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Five Tropical Birds Every Traveler Should Know

From hornbills to hummingbirds, the tropics may be separated by oceans, but their forests are filled with familiar characters. Learn five bird families and you’ll never walk through a tropical landscape the same way again.

Everything the Crepe Wishes It Was, the Dosa Already Is

The dosa has anchored South Indian breakfasts for over two thousand years. The crepe is younger, flatter, and considerably more celebrated. One of these facts deserves correcting.

The Original Upcyclers

We meet the Sundanese of West Java, Indonesia to better understand how the byproducts of tofu and peanut oil production are upcycled into a highly bioavailable protein.

The Land That Gave Us Quinoa

The story of the Indigenous cultures of the Altiplano and their battle with the West over quinoa.

A Day in the Life of Mbok Jamu

A celebration of the women that prepare and deliver the jamu across Indonesia.

The Resistance Tasting Menu: Afro-Caribbean Cuisine

For our very first Resistance Tasting Menu, we’ve put together 14 courses highlighting the unheralded Afro-Caribbean cuisine.