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View OriginalI've been writing about New York City's food scene for 14 years. Here are the 13 restaurants I recommend to first-time visitors.I've lived in New York City for 18 years and have been writing about its food scene for 14 of them. So when friends visit from out of town, I'm their go-to source for restaurant recommendations.
View OriginalThe Bestselling Horror Books of All TimeThe bestselling horror books of all time are an elite group of frightening tales that have become pop culture staples. Unsurprisingly, Stephen King reigns supreme on bestseller lists and practically has his own section in this post.
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View OriginalOverwhelmed in London, I moved to Berlin to save my sanity – and savour a new lifeI’ve lived in Berlin for nine months now and I have stopped thinking of myself as “learning German”. Instead I hunt daily for German I still don’t know. I enter new words into a flashcard app on my phone and slowly the proportion of German-yet-unknown-to-me diminishes.