The Illustrated London News, December 6th 1862:592 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/469f5939-da8d-4190-8227-80e38355f6f4/CM3ae53UcAAzhis.jpg Global & American History - Quinine & Empire - Make it stand out Allow the mixture to cool, then refrigerate it for two days. Strain the mixture through a cheesecloth and discard the non-liquids. Return the liquid portion to the refrigerator--after 1-2 days, there will be a small amount of sludge that settles to the bottom. Pour the liquid out, leaving the muddy sediment behind--there will be about 3 cups. Mix this with an equal amount of simple syrup and store in a clean, tightly sealed jar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/e9d3a082-b773-4568-af08-5ed438f443d7/800px-Soldiers_and_quinine_Wellcome_L0011631.jpg Global & American History - Quinine & Empire - Make it stand out French campaign contrasting taking quinine with not taking it to encourage its usage. From Wellcome Images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/03393f73-af26-4f00-be5c-14daf91b9392/Curtis%27s_botanical_magazine_%288272601122%29.jpg Global & American History - Quinine & Empire - Make it stand out Illustration of Cinchona officinalis from Curtis's botanical magazine dedications, 1827-192 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/eb49bfb9-8d18-4765-8048-89c38e21d12b/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+10.46.56+AM.png Global & American History - Quinine & Empire - Make it stand out Mix the quinine syrup with an equal amount of sparkling water, add gin, and garnish. *Creative liberty can be taken in making tonic to pair it with the type of botanical in the gin used--more or less of a citrus, variation of a spice--quantities can be tweaked, substituted, or omitted but the quantity of cinchona cannot, as larger amounts can cause illness. **Want to do more than simply sip a G&T? Here’s how to test it for fluorescence. https://www.laylaeplett.com/global-american-history/blog-post-title-two-m2ehz monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/94db75cb-4e97-4d5b-8a0d-3f354dd4fa1f/Immigrants_on_deck_of_steamer_%2522Germanic.%2522.jpg Global & American History - Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Cuisine - Make it stand out Immigrants on deck of steamer "Germanic" in 1887 from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1887 July 2, pp. 324-325 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/ca17ba7e-99ae-4a19-abc7-2a2699f5c078/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+11.10.41+AM.png Global & American History - Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Cuisine - Make it stand out Chinese food has mainly been synonymous with cheap food in the United States, existing on a lower rung of the hierarchy of taste. 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Credit: Michael Santiago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/7a33fd77-4bac-4040-8736-e98781138222/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+11.37.48+AM.png Global & American History - The Soiled Legacy of African-American Farmers - Make it stand out James McGill tends to his pig farm in Bakersfield, California. Only one percent of farmers in the United States are black. Credit: Michael Santiago https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/3ee26160-f147-4ba4-9e63-2853bfa3564a/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+11.42.59+AM.png Global & American History - The Soiled Legacy of African-American Farmers - Make it stand out McGill exercises his prized Duroc and Bluebutt show pigs daily so they will impress the judges at an annual local fair. Credit: Michael Santiago https://www.laylaeplett.com/global-american-history/eating-jim-crow monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/4d65bd5d-28b8-4a12-a50d-c49dbb93bfa6/WhiteDoorColoredDoor.jpg Global & American History - Eating Jim Crow - Make it stand out Separate entrances at a cafe in Durham, North Carolina in 1940. Photo By Jack Delano, photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/788b3f66-87fc-434f-89e9-71403b670e4c/Thomas_Rice_as_Jim_Crow.jpg Global & American History - Eating Jim Crow - Make it stand out Thomas Dartmouth Rice performing in blackface as Jim Crow. 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From Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/c289180e-f41c-4203-8096-ec51367645ea/800px-Lettuce_Serving_Fork_-_%27Canterbury%27.jpg Global & American History - Ain't Nobody Got Tine For That! The Invention and Evolution of the Fork - Make it stand out Sterling silver lettuce fork from 1893. From Karen via Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/68ae963e-cf36-4901-9e36-c4dded69148b/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+11.47.05+AM.png Global & American History - Ain't Nobody Got Tine For That! The Invention and Evolution of the Fork - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laylaeplett.com/global-american-history/organic-synthesis-towards-an-inclusion-of-african-americans-in-organic-farming monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/6cf7debf-9442-47c3-9d02-e43e1a60573a/6594381905_f205888afc_c.jpg Global & American History - Organic Synthesis: Towards An Inclusion Of African Americans In Organic Farming - Make it stand out Dr. George Washington Carver (January 5, 1864 - January 5, 1943) was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. 