People of a certain age may remember back to a time when Brazil nuts were blithely called "n*gger toes." Now, or at least until recently, there was a lime that had a similar racial and religious slur in its name.
The Seattle Times recently reported that two local produce suppliers have taken action against the racial and religious slur of "kaffir" by removing it from product labels when referring to the specific lime leaves.
Last week the internet decided to interpret the announced closing of mediocre cupcake chain Crumbs Bake Shop to mean that our long national love affair with the cupcake had come to an end. While it's surprising that the cupcake trend has hung on as long as it has, it seems like a stretch to say the closing of the Crumbs franchise (which has since been acquired) is a sign of the endtimes for the dessert, especially with our high number of better-than-Crumbs local choices.
