It may not be so healthy if you drink this much, but Sunny Delight is joining the sustainability parade: its bottling plants followed the zero waste route, and made other environmental strides as well.
In September 2008, we visited Montevideo, Uruguay, for a couple days during a trip to South America. After visiting the cemetery where my great-uncle is buried, we asked the taxi driver to drop us off at one of the most special places I have ever encountered during my travels.
Despite managing and working at the grocery store 7 days a week, my grandmother somehow always found the time to cook and bake. Thankfully, we found a recipe for an Armenian roll, katah, that hasn’t been tried in over 25 years.
Drat! I meant for this to go out on Sunday, but I forgot to press “publish” . . .
I’m in Fresno for a quick Easter getaway to catch up with relatives and my parents, who are driving down from the Bay Area.
I thought it would be fitting to share my grandmother’s tabouli (tabbouleh) recipe. [...]
It’s one week until Easter, one of the most important holidays to Armenians. I was lucky enough to be in Armenia for Easter in April 2000, when we went to Etchmiadzin, where the Holy See of the Armenian church is located. Which reminds me . . . if you are looking for good vegetarian or [...]
Years ago my brother wrote this poem for my father. Our grandmother passed away in 1990, but her hearty and giving spirit still stays with us. Her little house in Fresno has not really changed much since she moved out 24 years ago, but every time I visit Fresno, I have to drive by for [...]
I spent MLK weekend in Fresno visiting an old college friend. The drive to Fresno is about four hours, and takes you to a completely different world than to which we are accustomed in Southern California or the Bay Area. We tend to be dismissive of this part of the state, but there is much [...]
Companies from your corner hair salon to Wal-Mart are all on the sustainability bandwagon. When you walk into a shop, it’s now common to be bombarded with signs bragging how “green” a company’s “recycled” and “eco-friendly” products are. Professional services firms are riding this wave as well, creating “green” committees and including “sustainability” sections on [...]
Right now the Armenian-American community, and much of the Armenian diaspora in general, is up in arms over the new protocols in the works between the Armenian and Turkish governments. The history between the Armenians and Turks is a tortured one. My grandmother is an Armenian genocide survivor, and this is a chapter of history [...]
I’m not a fan of Starbucks’ coffee (never thrilled with the taste), but I don’t see the company as the evil empire. In fact, they are making positive steps in buying sustainably; working on improving their cups so they don’t use so much paper; treat their employees decently (health care!); and in general are an [...]
Green is the new black—hip, cool, sleek. To some it may be the new blue—depressing if you read about the continuing trends in global warming, pollution, and environmental damage our lifestyle are creating in the world. I guess to some it’s the new red—if you’re to believe the price tag that all of these newfangled [...]
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