The Archive
Every editorial, gathered in one place.
Browse the complete Maison Maps editorial archive — a growing library of long-form country lookbooks, ordered alphabetically.
Vol. 26 — Bread, Tea and the Long Table
Afghanistan
From Kabul to the Hindu Kush
A cuisine built on hospitality and slow hours — kabuli palaw crowned with raisins and carrots, mantu dumplings blanketed in yoghurt, and a small glass of green tea always at hand.
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Vol. 27 — Couscous, Bread and Mint Tea
Algeria
From Algiers to the Sahara
A cuisine layered by Berber, Arab, Ottoman, Andalusian and French hands — Friday couscous, hand-torn bread from a wood oven, and the small, sweet ritual of Algerian mint tea.
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Vol. 05 — Fire, Malbec and Late Nights
Argentina
From Buenos Aires to Mendoza
A country that eats late, argues loudly about football at the table, and treats a Sunday asado as something between a meal and a small national holiday. Argentina cooks with fire and speaks with its hands.
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Vol. 07 — Trade Winds and Sunset Grills
Aruba
From Oranjestad to Arikok
A small Caribbean island shaped by Dutch, Spanish and South American kitchens — where fresh fish is grilled at the water's edge and pastechi are eaten warm on the way to the beach.
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Vol. 06 — Salt Air and Weekend Barbies
Australia
From Melbourne to the Northern Rivers
A country that eats outside more often than in — with the smell of eucalyptus in the air, a cricket match on somewhere in the background, and a table piled with prawns, pavlova and cold rieslings.
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Vol. 08 — Kaffeehaus Afternoons
Austria
From Vienna to the Alps
A country that treats a slice of cake and a small marble table as a form of civic architecture. Austria cooks patiently — schnitzel golden, strudel paper-thin, coffee served on a silver tray with a glass of water on the side.
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Vol. 03 — Banana Leaf and Sea Air
Bali
From Ubud to Jimbaran
Volcanic soil, rice terraces, coconut husks glowing over a grill, and offerings placed on doorsteps at dawn. The Balinese kitchen is inseparable from the island itself — and from the small daily ceremonies that hold it together.
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Vol. 10 — Flying Fish and Rum Shops
Barbados
From Bridgetown to Bathsheba
The birthplace of rum, and one of the Caribbean's most confident food islands. Barbados cooks with fire, fish and a Friday-night crowd that fills the streets of Oistins until well past midnight.
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Vol. 11 — Beer, Chocolate and Slow Weekends
Belgium
From Brussels to Ghent
A small country with an outsized food culture — moules-frites at midnight, chocolate shops on every corner, and abbeys still brewing beer the way monks have done for centuries.
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Vol. 12 — Coppered Coffee and Warm Bread
Bosnia & Herzegovina
From Sarajevo to Mostar
A country where Ottoman kitchens meet Balkan ones, where a small copper džezva of coffee is served with rahat lokum, and where the smell of ćevapi drifts across an old-town square long into the night.
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Vol. 13 — Beach Grills and Sunday Feijoada
Brazil
From Bahia to São Paulo
A country the size of a continent — and a table that stretches from Amazonian jungle to Atlantic coast. Brazil cooks with rice, beans, dendê oil, hot sun and an easy generosity.
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Vol. 14 — Maple, Wheat and Long Winters
Canada
From Montréal to the Prairies
A country of maple syrup mornings, long-simmered stews and multicultural cities that eat well from every corner of the world. Canada cooks quietly, and generously, and often with butter.
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Vol. 15 — Wok Smoke and Long Tables
China
From Sichuan to Shanghai
Not one cuisine but eight — Cantonese, Sichuan, Shanghai, Hunan, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong, Zhejiang — each with its own dialect at the table. China cooks fast, sharp, communal, and always in motion.
