R&K Insider: Don’t fear the haggis

Launching the R&K guide to Edinburgh, from whisky to walking shortcuts. | Continue reading


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Spicy Peanut Bun > Morning Run

The masala bun stuffed with slightly spicy peanuts is a treat that originated in Bengaluru bakeries. | Continue reading


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In Praise of South Tucson’s All-You-Can-Eat Mexican Breakfast Buffets

Where carne, rice, beans, and tortillas the size of pillowcases are standard. | Continue reading


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My Perfect Dish: Arbroath smokies

Edinburgh is a fishy place, full of world-class seafood. | Continue reading


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Shitty But We Love it: Irn-Bru

A foolproof hangover cure. Probably. | Continue reading


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A Love Letter to Rapido Cafe

Edinburgh’s Broughton Street has a famous chip shop. This is the other one. | Continue reading


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GTFO: Eat your way around Glasgow

Food writer and author Sumayya Usmani’s guide to her favorite dishes in Glasgow. | Continue reading


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Edinburgh: Walking Tour

Whisky, hog roasts, cheese, gin, antiques, river: a crawl from the Royal Mile to Broughton Street | Continue reading


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Edinburgh sounds: an insider’s guide to homegrown live music

From traditional folk in dusty pubs to experimental hip-hop in bare-bones studios in Leith, an illustrated guide to Edinburgh's legendary venues and local musicians. | Continue reading


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A History of Edinburgh in 10 Dishes

From Vikings to the Italians, from humble oats to luxurious smoked salmon, the food that makes Scotland’s capital. | Continue reading


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In Transit: How to Get Around Edinburgh

Skip the rental car. | Continue reading


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A forest built by hand

Thanks to a visionary botanist, a man-made forest sits in the middle of the Nebraska prairie. | Continue reading


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Got Bread?

This week on Roads & Kingdoms, a Belgian baker hunts for a rare strain of sourdough. Plus, writer Jorge Pedro Uribe Llamas and photographer Meghan Dhaliwal introduce us to the residents of Mexico City’s retirement home for sex workers. | Continue reading


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Why a Belgian sourdough librarian flew to Canada for yeast

What brought the director of a Belgian sourdough library to the Yukon? Century-old sourdough starters and a community whose history is singularly tied to an ancient form of bread-making. | Continue reading


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R&K Insider: Illustrating life and war in Syria

This week on Roads & Kingdoms, we spoke with two authors about their new book on Syria and what it was like collaborating when one of them lived in a war zone. Plus, a report from Buenos Aires on why so many women are speaking up about their abortions. | Continue reading


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Why women in Argentina are speaking up about their abortions

Regular protests addressing violence against women in Argentina have led to a national debate about women’s rights in the country—particularly abortion. | Continue reading


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How to Survive a 20-Hour Basque Breakfast

We have more than enough time in our lives to start the day with a croissant—why not a steak? | Continue reading


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Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Sea Grapes

A very Florida postcard from Florida. | Continue reading


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Brothers of the Gun

Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple discuss their new book and what it was like collaborating when one of them lived in a war zone. | Continue reading


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A Love Letter to Durham, NC’s Beyù Caffè

Brunch spot by day, jazz club by night. | Continue reading


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A Baptism by Firewater in Tbilisi

Georgians swear up and down that high-quality chacha does not produce hangovers, no matter how much you drink. | Continue reading


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Where did you come from—Kathmandu?

