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Edible souvenirs are my love language. When I come back from a trip, my friends and family members can expect to receive extra-virgin olive oil, bottles of wine, dried chiles, sea salt and chocolate I buy last-minute from expensive airport shops.
When I bring back culinary souvenirs, I’m providing a sample of a place’s history, whether it be in a jar, a plastic bag or a fancy cork container. Read More...
Wednesday brought us the 25th ESPY awards (I know, I can’t believe it, either), and host Peyton Manning didn’t go 25 seconds into the show before starting to roast people. He made fun of John Cena, last year’s emcee, as well as previous hosts, his brother Eli, the Knicks and many more, but the two-time Super Bowl champion got his biggest reaction with a joke about Kevin Durant.
Well, Manning got a huge reaction from everyone in the room at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles except for one attendee. Read More...