Wednesday, June 21, 2017

What's that smell?

"All good things which exist are the fruits of originality." 6/21/17

Tasting Taiwan's Delectable Stinky Tofu

It might smell rotten—like the gentle waft of decaying garbage—but the taste? DIVINE. Dai's House of Unique Stink in Taiwan has one infamous dish: stinky tofu. Dig in!

More Than Murals: The Artist Keeping Japan's Bathhouse Art Alive

Sentos are public bathhouses with a long, rich history in Japanese culture. Traditionally, tranquil, hand-painted murals adorned the walls of each sento. Since the 1970s, however, sentos have become less popular and bathhouse muralists are less in demand. Yet, Mizuki Tanaka—Japan's first female sento mural artist—is dedicated to revitalizing this craft and making Japan's bathhouses a destination for all.

This Great Big Story was inspired by Genesis.

The Double Life of the Treasure Farmer

Gilbert Faku splits his time between two very different pursuits. Most days, he's a farmer and rancher in the remote Eastern Cape region of South Africa. But Faku's other passion takes him on adventures most of us read about in storybooks. 

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