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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Testaccio: The foodie neighbourhood where Romans go to eat

BBC

Testaccio: The foodie neighbourhood where Romans go to eat Alamy Once an important port that supplied food to ancient Rome, off-the-beaten-path Testaccio remains the city's favourite culinary destination. Alamy Testaccio has long been one of Rome's main food destinations While parts of Rome can feel like a historical theme park, Testaccio offers a refreshing glimpse into modern Roman life. Using …

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2 months ago

Asian American Boba Brand Gets a Chance to Shine After Sparking Cultural Appropriation Debate

Hindustan Times

Asian American boba brand Twrl finds an unexpected opportunity after Simu Liu sparks a cultural appropriation debate. The brand, which sells bubble tea and tapioca pearls, has received a pitch from the actor and actor, who expressed concerns about cultural appropriation. Liu, who is a guest venture capitalist on this season of 'Dragons' Den,' declined to get involved in the …

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2 months ago

Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate

The Independent

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5 months ago

Want to save money, curb food waste and try new restaurants? There’s an app for that.

LA Times

Too Good to Go is an app that aims to prevent food waste by selling surplus items from food businesses to consumer at a discounted price. “It’s important for us to save food from everywhere, from every convenience store to high-end grocery, local coffee shop or big chain.” Too Good to Go started in Copenhagen in 2016, expanded throughout Europe, …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Boba Fett, blue fish, and fettuccine: How L.A. fentanyl sales boomed on Craigslist

LA Times

At first glance, the items listed for sale on Craigslist seemed benign: Blue socks. “All those barriers that kept a lot of people away from drugs, those have been removed,” said Bill Bodner, former special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Los Angeles field division. In one ad, titled “funFETti cupcakes w/ fun fet frosting,” he offered “several …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

May the 4th be with you! Here’s everything our critics have said about the ‘Star Wars’ franchise

LA Times

May the 4th be with you! ‘Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace’ From left, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd and Ewan McGregor play Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, a young Anakin Skywalker and Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi, respectively, in “Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.” Former L.A. Times film critic Kenneth Turan — who reviewed all three prequel films …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden is going small to try to win big in November. That means stops for boba tea, burgers and beer

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is going small to try to win big in November. Last month in Raleigh, North Carolina, Biden picked up burgers and fries from Cook Out and brought takeout to what his campaign described as a “kitchen table conversation” at the home of Eric Fitts, who works in the local school system and benefited from the …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Black History Month Is Not For Us'

Huff Post

Illustration: HuffPost; Photo: Courtesy of MadeSTL, Getty In 2013, Simone Faure, a pastry chef from New Orleans, opened the James Beard-nominated La Patisserie Chouquette in St. Louis. ‘Black History Month Is Not For Us’ Black history should be American history because we are Americans. “This country is hundreds of years old and we are still trying to convince people that …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Why the UK bubble tea market is ‘special’

BBC

Why the UK bubble tea market is ‘special’ Alamy Boba tea is becoming increasingly essential to the UK's youth culture In Britain, young people are whipping up specialised boba creations. "The UK bubble tea market is special," says bubble tea influencer Kristin McCoy-Ward, "because the people… have made it their own." "Compared to the US, Australia and South East Asia, …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Curious boba shop cookie caper in San Bernardino leaves owners flummoxed

LA Times

Hours before sunrise on Sunday, a surveillance video showed three bandits bludgeon their way into a boba shop in San Bernardino by smashing a glass door and stealing an iPad, T-shirts — and 20 cookies. “We are solely responsible for the store’s well-being and our staff.” Philip’s boyfriend, David Friedman, co-founded Viva La Boba and co-owns a real estate group …

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘There are no excuses in fighting’: Khai Wu on MMA and training Zuckerberg

Al Jazeera

The PFL fighter tells Al Jazeera about the ‘beauty’ of martial arts and how training Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg inspires him. The mixed martial artist Khai Wu is a “late bloomer” by his own admission, but he’s always done things a bit differently and it’s led to a journey full of discovery as well as setbacks. “I ended up being …

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1 year, 2 months ago

The unionization wave hits L.A. area bubble tea cafes

LA Times

Six Boba Guys locations in Los Angeles County will become the first unionized boba stores in California after a successful election, their union said Wednesday. “We want to publicly express our support of the labor vote conducted by the National Labor Relations Board and,” Andrew Chau, co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Boba Guys, said in a statement. “We have …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Why is "Ahsoka" so intent on maintaining the old "Star Wars" order instead of forging a new path?

Salon

"The past is the past. What series creator Dave Filoni doesn't know is how many "Ahsoka" viewers grew up with Dawson's Force-wielding character in his excellent animated series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" or witness her evolution into a skilled operative in "Star Wars Rebels." Ahsoka, Sabine Wren and General Hera Syndulla all have amply established backstories spooled throughout an …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Best of CES 2023: High-tech eyebrows and a boba tea robot

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A BOBA ROBOT From milk tea to passion fruit, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Boba Guys bubble tea chain faces worker unrest, social media backlash

LA Times

At one San Francisco location of popular boba chain Boba Guys, a confrontation with management over reduced hours has brought worker protests and social media backlash. After Urso was fired, she and other workers went to put up signs at the Mission location that said: “Upper management retaliates against boba employees,” “Boba Guys ‘People Care’ union busts boba employees,” “Boba …

