As one of my own favorite chefs says, you need a combination of tastes and textures to satisfy the palette: sweet, bitter, sour, salty, smooth. The chef strives to strike the right balance. Sophie spent her idyllic time outdoors, chasing geese and rabbits, catching frogs, picking cherries, climbing trees and enjoying Sunday picnics with local villagers.
And not just in the kitchen wink, wink. This book is a delight for foodies, Francophiles and dreamy travelers. I just happened to stumble into this incredible story about a Confederate General statue in Florida. Talk about timely. Recent events have brought much needed attention to public statues in our country. We need to be thoughtful about who and what our statues honor. Does it honor one side of history at the expense of another? Does it hurt or disrespect a group of people who deserve better?
It is a good time to reflect on our history and the stories behind the creation of our public statues. What to do about them is a conversation we need to have. Should they be contextualized with up-to-date labels? Moved to a museum? Defaced with graffiti by an angry mob? There are many options, and like most issues in the U. Germany and many former Soviet-bloc countries have faced this issue before, and have come up with a variety of solutions, such as Grutas Park in Lithuania. We should be asking ourselves, which two statues represent our state?
You can check this website to see who is representing your state. You might be surprised. Well, actually it is. I did a little more digging and discovered that plans are already underway to replace it. They started back in , after the white-supremacist murders in an African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina. Many concerned citizens began looking at the legacy of Confederate statues in the South.
In , the Florida legislature began to think about replacing their Confederate General. There were two questions: where would the Confederate General go, and who would replace him? Confederate statues an be a bit of a hot potato, and this one is no exception.
