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‘Jiro’ and the Impossible Dream of Authenticity

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director David Gelb recalled in an interview in 2012. “He This “ hierarchy of taste ,” in which Japanese food is seen as more “elite” and able to demand prices closer to French and American cuisine than those of other Asian cultures, is the result of class hierarchy among immigrant groups in the U.S., The sushi has passed its prime.

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Why Are the World’s Greatest Mangoes Almost Impossible to Buy in the U.S.?

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I pulled the car around and watched a massive garage door open to reveal my prize: a stack of mango boxes on a dolly cart, this batch with a going price of about $8 per fruit. As such, the vast majority of the Pakistani American diaspora are unable to procure their homeland’s national fruit easily. The next day, my family gorged.

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MRM Franchise Feed: White Castle’s 25-Year Club and Cheddar Weather

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Franchisees have a unique opportunity to invest in this rapidly growing brand right now, given that prime real estate is available for a low price like we’ve never seen before.” The original Ford’s Garage opened up in Fort Myers, Florida back in 2012, less than a mile from Henry Ford’s winter home.

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Hawai?i’s Mushroom Boom Is Here

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Before he started selling them in 2012, local portobello were virtually nonexistent in Hawaiʻi. Last time the state did an agricultural audit, the number of local farms producing mushrooms had tripled, from three in 2012 to nine in 2017, and funghi farmers say that number has continued to grow. per pound, compared to the U.S.