With its slick marketing plan, reservation roots and list of healthy ingredients, the Tanka bar could be the first national break-out product in the US made on a reservation
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Indians count on an old friend’s appeal
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By Kim Severson
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Perhaps the trickiest thing about launching the Tanka bar, a sweet, smoky energy snack made from buffalo and berries, wasn't developing the recipe or designing the package. It was describing MySpace to the leaders of the Great Plains tribes. Read More
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A Russian billionaire is seeking to transform himself from brash capitalist to cultural philanthropist in little more than a decade
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For Soviet-era architecture, a white Russian knight emerges
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By Nicolai Ourossoff
THE NEW YORK TIMES
NEW YORK
On most nights, the Russian Samovar, a dimly lighted restaurant at the edge of the theater district in Midtown Manhattan, is a gloomy blend of new Russian money and faded emigre glamour. Read More
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By Guido Minerbi
FOR THE HERALD
Some Herald readers may not know Adrián Paenza, a brilliant Argentine mathematician with a knack for making mathematics attractive and accessible to the layman. Read More
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Fallen dictators can no longer count on a comfortable haven abroad, safe from extradition
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Living in exile isn’t what it used to be
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By Simon Romero
THE NEW YORK TIMES
CARACAS, Venezuela
Just last year, Gen. Romeo Lucas García’s quiet death in exile here caught the attention of few people outside Guatemala, where he had presided over a ruthless period of civil war in which 37 people were burned to death during a siege at Spain’s embassy. Spain tried to extradite him in 2005 on human rights charges, but had gotten nowhere. Read More
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World of wine
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Our genuine, emblematic grape
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By Dereck Foster
for the Herald
Nearly all of the top, outstanding wine areas and/or countries that come to mind, are identified by one (or at most two) grape varietals that are the foundation of their reputation. Read More
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is that so?
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Asia conquers the world
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By Howard Nelson
for the Herald
Nobody can deny that one of the most frequented, and multiple choice sectors of a supermarket today is that which is devoted to yoghurt and yoghurt related products. During the 20th century the incursion of this Asian specialty into our western diet has been truly remarkable, to the point of it becoming a staple wherever one shops for lactic products. Read More
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