Federal officials have traced a multistate salmonella outbreak to jalapeño peppers from a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico. At least 345 people in 27 states have fallen ill.

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Imagine, for a moment, biting into a tomato that actually tastes like sunshine and summer earth. It is heavy, warm from the sun, and its juices run down your chin with a complex, sweet, and slightly acidic depth that no supermarket fruit could ever replicate. We have all experienced that hollow, wat

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Latvians don't shy away from their darker history Latvia defines itself on its own terms, apart from its history of being subjugated by Imperial Poland, Sweden, Lithuania, Germany, and Russia. Latvian is now the language taught in schools, Latvia restaurants are proudly localvore, and holidays have a Latvian twist. Summer Solstice is a national holiday that involves staying up all night, visiting friends and family, and bonfires. But Latvians don’t shy away from their darker history. I went in part because I wanted to learn about the Jews of Latvia. Though early Baltic tribes rebuffed Jewish settlements, Jews arrived in the