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Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid
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Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid by Tim Ecott Grove Press, 2004; $22.00
What may be the first American recipe for vanilla ice cream, written in the same hand that penned the Declaration of Independence, is among Thomas Jefferson's papers at the Library of Congress. The vanilla flavoring Jefferson used in his kitchen, made from the seedpods of a rare tropical orchid [see "Age and Beauty," by Kenneth M. Cameron, June 2004], had already been popular in Europe for nearly three centuries. The Aztecs showed the Spaniards how vanilla could sweeten their chocolate and perfume their ...
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Ethiopia: Foreign Office amends travel advice.
M2 Presswire
; ...PRESSWIRE-27 April 2007-UK Government: Ethiopia: Foreign Office amends travel advice...Office today revised its travel advice for Ethiopia. We now advise against all travel within 50 kms of all Ethiopia's borders. The revelent summary points...
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Ethiopia's Unique Development Challenge.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; ...Stiglitz and Professor Robert Wade, visited Ethiopia and held a series of public and private...of public and private stakeholders on Ethiopia's economic growth and development...growth and development challenge facing Ethiopia is unique to that of the rest of Sub...
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Ethiopia Shows 8 Foreign Detainees
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...terrorism suspects have been paraded on Ethiopia's state television as the country faces...Tuesday night broadcast came hours after Ethiopia's government confirmed an Associated...terrorism in the Horn of Africa region. Ethiopia, which has a long history of human rights...
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Ethiopia Blames Eritrea for Attack
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia on Wednesday blamed its rival Eritrea for an attack on a Chinese...general manager of Zhongyuan Petroleum Exploration Bureau's Ethiopia operation. The rebels, ethnic Somalis who have been fighting...
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ETHIOPIA'S INTERNAL SITUATION:FESSEHA ASGHEDOM TESSEMA
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Committee on House International Relations...present the views of the Government of Ethiopia regarding the topic of this hearing...experiential reality of life and politics in Ethiopia today. Indeed, we reject the notion...
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ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES HOLDS TALKS WITH KOREAN, IRISH MINISTERS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; The government of Ethiopia issued the following news release...Meles said the cooperation between Ethiopia and DPRK should further be strengthened...the water resources development in Ethiopia. The DPRK Deputy Foreign Minister...
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Ethiopia: American Chamber of Commerce Launched.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo
; ...new era in trade cooperation between Ethiopia and the US was officially launched here...Girma Birru and U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Yamamoto.The establishment of the chamber (AmCham Ethiopia), is believed to be instrumental in...
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ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIA COMPELLED TO DEFEND ITSELF IN WAKE OF FULL-BLOWN OFFENSIVE BY SOMALIA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; The government of Ethiopia issued the following news release...of Information, Berhan Hailu, says Ethiopia has come under a situation so compelling...has repeatedly been declaring against Ethiopia in defiance of the calls brought forth...
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ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIA'S EFFORTS OF ENSURING PEACE, SECURITY IN HORN OF AFRICA ACCLAIMED
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; The government of Ethiopia issued the following news release: Ambassadors of two countries to Ethiopia said the effort Ethiopia is making to ensure peace and stability in the Horn of Africa region is remarkable. Ambassador of China to Ethiopia...
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Ethiopia Claims Victory in War
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ABEBE ANDUALEM, Associated Press Writer AP Online 06-01-2000 Ethiopia Claims Victory in War ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- With Ethiopia's announcement that its 2-year border war with Eritrea has ended, diplomacy replaces...
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