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An Eater’s Guide to Phuket, Thailand’s Island Hotspot

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These relationships introduced regional culinary practices, but Phuket also felt culinary influences from the greater Muslim world, South Asia, and even Europe by extension. In 2022, 9 million tourists visited Thailand’s largest island (down from 15 million in 2018) in search of white-sand beaches, clear waters, and palm trees.

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Meet Four Craft Chocolate Makers Decolonizing the Industry

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I spoke with Karla McNeil-Rueda (Cru Chocolate), who focuses on drinking chocolate, drawing from her own family experience while bringing attention to the undeniable influence of Mesoamerican heritage on the chocolate industry. Between bites, my dad continued, “there’s a Fraser family land trust outside of Georgetown.”.

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French Restaurants Are in Vogue

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Make your way across the pistachio-green carpet, slip into one of the changing rooms, push aside the back panel, and find a dining room under a glass roof, along with a staircase descending to a club and private dining room. The other half of Halo, tucked behind the storefront, is a restaurant headed up by Victor Blanchet. “We

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When Did Nashville Become a Bar Theme?

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They’ve popped up all over the country since Nashville became the hottest city in America over the last decade, beginning with the debut of ABC’s Nashville in 2012, the New York Times’ subsequent bestowal of “it” status on the city the next year, and more recently its designation as the bachelorette party destination of choice.

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How I Found Empowerment in the History of Black Veganism

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I had moved back into my mother’s house, and she seemed concerned when I began refusing her most prized cooking, like the pork we traditionally ate on New Year’s Day to “burrow forward.” The seeds of this consciousness are now being re-sown by modern-day activists, wellness influencers, and ground-breaking restaurants, like D.C.’s

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The Fermented Foods Industry Is Built on Global Ingredients. So Why Are Its Most Visible Faces White?

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While the fermented foods industry evangelizes products rooted in global, often East Asian, traditions, its most visible faces are predominantly white The first time I tasted kombucha was in 2010, at a Whole Foods in San Francisco. The community is grounded in reconnecting people to traditional food systems, lost tastes, and microbial heritages.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

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“Over the last century, women, despite their incredible contributions, have struggled to make it in professional kitchens — held back by inequalities unfairly put upon them,” said Rob Sundy, Head of Brand Marketing & Creative Studios at Whirlpool Corporation, the parent company of the KitchenAid brand.

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