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Netflix’s ‘High on the Hog’ Is an Overdue Celebration of African American Cuisine

Netflix’s ‘High on the Hog’ Is an Overdue Celebration of African American Cuisine

Entertaining and informative, High on the Hog disrupts the Eurocentrism entrenched in the culinary world that tends to devalue so-called ethnic foods.

The New Empire Has Risen: ‘New Kings of the World’

The New Empire Has Risen: ‘New Kings of the World’

Author Fatima Bhutto profiles the new arbiters of mass culture: Bollywood, Dizi, and K-pop, in her engaging cultural studies/travelogue, New Kings of the World.

Some of the Most Maligned Tools of Modern Democracy Are Viewed in a New Light in Saaf’s Reissued ‘A Significant Year’

Some of the Most Maligned Tools of Modern Democracy Are Viewed in a New Light in Saaf’s Reissued ‘A Significant Year’

Part diary, part travelogue, and part social science study, Abdallah Saaf's A Significant Year examines Morocco's 2007 elections with a perspective on all modern democracies.

‘Carnet de Voyage’ Is a Perfect Bridge Between Craig Thompson’s  ‘Blankets’ and ‘Habibi’

A Paean to the Pictures: ‘The Story of Film: An Odyssey’

Freud’s Couch, Scott’s Buttock’s, Brontë’s Grave’ Is a Bit Cheeky, but Conservative

‘The Elephant’s Journey’ Carries the Reader Along on this Shared Endeavor

Tropic of Capricorn by Simon Reeve