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Vol. 16 — Coffee, Coast and Andean Kitchens
Colombia
From Cartagena to Medellín
A country of coffee mountains, Caribbean coasts and warm Andean valleys — where breakfast is arepa and hot chocolate, and lunch is a plate large enough to skip dinner.
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Vol. 17 — Cassava, Palm Oil and River Fish
Congo
From Kinshasa to the Riverlands
A cuisine built on cassava leaves, palm oil, smoked fish and the slow music of a communal pot. Congo cooks with generosity and patience, and the table is always shared.
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Vol. 18 — Old Cars, Slow Rice, Rum
Cuba
From Havana to Trinidad
A country that cooks with black beans, rice, pork, citrus and improvisation. Cuba's kitchen is patient, warm and unshowy — a small paladar with three tables, a fan turning slowly, and someone playing son in the next room.
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Vol. 19 — Colour, Sea, Small Island Kitchen
Curaçao
From Willemstad to the Windward Coast
A small Dutch-Caribbean island where the houses are painted the colour of gelato and the kitchen borrows from Africa, the Netherlands, Venezuela and the sea itself.
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Vol. 34 — Smørrebrød, Rugbrød and Candlelit Hygge
Denmark
From Copenhagen to Jutland
A Nordic kitchen built on rye, patience and candlelight — layered open sandwiches, slow-braised pork, buttery pastries in a paper bag, and the small daily rituals that turn a long winter into hygge.
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Vol. 28 — Plantains, Sancocho and Caribbean Light
Dominican Republic
From Santo Domingo to the North Coast
A sunlit Caribbean kitchen where every morning starts with mangú, every long afternoon smells of sancocho, and the sea is never further away than the next street.
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Vol. 33 — Karak Chai, Machboos and Long Emirati Tables
Dubai
From the Creek to the Desert
A city where desert heritage and modern hospitality share the same table — spiced rice served in generous mounds, shawarma turning on late-night skewers, and small cups of cardamom coffee poured without ceremony.
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Vol. 20 — Bread, Beans and the Long Nile
Egypt
From Cairo to the Nile Delta
A country whose kitchen has been running for six thousand years — built on bread, fava beans, tahini, molokhia and long, patient stews served with a piece of aish baladi to scoop everything up.
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Vol. 21 — Injera, Coffee, Shared Plates
Ethiopia
From Addis Ababa to the Highlands
A country with one of the oldest coffee cultures in the world, a spice blend (berbere) built up over centuries, and a shared platter of injera that turns every meal into a small ceremony.
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Vol. 36 — Rye, Salmon and Long Northern Evenings
Finland
From Helsinki to Lapland
A Nordic kitchen shaped by forests, lakes and long dark winters — dark rye and butter, salmon soup steaming in the bowl, cardamom pulla still warm, and the quiet warmth of a candlelit kitchen table.
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Vol. 35 — Baguettes, Beurre and the Long French Lunch
France
From Paris to Provence
A country that treats the table as a daily ritual — a warm baguette on the counter, salted butter in a dish, a glass of chilled Sancerre, and lunches that stretch into the afternoon without apology.
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Vol. 37 — Bretzel, Sauerbraten and the Long German Table
Germany
From Berlin to Bavaria
A country that treats the table as a weekend ritual — dark rye and mustard, sauerbraten pulled apart in a slow sauce, apple strudel warm from the oven, and long communal tables under strings of light.
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Vol. 22 — Jollof, Fire and Family Sundays
Ghana
From Accra to the Northern Regions
A country that eats jollof rice with fierce pride, cooks with a smoke-scented fire, and turns Sunday lunch into a small family reunion. Ghana's table is warm, spiced and deeply communal.
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Vol. 39 — Feta, Olives and the Long Mediterranean Table
Greece
From Athens to the Aegean
A sunlit kitchen shaped by sea and hospitality — feta broken over ripe tomatoes, souvlaki turned on charcoal, moussaka warm from the oven, and long taverna tables that spill from lunch into the evening.
