One of the great things about travel is how even ordinary errands can become cultural adventures. For example, the simple act of going grocery shopping. Ben Groundwater, who writes "The Backpacker" column for The Sydney Morning Herald , waxed poetic in this article: Culture shop: the joy of supermarkets . Groundwater recounts his memories of...

A few topics that people get heated about: politics, religion, and sport. I'd add food to that list. The New York Times discussed this in an article titled The Chocolate Wars . It's about Kraft's attempt to mount a takeover of Cadbury. The mayor of London had this colorful comment: “We face an appalling choice...