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Eating in the 21st century is part travel, part cultural mash-up. Sure, there are towns in Italy and France that eat only the limited dishes they've perfected over centuries: carbonara or cassoulet. And it's amazing to eat in those towns, or to down tapas at a stall in the middle of the Bouqueria farmers' market in Barcelona. But those villagers are just luckier versions of people who eat at their local McDonald's every day. I want the world to come to me, to see it shrink so small it fits on my plate. I want Maine...
...corporatism and state subsidies. The mere suggestion of changes in the famously cozy French employment laws sparked massive protests by literally millions of students. And in Germany, even the election of reformist opposition leader Angela Merkel failed to change much as the parliamentary elite forced a coalition to stall transformation...
...ethnicities, and significant regional differences. In Central Market, this syncretism is visible in the food carts: the snack of choice continues to be north Indian favorites chaat (a savory, often crunchy snack of various spices and ingredients) or samosa (a pastry), but there is a sizeable queue at a stall selling "Chinese chaat" that comprises, among other things, fried fish and "Manchurian" cauliflower...
...best weapon is evidently Thaksin's name. Anyone attending the party's rallies could be forgiven for thinking that the deposed PM is running for office. A recent Samak rally in Yasothon province in Isaan attracts thousands of people, many of them trucked in from surrounding villages. A stall sells books and pamphlets attacking the former PM's political and military foes, plus a VCD featuring an emotional Thaksin called One Year Missing. "I cried when I watched it," says the old woman selling them. The two candidates whom Samak has come to support are all but forgotten. Instead...
...Some of the blame for our activist thrombosis belongs to former University President Derek C. Bok, a man so loquaciously conciliatory that he could stall a thousand ships with a single monologue. Former University President Neil Rudenstine wasn’t much more exciting, but boy could he raise money. And then there was Larry...