Beyond the Line
World Culture—Dining, Music, Life and Everything In between.
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You’re Money Don’t Spend, My Love is Too Good For You
There’s a boy that makes deliveries for his mother’s shop in Chengdu. It’s not a place to dine-in, but the food is good. He knows the way through…
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Yes, They’re Communist, Why Are They Having More Fun?
An enticing scent wafts through the air. You draw it in slowly, savoring the heady sensation for as long as possible before you exhale. You do it in…
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How to Develop a Unique Szechuan Hot Pot Base—And Reasons to Run the Other Way
Szechuan hot pot—At first, it sounds like a good idea. Later, when your bowels feel like white-hot fire you begin to wonder if Szechuan chilis were bred for…
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Pissed, Kidnapped and Out of Sorts in Dublin
Conner stepped away from his desk, grabbed his satchel and stuffed a stack of two-hundred ungraded exams into it as he headed for the door. Taking them helped…
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St. Patrick’s Day—Pinch Me, I Feckin’ Need This
Think about last year’s St. Patrick’s Day for a moment—you probably didn’t even wear green since the asshole who pinches everybody was also working from home. If you’re…
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Get Sloshed Last Year?—The Solution is Irish Lamb Stew
St. Patrick’s Day approaches. If you can’t make the trip to Dublin, then it’s off to the next closest thing—there to drink yourself into a stupor. Traditional folk…