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German cultural festival coming to Mansfield
Mansfield News Journal - Ohio
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Mansfield Liederkranz will host Treffen2025, a German cultural festival, during Labor Day weekend. The event, formally known as Landenstreffen der Donauschwaben, will take place Aug. 29-31, according to a community announcement. The festival will...
Big ideas from IBA baking show in Germany
Canadian Pizza
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August 18, 2025
IBA baking show in Duesseldorf featured big ideas and new products to take bakeries and pizzerias into the future I attended the IBA baking show and conference in May on behalf of Canadian Pizza and Bakers Journal, where an abundance of big ideas...
World News | 90 Tibetan Children's Paintings Displayed in Dharamshala Restaurants to Celebrate Dalai Lama's 90th Birthday
Latestly
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August 18, 2025
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 18 (ANI): Ninety paintings created by Tibetan children from across the world are on display at three different restaurants in McLeodganj, the North Indian hill town in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala....
The Verdict Is In; Guests Say These Are the Most Overhyped Disney World Restaurants
Inside the Magic
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August 17, 2025
When it comes to dining at Walt Disney World Resort, it seems that the options are endless. There are more than 400 eateries, offering everything from Mexican to French, German, Italian, Japanese, Indian, classic American fare, and more. One thing...
90 Tibetan children’s paintings displayed in Dharamshala restaurants to celebrate Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday
The News Mill
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August 17, 2025
Ninety paintings created by Tibetan children from across the world are on display at three different restaurants in McLeodganj, the North Indian hill town in Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala. The exhibition, titled “Dear Kundun” – Tibetan Children’s...
SailGP confirms long-term commitment to racing in Germany, Australia, Brazil, USA, UK and UAE
Live Sail Die
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August 17, 2025
SailGP, the world’s most exciting racing on water, has today announced a major three-season commitment to host the Germany Sail Grand Prix in August, cementing Sassnitz as a returning to the championship’s calendar on August 22-23, 2026 and then a...
California’s Oldest Structure Is Said To Be A 600-Year-Old Japanese Pagoda Inside This Chic L.A. Restaurant
Secret Los Angeles - California
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August 16, 2025
Photo by Kit Leong on Shutterstock High up in L.A.’s glamorous Hollywood Hills neighborhood, you’ll find an authentic Japanese pagoda dating back to the 14th century, which two brothers imported to their fanciful Asian-inspired estate in the early...
German states in dispute over who invented bratwurst
BGNES
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August 16, 2025
A dispute has erupted between the two German states of Bavaria and Thuringia over who can claim the title of inventor of the bratwurst sausage. Until now, the title of “the world’s oldest place to sell bratwurst” was claimed by the Bavarian tavern...
List: Here's where new Raising Cane's restaurants are opening soon
WANE - Indiana
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August 16, 2025
(NEXSTAR) — We can’t guarantee that Chevy Chase will be working the drive-thru window or that the restaurants will be as bold as the Post Malone-designed location in Utah, but we can confirm Raising Cane’s is gearing up to open almost a dozen new...
Retail Watch: Find fine dining and local history without breaking the bank at this new Bethlehem restaurant
Morning Call - Pennsylvania
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August 16, 2025
As John Gilbert helped set up the new Bethlehem Barrel & Drafthouse, he discovered some family history: his great-grandfather Stanley Dubinski worked just nearby at Bethlehem Steel after he moved from Poland. “And none of my family is here,...
Thai Beverage records 0.4% revenue decline amid spirits weakness
Food Business Africa Magazine
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August 16, 2025
SINGAPORE – Thai Beverage Public Company Limited has reported a 0.4% year-on-year (YoY) decline in sales revenue to THB258.6 billion (US$10.75 billion) for the nine months ended June 30, 2025. The performance was impacted by continued weakness in...
German states debate who invented sausages
The Chronicle News Online
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August 15, 2025
A row has broken out between two German states, Bavaria and Thuringia, as to who can lay claim to inventing the Bratwurst sausage. Until now, the “Wurstkuchl” tavern in Bavaria has claimed to be “the oldest Bratwurst stand in the world.” Die...
How the mafia infiltrated Germany
Unherd
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August 15, 2025
“Mafia is a process, not a thing” — Joe Bonanno, Italian-American crime boss In the early hours of 15 August 2007, six young Italian men got into their cars after celebrating an 18th birthday at Da Bruno, a pizza restaurant in the city of Duisburg...
Gastroparesis and glucose: grappling with a growing health challenge
Clinical Trials Arena
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August 14, 2025
August is Gastroparesis Awareness Month, a time dedicated to highlighting a condition that affects thousands yet often goes undetected or misunderstood. Gastroparesis, also called “delayed stomach emptying”, can cause persistent nausea, vomiting,...
Tom Belesiu, founder of beloved SE Portland restaurant, dies at 92
OregonLive.com
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August 15, 2025
Decades after Tom Belesiu sold the place to his daughter and son-in-law, Tom’s Restaurant regulars could still find him every day at the business he founded in 1975. He greeted customers, cleared tables, made minor building and equipment repairs....
German states debate who invented Bratwurst sausages
BBC
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A row has broken out between two German states, Bavaria and Thuringia, as to who can lay claim to inventing the Bratwurst sausage. Until now, the "Wurstkuchl" tavern in Bavaria has claimed to be "the oldest Bratwurst stand in the world." Die...
Beleaguered Former Westfield Mall Gets More Beleaguered, Loses Six More Restaurants
SFist - California
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August 15, 2025
If you even realize that the former Westfield Mall is now called the San Francisco Centre, be aware that its dwindling number of tenants no longer includes Jamba Juice, Blondie’s Pizza, or four other restaurants that just deserted. Surely the most...
‘Michigan’s Little Bavaria’ Is the Best Small Town for Families—With German-inspired Hotels and the World’s Largest Christmas Store
AOL
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Frankenmuth Chamber of Commerce & CVB A family walks along Main Street in Frankenmuth, Michigan.Frankenmuth, Michigan Make a splash at the Bavarian Blast Waterpark, the largest indoor waterpark in Michigan. Cruise the Cass River two ways. Dig into...
Tulsa Eatery Named Best German Restaurant in Oklahoma
KWFS - Texas
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August 15, 2025
Today, Tulsa gets to brag to the entire state about Siegi’s Sausage Factory... Not just because their bratwurst snaps with Old-World rhythm or their schnitzel bleeds a golden crunch, but because Family Vacations U.S. has officially named it the...
Mutiny at JD Vance's dinner date: Woke staff at Cotswolds gastro-pub threatened to walk out if US vice president attended - prompting a hasty venue switch
Daily Mail
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August 15, 2025
US vice president JD Vance is understood to have been forced to cancel a dinner reservation at a trendy Cotswolds gastro-pub after woke staff threatened to walk out if he showed up. Vance's family holiday with his wife, Usha Chilukuri, 39, and...