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- America's 50 greatest foods
- Danger down under -- Oz's scariest water sports
- World’s weirdest themed restaurants
- At this year's Singapore Arts Festival, old Asian ladies share their sex secrets
| Posted: 09 May 2012 09:01 PM PDT by Dana Joseph Fast, junk, processed -- when it comes to food, the United States is best known for the stuff that's described by words better suited to greasy, grinding industrial output. But Americans have an impressive appetite for good stuff, too. To celebrate its endless culinary creativity, we're throwing our list of 50 delicious American foods at you. We know you're going to want to throw back. Ground rules: acknowledge that even trying to define American food is tough; further acknowledge that picking favorite American items inevitably means leaving out or accidentally overlooking some much-loved regional specialties. Now get the rubber apron on because we're going first. Let the food fight begin. read more     |
| Danger down under -- Oz's scariest water sports Posted: 09 May 2012 02:55 PM PDT The waters of Tropical North Queensland are home to some of the deadliest marine creatures on the planet, but that's no reason not to dive in and enjoy some of Australia's best -- and most dangerous -- water sports. Most-feared among the area's critters is the saltwater crocodile. Known to grow as long as seven meters, Australian "salties" claim, on average, the lives of two unsuspecting swimmers every year. Also lurking in these waters from November to May are swarms of deadly box jellyfish and the almost-invisible Irukandji. Named after the Yirrganydji Aboriginal tribe, these peanut-size assassins killed two tourists in 2002, and put three more in intensive care this year alone. Tiger sharks and white pointer sharks also feed near the coast, along with the venomous blue-ringed octopus and dreaded stonefish. read more    |
| World’s weirdest themed restaurants Posted: 09 May 2012 09:01 AM PDT by Duncan Forgan Eating out should always be an experience. Yet while the food is generally the star attraction at most decent restaurants, other venues are more memorable for factors other than their bill of fare. Some might deem them gimmicky. We prefer to use the term "theatrical." 1. Hobbit House: Manila, Philippines
Staffed entirely by Filipino dwarfs, the restaurant proudly proclaims it employs "the smallest waiters in the world." Diners of a sensitive bent might balk at the political incorrectness of it all, but the waiters are of an indisputably sunny disposition. Meanwhile, Turner's masterful brainwave has had global implications with a similar restaurant -- Dwarves of the East (without the Middle Earth overtones) having opened in Cairo, Egypt. read more    |
| At this year's Singapore Arts Festival, old Asian ladies share their sex secrets Posted: 08 May 2012 08:44 AM PDT Organizers of this year's Singapore Arts Festival -- which first saw the light of day in 1977 -- say the event will be better than ever. One of the more risqué highlights includes Asian ladies over the age of 65 talking frankly about their sexual adventures. (More on that in a minute.) This year's event features 14 ticketed and 66 non-ticketed local and international productions, including a sacred ritual from Kerala, a folk group chanting form that's native to the Malaysian Peninsula, a reinvention of Shakespeare's "King Lear," Indonesian gamelan music, Korean kagok, Chinese pipa and electronic music. But curating an arts festival in a region with such diversity isn't without its challenges, said Low Kee Hong, general manager of the Singapore Arts Festival. "With so much happening in Asia, with artists spanning the vernacular to the contemporary, it is a big challenge to find enough time and resources to engage the range at a deeper level," he said. read more    |
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