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Today: a cybersecurity manager working in defense who makes $150,00

MA: Pearl Ma sets up her iPhone stand at her kitchen in New York City. Jeenah Moon/For The Washington Post

BUILDING BRIDGES: Pearl Ma breaks an egg on pasta noodles. Jeenah Moon/For The Washington Post

ENG: Chef Calvin Eng at Bonnie's Cantonese American Restaurant in Brooklyn. Ad

Pearl (Yiping) Ma draws you into her TikTok with the words, “Hey foreigners, let’s traumatize Italians.” Off the bat, she’s every Italian grandmother’s worst nightmare: She threatens to break the linguine but instead cuts the cooked pasta with a knife, then breaks an egg on top befor

Pearl (Yiping) Ma draws you into her TikTok with the words, “Hey foreigners, let’s traumatize Italians.” Off the bat, she’s every Italian grandmother’s worst nightmare: She threatens to break the linguine but instead cuts the cooked pasta with a knife, then breaks an egg on top befor

FIRST International Film Festival (FIRST IFF) is dedicated to preserving the diverse voice of young filmmakers in Chinese-language cinema and offering an effective and fair evaluation standard. From the perspective of industry and art, FIRST IFF aspires to provide the explorers of cinematic ar

A weekly updated roundup of new restaurants in New York City

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Since March 16, 2020, when the state first temporarily closed indoor dining, hundreds of new restaurants have opened, includ

A weekly updated roundup of new restaurants in New York City

If you buy something from an Eater link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics policy.

Since March 16, 2020, when the state first temporarily closed indoor dining, hundreds of new restaurants have opened, includ

RUTLAND — The Rutland Free Public Library is hosting an exhibit of posters featuring the peace dove during the month of July. It is an exhibit that can be enjoyed by an audience of all ages.

Collector Stephen Lewis offers this exhibit. Lewis has been staging exhibits in public lib

Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.

Matsuya’s first-ever vending machine surprises everyone with secret burgers.

In Japan, beef bowls go by the name “gyudon” or “gyumeshi“, with the former referencing the big bowl (“donR

JULY 23 — Perhaps not everyone can plumb the depths of just how severe Covid-19 had been for the country as a whole and what it took to turn things around in one of the darkest periods in recent Malaysian history.

When the first lockdown was imposed on March 18, 2020, travel restrictio