Across the US, local styles of barbecue have been honed to perfection. Let this roadmap be your guide to the regions that have elevated the act of slow-cooking meat to an art form.
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24 August 2012
In Sète, the famous lanced competition takes place on a wooden boat, with a platform that extends 3m above the water and a 2.8m lance as a weapon.
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21 August 2012
Despite Japan’s strict gambling laws, pachinko, a pinball derivative played by millions of people, is a national obsession generating 30 trillion yen profit a year.
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16 August 2012
Despite being surrounded by Italy, one of the world’s smallest countries retains its distinct Sammarinese culture.
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15 August 2012
A fledgling movement to revive the traditional Hong Kong art form has picked up speed with the recent opening of the Yau Ma Tei Theatre, a centre featuring young opera artists.
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13 August 2012
The Japanese city is full of baffling – yet logical -- attractions, from maid cafes to plastic food to giant robot statues.
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06 August 2012
Of the country’s 83 remaining indigenous tribes, the most powerful and cohesive is the Arhuac culture of the Tayrona region in the far north of Colombia.
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03 August 2012
In 1375, villagers of the Franco-Spanish borderlands along the Pyrenees mountains settled their differences with a treaty and magnanimous feast. That pact is still celebrated today
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26 July 2012
Oxford’s contribution to literature is unparalleled, with local writers like JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Lewis Carroll and Phillip Pullman inspired by the city’s landmarks and streets.
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25 July 2012
Butter sculptures of cows, pigs and people have been an Ohio State Fair staple since the early 1900s, and recently artists have been submitting more modern entries, like Darth Vader.
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24 July 2012
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