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'The Barber of Seville', Rossini's fizzy 1816 opera buffa based on Beaumarchais' play, has stayed in the repertoire for over two centuries. Its New Orleans premiere at the Théâtre d'Orléans introduced grand opera to the American South.

Cheese has been made across the Mediterranean since antiquity. Thessaly's mountain shepherds supplied medieval Constantinople with pungent aged rounds, while Asturias in northern Spain produces the powerful blue Cabrales, aged in limestone caves in the Picos de Europa.

Turkish coffee spread across the Balkans during Ottoman rule and stayed as a daily ritual after independence. In 2013, UNESCO added Turkish coffee culture to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Both Peru and Chile claim the pisco sour as their national cocktail, and both countries have Pisco Sour Days. The core recipe combines pisco brandy, lime juice, simple syrup, egg white, and Angostura bitters.

'The Barber of Seville', Rossini's fizzy 1816 opera buffa based on Beaumarchais' play, has stayed in the repertoire for over two centuries. Its New Orleans premiere at the Théâtre d'Orléans introduced grand opera to the American South.

Cheese has been made across the Mediterranean since antiquity. Thessaly's mountain shepherds supplied medieval Constantinople with pungent aged rounds, while Asturias in northern Spain produces the powerful blue Cabrales, aged in limestone caves in the Picos de Europa.

Turkish coffee spread across the Balkans during Ottoman rule and stayed as a daily ritual after independence. In 2013, UNESCO added Turkish coffee culture to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Both Peru and Chile claim the pisco sour as their national cocktail, and both countries have Pisco Sour Days. The core recipe combines pisco brandy, lime juice, simple syrup, egg white, and Angostura bitters.