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☆ 20 delicious reasons to visit Pakistan
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-15 | by ( Halima Ali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Nabeel Ahmed/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesThese easy-to-make crispy, fried fritters are a classic finger food served as a starter or a side dish. MEAT DISHESBiryaniThis rice dish is often served on special occasions. Mint/Hindustan Times/Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesThought to have developed in the royal kitchens of the 16th-19th century Mughal Empire, this rice dish is often served on special occasions. The meat and rice are cooked separately before being layered and cooked together with an assortment of spices. ShutterstockKeer is another dessert eaten at weddings or on celebratory occasions such as Eid al Fitr, the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

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This is “The Daily.” Last week, E. Jean Carroll came forward with the most serious allegation yet of sexual assault by the president. michael barbaroMegan, can you take us back to last Friday, when New York magazine published an article about E. Jean Carroll? e. jean carroll Because it’s Donald Trump, and I’ve got — it’s a thing. e. jean carroll I may have tried to hit him with my purse, I don’t know. e. jean carroll Went out through the building, got to Fifth Avenue, had my purse, because I picked up my phone.

☆ Mardi Gras: The most fun you’ll have with a history lesson
▼ + stars: | 2019-03-05 | by ( Emanuella Grinberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —It’s time to break out your beads and get in your last bites of king cake – Mardi Gras time is here. Whatever your motivation, here’s everything you need to know about Mardi Gras to be conversant in the holiday’s history. Sean Gardner/Getty ImagesAccording to historians, festivities resembling Mardi Gras go back thousands of years to ancient Roman festivals celebrating the harvest season. One of those Roman traditions became the sweet staple of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras known as the king cake. Mardi Gras in the New WorldFollowing a long tradition, revelers pack Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras day back in 2016.

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☆ International desserts: 50 famous desserts around the world
▼ + stars: | 2018-11-30 | by ( Jen Rose Smith | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +41 min

Taste that rich filling for evidence of the Arab influence that infuses Sicilian cuisine: The candied citrus that often flavors the creamy interior remains beloved throughout the Middle East. In the 1990s, the cake became a menu star as a lava cake or molten chocolate cake. A soft, flaky dough is shaped into a plump half-moon that barely contains the sweet filling, then topped with a light blanket of powdered sugar. Variations on medovik differ widely, but the most popular takes incorporate one of two very Russian ingredients into the sweet filling. Sesame Balls, Jian Dui, ChinaShutterstockBite into the crisp shell of a deep-fried jian dui to discover a sweet filling within the golden, sesame-seed-studded exterior.

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☆ Marian Burros’s Beloved Plum Torte Turns 40. Here’s Its Story.
▼ + stars: | 2016-09-14 | by ( Margaux Laskey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

A plum torte. Today I’m going to be making the original plum torte. So I’m going to just have these, put them off to the side before I get going with my cake batter. Anyway, while my original plum torte bakes, I’m going to do some variations. It’s giving ‘Call Me By Your Name.’ It’s giving like Oliver and Elio eating a plum torte by the pool.

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Credit card companies may be targeting consumers with great credit with a host of new perks recently, but CreditCards.com warns against falling for 0% balance transfer fee offers. In a study looking at offers from 37 lenders, the site found offers to waive these fees for as many as 21 months on balance transfer cards. "After the CARD Act, we thought zero percent balance transfer offers would just go away," Linda Sherry, director of national priorities for Consumer Action, told the site. Another way they've compensated for keeping the waiver alive is by nixing the usual $50-$75 balance transfer fee caps. CreditCards.com's survey found 12 cards offer the fee waiver for six months, three for a year and seven for 15 months.

☆ Bob Newhart, Button-Down Comic, Is Still Standing Up at 76
▼ + stars: | 2006-03-25 | by ( Ben Sisario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But a comedian craves the sound of laughter, and Mr. Newhart, though happily deep into his golf-playing years, cannot stay away from the stand-up circuit. It's like Russian roulette -- you're out there and it's working and you're saying, 'Thank God the bullet's not in the chamber.' "Mr. Newhart built his career on a persona that would avoid tension and thrills at all cost. ("You take a pinch of tobacco and you stuff it up your nose and it makes you sneeze? Yeah, I imagine it would, Walt!")

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