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Vol. 41 — Nutmeg, Oil Down and the Spice Isle
Grenada
From St. George's to the spice hills of the interior
A Caribbean kitchen shaped by spice — oil down bubbling slow with breadfruit and coconut, nutmeg grated into everything from punch to porridge, and reef-fresh seafood grilled under almond trees.
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Vol. 38 — Pepperpot, Roti and the Layered Caribbean Table
Guyana
From Georgetown to the Rupununi
A kitchen at the crossroads of the Caribbean, India, Africa and South America — dark pepperpot bubbling in cassareep, warm roti torn by hand, cook-up rice on Sunday, and long generous tables under coconut palms.
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Vol. 40 — Griot, Pikliz and the Creole Caribbean Table
Haiti
From Port-au-Prince to the Côte des Arcadins
A kitchen carried by Creole warmth — griot fried until crackling, pikliz singing with scotch bonnet, red beans simmered with epis, and long family Sundays that begin with soup joumou and end with rum in the shade.
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Vol. 42 — Dim Sum, Dai Pai Dong and the Neon Table
Hong Kong
From Sham Shui Po to the harbour front
Bamboo steamers stacked five high. Milk tea pulled through a cotton sock until it turns silk. A city that eats standing up, sitting down, at dawn and long after midnight — Hong Kong cooks at the speed of its own streets, and still finds time for a two-hour yum cha.
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Vol. 44 — Paprika, Goulash and the Long Hungarian Simmer
Hungary
From Budapest to the Great Plain
Onions softened in lard until sweet, then pulled off the heat before the paprika goes in. A pot left to murmur all afternoon. Sour cream stirred in at the very end. Hungary cooks with patience, colour and an unmistakable red warmth.
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Vol. 45 — Spice, Tiffin and the Endless Indian Table
India
From Delhi to Kerala
Cumin seeds cracking in hot ghee. A dosa spread thin across a blackened griddle. Chai poured back and forth until it froths. India does not cook one cuisine — it cooks a hundred, and every one of them begins with a scent.
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Vol. 46 — Bumbu, Sambal and the Archipelago Table
Indonesia
From Sumatra to Sulawesi
Shallot, garlic and chilli ground to a paste in a stone mortar. Coconut milk reducing until it darkens. A cart bell somewhere down the street at dusk. Indonesia cooks across seventeen thousand islands, and every one of them starts in the same place.
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Vol. 48 — Saffron, Herbs and the Golden Crust
Iran
From Tehran to Isfahan
Rice steamed grain by grain until a lacquered crust forms at the bottom of the pot. Herbs cooked down for hours until they turn almost black. Tea poured dark into small glasses, all afternoon. Iran cooks with patience, and calls it hospitality.
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Vol. 49 — Stews, Soda Bread and Slow Mornings
Ireland
From Dublin to Galway Bay
A pot on the hob since morning. Bread that needs no proving. Oysters straight off the Atlantic and a pint thick enough to be called liquid bread. Ireland feeds people who have come in out of the weather.
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Vol. 01 — A Sunlit Table
Italy
From Rome to Sicily
A slow morning of espresso taken standing at the bar, a long lunch that forgets the clock, and a table always set for one more. Italy is not a cuisine but a way of moving through the day.
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Vol. 52 — Pimento Smoke and the Sunday Pot
Jamaica
From Boston Bay to the Blue Mountains
Jerk turning slowly over pimento wood, ackee softening in the pan, oxtail left to give way on its own time. Jamaica cooks with smoke, heat and a great deal of generosity.
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Vol. 50 — Season, Silence and the Perfect Bowl
Japan
From Tokyo to the Seto Inland Sea
A bowl of rice, a bowl of soup, three small dishes. Sashimi cut with reverence, ramen slurped standing up, matcha whisked until the room goes quiet. Japan feeds people one season at a time.
