Gloria Chubb, a retired nurse from Indiana described her horror at finding a toad inside a can of green beans she had been cooking for dinner. She found the experience so mortifying, she was nauseated for 2 days, and said “I don’t think I’ll have green beans anytime soon.” The food manufacturer, Meijer, has since […]
Vatican Benedict
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, left, is welcomed by Pope Francis as he returns at the Vatican from the pontifical summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, 35 km South-Est from Rome, Thursday, May 2, 2013. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI came home on Thursday to a new house […]
Pope Benedict comes home to Vatican “I’m BAAaaack!” he gleefully shouts
Somewhat like an out of work college grad moving back in with the parents, Benedict XVI came back to his new retirement home, a converted monastery behind St. Peter’s Basilica. “I’m calling it a ‘Pope-astery’ now” he said, “and they gave me a really good deal on the rent.” The implications of having two popes […]
Street Food Thursday Launches In Berlin
BERLIN, GERMANY – APRIL 11: A pulled pork sandwich awaits visitors on the first day of Street Food Thursday at the Markthalle Neun market hall in Kreuzberg district on April 11, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Street Food Thursday features sidewalk delicacies from a variety of culinary traditions and will be open every Thursday from 5 […]