Tanya Oram

The beans can be refrigerated for up to 3 days.

Pulse until evenly chopped, about 10 times.Cover and chill until ready to serve, up to 1 day..

Originally appeared: May 2018.On Thursday afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced its latest guidelines on mask-wearing for those who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.. "We have all longed for this moment," Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the CDC, said during a news conference held at the White House."If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic.".Jose Luis Carreres Fita/Getty Images.

According to Dr. Walensky, vaccinated Americans—those who are two weeks past either their second dose of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines or the single dose of the Johnson & Johnson shot—can stop wearing masks indoors or outdoors, and are no longer being advised to socially distance from others.(If you've only had a single dose or have not yet received the vaccine, Dr. Walensky suggests continuing to wear a mask.).

masks and social distancing will still be required in some situations, including in doctors' offices, hospitals, and nursing homes and other long-term care facilities; when on public transportation or in airports and bus stations; and inside correctional facilities or homeless shelters..

Regardless, it's a big step, compared to the recommendations that the CDC made just two weeks ago; at the end of April, the agency.The 8.5 million indigenous Batak people are a mix of Christians and Muslims, but many retain traditional religious beliefs, with a special emphasis on the power of the number three: three primary gods, three primary colors (red, white, and black), and three flavors—spicy, salty, and sour.

"These three flavors are fundamental to our society," said Rahung Nasution, a Batak chef and adventurer who led me through the region.I ate this sambal over and over again, nowhere more satisfyingly than with breakfast at a market stall on the shores of Lake Toba, where a man grilled slabs of pork belly, basting them with butter from a can.

Genius.. After two weeks, I formed a theory: that in a nation as vast and varied as Indonesia, sambal functioned as a uniting principle, perhaps the only thing some groups had in common.William Wongso wasn't so sure.