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After decades of decline under communist rule, food enthusiasts—including brother chef and baker Bledar and Nikolin Kola—are pioneering the return of the country’s traditional dishes. Chefs and other culinary aficionados are drawing on Albania’s 500-plus years of culinary heritage to reinterpret the foods of their ancestors. Their efforts are re-establishing traditions that were feared lost.
Restoration Uncovers Beauty of Georgia’s Hidden Wooden Mosques
Until recently few outsiders knew the wooden mosques dotting the highlands of Georgia existed, leaving many of them to deteriorate. The rediscovery of the architectural gems has sparked a movement for their preservation.
Smorgasbords of Andalusi and Mahgribi Dishes, a Conversation With Food Historian and Author Nawal Nasrallah
In Smorgasbords of Andalusi and Mahgribi Dishes, Arab food historian Nawal Nasrallah breathes new life into an anonymously compiled 13th-century cookbook.
Sadu Textile Tradition Weaves Stories of Culture and Identity
Across the Arabian Gulf, the traditional weaving craft records social heritage.
Family Secret: The Mystery of North Macedonia’s Ohrid Pearls
Artisans are preserving the elusive technique behind these pearls—handmade from a fish, not an oyster—in a town of Slavic, Byzantine and Ottomon influences.
Meet Sculptor Marie Khouri, Who Turns Arabic Calligraphy Into 3D Art
Vancouver-based artist Marie Khouri turns Arabic calligraphy into a 3D examination of love in Baheb, on view at the Arab World Institute in Paris.
Recipe for Fennel and Potato Biryani
Biryani is a whole and very elaborate genre of rice dishes, not be confused with pulao or pilaf.
Orion Through a 3D-Printed Telescope
With his homemade telescope, Astrophotographer Zubuyer Kaolin brings the Orion Nebula close to home.
Trace Moruga Hill Rice's Cultural Path to Trinidad
Moruga hill rice is a nutritious dry-land red rice grown in Trinidad whose history dates to Merikin settlers.
Grand Egyptian Museum: Take a Tour of the New Home for Egyptian Artifacts
When the Grand Egyptian Museum officially opens its doors, it will reveal treasures from the ancient Egyptians and their storied past.
History in Objects: 12th-Century Glass Flask an Islamic Golden Age Masterpiece
Golden Vessel From the Islamic Golden Age Reflects Cross-cultural Connections
‘Make It Your Own’: The Self-Belief Simmering in Noorjahan Bose’s Shemai Recipe
A Bangladeshi dessert reflects hard-fought adaptability in life.
FirstLook: Poetic Fusion
Prior to our modern practice of image manipulation with editing software, photographers worked more with planned intention and craft.