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...miles outside the town of Jaén, olive trees cover the hills in neat lines. But this year's harvest, which started on Dec. 1, has brought another, more troubling, queue to town: the bread line. Each night, immigrants in search of once plentiful seasonal work find themselves forced to gather outside the city shelter to wait for a hot meal and, if they're lucky, a bed. "I've been working the olive harvest for the past six years," says Abdullah N., a Moroccan migrant who preferred not to give his last name. "But this year...
...shape but kind of melts in your mouth. He ate some more, still thrown by its lightness, and thought it would work better in a frisée-and-lardon salad, fried into light little bacony croutons. Or in a taco. "It could almost take the place of chicharrón," he says. "It's a healthier version." A healthier version of fried pork rind. I'm sure Spam will take whatever nutritional compliments...
...N. Gregory Mankiw in “Sugar Daddy; or, the Over-Generous Benefactor†2. Philip J. Fisher in “Seduction of a Proper Gentleman†3. Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 in “Men! Men! Men!†4. Bret Johnston in “A Literary Dandy†5. Rev. Peter J. Gomes in “Codpiece in a Convent!†6. Alison Simmons in “Platonic Forms ... of Passion†7. Steven Pinker in “Mind Fuck?...
...Staff writer Ahmed N. Mabruk can be reached at amabruk@fas.harvard.edu...
Camelbak Better Bottle This sports bottle won't spill thanks to its "flip, bite-n-sip" design, even when the flip lock is left open. That makes it ideal for driving, or drinking in a middle seat on a full flight. Made with BPA-free plastic, Camelbak's Better Bottle has a sporty design, complete with a bottle-top loop that can be clipped with a carabiner to a backpack; optional sports caps also are available. I opted for a conservative blue-gray bottle, but it comes in lots of colors and patterns, including argyle and houndstooth for more urbane...