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Vol. 53 — One Platter, Many Hands
Kazakhstan
From Almaty to the steppe
Beshbarmak carried in on a single wide platter. Manti steaming under a cloth. Baursak piled warm in a bowl and tea poured again before the cup is empty. Kazakhstan feeds guests first and counts portions later.
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Vol. 23 — Nyama Choma and Chai Afternoons
Kenya
From Nairobi to the Coast
A country of long tea breaks, weekend nyama choma over open coals, and a Swahili coast kitchen where coconut and cardamom soften every plate. Kenya cooks slowly and eats together.
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Vol. 54 — Mezze, Zaatar and the Long Table
Lebanon
From Beirut to the Bekaa
A table covered edge to edge before the main course arrives. Manakish folded warm at seven in the morning. Arak clouding in the glass as the plates keep coming. Lebanon cooks for more guests than were invited, and always has.
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Vol. 24 — Rice, Palm Oil, Pepper
Liberia
From Monrovia to the Coast
A West-African kitchen built on rice, palm oil, cassava leaves and hot pepper — where a bowl of pepper soup shared at the table can carry an entire evening.
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Vol. 56 — Nasi Lemak, Laksa, Roti Canai
Malaysia
From Penang to Kuala Lumpur
Coconut rice wrapped in banana leaf for breakfast. Laksa at the hawker stall. Roti canai torn and dipped in curry at any hour of the day. Malaysia eats across three kitchens at once, and rarely stops.
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Vol. 29 — Pastizzi, Rabbit and the Middle Sea
Malta
From Valletta to Gozo
A tiny archipelago in the middle of the Mediterranean, cooking with Sicilian, Arab and British hands at once — pastizzi at the corner bar, ftira on the beach, and rabbit stew for the family Sunday.
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Vol. 51 — Corn, Chile and the Midnight Taquería
Mexico
From Oaxaca to the Yucatán coast
Masa ground before sunrise, chiles toasted on a comal, a trompo of al pastor turning under pineapple. Mexico cooks in colour — and it has been doing it far longer than the map has existed.
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Vol. 02 — Tea, Spice and Slow Hours
Morocco
From Marrakech to Fez
A conical tagine circling steam back onto tender lamb. Mint tea poured from a great height into small glass cups. A table built for hours, not minutes. Morocco cooks the way it welcomes — slowly, generously, and always with a second glass.
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Vol. 55 — Mohinga at First Light
Myanmar
From Yangon to Shan State
Fish broth poured over rice noodles from a low stool at dawn. Tea leaves eaten rather than drunk. Curries left to sit in oil until the flavour settles. Myanmar cooks quietly, and rewards anyone who slows down for it.
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Vol. 57 — Momo Steam and the Daily Dal Bhat
Nepal
Kathmandu mornings and tables across the hills
Tea before the market opens. Dal bhat returning to the table each day. Momos folded in company and sel roti turning gold in the pan. Nepal is held together by food that is generous, practical and deeply particular.
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Vol. 25 — Herring, Cheese and Long Bike Rides
Netherlands
From Amsterdam to the Wadden
A country that eats simply and well — a herring at a stall, a slice of gouda at the market, a plate of stamppot on a cold Tuesday, and stroopwafels warm from a Sunday brown café.
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Vol. 59 — Hāngī Smoke and the Kiwi Kitchen
New Zealand
From Auckland kitchens to the southern coast
Kūmara roasting until the edges caramelise. A hāngī lifted from the earth. Whitebait folded into fritters, a flat white poured properly, pavlova argued over at the end. Aotearoa cooks close to its land and its sea.
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Vol. 43 — Jollof, Suya and the Generous Nigerian Table
Nigeria
From Lagos to Kano
A pot of jollof left long enough to catch at the bottom. Suya turned over coals and dusted with yaji. Pounded yam soft enough to be torn by hand. Nigeria cooks loudly, generously and with absolute conviction — and always makes enough for whoever walks in.
