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The Vietnam Solution

The effect of Hanoi is cerebral. What the Vietnamese capital catches in freeze-frame is the process of history itself—not merely as some fatalistic, geographically determined drumroll of…
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4293 words)

Pain Is A Gift, And Other Notes From A Terrified Father During A Seven-Week-Premature Birth

When the baby cried, I knew it wasn't gonna die. They had just pulled my son out of my wife and whisked him over to one of those fancy hotel pans that you put newborns in, and there was a brief…
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3216 words)

AFAR Magazine

Hoi An’s iconic dish was a mystery for decades. Then writer David Farley came to town. “Ba Le …?” I said to a shirtless man, who halted me from going any farther down…
SOURCE:AFAR
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3811 words)

The Art of Kimchi

Enlarge Image Credit: Todd Coleman
AUTHOR:Mei Chin
SOURCE:Saveur
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1693 words)

Rude Boys

H ot Sauce Committee Part Two , out May 3, is, according to the Beastie Boys, a return to their fundamental smartassery after 2004 s uncharacteristically serious To the 5 Boroughs, which was, in…
PUBLISHED: April 24, 2011
LENGTH: 3 minutes (816 words)

Housed

Is homeownership, despite three presidents’ best efforts, out of reach for the sinking middle-class? Good riddance, says one former homeowner. Images via ForeclosureDeals.com When I was only a…
AUTHOR:Aimee Phan
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4009 words)

LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS

OLIVER WANGon the Jeremy Lin phenomenon. Day 1, February 4th: Going into this night’s game, both the New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets are sub.-500, their seasons already foundering in…
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5660 words)
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