MINNEAPOLIS — Simmering racial tensions boiled over yet again Monday night when several men shot five people who had been protesting the recent police killing of an African American man in Minneapolis. Police on Tuesday afternoon said they had arrested two suspects and were seeking others.
Read MoreMINNEAPOLIS — A circle of more than 100 people gathered in front of the Minneapolis Police Department’s Fourth Precinct on Thursday night, chanting, “Show us the tapes.”
Read MoreMINNEAPOLIS — State officials on Wednesday identified the two Minneapolis police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark over the weekend, sparking days of protests and demonstrations here and a federal investigation.
Read MoreIcelandic skyr is supposed to be one of those guiltless foods, clean and fresh as the North Atlantic country that popularized it. Though it’s technically a cheese, it’s largely eaten as a yogurt. It’s high in protein, no fat to low fat, and has very little naturally occurring sugar. But like the river in Iceland where much of the country’s skyr byproduct is released, the real cost runs much deeper.
Read MoreIcelandic and Greek style yoghurts (or cheese, in the case of skyr. Yes, skyr is technically a soft cheese, through it is widely branded and eaten as a yoghurt) are among the hippest on the international dairy scene, where popularity is proportional to protein content.
But both have a sour side imbued more deeply than their tangy flavors, a byproduct of their creation that, if simply tossed away in great proportion, can cause serious ecological damage. As skyr exported from Iceland pops up on store shelves in more countries, Icelandic manufacturers are expanding production to meet demand. Like the texture of the skyr itself, the plot thickens.
Read MoreBorn in 1777 and out to sea by 1788, Captain Þuríður was a legend among Iceland’s seafarers. Þuríður brought in the largest catches, read the weather as keen as a bird and fished for 60 years without losing a single crewmem- ber. People wanted to be on Þuríður’s crew; they wanted to work for the woman who wore pants and noticed life- saving details and women, especially, wanted to work for Þuríður because she made it a point to hire them.
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