Bakers

Sean Baker’s Oscars Battle Cry (and Mine): Don’t Abandon the Big Screen

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Sean Baker’s Oscars Battle Cry (and Mine): Don’t Abandon the Big Screen

Two minor quakes hit Los Angeles Sunday night, and I like to think that they were cosmically connected. The second earthquake was a small rattler (3.9) centered in the San Fernando Valley, just north of where the first quake hit inside the Dolby Theater when “Anora” won best picture. A pleasurable romp about an exotic … Read more

France is selling scratch-and-sniff baguette stamps — but local bakers are causing a stink

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France is selling scratch-and-sniff baguette stamps — but local bakers are causing a stink

Are these stamps toast? France has released baguette-inspired scratch-and-sniff stamps, but disgusted bakers argue that the postage item is unable to properly replicate the yeasty aroma of freshly baked bread. “You just have to rub the stamp here like this with your nails,” Clarisse Briend, a postal worker, told Today. “You can smell the bread, … Read more