{"id":10978,"date":"2022-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/?p=10978"},"modified":"2022-01-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:00:00","slug":"just-noodlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/th\/2022\/01\/21\/just-noodlin\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Newsletter Exclusive: Just Noodlin&#8217;: A Narrative on Modern Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our &#8216;Girl Gone Authentic&#8217; muses on the meaning of sustainability over a comforting bowl of ramen<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">I slipped out of our perpetually freezing office before anyone else had a chance to extend a lunch invitation I would have to awkwardly decline. I like company. I do. 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The green signage catches my eye again. Where else would vegetables come from? I wonder&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hJC0PL\">Subscribe to Koktail&#8217;s e-newsletter<\/a>&nbsp;to read the rest of the column.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our &#8216;Girl Gone Authentic&#8217; muses on the meaning of sustainability over a comforting bowl of ramen I slipped out of our perpetually freezing office before anyone else had a chance to extend a lunch invitation I would have to awkwardly decline. I like company. I do. 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