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Xi'an elevates mealtime to fine art

[2015-02-12 07:50]

It's easy to think of Xi'an cuisine as simply great noodles and street food. But visit the historic city and you're instantly reminded that Chang'an - as the city was known in its heyday - was the capital of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) and the start of the old Silk Road.

Valentine Bites

[2015-02-12 07:50]

Sips and nibbles

Money talks

[2015-02-11 07:45]

A columnist's book offers tips on raising children through wiser ways of handling dough, Associated Press reports.

Words of love for Valentine's Day mood - for free

[2015-02-11 07:45]

With Valentine's Day fast approaching, what better way to get you in the mood than some of the world's great love poems read aloud - for free?

Good old holidays

[2015-02-11 07:45]

In a new picture book, a 66-year-old Beijinger recaptures the capital's Lunar New Year traditions for children, Xing Yi reports.

Longtime critic still best guide to London architecture

[2015-02-11 07:45]

Arguably the best guide to London published this season was written nearly 50 years ago.

Folio Prize nominees reflect diversity of writers

[2015-02-11 07:45]

Tales of troubled families from Kenya and India, the musings of an ironic New York writer and the story of emotionally bruised Canadian siblings are contenders for the Folio Prize, a lucrative fiction award open to English-language authors of any nationality.

Vessel of culture

[2015-02-11 07:45]

Jingdezhen has for centuries remained a receptacle of Chinese porcelain culture. The city lures artists from home and abroad, who flock to China's china capital to create. Yang Feiyue reports.

Spotlight on Staten Island theater in Pacino film

[2015-02-11 07:45]

A new movie starring Al Pacino as an aging actor was partly shot at a grand old theater on Staten Island with an interesting history.

Solve puzzles or get eaten by a 'zombie'

[2015-02-11 07:45]

A theater show offered in more than a dozen cities across the US encourages participants to channel their inner Sherlock Holmes in an end-of-the-world team game-building exercise.

High-def ideas

[2015-02-10 07:55]

Fei Jun, 45, calls himself an "artist, designer and educator" in one of his online profiles.

A mix of traditional and audacious on the red carpet

[2015-02-10 07:55]

The Grammys newcomer Sam Smith looked dapper in a white bow tie, and Madonna rocked one of the season's most eclectic red carpets on Sunday in a bedazzled two-corner black hat and burlesque-esque corset with matching thigh-high boots.

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