This week the Roads & Kingdoms takes you to the city of temples, the valley of gods, and a land with hundreds of buffalo meat dishes. | Continue reading


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Fried Dough for Breakfast: Fiji Edition

Babakau–often referred to as Fijian pancakes or doughnuts–is a fried combination of flour, yeast, and lots of sugar. | Continue reading


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Walking Tour: Thamel

Thamel is not a portal to a more "authentic" Nepal. It’s the real deal. | Continue reading


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16 Things to Know Before You Go to Kathmandu

Greetings, weather, and dumpling wisdom: here's how to travel well in Nepal’s busy capital. | Continue reading


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The Perfect Dish: Sapoo Mhicha

Nepal’s indigenous Newa community uses all parts of the buffalo in their cuisine. This treat of tripe and bone marrow might be the most delicious. | Continue reading


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A Soundtrack to Kathmandu

Eleven songs that decode Nepal’s capital city. | Continue reading


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In Transit: Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport

Nepal’s only international airport ranks as one of the worst airports in the world. Here's how you can avoid the frustration. | Continue reading


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Getting Online in Kathmandu

Surf the web, drink coffee, eat momos. | Continue reading


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Garden of Dreams: An Escape in Kathmandu

Peace, quiet, and Wiener Schnitzel: spend a day relaxing in the Garden of Dreams. | Continue reading


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GTFO: A Day in Patan

Get lost in this maze of a city. | Continue reading


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The History of Kathmandu in 11 Dishes

Everything in Kathmandu has a story to tell. Even the buffaloes. | Continue reading


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A Love Letter to Raksi

In a country where the yeast for fermenting alcohol is as holy to some Nepalis as the cow is to others, embracing the fiery sweet homebrew is nearly a civic imperative. | Continue reading


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Taylor ham or pork roll?  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

New Jerseyans don’t have to choose between bacon and sausage: they have a third pork product. | Continue reading


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R&K Insider: The King’s Statue and a Damn Good Whisky

This week on Roads & Kingdoms, we published a story from Mumbai on why the city's fishing community is unhappy about plans to build a giant statue of a warrior king. Plus, a conversation with a whisky expert on why Japanese single malts are so good and so hard to find. | Continue reading


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The statue that’s splitting Mumbai

A plan to honor warrior-king Shivaji Maharaj with a giant statue in Mumbai threatens the fishing communities that were the city's first inhabitants. | Continue reading


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Forbidden Forks

In Jerusalem’s Hasidic neighborhood of Mea She’arim, residents go to great lengths to resist the incursions of modernity. One tradition, in particular, distinguishes the community from others like it: no forks are allowed at the dinner table. | Continue reading


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To Make Breakfast Even Better, Just Add Bourbon (Sauce)

Everything you ever needed to know about monkey bread. | Continue reading


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Drown Your Fried Garlic Dough in a Lake of Garlic Sauce

Lángos—a Frisbee-like disc of golden fried dough. | Continue reading


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Why Japanese whisky is so good and so hard to find

One of Japan’s leading whisky bloggers discusses the shortage of good Japanese single malts, the state of the country’s whisky industry, and how to order a highball. | Continue reading


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Long Live This Sordid, Boozy Piece of Malacca History

Welcome to Sin Hiap Hin, a generations-old liquor shop in Malacca. | Continue reading


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Home is Where the Deep Fried-Rice Flour and Mashed Bananas Are

Falling back in love with Sierra Leone through calorific rice dishes. | Continue reading


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R&K Insider: Inside the hidden diaries of a gay man

This week on Roads & Kingdoms, we published an essay on what it may have been like to be a gay man in Tokyo in the 80s and an interview with a photographer documenting the lives of people living "off the grid." Plus, a photo essay on one of the largest freshwater fish in the worl … | Continue reading


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The Journals of Sugar Boy Yuki

In 1980, a gay man hid two journals above a light fixture in a stifling apartment in Tokyo. Thirty years later, an American teenager discovered it. | Continue reading


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It’s Not a Wasted Morning If You Had three Breakfasts

The morning wasn’t wasted, because we had breakfast---three times. | Continue reading


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Coming Home to Canada’s Beer Rush Town

Guelph has long been a hub for the ale-inclined. | Continue reading


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Always Persevere in the Hunt for Tubular Donuts

Some places are popular for a reason. | Continue reading


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Off The Grid: Q&A with Rachel Bujalski

Rachel Bujalski, who lived on a boat in Los Angeles to save money, documented the lives of Americans who are affected by the housing crisis and have chosen to live simpler lives. | Continue reading


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