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Covers:  Food and Dining, Military, China, Middle East.
I write stuff for cold hard cash. 11th Hour Fellow @ucbsoj/ Features Editor @TastingTable/ Contributor @themanualguide

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Hunter Lu | The Line Literary

Hunter Lu | The Line Literary

CHICKEN FILLET, BREADED, PRECOOKED, FROZEN, 5 OZ was written in bold, black lettering on top of the forty-pou…

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An Interrogator, His Grandfather, and a Bond Across Two Wars | The War Horse

An Interrogator, His Grandfather, and a Bond Across Two Wars | The War Horse

China was at war. Although Japan had been defeated, war remained, waged now between Communist rebels and the …

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The Illegal Ramen Vendors of Postwar Tokyo

The Illegal Ramen Vendors of Postwar Tokyo

When Japan surrendered in the Second World War, the country was in a state of ruin. Bombers from the United S…

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Inside Din Tai Fung, the World's Most Famous Taiwanese Restaurant | The Manual

Inside Din Tai Fung, the World's Most Famous Taiwanese Restaurant | The Manual

As a child, Aaron Yang always went to one place directly after school - his family's Taiwanese restaurant. Lo…

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How Chef Phillip Esteban is Delivering Meals with Sustainability in Mind | The Manual

How Chef Phillip Esteban is Delivering Meals with Sustainability in Mind | The Manual

Since March 2020 almost 3,000 healthcare workers died from COVID-19, according to a December 2020 report from…

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Hiring a Hitman in Chinese - The Bangalore Review

Hiring a Hitman in Chinese - The Bangalore Review

It was on a smoggy Shanghai morning when Wang hired a hitman to kill his wife. Wang's wife Li Ying was rich, …

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A mixologist teaches us all about gin cocktails and how to pair them

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By Hunter Lu Verified
| The Manual Verified
While delicious, gin is far more than martinis and gin and tonics. Curious to learn more, I visited Chin Up Bar in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where the entire beverage menu is centered on this misunderstood spirit. “We felt that gin was underserved in our market in terms of bars that really highlighted the spirit and explored the full spectrum of cocktails possible with it,” explains co-founder Blake Walker.
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A burger and a martini? We examine why some chefs love this pairing

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| Yahoo Life Verified
While smashburgers have been all the rage in recent years, some restaurants are putting a higher-end spin on the classic American burger. In New York City, home to countless steakhouses and chef-driven burgers, a few chefs are pairing high-quality burgers with a classic martini, a cocktail generally associated with steak. These aren’t fast-food-style burgers; instead, these burgers are generally thick, made with custom beef or dry-aged meat, and certainly not cheap.
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A burger and a martini? We examine why some chefs love this pairing

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| The Manual Verified
While smashburgers have been all the rage in recent years, some restaurants are putting a higher-end spin on the classic American burger. In New York City, home to countless steakhouses and chef-driven burgers, a few chefs are pairing high-quality burgers with a classic martini, a cocktail generally associated with steak. These aren’t fast-food-style burgers; instead, these burgers are generally thick, made with custom beef or dry-aged meat, and certainly not cheap.
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