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7 Places to Eat: Istanbul Beyond the Blue Mosque

Too many of Istanbul's visitors remain stuck in the Sultanahmet area, where the cafes are bent on gouging tourists with high prices and mediocre food. But once you venture farther…

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7 Places to Eat: Single-Minded Cooking in the Twin Cities

Facing off across a loopy stretch of the Mississippi, Minneapolis and St. Paul carry on like rivals. But they're united on one score: the white-hot synergy of the region's culinary…

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7 Places to Eat: Copenhagen's Scandinavian Superlatives

Copenhagen has always been a place where people take joy in food. But a culinary explosion in the past few years has made dining out the hippest game in town.

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Ten Sweet Spots: Divine Desserts Worldwide

From Hong Kong, to Rio, to Paris, and seven more cities, here's where you can go to get an exquisite sugar fix in ten major cities around the world.

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7 Places to Eat: Hunting Down Rome's Cucina Romana

Many Rome restaurants coast on the tourist trade, turning a profit despite mediocre fare, rude service, and high prices. Genuine cucina Romana is tough to find, but soul-satisfying…

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7 Places to Eat: Get in Line for São Paolo's Best

In this affluent, booming, multicultural metropolis, restaurant going is practically a religious pursuit. Expect to dress up for dinner, to eat fashionably late, to wait for a table,…

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3 Stops Along British Columbia's Wine Trail

I had heard of Kelowna and its fines wines, but I never dreamed I would find a genuine slice of paradise in the town and its nearby vineyards, farms, and lakeside hills.

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Five London Restaurants to Try This Season

London has literally thousands of restaurants to choose from, but here are five relative newcomers that are definitely worth trying if you're heading there soon.

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7 Places to Eat: Sydney's Mod Oz Cuisine

For lack of a better term, cuisine in Australia's most cosmopolitan city has been labeled Mod Oz -- a melding of local ingredients with an international grab bag of culinary…

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Free and Dirt Cheap Oahu

Those in the know can make rich memories in Hawaii without spending much. The following picks will help you say aloha to unnecessary spending on Oahu.

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Down By the Riverside: 5 New York Waterfront Restaurants with Great Views

Manhattan is an island, and that should mean plenty of waterfront bars and restaurants. Here's how to hunt down the good ones and what you should do when you get there.

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7 Places to Eat: From Pork Cutlets to Sushi in Tokyo

For sheer urban energy, you can't beat Tokyo -- densely populated, affluent, juiced up with a thirst for whatever's new. When everyone lives in such tiny apartments, what else can you…

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Getting a Great Meal in Mesa Verde National Park

If you haven't sampled national park cuisine lately, you're going to be amazed the next time you sit down for dinner after a long day in a park.

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Grape-Grazing and Wine-Quaffing Getaways Across the United States

From Virginia, to Michigan, and on to California, here are three wine-filled getaways for every budget.

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The Real Local Cuisine of Washington, D.C.: Ethiopian Food

Nearly 200,000 Ethiopians live in the D.C. area, and it feels like one out of every 10 of them runs a restaurant. Through their hard work, Ethiopian food has become a defining local…

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7 Places to Eat: Puebla's Iconic Mexican Dishes

It has colonial architecture and a gracious atmosphere that's welcoming to visitors, but Puebla's real ace in the hole is it's food: Among Mexicans, it's revered as the cradle of…

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4 Ways to Harmonize Hunger Near Carnegie Hall

Despite what the price tags of many options around Carnegie Hall may suggest, music lovers can have a budget pre- or post-concert nosh that hits all the right notes.

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How to Win Big, Lose Less on Vegas Dining

You don't have to lose your shirt to get a great meal in Vegas' best restaurants. Here are seven tips for eating affordably in Sin City:

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How to Eat in Tahiti Without Ruining Your Paradise

Even when you're in paradise you've got a budget to behold. So, glance at the shimmery turquoise water, tighten your belt and skip the resort restaurants in favor of the islands'…

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7 Places to Eat: The Best of Brussels

With more Michelin-star restaurants per capita than any other city in the world -- yes, even more than Paris -- Brussels doesn't have to take a back seat to anyplace else when it comes…

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Berlin Eats: 9 Ways to Surpass Schnitzel

You don't have spend your live savings to eat well in Berlin, and you need not limit yourself to a diet of sauerkraut and schnitzel. Under-the-radar, multi-culti eats abound in every…

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7 Ways to Eat Like a Top Chef in Cape Town

Cape Town is a great place to eat, but where do the city's best chefs eat? Here's where one chef and her restaurant friends and hit the town after taking off their toques.

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7 Places to Eat: Chowing Down Along Route 66

Long before networks of cookie-cutter interstate highways helped sanitized coast-to-coast car travel, there was Route 66. Here's where to eat along the iconic road.

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4 Private Parties that Will Open Doors to a Whole New Paris

Intrepid Parisians are adding private parties to their nightlife cars instead of just clubs and bars. Situated in unusual locations or private homes, these alternative get-togethers…

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Eight Ways to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry This Summer

Restaurant weeks have turned into much larger events that cities do twice a year -- and it's time to start making your reservations for this summer.