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Mexican Food Is Regional Before It Is National
Calling something “Mexican food” is useful until the meal arrives. Then geography takes over. The country’s cooking changes with climate, agriculture, migration,…
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Africa
Mauritian Food Makes More Sense at the Counter
Mauritian food is often introduced as a fusion of Indian, African, Chinese, French, and Creole influences. The description is not wrong, but…
Colombia
Coffee in Salento Starts Long Before the Cup
Salento is often reduced to three things: colorful doors, very tall palm trees, and a coffee tour where someone hands you a…
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Coffee in Cusco Is Better Without a Top-Five List
Cusco has enough cafés to make a top-five list feel useful for roughly the time it takes a sixth one to open.…
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Peruvian Food Refuses to Be One Cuisine
Peruvian food is usually introduced as a fusion. The word is useful until it starts making centuries of migration, trade, colonization, adaptation,…
Bolivia
Bolivian Food Is Built for Altitude
Bolivian food rarely arrives trying to impress you. It arrives hot, substantial, and prepared for a country where mornings are cold, cities…
Asia
Thai Food Is Regional Before It Is Famous
The international version of Thai food tends to arrive as the same six dishes competing for attention. Thailand itself is less cooperative.…