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How The World Got Neapolitan Ice Cream

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This spumoni day, we explain how Neapolitan ice cream came to exist. Chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla? Or maybe you’d prefer cherry, pistachio, and vanilla instead? When it comes to ice cream, everyone has their own preferences. This is particularly true in Italy, where food is so closely tied to culture that several dishes, including spumoni, … Read more

Our Javanese Love Letter

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The script written above is very special to us.  It’s an example of the original Javanese writing system which, like 85% of the world’s alphabets, is endangered. It also means “I love you” in Javanese. Javanese is the native language of about 40% of the population of Indonesia and is spoken by around 98,000,000 people. … Read more