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Asian Food Primer: Bengali Food

by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…

30 Best Disney Movie Quotes

Top of Page Since its inception with the creation of Mickey Mouse by Walt Disney in 1927, Disney has produced many films. The company has made so many movies, cartoons, and illustrations that It is…

Brewer's: Spick and Span New

Quite and entirely new. A spic is a spike or nail, and a span is a chip. So that a spick and span new ship is one in which every nail and chip is new. Halliwell mentions “span new.”…

Asian Food Primer: Korean Food

by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKorea MongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: January 7, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark January 6, 1806January 8, 1806January 7, 1806 Monday January 7th 1806. Last evening Drewyer visited his traps and caught a beaver and an otter;…

Koestler, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Koestler, ArthurKoestler, Arthurkĕstˈlər [key], 1905–83, English writer, b. Budapest of Hungarian parents. Koestler spent his early years in Vienna and Palestine. He was an influential…

Christina Rossetti: A Bird's-Eye View

A Bird's-Eye View'Croak, croak, croak,' Thus the Raven spoke, Perched on his crooked tree As hoarse as hoarse could be. Shun him and fear him, Lest the Bridegroom hear him; Scout him and rout…

Song of Solomon: 8

Song of Solomon Chapter 8 1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised…

Warhol, Andy

(Encyclopedia) Warhol, Andy, 1928–87, American artist and filmmaker, b. Pittsburgh as Andrew Warhola. The leading exponent of the pop art movement and one of the most influential artists of the late…