Servers suggested mud crab, a variety known for its firmer, savory-sweetness that could handle the richness of the Macau-style curried coconut sauce in which it was baked.
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Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Pitman plunged a toilet full of dark liquid and called it mud.
The line was marked then, as now, by obelisks, 276 of them today, placed roughly within view of one another from El Paso west to the Pacific Ocean ‒ an early attempt to harden the line in the sand.
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Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Every summer, South Korea’s southern city of Busan holds a sand art exhibit on trendy Haeundae Beach.
While the heroine in this novel is fictional, readers will be drawn to this mystery set during WWII about codebreaking, and a Nazi threat on American soil.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Since the founding of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, no Olympic event has ever been held on African soil.
Most access points are reached from the west side, coming through Meeker, and Grimes noted that despite the isolation, the gravel roads are well-maintained, meaning a passenger vehicle should get you to most trailheads.
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Jamie Siebrase,
Denver Post,
26 June 2026
Some 15,000 years ago the Missoula Floods tore across the region, laying down the windblown silt, gravel, and basalt cobbles that still feed the vines today.
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