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Have you ever bitten into a sandwich so transcendent, so perfectly constructed, that you briefly forgot all your worries and just existed in that moment of pure culinary bliss? That’s what awaits you ...
I’ve traveled the world in search of transcendent food moments, but sometimes the most profound culinary revelations happen in the most unassuming places – like a humble brick storefront in Grapevine, ...
A new preprint suggests that an ancient Chinese star catalog dates to 355 B.C.E. But other researchers aren't convinced, ...
Richard Russo, whose class-based novels are often based in upstate New York, is out with a collection of essays called “Life ...
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What Was the Polis?
For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.