The origins of Margherita pizza; one of the first forests on Earth
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| | By Nancy San Martin
It’s a place where meals come well-seasoned, spicy hot, meaty, or vegetarian. Where a symphony of languages, more than 300 of them, blend in with diverse rhythms of music. Where places of worship accommodate a variety of religions. Where families, close and far, cling to each other for survival.
As Nat Geo’s Jordan Salama eloquently writes in today’s feature on Queens, New York, the main thoroughfare of Roosevelt Avenue “is a pulsing artery of commerce and life.” (Above, neighborhood residents posing for portraits.) “The World’s Borough,” as Queens is dubbed, serves not just as a microcosm of humanity but also illustrates how connected we are as a global population.
“That’s because what happens on these streets has ripple effects near and far, sometimes as far as on the other side of the globe,” Salama writes, “and what happens on the other side of the globe also certainly influences who ends up here.”
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| Roosevelt Avenue at dawn (above): Once you get through reading about this vibrant community, we expect you might get a hankering for authentic meals from the “old country.” Should you find yourself on Roosevelt, our New York writers and editors suggest: New York Food Court for Central Asian cuisine; for Argentine-style medialunas and a cup of java, try Río de la Plata Bakery on Corona Avenue; Jackson Diner in the Jackson Heights neighborhood is well-known for Indian food; and for traditional Tibetan momo dumplings, Lhasa Fast Food is a winner.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY MATHIAS SVOLD, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION | | If it’s good enough for corporations … Call Canada’s swift-moving Magpie River a “person.” The Quebec river, popular with white water rafters, gained legal personhood status in 2021 by the Immu First Nations, which consider it sacred. It’s one of many rivers worldwide, such as New Zealand’s Whanganui River (pictured above), that have gained such status. What does it mean? Now the 120-mile Magpie has nine rights, among them the right to flow, maintain biodiversity, be free from pollution, and to sue, Nat Geo reports.
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 | | PHOTOGRAPH BY LUCIANO FURIA, GETTY IMAGES | | Where did we get Margherita pizza? The iconic Neapolitan dish (pictured above) was allegedly named for an Italian queen after she sampled it in Naples, but some say that theory is a little half-baked. Nat Geo’s History magazine looks beyond the tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil for the answers.
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