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The Scoop!
The best holiday gifts & year-end giving ideas from Brown alums
November–December 2022
Cyber Farm
Irving Fain ’02 grows crops with less water, no pesticides, no dirt. His vertical farms may be the answer to food security.
Liberation Cuisine
Chef Gabriela Álvarez-Martinez ’11 draws from her public-health training and her Puerto Rican roots to create delicious food to sustain and heal those trying to change the world—starting with herself.
Up Front
Growing Research
Advancing knowledge and understanding in the service of society
Baked-in Memories
How food transports us to people and places
What Do You Think?
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“It was such a pleasure to read the thoughtful and comprehensive appreciation for my dear friend and fellow Tougaloo graduate, Dr. Robert Smith. To me, the written-in-boldface statement of identity in my…”
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“Lovely story about how one person’s passion for sport and people can change the lives of others. Made this Brown Rugger yearn for the good old days of rugby camaraderie.”
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“I urge Brown classics to consider the subtle prejudice of low expectations.”
In response to Classics: Dead or Alive? (June–August 2022)
Under the Elms
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All the Pigs in China
To make good food choices these days, you have to sort out global trade, politics, and environmental issues. Even experts can’t do it.
Fair Food
Brown and its dining workers find a win-win
Food for Thought
Palate meets pedagogy in courses like “Food, Religion, and Politics in South Asia”
Delicious!
A student pop-up restaurant lives up to its name
Pleather vs. Palate
A student supper club where menus are merveilleux, decor, not so much.
Rise and Grind
The Underground wakes up and smells the coffee
Beyond the Gates
Hospitality
Sabor da Providência
Two hot new downtown L.A. restaurants have Portuguese-inspired menus thanks to a culinary love affair that flourished at Brown Read More: Sabor da Providência
The Vegan Rabbi
Akiva Gersh ’97 returns to the Garden of Eden
Whole Hog
Ping Ho ’00 left NYC corporate life to create a food empire in Detroit
Kids in the Kitchen
Molly Birnbaum ’05 on heading up the goofy but practical children’s division of America’s Test Kitchen
New Brews from the Ruggiero Brothers
A new Connecticut taproom
Fresh Ink for November–December 2022
Books by Carla Lalli Music ’94, Dani Baker ’70, and Molly Birnbaum ’05
Home Cooked & High Tech
Lasagna Love volunteers deliver warm meals on a global scale
How Math Might Save Dinner
Satellite imagery and data analysis may help feed the world and save the trees.
The Classes
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Class Secretary Marshall Cohen writes: “As you may have noticed our number of class notes has been getting thin. But as we approach our 70th reunion in 2024, please send me a…
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Paul Espinosa writes: “I’ve been a longtime producer of documentaries for PBS. My latest film, Singing Our Way to Freedom, will be presented nationally on PBS stations around the country as…
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David Whitacre’s book, The Seven Gifts, argues that all of humanity falls squarely into one of seven motivational gifts and that explains our core behaviors. The work was published by…
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Amy Sohn won the HMH First Amendment Award in the book publishing category for her book, The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age.
Big Mother Coffeehouse
’70s Heaven
Naked beer slides & bad calamari
A gustatory history of freshman roommates who became lifelong best friends.
Obituaries
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William D. King ’57, of Hingham, Mass.; Apr. 27. He left Brown to join the Army. After his military service, he worked in the investment business and retired from Smith Barney. He…
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Diane Lafazanis Dulude McKenzie ’69, ’70 MAT, of North Bend, Wash.; Mar. 4, of multiple myeloma. After receiving her master’s degree from Brown, she joined the U.S. Air Force. She retired in…
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Nanci Battles Mathison ’75, of Sonoma, Calif.; May 28, from cancer. She moved to Sonoma after graduation and began working in the Sonoma school district. She worked as a special education teacher…
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Sharon R. Curtis ’87 MD, of N. Scituate, R.I.; Apr. 17. She was a family physician for many years. She enjoyed gardening and tinkering around the house. She personally built two of…
