This week on Roads & Kingdoms: a story from India, where religious tensions followed a brutal tragedy, and how a tiny town in Mali came together to repair a mosque despite threats from militants. | Continue reading
The attempts to intimidate and drive out a nomadic community from their village has exposed the horrors faced by Muslims in India, where supporters of hardline Hindu groups continue to be emboldened by the ruling party. | Continue reading
It gives you brain power. | Continue reading
Red, crisp, dry, and meant to be drunk young. | Continue reading
The replastering ceremony is as much a cultural festival as it is a required task, keeping the ancient mosque from crumbling in the heat. | Continue reading
As militant attacks get closer, the Malian town of Djenné defiantly continues its annual tradition of replastering its ancient mud mosque. | Continue reading
This week on Roads & Kingdoms, we published a gripping tale of a Chechen woman who was tricked by her husband into leaving their home in Kazakhstan to move to Syria. | Continue reading
Vietnamese refugees who settled in Palawan after the fall of Saigon brought with them their delicious beef stew. Then the locals put their own spin on it. | Continue reading
When I heard that someone had created a drink that claimed to capture the spirit of Patagonia, of course I had to try it. | Continue reading
Iman Muzaeva recounts what it was like to live as an ISIS wife, first in Raqqa, then in Tal Afar—and how she finally mustered up the courage to run away. | Continue reading
Close to a Hungarian Tokay, with the lightness of an Italian Friulano, and a hint of minerality. | Continue reading
Meet Danh Thanh Tran: softly-spoken I.T. consultant by day, disco diva and "waacking" instructor by night. | Continue reading
Frustration, despair, and heightened risk: those are the common themes in conversations with friends and colleagues who have been covering the protests in Gaza and the West Bank. | Continue reading
Drunk on a sweet Central American nectar with only one regret: not picking up a few more bottles in duty free. | Continue reading
Photographer Alexandra Rose Howland traveled across the Mosul highway, capturing images of people and landscape she encountered along the way to portray the complexities of life amid conflict. | Continue reading
I got a Hefeweizen called “Weiss Guy,” because the name was dumb enough to make me laugh. | Continue reading
Don’t even think about putting something so brash as maple syrup on them. | Continue reading
“You come to Typica and don’t drink coffee?” | Continue reading
Animal rights activists hate it. Residents profit from it. Welcome to Sweetwater, Texas—the home of the biggest rattlesnake roundup in the world. | Continue reading
The Chinese influenced them, the Tibetans invented them, and the Nepalis perfected them. | Continue reading
Ten days after a deadly attack in Kabul killed 25 people, including nine journalists, a barrage of explosions and gunfire held the Afghan capital hostage for nearly eight hours on Wednesday. But unlike the previous incidents, writes Ali M. Latifi, Wednesday’s attacks went mostly … | Continue reading
Viet Ville used to be home to nearly 2,000 Vietnamese refugees who sought asylum in the Philippines. Today it’s a rare stop for tourists who come to see its decaying remains—and want to sample Vietnamese food at the village’s only restaurant. | Continue reading
For chef Tunde Wey, paradise is chicken feet at Detroit’s Shangri La. | Continue reading
Istanbul-based photographer Danielle Villas's photographs highlight the pain and suffering of Peru's transgender community. | Continue reading
R&K's Nathan Thornburgh speaks to Lauren Hilgers about her new book "Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown," and the events that led to a Chinese activist's escape from a tiny seaside fishing village to New York. | Continue reading
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The ghosts of France’s colonial past lives on at the abandoned “Garden of Tropical Agriculture” in Nogent-sur-Marne, just outside of the French capital. | Continue reading
Photographer Sebastián Hidalgo talks about his work capturing his rapidly changing Chicano neighborhood in Chicago. | Continue reading
Coffee "with legs" is a Chile institution dating back to the 1960s. | Continue reading
New arrivals have come in to populate some of Istanbul's last Ottoman-era houses. | Continue reading
All aboard Indonesia's Pelni long-distance ferry. | Continue reading
In today's newsletter, meet the engineer-turned-entrepreneur who runs a food truck in Berlin. Also, why are Israel and Palestine fighting over a flower? | Continue reading
Every Wednesday, Mohamed Bennani’s hosts open-door couscous sessions at his library. | Continue reading
Muhammad Radwan made headlines in 2011 after he was detained in Syria. Seven years later, the engineer-turned-entrepreneur is living a new life in Germany, where he runs a food truck selling a wildly popular Egyptian snack. | Continue reading
Getting schooled in hops, aquaculture, and fish biology at an Iceland beer club. | Continue reading
A natural way to end a day at the osmiza. | Continue reading
After five years, a jury acquitted a U.S. border agent, who had fatally shot a teenager through the fence between Arizona and Mexico, of a second-degree murder charge. Paul Ingram reports from Tucson. | Continue reading
It looks like Obama had a medianoche. I had a ham and cheese omelet. The post A Ham-and-Cheese Omelet in Post-Maria Puerto Rico appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading
Some say Gundelia was part of Jesus’ crown of thorns. Now Israelis and Palestinians are fighting over the plant in the West Bank. The post The fight for a flower appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading
In 2004, twelve men from Nepal who were tricked and hired for subcontract work on a U.S. military base were murdered by Islamic extremists. In his book "The Girl from Kathmandu," American journalist Cam Simpson tells the shocking story of the massacre, and a widow who dedicated h … | Continue reading
Sign up for R&K Insider, our collection of the most compelling happenings in food, politics, and travel from across the web. The post What’s that smell? appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading
A European paean to an American idea, passed from generation to generation, lives on in Spain half a century after the filming of a classic spaghetti western trilogy. The post Welcome to the Wild Wild West—in Spain appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading
The highest honor for a fruit around here is to be left fermenting through the winter, then hauled to one of the shacks where the local liquor maestro works their magic. The post The Best Thing that Can Happen to Fruit in Northern Romania appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading
If someone asks you whether you’ve eaten, you should reply ‘yes’ only if you have eaten rice. The post The Sierra Leone Breakfast That Makes Lunch Unnecessary appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading
A farm in North Carolina is conducting an ambitious experiment in farming sustainable caviar. But will Americans bite? The post Black Gold, From Tank to Table appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading
Don't underestimate the Buckeye Donut. The post Fear and Gluttony on The Donut Trail appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading
By 9 p.m. we were reeling, extolling the beauty of Katowice and the wonderful pragmatism of Polish drinking culture. The post Cheap Booze and Communist Nostalgia Are Always a Winning Formula appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading
My home city might not immediately come to mind as a place for good challah. Mexican food, Tex-Mex, or barbecue, sure. But I made finding it a personal challenge. The post The Great Dallas Challah Hunt appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading