Luisa Weiss
@luisaweiss.bsky.social
Author of Classic German Cooking (out now!), Classic German Baking (2016) and My Berlin Kitchen (2012). Formerly of the Wednesday Chef. Bookworm, home cook, American abroad.
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Trump acknowledges he would have to clear unexploded ordnance to redevelop Gaza, but U.S. troops are prohibited by law from doing humanitarian demining missions and the State Dept. issued a global stop-work order to all the demining groups it funds www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
Trump Wants to Clear Bombs From Gaza. He’s Sidelined Groups That Would Do It.
Shortly before the president said he would have to clear unexploded bombs to redevelop Gaza, he ordered all U.S.-funded demining groups globally to stop their work.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Trump acknowledges he would have to clear unexploded ordnance to redevelop Gaza, but U.S. troops are prohibited by law from doing humanitarian demining missions and the State Dept. issued a global stop-work order to all the demining groups it funds www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
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just checked @luisaweiss.bsky.social’s new book out from the library and i am SO excited to cook with it! trying to be more judicious about my ever-expanding #cookbook shelf but this feels like one to own. #foodsky #germancooking 🍽️
December 3, 2024 at 9:30 PM
just checked @luisaweiss.bsky.social’s new book out from the library and i am SO excited to cook with it! trying to be more judicious about my ever-expanding #cookbook shelf but this feels like one to own. #foodsky #germancooking 🍽️
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These are the cookbooks I am currently reading: @oliahercules.bsky.social Home Food, @luisaweiss.bsky.social Classic German Cooking & Alice Zaslavsky’s Better Cooking. I use Olia’s recipes to make Ukrainian food for my BF, who especially misses his late Mom’s varenyky & her vushka in borshch. 💙💛
December 7, 2024 at 2:11 PM
These are the cookbooks I am currently reading: @oliahercules.bsky.social Home Food, @luisaweiss.bsky.social Classic German Cooking & Alice Zaslavsky’s Better Cooking. I use Olia’s recipes to make Ukrainian food for my BF, who especially misses his late Mom’s varenyky & her vushka in borshch. 💙💛
My first question: is Twitter Nicole here?
November 22, 2024 at 7:51 PM
My first question: is Twitter Nicole here?