Author: A and L Magazine
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What a Wonderful World (song review)
Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World is a beautiful song. It paints a gorgeous picture of the world, describing its beauty in a unique, yet relatable way. His hidden message to love the world, your friends and neighbors and everyone in between is a great point to bring up, especially in a time like now!…
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Tales of Ancient Egypt (book review)
Tales of Ancient Egypt is a fun read that includes interesting stories about the ancient Egyptian gods, pharaohs, people and heroes. It is a great compilation of fact and fiction, which paints a base for anyone who wants to learn more about ancient Egyptian culture. Readers can find connection to common fairy tales in many…
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures (book review)
Within the world are ecosystems, relationships and individuals. Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life brings to light a whole new perspective on the interactions of all kingdoms and organisms with fungi. He points out how unknowably intricate and amazing fungi are before explaining how they connect with other organisms. He describes how symbiotic relationships with fungi work,…
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Bringing Food to Life: The Food Discussion (documentary review)
Food is more than fuel; it is an occupation, entertainment, inspiration, money, identity, power, history, animal treatment and more. Bringing Food to Life ties together aspects of food, from farming to restauranting to cooking to identity and food to food storytelling to the food industry today. It captures what food means to six wonderful interviewees…
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Bringing Food to Life: The Food Discussion
Our mini documentary will be premiering soon! Grab some popcorn and tune back in at 7:00 PM EST.
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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (movie review)
Roadrunner is able to show the side of Anthony Bourdain that many never knew. To the many who just saw him on TV, he was the guy who ate ‘exotic’ foods in foreign countries. But this documentary reveals that Bourdain had so much more going on around him. The documentary talks about the life of…
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Bringing Food to Life
Our 12th issue is out now! Check it out here. Also coming out soon on August 7 at 7:00 PM EST is our mini documentary:
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A Plethora of Recipes
Since our Bringing Food to Life issue was all about food, we knew we had to “beef” up (pun intended 🙂 our recipes section. In order to do this, we added 7 delicious recipes from a variety of people. Some of these recipes even have interesting anecdotes or memories behind the recipe. We encourage everyone…
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Khichdi: The Ultimate Indian Comfort Food
By Leeya Khichdi is the all time comfort food. Usually, when my family and I come back from vacation or have an upset stomach, we eat khichdi since it soothes the stomach. It is healthy, easy to make and delicious – It’s just lentils, rice, and spices. If you would like to try this recipe…
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Parable of the Sower (book review)
Octavia Butler is an AMAZING writer. Her novels are usually in the sci-fi genre and The Parable of the Sower is no different. This book starrs Lauren Olamina, who has to flee her once safe neighborhood. Lauren lives in 2026. Her 2026 is like a drastic version of our current year. Politics, climate change and…