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Often described as the Macanese version of a hamburger, the pork chop bun is a delicious product of the city’s rich cultural blend and colonial history, tracing its origins to the Portuguese bifana, a classic pork sandwich. A good pork chop bun is defined by a fried or grilled pork chop placed horizontally inside a bread roll. The bun itself is crucial, prized for being extremel...


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David Wilson has been sober for almost seven years. Today, the 61-year-old is a sobriety coach, speaker and author of the book One For The Road: Soberdave. He has hosted a popular podcast about sobriety for almost five years. On his Instagram account @soberdave, which has amassed a following of almost 200,000, he posts daily motivational tips and insights into the lives of hundr...


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Tokyo’s famed New Year fish auction has smashed its own headline record, with a giant bluefin tuna fetching an eye-watering price. At the Toyosu fish market’s first auction of 2026, a 243kg (535lb) bluefin tuna was snapped up for 510 million yen (US$3.2 million), making it the most expensive tuna ever sold at this annual ritual. The winning bid came from Kiyomura, the company be...


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Restaurant-goers in Dali, in China’s western Yunnan province, are spoiled by the historical city’s abundance of quality ingredients. Fridges stacked with seasonal vegetables, tofu concoctions and fresh cuts of meat are common sights for diners to browse, while fried innards and fish vie for attention in giant metal bowls. Aquatic vegetables soaking in water line floors. This is ...


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The tonka bean is not the most visually appealing spice – the black, shrivelled seeds look rather like what a large rat would leave behind. My first encounter with it was not promising. A pastry chef mentioned that he had made some tonka bean ice cream. He showed me a bagful of the seeds and, being curious, I popped one into my mouth. The bitter intensity of the bean was almost ...


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