Dulcet Morrocan mustard found

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Y'all, such good news. Do you remember that the DC Whole Foods stopped carrying that Dulcet Morrocan mustard with which I'm obsessed and which is the base for my Em-i-lis Saturday Roast Turkey sandwich? I was beyond dismayed but upon realizing that Dulcet is based in Portland held out hope that I could replenish my home supply while we were here. We hadn't had any luck finding it so I just called Dulcet directly and got to speak to the head of the company. She could not have been nicer AND helped me locate a source. So, T and I are headed to another farmers market for lunch and some hazelnuts from a specific farm I've been searching for and will then make haste to the Pearl District for several jars of my beloved mustard. Yay! See Em-i-lis Recipes for the turkey sandwich recipe. Delish!

Somalia

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I am literally sickened by the situation in Somalia- the Shabab and the "leaders" in Mogadishu are inhuman, barbarous animals who, I hope, will ultimately have to pay with their lives for inflicting such torture and horror on their countrymen and women. How can such treatment, such utter disregard for life, such indifference and cruelty be perpetrated in the "true meaning" of a religion? Though there are innumerable numbers of historical precedents, I am always shocked anew by the horrors religious conviction can justify. Why is there not a greater outcry from non-Shabab muslims condemning the Shabab's behavior in the name of Islam. How could any person espousing his utter commitment to a faith refuse food and other aid for his starving and dying peers (perpetrated by this "religious" person) simply because the provisions came from non-Muslims? Only someone who has become such a fanatic, such a zealot, that he can no longer be considered anything but the most feral, grotesque and dangerous of animals.