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A Taste of Vegan Nashville

Not so long ago, in a much sleepier Nashville, a person couldn’t swing a microphone without hitting a “meat and three” (chicken, beef or pork and three Southern sides), those almost-home-cooked-answers to what’s for lunch or dinner. Meat and threes are still dishing it out in Music City, but their numbers are dwindling (Arnold’s Country

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Peer Inside Tashkent’s Art-Filled (and Long-Shrouded) Subway

Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital, is home to one of the world’s most ornate subway systems. Many of its 29 stations are elaborately decorated with mosaics and chandeliers, the artwork reflecting a range of themes — from the Soviet space program to elements of local history, industry and agriculture. Until recently, though, it was mostly hidden from

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Submit Your Questions, via Video, for the 52 Places Traveler

Ask Sebastian Modak a question, via video. We’re collecting submissions for a video Q. & A. with Sebastian Modak, this year’s 52 Places Traveler. To be included in the montage, please submit your question about his year-long trip (or a general travel query) in a self-shot video, recorded horizontally. Please begin the video by stating

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Doubts cast on easyJet plan to be net-zero emissions airline

European budget airline easyJet says it will become the first major carrier to operate net-zero carbon flights, offsetting carbon emissions from the fuel used on every flight By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press November 19, 2019, 4:24 PM 2 min read European budget airline easyJet said Tuesday it will become the first major carrier to operate

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Endangered Crafts and the Destinations Keeping Them Alive

Sai Kiran Dhanalakota, one of the youngest members practicing this art form, said visitors have increased weekly to his village because of his family and government efforts. Cheriyal scrolls painted on traditional khadi cloth formed colorful backdrops for storytellers whose narrative occupation gradually vanished as movie theaters and televisions crept in. Known as Nakashi paintings,

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