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O Come All Ye Gentiles!

The Jewish Holiday of Passover is coming up and many of you are seeing boxes of matzos piled somewhere in a more visible location than usual in your grocery store. The truth is, matzos are sold year round in most stores and despite having only two ingredients they are as delicious as any [...]

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Behind The Iron Curtain:Shortages

In my recent post about shopping in the USSR the following photo and its caption raised some questions:

Cheese display with names and descriptions of various cheeses. In 1983 a display like this would've looked like an insulting joke.©Time, Carl Mydans

I implied that by the time when I was growing up® [...]