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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.
Four Football Books To Deepen Your World Cup Experience
Football may be the world’s biggest game, but it is also thousands of smaller ones—played in dusty courtyards and abandoned lots, remembered in faded photographs, argued over in cafes and sung about in many languages.
Football’s Power and Drama Inspire Art Around the World
Culture
For the 2026 World Cup, as in the past, the game offers artists fertile ground, concentrating into 90 minutes a wide spectrum of human experience.
Where Fog Met Feet: Football's Spread From England to the World
Culture
Since its birth in 1863 in London, football has spread around the globe, with billions of fans who connect with the game as a source of cultural pride beyond the pitch.
An Alchemist's Quest To Re-create Medieval Healing Foods
Food historian and Arabic scholar Daniel Newman spent decades studying and re-creating centuries-old recipes, revealing the reasoning and alchemy behind food as medicine.
Rhythms and Processions Ignite Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale
The exhibit that takes place in Saudi Arabia is inspired by the Arabian Bedouins’ nomadic journeys, and their connective force across history, culture and art.
Fatimah Al-Nemer: Art Beyond Esthetics
Saudi Arabian visual artist Fatimah Al-Nemer's contemporary pieces place women at the center of an exploration of identity and heritage.
Guarding George Town: One Voice Keeping Penang’s Past Alive
Heritage advocate Loh-Lim Lin Lee helps people connect to George Town, a port city in Malaysia with a comingled Indian, Malay, Chinese, Arab and European past.
Spotlight on Photography: Beneath the Cherry Blossoms in Japan
Arts
Japanese culture reveres the springtime blooms as a symbol of renewal.
For Pure Bliss, Master Mashkhoul, a Gulf Fragrant White Rice Dish
Food
Mashkhoul, an aromatic white rice dish, offers a flavorful accompaniment to stews and meats or can be enjoyed on its own.
Marag Simach-Matfi-Aromatic Fish Stew
Food
This popular fish stew is served in honor of special guests.
Conversation With Karim Wasfi, Chief Conductor of Iraqi Orchestra
Arts
Through his leadership of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, cellist-turned-conductor Karim Wasfi has broadened the range of musical compositions that audiences hear.
A Quiet Path Through Recipes: A Conversation With Jeff Koehler
Arts
Culture
Jeff Koehler approaches food as a vessel for storytelling, for geography and cultural identity.