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The Gelato World Tour

by Mary Stanley In January 2006, I attended SIGEP (Salone Internazionale Gelateria Pasticceria e Panificazione Artigianali) in Rimini, Italy. This is arguably the premiere international

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Penang’s Culinary Traditions

by Kat Fatland For food lovers like myself, Penang is a heaven on Earth, a prandial theme park. It took me approximately three meals after

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Food for the Journey

A sculpture dedicated to pilgrims tops Alto del Perdón on the Camino de Santiago. by Vivé Griffith It took two women to carry the paella

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From the Streets of Lima

by Shannon Kintner Even in winter, when street lamps replace daylight earlier and earlier and overcast weather mutes the senses, Lima, Peru, bursts with swirling

Trip to Bountiful

by Claudia Harding We landed in Mérida, Mexico, on a muggy October evening, almost a week before Día de los Muertos (known locally as Hanal

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Pub Grub Gets a New Hat

by Andrea Duty The tradition of the London pub is as old and storied as the city itself. Bars of all kinds have been the

An Old Tradition for Something Nieuwe

by Andrea Duty In Amsterdam, a visitor quickly grows accustomed to the winding canals, the throngs of bikes, the inevitable coffee shops loaded with tourists…and

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On Cuban Time

by Whitney Arostegui Time is a tricky thing in Cuba. It reveals itself to be untrustworthy, able to speed up or slow down on its

Old Delhi Spice Market

by Wes Marshall We’ve imagined being here for most of our adult lives, but even our dreams understate the reality. The mass of humanity is

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The Wilds of Hawaii

by Logan Cooper The dog was one ugly son of a bitch. I was crouched by a vine-slung banyan tree watching the thing’s massive chest

Italian Ingenuity

By Mary StanleyOwner of the Turtle Restaurant, Gelateria and Enoteca, Brownwood During trips to Germany and Italy, my husband and I—like many travelers to the

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Pursuing Tej

By Logan Cooper Three bottles—looking more like scientific accessories than traditional drinking vessels—sit on the table in front of us. We’re in a small space