““Port cities were often the places that chocolate [businesses] started because you had to get the beans here,” said Greg D’Alesandre, chief sourcing officer at Dandelion Chocolate. ”
“The Vine Starr that the manga spotlighted is a somewhat esoteric wine. The reason it isn’t popular in the U.S., Leary explains, is because it’s so different from what most people think of California Zinfandels”
“That’s the spirit Ishikata is bringing to his New Year’s pop-up, a collaboration with Berkeley’s Tokyo Fish Market that he’s calling “Oshogatsu Offering.””
“It states: “No property described in these restrictions can be leased, rented or conveyed, used, or occupied by a person, or persons, other than those of the Caucasian or White Race.””
“She has said that the studio warned her privately racist fans would come after her when the TV series debuted—why didn't they take action beforehand to denounce what they knew would likely come?”
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