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Lone Star Plate: Seven Texan Foods Found in New York City
Lone Star Plate: Seven Texan Foods Found in New York City
By Kate Gavino
May 02, 2013

Ask any displaced Texas what they miss most about the state, and chances are they won’t say the destructive hurricanes, traffic-clogged highways, or the propensity of Truck Nutz. Instead, they’ll rhapsodize about the food.

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Eat Prey Drug: Summerland
Eat Prey Drug: Summerland

Escaping a catastrophic blizzard to take peyote in the Arizona desert, Paul Kwiatkowski concludes his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness.

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The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft
The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

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The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still
The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.

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