The upshot is that US AID is making plans to eliminate about 17 countries out of 32 for the food aid programs.

The administration is taking a different strategy because it got a lot of flak last year for trying to decimate an existing program that's successful and has a lot of support.

To fund the program adequately, $2 billion is needed, so a targeted program for vulnerable populations will continue, even while emergency needs continue to require about $1.5 billion each year.

This goes back to ancient Greek drama. This has always been the role of fiction and entertainment to let us try these things out in a totally safe way. There's a perennial interest in these type of things. What they all have in common is bending the boundaries.

People expect to find an array of really delicious food. They also come expecting to find that one perfect bowl that fits their personality. People spend a long time searching for 'their' bowls.

Nettie set out a loaf of sourdough bread from Baker's Way Bakers, a wodge of runny Camembert, and a container of leftover lamb, rich with garlic and rosemary, nestled on a bed of spicy arugula from the home garden. She'd plucked two sharp green apples from one of the trees in their tiny orchard, and she placed a waxed bag of caramel shortbread beside them.