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A Mexico City Mayor Tried to Erase Street Food Art. The Community Is Fighting Back.

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Many of her subjects are rótulos, hand-painted commercial signs that combine vibrant typography and witty illustrations to advertise all types of businesses, concerts, sporting events, and, especially, street food stalls. Rótulos have been a part of the urban landscape since the beginning of the 20th century. Rótulos Chidos / Instagram.

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The Multilevel Truth Behind Small Town America’s Latest Tea Obsession

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This rainbow-hued array of drinks is popping up all over the country not as part of a new tea shop chain, but associated with “nutrition clubs” with vague names like Good 2 Go Nutrition or Healthy Life Nutrition. These nutrition clubs aren’t new either, but they are appearing all over small-town America at an impressive clip.

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Who Will Save the Food Timeline?

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Did you know that mozzarella sticks go as far back as the Middle Ages, but back then they called them “pipefarces”? The internet’s most comprehensive archive of food history — a passion project of one dedicated librarian — predates Wikipedia. Now, it needs a new custodian. Eleanor Scully and Terence Scully’s Early French Cookery.

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