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The miniature theatre’s 200-seat capacity is slowly being filled with tiny figurines of beloved film characters, from classic movie stars to Muppets. Statler and Waldorf are perched in their usual spot at the front-right balcony. There’s even an ongoing call for visitors and locals to add their own favorite characters to the growing crowd.
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Cacio e pepe lasagna combines two classics.
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Spaghetto taratatà is named for the sound of rattling sabers.
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The gnocchi here get blanketed in a sugo with braised oxtail.
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Romans insist you should feel the cracked peppercorns and cheese grains on your tongue.
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Tripe is fried to a crisp.
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Cacio e pepe lasagna combines two classics.
Rome, Italy
C'è pasta... E pasta!

Fried artichokes and other Roman-Jewish classics are executed with care at this no-frills cafeteria.

Spaghetto taratatà is named for the sound of rattling sabers.
Rome, Italy
Giano Restaurant

Inventive Sicilian specialties are executed with flair at this restaurant overseen by chef Ciccio Sultano.

The gnocchi here get blanketed in a sugo with braised oxtail.
Rome, Italy
Cesare al Pellegrino

Chef Leonardo Vignoli subtly updates Roman classics in a storied space.

Romans insist you should feel the cracked peppercorns and cheese grains on your tongue.
Rome, Italy
Flavio al Velavevodetto

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

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An Aglamesis nectar soda.
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This pretty pink drink is a Cincinnati specialty.

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Tiquira

This violet-hued liquor is Brazil's oldest spirit.

Maultaschen can contain a number of different fillings.
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Legend has it that a monk hid meat in these dumplings to fool God.

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A town in East France still makes a beloved green-anise liquor born after the ban of absinthe.

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This strawberry cucumber sorbet tastes like early summer in a scoop.
Salt & Straw Wants You to Create Your Own Ice Cream Flavors

In his new cookbook, Tyler Malek wants you—yes, you!—to go off-script with fish sauce caramel and pandan cilantro scoops.

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My homemade namkeen jave from North India, loaded with toppings.
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It's not just fusion.

By Andrew Coletti
Food-shaped vehicles have been around for at least a century.
On the Road in a Giant Almond

Nothing captures the attention like big food on wheels.

By Anne Ewbank
The Los Angeles Breakfast Club celebrated its centennial this year.
Raise a Toast to L.A.'s Century-Old Breakfast Club

Angelenos get up at dawn for fun, friendship, and eggs.

By Shannon Brown
At Ulele, ask for an order of Florida Native Chili “loaded” and it will come topped with mild shredded cheese, red onions and diced jalapenos.
Gator, Boar, and Venison? Inside the Boldest Bowl of Chili in Florida.

This recipe is one-part familiar, one-part exotic, and 100% delicious.

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Exploring how flavor chemists, or "flavorists," create imaginative—and imaginary—flavors.

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David “Mas” Masumoto’s Adopt-a-Tree program has helped preserve heirloom stone fruit.
Inside the Japanese-American Farm Preserving Endangered Fruit

How one family turned their peach orchard into a rallying cry for saving heirloom flavors and building community.

By Sarah Lohman

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