Word: millets
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...wonderful material that is peeled from the trunk of a fig tree and traditionally used as clothing" - is coaxed into purses, cushion covers, jewelry bags, even Christmas stockings. Ugandan village women's basket-weaving skills are applied to banana-leaf and raffia place mats, palm-leaf cutlery trays and millet-stem and raffia lampshades and coasters, and leatherworkers fashion wine-bottle coolers and photo-album covers. Magyar's original shop has evolved into three cool and trendy Banana Boat store locations in Kampala, as well as an export business. With Banana Boat - a nickname for Ugandan canoes - thriving, the multitasking...
...farmers. The Lancaster farmers who have stayed are increasingly going organic, not for religious reasons but because they have found that the public will buy any product that contains the words Amish and organic because it seems extra wholesome. Though a little less so when you realize your organic millet was made in a mill where workers were barely paying attention, Rollerblading around, gabbing on their Amish party lines. "Oh, no, you didn't, Jebediah! No man can drink that much buttermilk and keep his beard so silky clean...
...based hedge fund, Paulson & Co., which alleges that the initial deal wasn't fairly valued. And some private-equity firms are starting to fret that the European buyout scene has grown so fast that it's in danger of overheating. "It's like a perfect storm," says Carlyle's Millet, who is worried about the increased amounts of debt and dwindling returns. "All the ingredients are there for a big blowup...
...Millet is well aware that many Europeans still view U.S. private-equity groups as unscrupulous financiers "who will debone a company and chop it up into slices like a sausage." But with time, as more and more companies on the Continent get bought and resold, he believes people will understand that private equity is a positive force. "We are important actors, and we are creating value, we are creating jobs, and we are developing firms. Little by little, that message is getting through," he says. Perhaps, but the Europeans are still on the lookout for locusts. --Reported by Daren Fonda...
...bouillon. And if you're a soul-food fan, you're in luck: by virtue of the slave trade, Senegalese cuisine was one of the key influences on African-American cooking. Senegal's Atlantic coastline ensures an abundance of seafood?grouper, monkfish and sea bream are common?while peanuts, millet and cassava are harvested from the central savanna area. Given Morocco's proximity, couscous is almost as widespread as rice?so are baguettes and Dijon mustard, legacies of French colonial rule. Sample this melting pot at Chez Mimi, tel: (221) 823 9788, or Keur Ndeye, tel: (221) 821 4973, both...