What We're Reading: Thursday, December 29

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  Billy Corgan Opening 1930s-Style Chinese Tea House – Eater
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  Bay Leaf: The Herb That Thinks It's A Spice – Serious Eats
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  No Sharks Were Harmed In the Making Of This Shark Fin Soup – New Yorker
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  Foreign Food Influences Threaten the Full English Breakfast – Digital Journal
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  I Smuggled a Knife, Stinky Cheese and Herbs Past TSA This Year – Miami New Times
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  What To Do With Extra Gifted Toffee – YumSugar
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  Scary Shot Glass Product – CHOW
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  The Ultimate New Year's Hangover Breakfast – Esquire

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