Word: pork
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...horrible, wonderful, [and] important” and, reading his descriptions of factory farming, it’s easy to see why. A journalist by training, Scully traveled to a typical industrial hog farm in North Carolina—owned by the nation’s largest pork producer—and documented what...
...Ultimately, Scully argues, such abject cruelty ceases to be a partisan issue. Few people can rationally justify such conditions, and yet the majority of us implicitly support them by buying products from factory farms—which today produce the vast majority of America’s pork, chicken, and eggs...
Forty-five strangers have gathered at a candle-lit restaurant to enjoy pork loin, sorbet and, they hope, some sparkling conversation. After discussing aphorisms served up in lieu of canapés, the diners pose questions to one another from a discussion menu that accompanies their meal: "When did you stop being a child?" reads one prompt. "Tell me about a memorable conversation you've had with one or both of your parents," reads another...
...also modernize. A revitalized conservatism would push for tax reform with an eye on middle-class families, not hedge-fund operators. It would seek solutions to global warming rather than deny that it exists. It would place a higher priority on making health care affordable than on slashing pork programs. It would promote the assimilation of Hispanics rather than regard them as a menace or a source of cheap labor...
...expect the full menu. By the time we sat down, everyone was sweaty and disgruntled, but a look over the menu livened things up for a time. They offer a nice selection of dunkables for your shabu—beyond the traditional beef there was chicken, pork, tofu, and even deluxe Wagyu beef—and an array of appetizers, soups, sides, and noodle dishes, all at attractive prices. The four of us at my table ordered a couple rounds of steamed chicken dumplings, summer rolls, a beef shabu dinner with rice vermicelli, a pork dinner with udon, a noodle...