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Dena Levitz

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Editorial Director @WebSummitHQ who's left the States for Ireland. Also a freelance writer, former @1776 fellow, @IJNet contributor. Smiling's my favourite.

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Dena is a proud University of Georgia Bulldawg with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. She’s also in the midst of earning her Master’s in Media Entrepreneurship from American University. She’s been writing professionally for almost 10 years but can’t really remember a time when she wasn’t jotting things down – whether it was to document gymnastics meets or to try her hand at rhyming poetry. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Dena also spent part of her childhood in Silicon Val…

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Dig Into the Best Dumplings Above 14th Street

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Just like the Natasha Bedingfield song, these culinary goodies could be described as “pockets full of sunshine.” For dumplings, that sunshine comes in the form of protein or vegetable fillings like pork, cabbage, lamb, or even soup-style liquid. In China, where they originated, dumplings are believed to be symbols of wealth and prosperity, since each carefully-crafted shape resembled ancient forms of currency. Nowadays, dumplings have gone global and can be boiled, steamed, or fried.
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NYC Starter Pack: 10 Bagel Shops You Need to Know

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There may be no culinary item more synonymous with New York than the chewy bread wonder that is the bagel. The ring-shaped delights date back to Poland some time between the 13th and 17th centuries. From there, bagels migrated to all of the places Polish immigrants relocated, including (and especially) New York City in the late 1800s.
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Neither fussy nor chic, the bacon egg and cheese is a Big Apple staple affectionately shortened to “BEC” or uttered in a succinct singular word, “baconeggandcheese.” From a quick breakfast on the go to a drunken late-night snack to a frugal family tradition purchased from the same bodega over and over, it’s many things to many kinds of New Yorkers. Simplicity is the common denominator and what separates it from more elaborate sandwiches.
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