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Why Smash Burgers Took Over Dubai's Menus
Thin, crispy-edged patties have muscled aside gourmet stacks across Dubai and the wider Gulf, and the reasons go well beyond taste alone this time.
Oct 5, 2024
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Birria Went From Tijuana Side Streets to Every Menu in America
The rich, red stewed meat that started as a Tijuana taco filling now shows up in ramen, quesadillas, and fast food chains coast to coast nationwide.
Sep 30, 2024
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Dubai Chocolate: The Viral Bar That Emptied the World's Pistachios
A home cooking experiment in a Dubai kitchen turned into a global chocolate craze, a pistachio shortage, and a wave of copycats chasing the same viral bite.
Sep 10, 2025
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Social media's great shakeup: Threads, Bluesky, TikTok
Twitter's replacements are finally arriving. Threads hits scale, Bluesky goes public, and TikTok faces its biggest threat in years. Here's who's winning.
Feb 14, 2024
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Whatever Happened to Tanghulu, the Candied Fruit Craze?
Sugar-glazed fruit skewers turned into a shop-opening frenzy across Korea in 2023, then collapsed almost as fast as the chains had multiplied.
Feb 5, 2026
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The Pistachio Economy Dubai Chocolate Built (and Broke)
One viral chocolate bar turned pistachios into the food world's hottest commodity, and the ripple effects have reached lattes, croissants, and ice cream.
May 14, 2025
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Basque Burnt Cheesecake: Why the Scorched Slice Won't Fade
A cramped pintxo bar in San Sebastian invented a deliberately burnt cheesecake, and it quietly became one of the world's most copied desserts.
Mar 5, 2024
