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Alex Gallafent

Alex Gallafent is a New York City-based correspondent whose reports for PRI’s The World have taken him to Swaziland, South Africa, the Brazilian Amazon, Turkey, Chile and the UAE. A former staff reporter and producer, he produced The World’s series on US presidential influence overseas in 2012. Alex’s radio career began with the BBC in London, where he produced flagship arts programs Front Row and Night Waves; Outlook; and the globe-spanning music show, Late Junction.Alex is also a Design Lead at IDEO, and a composer/sound designer for theater on both sides of the Atlantic.
Dips and Small Bites from The Palestinian Table: (clockwise from left) Taboon Bread; Parsley or Cilantro (Coriander) Tahini Spread; Walnut and Garlic Labaneh; Deep-Fried Cheese and Za’atar Parcels; Garlic and Cucumber Labaneh; Avocado, Labaneh, and Preser
Food
‘The Palestinian Table’ is as much a memoir as a cookbook
A local cook prepares a traditional ethnic Tujia wedding feast during celebrations marking the Lunar New Year in China’s Hubei province.
Culture
Cooking Chinese food is all about family and friends
Katie and Leeann Chin.
Food
How a Chinese restaurant in America’s Midwest won Sean Connery’s heart
Sabrina Ghayour
Food
No one else in her family cooked, so Sabrina Ghayour taught herself at age 5
Aquavit in New York is a big-name restaurant that’s flown the flag of Swedish cooking for years.
Food
This chef cooks Swedish in New York — and shoots Texan in Dallas
Mexican singer Astrid Hadad performing 2012.
Culture
Astrid Hadad’s cabaret of colors will stop you in your tracks
French chef Dominique Crenn.
Culture
A French chef’s love letter to Brittany
Alex Stupak's pastrami taco.
Culture
Behold the fine-dining pastrami taco
The winning sculpture — "Treasures not trophies."
Culture
It’s too cold in much of the US for beach fun — but perfect sandcastle weather in Bermuda
True love cake by baker Samantha Seneviratne. Permission from "The New Sugar and Spice," by Samantha Seneviratne, copyright 2015, published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Culture
Too sweet? This baker has figured out how to balance sugar and spice.
The Bombay Canteen's Uncle's Mutton Curry with kamal kakdi and lemongrass.
Culture
Inspired by his grandmother to cook, he’s now executive chef at The Bombay Canteen
OY
Music
Art-pop duo OY’s new album is part-documentary and includes recordings of local sounds, people and music from across Africa
Pie
Food
There was a real recipe for ‘Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie’
Tony Gemignani's Neapolitan margherita pizza.
Food
How Tony Gemignani shocked the pizza world
Nathan East playing his bass guitar.
Music
You’ve probably heard this bass player hundreds of times — now finally meet him
Emel Mathlouthi
Music
The singer of Tunisia’s protest anthem says music and culture can turn around extremism
Chicken paprikash with nokedli
Food
Why chicken paprikash is sure to warm your day
Where do the words 'ketchup,' 'toast' and 'salad' come from?
Food
If you want to know where your food comes from, ask a linguist
A worker pours manzanilla wine into a wine taster from a oak barrel in the wine cellar "La Guita" in Sanlucar de Barrameda, southern Spain
Food
For this wine expert, sherry is a ‘celebration of leisure’
New York sommelier and chef Paul Lang
Food
This New York sommelier makes Italian wines personal with their stories
British-Israeli chef Yottam Ottolenghi has become known for his innovative ways to prepare vegetable dishes.
Food
This London chef will make you reconsider cauliflower
Cardoon, also known as the artichoke thistle, is one of the plants Jennifer McLagan discusses in her new book Bitter: A Taste of the World's Most Dangerous Flavor
Food
Don’t be afraid of that bitter taste in your mouth!
Front of the Boopshi restaurant
Food
A book of recipes connects brothers to their Austrian heritage
"Bread and Dripping," a traditional English dish, is the first course of Tom Sellers' menu at his London eatery, Restaurant Story.
Food
This English chef is bringing working-class ‘bread and dripping’ to his finest patrons
Music
Here’s a look at KiT, an energetic band from Curaçao
Asian tourists at Lavender by the Bay farm on Long Island
Lifestyle & Belief
Why this New York lavender farm is a huge draw for Asian tourists
Asian tourists at Lavender by the Bay farm on Long Island
Lifestyle & Belief
Why this New York lavender farm is a huge draw for Asian tourists
A Swiss cheesemaker inspects a large wheel of cave-aged Gruyere cheese. Such cheeses can be windows into the culture and geography of the places where they're made.
