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Can anyone spell arugula?

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January 25th 2008
Let us, for a moment, talk about lettuce. That marvelous green substance, the chlorophyll standard of life. How I miss you, sweet green sustenance; iceberg, spinach, watercress, arugula, and broccoli and zucchini and squash and artichokes and peas in their pods, and celery and… all that there is now, and therefore all I can think of is potatoes. Not that there’s anything wrong with potatoes. ... read more

Europe » Russia » Siberia

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more