Welcome to Rasta Hill at Guantanamo Bay

Exploitative labor practices on the notorious military base in Cuba have generated the sole source of Caribbean culture in what is otherwise a bizarro America, complete with fast food, Bud Light, and a deeply entrenched culture of segregation. | Continue reading


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Always go for the banana egg roll over the stodgy muffins

The Philippines may fall short in the variety of street food offered, compared to other Asian countries. But the snacks make up for it. | Continue reading


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R&K Insider: It’s time to go to Charleston

Launching the R&K Charleston city guide. | Continue reading


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R&K Essentials: The Bar at Husk

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R&K Essentials: Charleston Grill

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R&K Essentials: Rodney Scott’s BBQ

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R&K ESSENTIALS: The Grocery

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R&K Essentials: Edmund’s Oast

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GTFO: Aiken, SC

Get out of the sweaty city for horses, cocktails, and steak. | Continue reading


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How to Get Online in Charleston

Accessing free WiFi in Charleston is all about location, location, location. | Continue reading


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A History of Charleston in 11 Dishes

Through its signature dishes one can trace the long, complex history of Charleston, one of America’s oldest and most vibrant cities. | Continue reading


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20 Things to Know Before You Go to Charleston

When to go, what to eat, short-term stay rules, oysters, and more oysters. | Continue reading


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Weird But We Love It: Fried Chicken from a Gas Station

A Charleston local's love letter to Dodge's fried chicken, ideal for ripping into while standing over your kitchen sink in your underwear. | Continue reading


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In Transit: How to Get Around Charleston

If want to get out of town, enjoy a day at the beach, or are tired from traipsing over cobblestones at the end of a evening, here’s the info you need. | Continue reading


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Walking Tour: Charleston’s Historic District

A local takes us on a deeply informed walking tour. Bones, churches, gardens, deviled crab fritters, coffee, peach habanero beer, and much more. | Continue reading


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A Charleston Soundtrack

Charleston music is represented by the sounds of Americana boot-stompin,’ easy-going alt-country and expansive indie rock. | Continue reading


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A jewel of the Danish baking tradition

A meditation on Danish breakfast. | Continue reading


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Pancakes were missing this one secret ingredient all along

A gastronomic hack in Borneo. | Continue reading


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This is what it’s like to be a cartoonist in the Central African Republic

Didier Kassaï uses his cartoons to comment on the Central African Republic’s political instability and the lives affected by it. | Continue reading


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Here’s what it is like to own a bar in a city known for its drinking tradition

This week on The Trip, host Nathan Thornburgh talks to Asya Khramchenkova, owner of the phenomenal Bar Chroniki. | Continue reading


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Lahore breakfasts are a glutton’s fantasy

The case for gelatinous goat trotters in the morning. | Continue reading


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Not your mother’s pickles

A daughter returns home to Nepal from the United States and encourages her mother to start a pickle company—and preserve generations-old recipes. | Continue reading


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When in Rome, eat full-sized balls of mozzarella like apples

How to meet high expectations for food in Rome. | Continue reading


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Photo Essay: Inside New York’s Piaxtecos festival

Not everyone with roots in the Mexican town of Piaxtla can make it home to celebrate their patron saint---so they created a New York version. | Continue reading


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Can a military base become a tourism hub?

Sazan is the paranoia, secrecy, and militarism of Albania’s dictatorial past in reinforced concrete and iron. It’s also a gorgeous island that could boost the country’s economy. | Continue reading


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Why has Piaxtla, Mexico(pop. 1000)had such an outsized influence on food in NYC?

How immigrants from a small town in Puebla came to build the culinary infrastructure possible for the first Michelin-starred Mexican restaurant in New York City. | Continue reading


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An American, a Brit, and six Serbian nationalists in a bar

Rakija, to the Serbs, is a healer. | Continue reading


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Brooklyn’s Ayahuasca Guru

The borough’s go-to man for the hallucinogenic potion is a ponytailed 33-year-old former Orthodox Jew. Go figure. | Continue reading


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From Mexico to a Michelin Star

How immigrants from a small town in Puebla came to build the culinary infrastructure possible for the first Michelin-starred Mexican restaurant in New York City. | Continue reading


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Made with egg and fire, served hot and neat

This moonshine-style beverage is illegal to sell, but most Bhutanese make it in their home. | Continue reading


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Don’t let the truth ruin a good myth. Or a good dumpling.

Myth, monasteries, Maultaschen: in search of the dumplings of southeastern Germany | Continue reading


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Welcome (back) to The Trip

The Trip in a world without Anthony Bourdain is, if anything, even more urgent and important to us at Roads & Kingdoms. | Continue reading


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Chef José Andrés on Anthony Bourdain, Mezcal, and Puerto Rico

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Why Should a Melon Cost as Much as a Car? Because Japan

Japan’s high-end fruit market elevates produce to works of art, and asking why starts you on a path to understanding the many codes that bind Japanese life. | Continue reading


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Take a chance on the cinnamon kolach

The cinnamon kolach is like your favorite cinnamon roll, but deconstructed and more impactful. | Continue reading


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R&K Insider: Catering in Gaza, Pakistan’s German national cake, and Chef Jose Andrés in Asturias

This week on R&K Insider, what it’s like to run a catering business in Gaza, Pakistan’s very German national cake, and Chef Jose Andrés takes Bourdain to his home turf, Asturias | Continue reading


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What it's like to run a catering business under siege in Gaza

With the help of UN aid, five women in Gaza set up an ambitious catering company. But the challenges of running a business amid food shortages, ever-present political tensions—as well as personal clashes—threaten the project. | Continue reading


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A Kitchen Divided

With the help of UN aid, five women in Gaza set up an ambitious catering company. But the challenges of running a business amid food shortages, ever-present political tensions—as well as personal clashes—threaten the project. | Continue reading


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How a town in Pakistan became the center of the global soccer ball industry

How a town in cricket-mad Pakistan became the center of the global soccer ball industry. | Continue reading


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When aguardiente met espresso

"Licor café is my kryptonite.” | Continue reading


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Apps, Taxis or Minibus? Best Ways to Naviagate Johannesburg

Getting from the airport to town, ridesharing wisdom, and minibus hand signals. | Continue reading


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Would this cheese be so special if it weren’t so hard to get?

This creamery is the best place to buy cheese in the Lumnezia region. | Continue reading


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Where Cars Go to Die

Thousands of vehicles from across India are brought to this scrap market in West Delhi. Most of them are dismantled, while some may find new lives. | Continue reading


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Tsukumen ramen in a Tokyo Basement

The concentrated broth is good enough to flood your dome with a rush of umami-triggered endorphins. | Continue reading


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A perfect evening alone in Las Vegas

Some people do not care about Las Vegas. Some people hate Las Vegas. Some people like Las Vegas ironically. And then some people love Las Vegas. | Continue reading


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A brain-to-tail breakfast in Bengaluru

A most carnivorous breakfast in South India. | Continue reading


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Alcohol at 8 a.m is always surprisingly pleasant

Bozo is a centuries-old, fermented drink usually made from millet or corn. | Continue reading


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Eating Black Forest in Lahore

Pakistan’s national cake is a German import, adjusted to the palate of the Subcontinent, and a powerful symbol of middle class aspiration in a troubled century. | Continue reading


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