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Sophie Chen

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The Best Ramen You Can Make at Home in 30 Minutes
Drinks & Dining

The Best Ramen You Can Make at Home in 30 Minutes

Forget the instant stuff in the styrofoam cup.

2024-12-18

How to Build the Perfect Cheese Board (It's Not That Hard)
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How to Build the Perfect Cheese Board (It's Not That Hard)

The perfect cheese board follows a simple formula: one soft, one semi-soft, one hard, and one blue.

2024-12-17

Why Korean Fried Chicken Conquered the World
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Why Korean Fried Chicken Conquered the World

Korean fried chicken's global takeover started quietly.

2024-12-09

How to Find the Best Restaurant in Any City Without Yelp
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How to Find the Best Restaurant in Any City Without Yelp

Yelp's rating system is fundamentally broken.

2024-12-09

How to Actually Use a Cast Iron Skillet Properly
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How to Actually Use a Cast Iron Skillet Properly

A cast iron skillet is the single most useful piece of cookware you can own, and most people who have one are afraid of it.

2024-11-30

How to Order at a Sushi Counter Without Looking Clueless
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How to Order at a Sushi Counter Without Looking Clueless

The sushi counter can feel intimidating if you have only ever ordered California rolls from a menu.

2024-11-28

The 10 Best Natural Wines for Guys Who Think They Hate Wine
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The 10 Best Natural Wines for Guys Who Think They Hate Wine

Natural wine gets a bad reputation from both directions.

2024-11-26

The Best Dim Sum in Hong Kong, Ranked
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The Best Dim Sum in Hong Kong, Ranked

Tim Ho Wan, the world's cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant, serves baked BBQ pork buns with a crackly sugar crust that shatters into the soft, sweet-savory filling beneath.

2024-11-23

The Best Tacos in Mexico City, Ranked
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The Best Tacos in Mexico City, Ranked

El Vilsito operates out of a functioning Volkswagen repair shop that transforms into a taqueria after dark.

2024-11-21

The Espresso Martini: Why It's Having a Moment
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The Espresso Martini: Why It's Having a Moment

The Espresso Martini was invented in the 1980s by London bartender Dick Bradsell when a customer asked for something that would wake her up and mess her up simultaneously.

2024-11-15

Why Fallout New Vegas Is Still Getting New Fans in 2025
Culture

Why Fallout New Vegas Is Still Getting New Fans in 2025

Fallout New Vegas came out in 2010, was famously developed in just 18 months by Obsidian Entertainment, shipped with bugs that could crash your console, and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest RPGs ever made.

2024-11-09

Why Disco Elysium Remains the Greatest RPG Ever Written
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Why Disco Elysium Remains the Greatest RPG Ever Written

Disco Elysium dropped in 2019 from a tiny Estonian studio called ZA/UM, and it immediately made every other RPG's writing look like a first draft.

2024-11-08

Why Everybody Stopped Hating on Nickelback and What That Says About Us
Culture

Why Everybody Stopped Hating on Nickelback and What That Says About Us

For roughly 15 years, hating Nickelback was a cultural pastime.

2024-11-06

Why the Art House Cinema Isn't Dying, It's Evolving
Culture

Why the Art House Cinema Isn't Dying, It's Evolving

Every few years, someone publishes an obituary for art house cinema.

2024-10-30

Why the Return of Physical Media Isn't Just Nostalgia
Culture

Why the Return of Physical Media Isn't Just Nostalgia

Physical media sales are rising for the first time in over a decade.

2024-10-27

The Best Zines and Independent Publications Worth Finding
Culture

The Best Zines and Independent Publications Worth Finding

Zines occupy the space between social media posts and published books: personal, physical, and deliberately limited in circulation.

2024-10-24

How Issa Rae Changed What Gets Greenlit in Hollywood
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How Issa Rae Changed What Gets Greenlit in Hollywood

Issa Rae's journey from YouTube web series creator to Hollywood power broker is one of the most significant career arcs in modern entertainment.

2024-10-22

The Best Jazz Albums Released in the Last Two Years
Culture

The Best Jazz Albums Released in the Last Two Years

Jazz in 2023 and 2024 was vibrant, diverse, and more accessible to new listeners than at any point in decades.

2024-10-21

The 10 Best Bookstores in America for Browsing
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The 10 Best Bookstores in America for Browsing

Online shopping killed the bookstore that existed purely to sell books.

2024-10-20

The 10 Best Foreign Language Films on Streaming
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The 10 Best Foreign Language Films on Streaming

The label foreign language film is reductive, but the category contains some of the most powerful cinema ever made, and streaming platforms have made it more accessible than ever.

2024-10-14