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VIDEO: What People In Jerusalem Wish For
May 8th, 2013 at 4:00PM:
When the news talks about the people of Jerusalem, it's usually to highlight their differences. While those certainly exist, there's more to it than that. People all have their own opinions and priorities and the folks living in Jerusalem are no exception. In this video, a group of Jerusalem residents are asked all the same question: if you had one wish, what would you wish for?
Their answers ...
An Interview With Paul Theroux, Author Of 'The Last Train To Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari'
May 7th, 2013 at 10:00AM: After writing eight travel books that took him around Britain on foot, through the Pacific on a kayak, across Latin America, Europe and Asia on trains and up and down Africa by his wits over the last 30 years, one might think that Paul Theroux would be hard pressed to find new insights into the traveling lifestyle. But in his new travel narrative, "The Last Train to Zona Verde," the 71-year-old ...The Detroit Dining Scene: An Interview with Chef Steven Grostick
Jun 8th, 2011 at 9:00AM:
Chef Steven Grostick has never worked in a kitchen outside of Michigan. It's a remarkable accomplishment in an industry focused on apprenticeships in France, Italy, Japan, on jumping from stove to stove in New York City, on doing a turn at a resort in Arizona. Staying in-state has let him amass a network of purveyors, and he's calling in favors from as many as he can at his year-old restaurant ...The Bookmobile: swapping stories and hitting the road
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 12:30PM: It's appropriate that at Litquake -- the recent week-long celebration of books in San Francisco -- I'd find out about unconventional ways of honoring the written word. I came across the Bookmobile, parked on busy Valencia Street with its doors open wide, inviting visitors to come inside. 'Is it a library or a bookstore?' I wondered, trying to categorize it so I could understand it. The thing is, ...
