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...Pick up a t shirt or a snow globe at a souvenir stand and you won't be the first to give a gift that will collect dust. But for a truly tasty idea, and one that won't take up much luggage space, bag some spices. Why buy condiments in a faraway land when you can grab a jar at your local supermarket? Well, according to Hong Kong-based spice trader Jerome Stewart, supermarket seasonings usually contain preservatives and other odorous chemicals. And, he notes, the multihued heaps at native markets are cheaper...
...question: Is his Nobel really a triumph for the Rainbow Nation, as our newspapers claim? There's no point looking to Coetzee for clarification. He failed to show up for both of his Booker ceremonies, and who knows whether he will show up in Stockholm on Dec. 10 to collect his Nobel. When the novelist-heroine of his latest book, Elizabeth Costello, is picked for a prestigious literary prize, she says: "I should have asked them to forget the ceremony and send the check in the mail...
Pick up a t shirt or a snow globe at a souvenir stand and you won't be the first to give a gift that will collect dust. But for a truly tasty idea, and one that won't take up much luggage space, bag some spices. Why buy condiments in a faraway land when you can grab a jar at your local supermarket? Well, according to Hong Kong-based spice trader Jerome Stewart, supermarket seasonings usually contain preservatives and other odorous chemicals. And, he notes, the multihued heaps at native markets are cheaper...
...moderator, Connor would collect the most interesting responses to that week’s articles, tying them together with his own commentary elucidating why he chose the selected postings...
...collect cheesy pick-up lines the way Martha Stewart collects china—and most of my good cheesy pick-up lines I learned at Harvard,” she says...