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Soup in the News

(Archive Dateline: July 2004)

Date Item
7/30/04
Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio)
Bob Downing reports that chief Bush advisor on environmental quality, Jim Connaughton, compared Cuyahoga Valley to "a really good soup...and I mean that as a compliment."
7/30/04
Detroit Free Press
Rochelle Riley describes Al Sharpton, following his acid remarks on Bush at the Democratic convention, as "a bug in the President's soup."
7/30/04
The Express
New BBC Director-General Mark Thompson prepared cucumber soup, inter alia, for his neighbor, Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc.
7/30/04
Lowell Sun (Massachusetts)
Local Boston paper monitors home town coverage of the Boston Democratic convention site, including the Idaho State Journal's assessment: "The soup is delicious, police are everywhere, and Bostonians are extremely helpful with directions."
7/28/04
Africa News
Political prisoners in Kenya describe the horrors of prison fare: badly cooked ugali drenched in sukuma wiki soup for lunch.
7/27/04
St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Anita Kumar reports on Republican contender Doug Gallagher, campaigning for the Senate with a 15-minute video, America How Great We Can Make it," that shows politicians eating soup with forks and other stupid tricks.
7/12-28/04
Soupsong Newsfeed
Soupsong on vacation in Japan visiting adorable grandbabies
7/9/04
AAP Newsfeed
Mariza Fiamengo reports that Fijian 3-year-old whose face burned off from boiling soup is healing nicely through surgery.
7/9/04
Associated Press
Olympic chef Jim Butsacos features chickpea and olive oil soup as healthful on his menu for Olympic athletes.
7/9/04
International Herald Tribune
James Brooke reports that Mongolia's election featured a display of bribes by opposition candidates intended to influence the election, including white porcelain soup bowls painted with the image of the revered Genghis Khan.
7/9/04
Broadcaset Interview Source
Dr. Meg Jordan, in examining the starving/obesity conundrum, notes the role of traditional fermented foods in a culture's digestive wellness, including Japan's miso soup.
7/8/04
Channel News Asia
Singapore "tom yum" soup King has been crowned after drinking the spiciest bowl of all, and lots of it--leaving with his stomach on fire and a prize of holiday tickets to Bangkok.
7/6/04
AP Online
Liz Sidoti reports that Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry celebrated his choice of John Edwards as VP running mate with a dinner of fish soup with a tomato base.
7/6/04
The Mercury (Australia)
Christopher Bantick reports on the issue of obesity in children, citing a Roy Morgan Research poll that finds soup is a fave food of only 56% of 1,853 Australian children, vice 90% favoring hot chips and 87%, pizza.
7/6/04
St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Jay Cridlin reports that Spin magazine recently named Sam Beam one of the top rock stars it'd least like to see eat soup.
7/6/04
Sun Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
Dave Joseph reports that a minor league intern for the Expo's Manatees, subsisting in a tent on Space Coast Stadium's left-center field, has received gifts of soup and other things to help him survive the summer.
7/6/04
Thai Press Reports
Oxtail soup is touted as a favorite Muslim dish in Thailand.
7/6/04
Broadcast Interview Source
A North Korean defector describes prison abuses there, including 3 meals a day of less than 100 grams of tasteless noodle soup.