Tag: Jar

What a Jar of Capers Taught Me About Courage

This Monday was not only miserable by simple virtue of being a Monday, but also because I ended up paying 50 pence more for a jar of capers. Sunday night had brought a bout of cooking. The goal: a hearty Tuna Nicoise. Only much too late did I realise I was missing capers. Not to be disheartened, ...

Jar Burials: The Remains of an Ancient Tribe

Hidden in the mountain slopes of Alab Oriente, Bontoc, Philippines is a sacred ground with three burial caves. Came to be known as the Ganga Caves, it became the resting place of more than a hundred people who were laid in fetal positions inside thick and heavy pinewood coffins. One of these caves i...