Too many good things out there not to do some links today:
Berlusconi and his ilk want to ban the Turkish doner kebab from Italy, preferring "authentic Italian cuisine" in favor of all that foreign stuff.
London Times article here; found via Racialicious.
Meanwhile, Italian architectural firm TAM Associati, is not only constructing hospitals in Sudan, but in a recognition of the need for spiritual healing as well as physical, they have proposed a serene meditation and prayer pavilion influenced by local elements and the need to be completely non-denominational.
Found via Design Maroc.
Finally, I only just found San Franciscan artist Zsaza's blog Harika and I'm loving her stories and Moleskine sketches from her new home in Istanbul:
Like the story of this man in a cafe, who was so pleased with her drawing when her waiter snatched the sketchbook from off her table to show him, that he requested a signed photocopy of it and now gives her a big smile every time he sees her. (She tells it better).
Her sketches include scenes from both sides of the Bosphorus.
Then there's the one of the indefatigable lady working in the cafe, who unwittingly posed for her one day when she stopped to eat her breakfast of bread, butter, cheese and tea.
Clearly she spends a lot of time sketching in cafes, but then again, she does call herself "a compulsive tea drinker". şerefe, Zsaza!
Berlusconi and his ilk want to ban the Turkish doner kebab from Italy, preferring "authentic Italian cuisine" in favor of all that foreign stuff.
"The tomato comes from Peru and spaghetti was probably a gift from China.Please note what one commentator mentioned about a particular politician preferring the dishes from his native Veneto region.
"It is, though, the 'foreign' kebab that is being kicked out of Italian cities as it becomes the target of a campaign against ethnic food, backed by the centre-right Government of Silvio Berlusconi.
"French restaurants would be allowed. He [a politician] was unsure, though, about Sicilian cuisine. It is influenced by Arab cooking."
Perhaps now Sarkozy will make a ban on Couscous restaurants in Paris and Lyon? Talk about le bruit et l'odeur!"The Venetian cuisine that Mr. Zaia craves includes baccala (salt cod from the Baltic), cinnamon (Ceylon) and nutmeg (Australasia). The various italian cuisines are among the greatest in the world because of the food that Genoese and Venetian traders brought back from trade partners across the seas." - John, Washington, DC, USA
London Times article here; found via Racialicious.
Meanwhile, Italian architectural firm TAM Associati, is not only constructing hospitals in Sudan, but in a recognition of the need for spiritual healing as well as physical, they have proposed a serene meditation and prayer pavilion influenced by local elements and the need to be completely non-denominational.
Found via Design Maroc.
Finally, I only just found San Franciscan artist Zsaza's blog Harika and I'm loving her stories and Moleskine sketches from her new home in Istanbul:
Like the story of this man in a cafe, who was so pleased with her drawing when her waiter snatched the sketchbook from off her table to show him, that he requested a signed photocopy of it and now gives her a big smile every time he sees her. (She tells it better).
Her sketches include scenes from both sides of the Bosphorus.
Then there's the one of the indefatigable lady working in the cafe, who unwittingly posed for her one day when she stopped to eat her breakfast of bread, butter, cheese and tea.Clearly she spends a lot of time sketching in cafes, but then again, she does call herself "a compulsive tea drinker". şerefe, Zsaza!
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Thank you so much Lydia!
I'm so happy you enjoyed my blog— I am loving yours!
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