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Original Essays | October 14, 2009

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About six months ago, at a fundraising event for the nonprofit I founded, Project H, a six-year-old girl handed me a pickle jar full of pennies.... Continue »
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Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution by Thomas Mcnamee
Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution

Anna Shumaker, March 21, 2009

Great book for anyone interested in good food. Alice is focused on local seasonal food and this book explains the importance of that.
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The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
The Partly Cloudy Patriot

Anna Shumaker, February 12, 2009

Loved it. Reminds me of something I wish I could have written myself. Very funny yet insightful and intelligent. I also find it very refreshing to hear from a female nerd who loves the gory (and somewhat boring) bits of history.
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