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Vol. 58 — Coffee, Brunost and the Winter Table
Norway
From breakfast tables to the western coast
Brown cheese sliced over a warm waffle. Coffee poured again without asking. Salmon, cod and berries moving with the season. Norway finds ceremony in the quiet repetition of an everyday table.
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Vol. 60 — Nihari Mornings and the Charcoal Street
Pakistan
From Lahore breakfasts to Karachi street corners
Nihari simmered through the night and eaten at first light. Biryani layered for a full table. Kebabs turning over charcoal, chai poured at every hour. Pakistan cooks slowly and shares generously.
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Vol. 65 — Citrus at Noon, Anticuchos after Dark
Peru
From Lima's markets to the Andean table
Ceviche while the Pacific morning is cool, ají ground into every shade of heat, anticuchos after sunset. Peru's table is shaped by coast, mountain, migration and a remarkable instinct for balance.
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Vol. 30 — Adobo, Halo-Halo and the Long Family Table
Philippines
From Manila to the Visayas
A seven-thousand-island kitchen built on adobo, rice, coconut and a genius for turning any occasion into a feast — kamayan on banana leaves, halo-halo in the heat, and lechon at every celebration worth its name.
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Vol. 62 — Sunday Tables, Milk Bars and Pierogi
Poland
From Kraków bakeries to Warsaw milk bars
Obwarzanki on a Kraków street cart. Żurek on a cold morning. Pierogi pinched by many hands at one table. Poland is tasted at home, in recipes that travel further than the language.
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Vol. 63 — Pastéis at Dawn, Sardines after Sunset
Portugal
From Lisbon pastelarias to the Douro
A bica at the counter, a pastel de nata still warm. Sardines grilled on a June street corner, bacalhau cooked a hundred ways. Portugal is tasted standing up, at the market, and at a family table that stretches into the afternoon.
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Vol. 64 — Sofrito at Noon, Lechón on Sunday
Puerto Rico
From the San Juan panadería to the Guavate road
Café con leche at the panadería, sofrito in the blender, plantains in every form. Puerto Rico is tasted at the bakery counter, at the coastal kiosk and at a family table that always has room for one more.
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Vol. 65 — Oats, Whisky and the Warm Scottish Table
Scotland
From Edinburgh's New Town to a Highland kitchen
Porridge made properly. Haggis served with ceremony. Shortbread in a tin that never survives the week. Scotland cooks from the land and the sea, and it does not decorate what does not need decorating.
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Vol. 47 — Hawker Legends and the Kopi Hour
Singapore
From Tiong Bahru to Katong
A wok breathing fire under a tin roof. Crab shells cracked over sweet chilli gravy. Coffee pulled between two cups until it foams. Singapore is a small island that eats like four countries at once, and does it standing up.
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Vol. 31 — Night Markets, Bubble Tea and Xiao Chi
Taiwan
From Taipei to Tainan
An island kitchen built on small plates and long nights — beef noodle soup at a corner counter, oyster omelettes at Shilin, and a cold cup of bubble tea in the humid Taipei afternoon.
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Vol. 09 — Conch, Rum and Turquoise
The Bahamas
From Nassau to the Out Islands
Seven hundred islands scattered across turquoise water — and a kitchen built on conch, seafood, tropical fruit and rum. The Bahamas cooks slowly, with the ocean always at the door.
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Vol. 32 — Diner Classics, Golden State, Aloha
United States
From coast to coast
A vast, regional kitchen shaped by migration and reinvention — diner classics and long weekend brunches, sun-drenched California produce, and the tropical warmth of a Hawaiian plate lunch.
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Vol. 61 — Broth at Dawn, Coffee over Ice
Vietnam
From Hanoi mornings to Saigon café tables
Phở steaming before the city is fully awake. Bánh mì wrapped for the road. Herbs piled high at the market and cà phê sữa đá poured slowly over ice. Vietnam is tasted in motion, one low table at a time.
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