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Even in France…
Posted by Sharon Astyk on May 6, 2013 Fast food sales now outnumber sit-down restaurant food sales in the home of gastronomy: More than half of all French restaurant sales now take place, sacrilegiously, at fast food chains, according to a new survey by food consultancy firm Gira Conseil. This is the first time fast food sales have surpassed sit-down restaurant sales in…
Becoming One of “Them”
Posted by Sharon Astyk on November 25, 2012 A friend of mine who volunteered at a shelter in New York City told me this story over Thanksgiving. The shelter she worked in responded to the range of people affected by the crisis. Many of them, as always in a crisis, were those who were already struggling and marginalized – illegal immigrants afraid to…
If Mike the Mad Biologist Hadn’t Skewered and Roasted This Guy, I’d Have Had To
Posted by Sharon Astyk on September 21, 2010 …and I don’t really have time today. Seriously, you’ve got to read the whinings of this idiot, and MTMB’s response. Maybe because my family of six pulls in less than 50K a year (as opposed to the 450K the gent in question is whinging about), and because I can identify still with the realities of…