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Not all alcohols are considered spirits, typically they have to be distilled to categorized as one. Credit: Yoichi Robert Okamoto Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum https://www.laylaeplett.com/culture-childrens-literature daily 0.75 2023-03-05 https://www.laylaeplett.com/culture-childrens-literature/blog-post-title-one-jsdwt monthly 0.5 2023-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/9c4b0f06-49fb-4732-bf3a-d478161e6f91/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.08.13+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/f5fdcf0d-189f-4466-a66a-fc764ef20544/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.00.59+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/f926d6f7-ff89-41b2-91e1-41e43f53239d/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+3.56.04+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Dates are an essential component of Siwan fare, culture, and economy. 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See more of his work and learn more about Siwa in the book Siwa: Legends & Lifestyles in the Egyptian Sahara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/e5193a5c-f498-40e6-b72f-411d93989199/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.00.20+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/60401f7a-9db4-4002-aab0-72ba1f30e32a/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.00.45+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/60f6b875-65ba-463d-a742-819c00352d99/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.00.08+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/5f5019ab-763c-4b21-ba8a-445cc30f3dd7/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+3.58.22+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/119c7a9d-0c59-4cbf-8f9a-2c0d9b0158e6/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.01.39+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/83a9c14b-7cd3-482f-bc21-2cadaa4953c5/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.01.27+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/364b8281-c5bc-4ce2-b7c0-d9579d100622/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.10.36+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/3379ebb3-2bb8-4cb2-b958-23641157d878/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.01.12+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/f67ff1d3-f0d1-4c6a-90bd-2a5a651c55fb/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+3.59.54+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Save The Date: Preventing Heirloom Date Palm Extinction in Egypt's Siwa Oasis  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.laylaeplett.com/culture-childrens-literature/blog-post-title-two-rpmjm monthly 0.5 2023-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/f4e94447-424f-42f2-a14e-5ddd3d8794a5/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.23.43+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Meet The Chai Wallahs Of India - Make it stand out Bechan Baba in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. 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Courtesy of Zach Marks and Resham Gellatly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/eb8b06d7-5c47-418a-b430-01e552e95052/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.22.06+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Meet The Chai Wallahs Of India - Make it stand out Chai is made with different spices including ginger, cardamom, cloves and black pepper. The type of milk used may also vary depending on the area. This tea vendor in Rajasthan uses camel milk. Courtesy of Zach Marks and Resham Gellatly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/68c2a56a-7cdc-4894-a2fa-2173d2da4a3a/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+4.22.49+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Meet The Chai Wallahs Of India - Make it stand out Balwan Singh Negi, aka Bahadur. 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Illustrator Ralph Steadman’s interpretation of the Mad Tea Party highlights its subversive nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/08017270-b2e6-4f1c-b099-fca2e7da31df/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+8.56.33+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - A Maddening Tea Party  - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/f118f2a2-4c53-4946-b93d-7ec2e355e369/Alice_par_John_Tenniel_27.png Culture & Children's Literature - A Maddening Tea Party  - Make it stand out Of all the etiquette violations, stuffing the Dormouse into a teapot may have been one of the more minor ones, as dormice were sometimes kept as pets in teapots filled with hay or grass. https://www.laylaeplett.com/culture-childrens-literature/dont-just-say-cheese-make-cheese monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/8bd44866-fb6f-4e4e-bcb9-0c4a808ccd05/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+8.31.00+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Don't Just Say "Cheese," Make Cheese! - Make it stand out Last year, she opened a storefront. Credit: Sarah Hanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/a2f474b0-bb50-443a-a076-353edeb59eef/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+8.32.10+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Don't Just Say "Cheese," Make Cheese! - Make it stand out There, she sells cheese (and more). Credit: Sarah Hanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/055efb17-c281-4b33-9f2b-531e633eddcb/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+8.01.11+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Don't Just Say "Cheese," Make Cheese! - Make it stand out Bohemian Creamery's Lisa Gottreich. Credit: Sarah Hanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/9dc801f3-f285-4266-a2ba-14a4891d8810/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+8.29.23+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Don't Just Say "Cheese," Make Cheese! - Make it stand out Gottreich’s Bohemian Creamery is on a seven acre farm nestled in the hills of Sebastopol, California. Credit: Sarah Hanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/6f49d026-7741-4e64-934e-f7a790f4c69a/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+8.33.19+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Don't Just Say "Cheese," Make Cheese! - Make it stand out In addition to selling her cheeses, she also wanted a place to showcase all of the other uses of milk from goats like Rifka, Bohemian Creamery’s alpha goat. Credit: Sarah Hanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/306a5608-7afc-45fd-a3c1-c3fb2d41cee0/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+8.34.08+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Don't Just Say "Cheese," Make Cheese! - Make it stand out They use goats’ milk to make soft serve frozen yogurt, whey soda, and soap. Credit: Sarah Hanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/a0bd817c-2860-4e2b-b6ff-292cc9c6a485/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+8.36.52+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Don't Just Say "Cheese," Make Cheese! - Make it stand out Gottreich’s assistant, Magdalena, prepares to pasteurize milk for a batch of Flower Power. Credit: Sarah Hanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/939e8c79-9d3f-4e8e-87c9-3093a8717660/Screen+Shot+2023-03-01+at+8.37.36+PM.png Culture & Children's Literature - Don't Just Say "Cheese," Make Cheese! - Make it stand out Romeo is the creamery’s longest-aged cheese, brined and tended to for 10 to 12 months to add complexity and crystallization. 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Toklas at a dinner party at the home of Bobsy Goodspeed and that included Gertrude Stein, Fanny Butcher from 1934. https://www.laylaeplett.com/culinary-arts/blog-post-title-four-kypwn monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/addff545-6cb7-4d86-ad75-53aff48f922f/Screen+Shot+2023-02-28+at+5.20.50+PM.png Culinary Arts - The “Proof” is in the Pie: How Alcohol Makes a Flakier Pie Crust - Make it stand out Photo by author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/acc0b1be-caf7-4059-b592-c05ebb44255d/Screen+Shot+2023-03-02+at+8.13.07+AM.png Culinary Arts - The “Proof” is in the Pie: How Alcohol Makes a Flakier Pie Crust - Make it stand out Photo by author. https://www.laylaeplett.com/religion-holidays daily 0.75 2023-03-05 https://www.laylaeplett.com/religion-holidays/the-first-supper monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/e985e191-6fa1-43cc-9554-77a011a912c6/400px-Leonardo%2C_Madonna_Litta.JPG Religion & Holidays - The First Supper - Make it stand out Leonardo Da Vinci’s Madonna Litta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/666d5b29-a9bc-4808-a81e-11e582ae3cff/The_Adoration_of_the_Magi_MET_DT8849.jpg Religion & Holidays - The First Supper - Make it stand out The Adoration of the Magi painting by Gerard David https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/da2616d4-6d39-43e4-938d-ad9cbd188f37/415px-Mystic_Nativity_by_Sandro_Botticelli.jpg Religion & Holidays - The First Supper - Make it stand out Botticelli’s Mystic Nativity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/671ea964-a147-43a1-bd67-e5f6b61d4037/304px-Bean_king_on_Epiphany_%28detail_from_January_in_the_Hours_of_Adelaid_of_Savoy%29.jpg Religion & Holidays - The First Supper - Make it stand out Bean king on Epiphany: a child under the table is calling the Bean Lord (Phoebe Domine), while the bean cake is being presented to a festive group of men, women and children. 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Christmas is one of the rare occasions a whole bird is roasted but it’s even more rare to be done the way it is in It’s a Wonderful Life. Photo by Insomnia Cured Here. https://www.laylaeplett.com/religion-holidays/the-logistics-of-one-of-the-largest-langars monthly 0.5 2023-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fc11ec7ea0ff43a6d46f22/93a1552a-f1df-4620-bfc3-196dfb58b382/Screen+Shot+2023-03-02+at+12.30.51+PM.png Religion & Holidays - The Logistics of One of the Largest Langars - Make it stand out The meals are vegetarian, using about 1,300 kilograms of lentils and nearly 1,000 kilograms of rice. Almost 2,000 kilograms are prepped, done by the hundreds of volunteers and hired staff work with each other to put it all together. 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