Lifestyle & Belief
Is a piece of cheese the ultimate history book?
A Swiss cheesemaker inspects a large wheel of cave-aged Gruyere cheese. Such cheeses can be windows into the culture and geography of the places where they're made.
Lifestyle & Belief
Is a piece of cheese the ultimate history book?
Sports
When England’s soccer team arrives in Manaus, they’ll find a city that is both foreign and familiar
Members of the trio Wu Force
Arts, Culture & Media
This Chinese-American trio describes their music as ‘Kung fu Appalachian indie rock folk’
Shio and Shoyu ramen
Lifestyle & Belief
Here’s how a kid from Long Island became a king of Japanese ramen
Shio and Shoyu ramen
Lifestyle & Belief
Here’s how a kid from Long Island became a king of Japanese ramen
Sweet Paul's Almond Buns.
Lifestyle & Belief
Why coffee and almond buns mean childhood for this Norwegian author
Katarzyna Ploszaj's mother, Ela, making pierogies with a young relative
Arts, Culture & Media
Why pierogies mean love for this Polish chef in Brooklyn
Chef Barbara Sibley of La Palapa Cocina Mexicana in New York
Arts, Culture & Media
If you like enchiladas con mole, give thanks to Mexico’s convent kitchens
Henry Blofeld performs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 16, 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Arts, Culture & Media
Why cricket’s Henry Blofeld believes in ‘squeezing the orange’ to the very last drop
Lifestyle & Belief
A New York restaurateur learned his trade by buying and selling sea urchin
L'As Du Fallafel
Arts, Culture & Media
Why food writer David Tanis really (really!) likes this Paris falafel shop
Scott Wiener's current favorite pizza box is the VENTiT from India, which allows "crust-damaging steam to escape without sacrificing necessary heat."
Arts, Culture & Media
Where does the perfect pizza box come from? Try India
Spaghetti alla carbonara
Arts, Culture & Media
Why you shouldn’t mess with carbonara
Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat
Arts, Culture & Media
Why these two New York chefs consider curry Japanese soul food
Chef Andy Ricker's new cookbook "Pok Pok" explores his travels in Thailand.
Arts, Culture & Media
How a Thai mushroom keeps this award-winning chef on his toes
Kougelhof
Lifestyle & Belief
There’s French pastry … and then there’s the Kougelhof
A kolache
Lifestyle & Belief
Go figure — a Czech snack ends up in New York, by way of Texas
Saeed Pourkay makes a soup called Asheh Reshteh at Taste of Persia NYC in Manhattan.
Lifestyle & Belief
This chef serves Persian comfort food from the corner of a pizza joint in New York City
Celebrating Mandela
Global Politics
A restaurant in Brooklyn — named for Mandela — says goodbye with flying lanterns
Anne Sophie Diotallevi and her version of the merveilleux
Lifestyle & Belief
Got a sweet tooth? A Belgian pastry chef brings the ‘merveilleux’ to New York
Lifestyle & Belief
A spicy sauce, an Israeli chef and one embarrassing dad? Happy Thanksgivukkah
Lifestyle & Belief
Why do we love conspiracy theories?
Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott
Global Politics
Australia’s spy service has its own embarrassing moment, thanks to Snowden
Zubair Rahman (13), his siter Nabila (9) and their father Rafiq in New York.
Conflict & Justice
One Pakistani family retells the story of a drone attack that changed their lives
Brooklyn-based Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu.
Arts, Culture & Media
Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu takes us on a ‘Fantastic Journey’
Arts, Culture & Media
A Sad Morning, Every Morning: Kinan Azmeh’s Music for Syria
Arts, Culture & Media
How an American Linguist Helped Unlock the Secrets of Linear B
Conflict & Justice
Spanish Doctor Convicted in Sports Doping Investigation
Arts, Culture & Media
Humanity Now Consuming 100 Billion Servings of Instant Noodles Annually
Global Politics
Horse Doping Scandal Rocks Dubai’s Racing Empire
Conflict & Justice
Boston Bombings Suspects #1 and #2: Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Arts, Culture & Media
Rehabilitating the Pressure Cooker after the Boston Bombing