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• The Veggieducken: a vegetarian centerpiece worthy of Thanksgiving.

  "I’m not a vegetarian, but a lot of my best friends are. These quaint souls insist they’re missing nothing by skipping turkey, pointing to the many wondrous side dishes the holiday brings. And it’s true that one can assemble a perfectly lovely Thanksgiving meal without turkey. But as I explain on this week’s episode of The Sporkful podcast—with guest L.V. Anderson—as well as on this week’s Slate Culture Gabfest, the turkey’s place in the holiday goes beyond the space it occupies on our plates and in our stomachs. It is not merely a food. It’s an event. The purchase, preparation, cooking, cooling, carving, and serving unfold over hours and days. It’s a huge dish, one you almost only make on special occasions—unlike the sides, which aren’t such rarities. As the turkey cooks, the chef paces the kitchen like an expectant father in a 1950s hospital waiting room. Upon the bird’s delivery, a family rejoices. Upon its placement on the table, the guests beam at their bundle of gastronomic joy. The bundle beams back."

  tags: random vegetarian food

• Brazil's Syrians divided on Bashar al-Assad - Features - Al Jazeera English

  "The ornate conference room looks like what you might expect to find in an office of a top government minister in Syria: Comfortable chairs neatly organised around an oval, perfectly polished oak table, tasteful pieces of Arab art lining the walls, and long drapes over the windows. Directly in the centre, at eye level, is a framed photo of stoic-looking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But this is not Damascus, rather the view from inside Club Homs, a decades-old social club rooted and named after the first group of Syrian immigrants to Brazil."

  tags: brazil syria middleeast arabs southamerica politics protest

• BBC News - Bank of Scotland machine gives out extra cash in Rutherglen

  "Dozens of people have been queuing to withdraw money after a bank machine began dispensing extra cash. Strathclyde Police said they were alerted to the incident at the Bank of Scotland, on Stonelaw Road in Rutherglen, around Saturday lunchtime."

  tags: bank random scotland unitedkingdom

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