Purple Corner

FT : Everything I, an Italian, thought I knew about Italian food is wrong https://www.ft.com/content/6ac009d5-dbfd-4a86-839e-28bb44b2b64c photo The ingredients of cacio e pepe, gricia, carbonara and amatriciana. The idea is that the addition or subtraction of specific ingredients transforms one classic pasta dish into another © Joao Fazenda Disrupting well established doctrines and ideologies while using…

NPR : Nigerians are rattled by prices that just keep going up. How are they coping? https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/07/13/1187451945/nigerians-are-rattled-by-prices-that-just-keep-going-up-how-are-they-coping?fbclid=IwAR29CIaNFY1TqvJUR-8MaY-IO3EcBluQDO7nNZlZxtUP8s0yuxP7bVt07l0 photo Beautician Murphy Oyewole tends to a customer at his salon at Balogun Market, where the rapidly rising cost of fuel has been stressful for vendors and customers alike.Manny Jefferson for NPR One year ago, on July 11th,…

NPR : The Dutch are returning looted artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Does it matter? https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1186912682/the-dutch-are-returning-looted-artifacts-to-indonesia-and-sri-lanka-does-it-matt?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR29CIaNFY1TqvJUR-8MaY-IO3EcBluQDO7nNZlZxtUP8s0yuxP7bVt07l0 photo : Cultural artifacts are handed back to Indonesia during a ceremony in Leiden, Netherlands, Monday, July 10, 2023. The Netherlands and Indonesia on Monday have hailed the return of hundreds of cultural artifacts taken, sometimes by force,…