How Cuban is Cuban bread?
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Ceylon cinnamon has been produced in Sri Lanka for generations. But experienced peelers are now rare.
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All that and a bag of chips: The history of Frito pie
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On the small island of Heimaey, chef Matthías Auðunsson is at the helm of a food movement that honours Iceland's history while coaxing it into a new era of innovation
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What is chess hustling and how much do chess hustlers make?
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A story about living in nature and the value of culture captures the spirit of Finland – Lizzie Enfield explores the remarkable legacy of 'Seitsemän veljestä'
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Understanding tea
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What is Asian American music, really? Seeking more than representation, a critic tries to make sense of a fragmented, disparate musical tradition
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The secret history of Angostura Bitters
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A Finnish drink with a heroic past – in the 16th century, effervescent sima was more desired than beer and has since become the go-to beverage for ushering in spring
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Meet some of the last papyrus makers in Egypt keeping a 5,000-year-old craft alive | Still Standing
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The overwhelmingly White image of beer culture erases a much longer, far-reaching narrative of Black brewing
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The last remaining juke joints in America: The future of these blues clubs is at a crossroads
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Crying in H Mart: Sobbing near the dry goods, I ask myself, “Am I even Korean anymore if there’s no one left in my life to call and ask which brand of seaweed we used to buy?"
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The history of Jews, Chinese food, and Christmas, explained by a rabbi
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How one woman is sharing Kazakhstan’s national instrument and cultural dress on Instagram
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Living legacy
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In Louisiana, Cajuns are keen to preserve their identity
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Why footbinding persisted in China for a millennium
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Kulning – The often high-pitched herding calls of the Nordic fäbod culture; a group of labor songs developed out of needs rather than musical expression
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Whale meat has seen an increase in sales this year in Norway – according to local whalers, demand has outstripped supply for the first time in half a decade
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An Icelandic ritual for wellbeing – when Iceland reopened its public swimming pools, the nation was so delighted that queues formed outside pools at midnight
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Swedes have long embraced their version of staycations: hemester – Covid-19 travel restrictions and remote working are reshaping the tradition
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The mesmerizing geometry of Malaysia’s most complex cakes
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A small collection of novels — some great, some not so great — appeared in just the right form at just the right moment to effect lasting changes
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Denmark’s 300-year-old homes of the future – thatched with a seaweed that has the potential to be a contemporary building material
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The ways that a cheese can go extinct, and the cheesemakers who are working to save them
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The oldest restaurant in (almost) every country
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Reclaiming Indian food from the white gaze
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The autumn ritual of wild horse herding in Iceland's Kolbeinsdalur Valley
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Did the Italians actually teach the French the art of the vinaigrette?
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America’s ‘fried chicken war’
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What happens when a brown chef cooks white food?
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In Henningsvær a timeless ritual continues to play out as it has for centuries – the harvesting of a most local and seasonal delicacy: cod tongues
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The history of Spain’s ‘Insured for Fire’ building signs
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Sweden's Melodifestivalen is celebrating its 60th year – why a national Eurovision show won global fans
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Immigrants from over twenty countries are taking part in a program that will help them develop, set up, and operate a food truck specialising in food from their home countries
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A shot before last call: Capturing New Orleans’s vanishing Black bars
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Icelanders celebrate Bolludagur – the cream-filled buns are generally made of choux pastry and topped with a chocolate or caramel glaze
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Finland's centuries-old pre-Easter buns get a modern makeover – as Shrove Tuesday approaches, cafés and bakeries are gearing up to sell more of the popular seasonal dessert
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Iowa's 'Denmark on the Prairie' creates hygge away from home – the tiny town has imported a 19th-century windmill and starred in two Danish TV shows
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This is taco nation
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Scandinavian Airlines clarifies an advert intended to highlight the role of travel, immigration and cultural diversity after it was pilloried online by far-right and nationalist groups
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How IKEA became Sweden's national brand
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Why Amsterdam’s canal houses have endured for 300 years
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The origins of American gun culture
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Why Japan celebrates Christmas with KFC
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Walking 1000 km across Japan to savor the fading beauty of traditional kissaten cafes and their signature snack: pizza toast
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Every year, revellers gather in a Danish national park to ring in one of the largest Independence Day celebrations outside the US
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What did ‘authenticity’ in food mean in 2019?
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