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Lodi, N.J.

Right outside of New York

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Custer, Mich.

Population: 400

People who eat too many croissants for breakfast or visit during August.

Swimming in Paris

Lap-swimming in Paris takes cultural openness and skimpy bathing attire

With veggies like these, would you make soup or music?

The Sweet Sound of… Vegetables?

Vienna's Vegetable Orchestra makes music by thunking on pumpkins and making carrot recorders and cucumberphones

Fishermen pass the hours along the Bosporus Strait. They occasionally catch sardines.

Istanbul: The Maddest City in Europe

“That’s the fattest stray dog I’ve ever seen.” A lot has changed here since Mark Twain wrote about the city, but there's still plenty of mayhem

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Shark Fin Soup in Hot Water

William Faulkner in Oxford, Mississippi

William Faulkner’s Hollywood

Susan Spano has journeyed the world reporting on culture, nature and human curiosity.

Introducing The Constant Traveler

Chiles en nogada, the patriotically colored dish

Eating the Colors of the Flag for Mexican Independence Day

The patriotically colored chile, walnut sauce and pomegranate seed dish was invented by nuns in Puebla to honor a visiting general

Ribs, a tasty gateway to moral turpitude

Law and Order Culinary Crimes Unit: Even More Food Crimes

What do a drunk, a blogger, a toy gun-toting thief and a bride and groom have in common?

You don't have to eat it if you don't want to.

Inviting Writing: Food and Independence

Deciding what, how or where we eat is one of the earliest ways we assert our individuality. Do you have a story to share?

Maple syrup

Maple Grands-pères for Grandparents Day

These soft dumplings cooked in maple syrup must have made for good comfort food after a day of hard labor. But why are they named for grandfathers?

Nobody can pass up a delicious dessert tray.

Inviting Writing: Top Class Cafeteria

This is unlike any cafeteria I've ever seen, and I make a mental note that I need to see about getting a transfer

Fish curry

Inviting Writing: Cafeteria Eating, Kolkata-style

If I had to advertise this facility, I would have touted it as "lunching amid nature and wildlife"

Dried chili pepper wreath

Benevolent Maize and Ogre-Fart Chilis: Food Origin Myths

According to the Peruvian Yanesha people, plants originally had human forms that went through either "sublime" or "grotesque" transformations

Why do Americans love ice cubes?

Why Don’t Other Countries Use Ice Cubes?

A better question might be, why do Americans love ice so much?

Fried frog legs

The Ecological Effects of Eating Frog Legs

As Kermit said, "All I can see are millions of frogs with tiny crutches"

When Bad Things Happen to Good Food

It may be no use crying over spilled milk, but the loss of certain other foods might merit a handkerchief

Do you know the five spices that go into fish curry?

Inviting Writing: The Mother-in-Law’s Kitchen

My folks thought it was time I started thinking about marriage and therefore take the kitchen more seriously. Seriously? Why?

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What Is on Your Life List?

Now that you've seen our list, tell us the places that you think everyone should visit at least once in their lifetimes

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