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54 years, 11 months ago

The Casual Star Wars Fan’s Guide to Obi-Wan Kenobi

Slate

On Friday, the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi debuted on Disney Plus, with Ewan McGregor reprising his role from the Star Wars prequel movies, the same role played by Alec Guinness in the original trilogy. It’s set 10 years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and around 9 years before the original …

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2 years, 10 months ago

‘The Book of Boba Fett’ review: Wears its space western identity with flair

The Hindu

Boba Fett had a rather small role in the original Star Wars trilogy; he was the bounty hunter who handed the frozen-in-carbonite Han Solo to vile Jabba the Hutt. A spin off from The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett is a fun excursion into the various acts of derring-do in the galaxy far, far away. Apart from the Mandalorian …

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2 years, 10 months ago

How to negotiate moving forward from "The Book of Boba Fett" ... like a Godfather

Salon

Spoiler alert: This story discusses the season finale of "The Book of Boba Fett" in detail. And if Favreau and Dave Filoni agree, then I'm willing to let things go on the way they were before – meaning, calling a "Mandalorian" a Mandalorian instead of the bait-and-switch proposal to build out Boba Fett's mythology and establish one for Wen's character, …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Maybe we expected too much of "The Book of Boba Fett"

Salon

A relative silence engulfs "The Book of Boba Fett." "Boba Fett is dead: how Disney+ ruined Star Wars' coolest character" proclaims a headline in The Guardian. RELATED: How Star Wars failed Ahsoka Tano on "The Mandalorian" Most of whatever you think you know about Boba Fett is assumption. "The Book of Boba Fett" unspools in two timelines, one in a …

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2 years, 11 months ago

The Obscure Star Wars Character Who Could Save The Book of Boba Fett

Slate

Reports of Boba Fett’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Like Boba Fett, he was introduced in a critically reviled, little-seen Star Wars movie—in this case, the Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie in 2008, where he was kidnapped in a plot to trick the Hutts into choosing a side in the galactic civil war. That means that—no matter what those …

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54 years, 11 months ago

The Casual Fan’s Guide to The Book of Boba Fett

Slate

After a yearlong wait, The Mandalorian is back—well, sort of. In The Book of Boba Fett—and therefore, official Star Wars canon—he instead punches through the Sarlacc’s intestine and activates his wrist flamethrower, eventually clawing his way to the surface. She’s a bounty hunter and assassin who clashed with Din Djarin in the first season of The Mandalorian and was left …

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2 years, 11 months ago

As The Book of Boba Fett releases on Disney+ Hotstar, tracing the origin and arc of the enigmatic Star Wars character

Firstpost

“With Boba Fett, less is more. “It isn’t so much the things that Boba Fett does in the films — it’s the things that Boba Fett has done,” said Charles Soule, author of the current Star Wars comic-book series. “For people who didn’t grow up at that time, it’s hard to understand how starved we were for information about Star …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Boba Fett had four lines in ‘Empire Strikes Back.’ How he ended up with his own TV show

LA Times

During the post-credits scene of “The Mandalorian” Season 2 finale, famed bounty hunter Boba Fett walks into the headquarters of a criminal syndicate to kill a former associate and take over. Featured among a group of bounty hunters assembled by Darth Vader, Boba Fett makes his live-action debut in 1980’s “Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back” played …

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2 years, 11 months ago

New this week: ‘Lost Daughter,’ NYE in Nashville, Boba Fett

Associated Press

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES Maggie Gyllenhaal’s feature directing debut, “The Lost Daughter,” scintillatingly adapts the 2008 Elena Ferrante novel about maternal ambivalence and a holiday in Greece. “The Lost Daughter” cleaned up last month at the Gotham Awards, which honor independent …

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Testaccio: The foodie neighbourhood where Romans go to eat

Asian American Boba Brand Gets a Chance to Shine After Sparking Cultural Appropriation Debate

Asian American boba brand finds opportunity after Simu Liu sparks cultural appropriation debate

Want to save money, curb food waste and try new restaurants? There’s an app for that.

Boba Fett, blue fish, and fettuccine: How L.A. fentanyl sales boomed on Craigslist

May the 4th be with you! Here’s everything our critics have said about the ‘Star Wars’ franchise

Biden is going small to try to win big in November. That means stops for boba tea, burgers and beer

'Black History Month Is Not For Us'

Why the UK bubble tea market is ‘special’

Curious boba shop cookie caper in San Bernardino leaves owners flummoxed

‘There are no excuses in fighting’: Khai Wu on MMA and training Zuckerberg

The unionization wave hits L.A. area bubble tea cafes

Why is "Ahsoka" so intent on maintaining the old "Star Wars" order instead of forging a new path?

Best of CES 2023: High-tech eyebrows and a boba tea robot

Boba Guys bubble tea chain faces worker unrest, social media backlash

The Casual Star Wars Fan’s Guide to Obi-Wan Kenobi

‘The Book of Boba Fett’ review: Wears its space western identity with flair

How to negotiate moving forward from "The Book of Boba Fett" ... like a Godfather

Maybe we expected too much of "The Book of Boba Fett"

The Obscure Star Wars Character Who Could Save The Book of Boba Fett

The Casual Fan’s Guide to The Book of Boba Fett

As The Book of Boba Fett releases on Disney+ Hotstar, tracing the origin and arc of the enigmatic Star Wars character

Boba Fett had four lines in ‘Empire Strikes Back.’ How he ended up with his own TV show

New this week: ‘Lost Daughter,’ NYE in Nashville, Boba Fett