The Fat Diaries: Charging By The Glass For Tap Water

An Australian restaurant wanted to reduce its carbon footprint by cutting back on plastic water bottles. So it started charging $5 a glass for tap water. Well it’s been another gross week of high temperatures, thunderstorms and migraines. Not that I’ve been exposed the heat part. You can …

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Written by Monica Marier on Friday June 24, 2011

In Defense of Vegemite

Obama may find Vegemite, Australia's national condiment, "horrible" but growing up in Australia, I became addicted to it. I smiled when I read President's Obama's remarks about how disgusting he finds Vegemite, Australia's national condiment.  "It's horrible" he exclaimed at a Virginia school …

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Written by Yvonne Crittenden on Tuesday March 8, 2011