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Time now for your letters.
First, a correction. Last week, we ran a story marking the 30th anniversary of the first cases of AIDS in the U.S. We said that there are 40,000 new cases every year. Craig Borkowf of Atlanta, Georgia pointed out that this figure is off. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the actual number is 56,000. Thank you, Craig.
We also heard last week from food commentator, Bonny Wolf about Sicily's distinct multicultural tradition. It's a place, she said, where capers the size of olives grow out of cracks in ancient amphitheaters. Erik Haberstroh from Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, was a little suspicious of capers so colossal and thought the claim needed clarification. Capers are the unopened buds of the caper plant flower, he wrote, and usually aren't much bigger than corn kernels. I am sure what she saw was the caper berry which can be much bigger, he says. Also delicious but different.
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