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The Guardian
Harlem’s renaissance: how art, food and history are shaping its latest evolutionThe Harlem EatUp! food festival starts on 14 May – just one opportunity residents and enthusiastic newcomers have to celebrate and develop the culture of this historic New York district
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The Washington Post
Street art has become a global business — and artists are worrying over its futureThe upshot is there are more ways than ever for artists to make a living.
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Eater
Porcelain That Looks Like PastryMargaret Braun’s sugar-sculpted marvels have appeared in books, museums, and before royalty. Now, she’s embracing a new role in the food world.
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Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia
Inventive IzakayaTokyo's chefs are rethinking the archetypal izakaya in mad, delicious ways. We join a team of some of Hong Kong's top restauranteurs on an epic food crawl through the best of the old and the new.
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The Guardian
Bologna City GuideThe opening of a foodie theme park will further elevate Bologna’s reputation as Italy’s culinary capital but the city has plenty more to offer, including superb art, music and medieval architecture.
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Playboy
The Queen of Thailand's Drag Scene Is Fierce and FearlessPan Pan Narkprasert, a.k.a. Pangina Heals, is a force of nature who manages to say some serious stuff without ever taking himself too seriously.
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VICE
How a Prisoner of War Turned this Fussy German Cake into a National Obsession in JapanWhile Baumkuchen, or "tree cake," is rare in Germany, it's now found everywhere in Tokyo from 7-11 to fancy department stores.
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The Independent
Albuquerque Guide: Where to Eat, Drink, Shop and Stay in New Mexico's Largest CityBreathtaking natural scenery and a vibrant downtown await visitors to this southwestern US city.
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Playboy
'Mercy Mistress' Is the Kinky, Queer, Sex-Positive Dominatrix Show We’ve Been Waiting ForBased on the true stories of a Chinese-American pro-domme, this web series is flipping the script.
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VICE
This NYC Artist's Radical Bread Is Baked to Be Destroyed"If you look at bread, you have to look at subsidies and revolts and taxation. Bread has never really been simple."
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VICE
Inside NYC's Street Vendors' Fight to Survive"Right now, the way the laws are enforced is sporadic and unfair and it doesn’t work for anyone."
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VICE
Banks Have the Power to Ruin Your Sex LifeWhen perfectly legal businesses are blocked from actually making money by banks and services like PayPal, our cultural acceptance of sex is pushed further into the fringes.
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The Guardian
Bangkok City GuideSkipping the temples and the backpacker hub of the Khao San Road, our writer focuses on the food, drink and arts scenes in the city’s vibrant neighbourhoods.
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Condé Nast Traveler
How Evita Robinson Is Disrupting the Travel IndustryThe founder of the Nomadness Travel Tribe and Audacity Fest is shaking up the status quo and creating a community for millennial travelers of color
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VICE
How a Block Party Called Kebabistan Is Shaking Up Berlin’s Food SceneKebabistan is one part block party and one part ode to the unsung hero of Berlin’s multifaceted, multikulti food world: the mighty döner kebab.
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VICE
How Two Sisters Use Food to Celebrate Myanmar’s Most Misunderstood MinorityThe semi-autonomous Wa State is often associated drug trafficking. Root Kitchen & Bar wants to give visitors a taste of true Wa culture.
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The Guardian
The world's best hidden beaches: Trang, ThailandWhile popular destinations such as Phuket stagger under the weight of development, these southern islands retain a sleepy, tropical charm.
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Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia
Bohemian RhapsodyLong a laid-back center for creative types, Chiang Mai's art world is on the cusp of stardom. We stop by new galleries and chat with the artists reshaping this free-spirited enclave.
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VICE
This Fresh Batch of New York Bakers Is Making Bread Interesting Again"It’s funny, when people meet me, they’re like, ‘Wait, you’re not what I expected.’
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The Guardian
Bangkok’s bars and clubs fight for survival in face of curfewsRising rents and police crackdowns in Thailand’s capital are driving some of the city’s small, independent nightlife venues out of business.
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VICE
The Double Life of a Berghain BartenderMeet Roman Shamov—the drink-slinger with a colorful past as a drag queen, puppet vocalist, television actor, and breathing workshop guru.
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VICE
Meet the Sustainable Coffee Producer Giving Hope to Thailand’s Hill TribesAyu “Lee” Chuepa, a member of the Akha hill tribe native to parts of Southeast Asia, founded his coffee company six years ago and business is booming.
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Off Assignment
To the Platinum Blonde DJ on Her Way to LaosFor more than a decade in Vang Vieng, Laos, backpackers wreaked havoc. Here's the side of the story that wasn't told.
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VICE
What's Going to Happen to Bangkok's Street Food Vendors?The city’s hawkers find themselves confronting an uncertain future.
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