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The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now

Baua Electric

Prawns brushed with a verdant green seasoning and smoked chiles. PRIYA KRISHNA 1914 East Sixth Street, Suite C; 512-706-9119; canjeatx.com East Austin | Bakery Hidden in an unassuming building in a residential neighborhood is the concha-meets-funfetti-pastry fever dream that is Comadre Panadería. Fair question.

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago Right Now

Baua Electric

Mr. Wolen’s dishes are almost too impressive for a neighborhood spot like Boka, which recently turned 20 years old. Even the butter service — presented in a stacked ribbon reminiscent of a Frank Gehry building — puts on a show. Peruvian and Thai flavors converge in a striped bass ceviche with lemongrass and fermented chile paste.

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Is the Place to Go for Inventive Pastries and Fresh Bread

Baua Electric

In a new exhibit at Pace Gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood entitled “Stratagems,” Donovan presents 11 towering new works constructed entirely from CDs, most of which she scavenged and salvaged from eBay. “We Greenpoint, Brooklyn’s northernmost neighborhood, has long been a destination for bakeries in New York City.

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Exploring Ghana, With Contemporary Art as a Guide

Baua Electric

The taxi dropped us in front of a long gate that opened to low, concrete buildings hung with Asafo flags, the colorful regimental flags belonging to the Fante people, a Ghanaian ethnic group. Her sculptures, composed of curtains of brightly colored beads and fabricated limbs, were eloquently arranged throughout the Brutalist building.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The life cycle to which we refer has two parts: The vehicle cycle begins with mining the raw materials, refining them, turning them into components, and assembling them. Promoting mixed-use neighborhoods—areas that put work and residence in proximity—would allow more bicycling and walking.