Longreads Best of 2013: My Favorite New Publisher Discovery

## Roads & Kingdoms

## 道路与王国

David Weiner (@daweiner) is creative and editorial director at Digg.

David Weiner (@daweiner) 是 Digg 的创意和编辑总监。

Roads & Kingdoms makes me feel bad about myself in the best possible way.

《道路与王国》以最好的方式让我对自己感到难过。

Ostensibly a travel and food site, Roads & Kingdoms is more like a revolver of adventure—each story a bullet that enlightens and inspires, educates and informs.

表面上是一个旅游和美食网站，《道路与王国》更像是一把冒险的左轮手枪——每个故事都是一颗子弹，可以启发、启发、教育和告知。

Through them, I’ve learned things like the code of bootleggers in Karachi, eavesdropped on a meeting of the world’s most politically-powerful chefs, and mastered the untranslatable concept of “lagom,” for which I don’t have the words.

通过他们，我学到了诸如卡拉奇走私者的守则之类的东西，偷听了世界上最有政治影响力的厨师的会议，并掌握了“lagom”这个无法翻译的概念，而我却无法用这个词来形容它。

I can’t think of another publisher that so consistently makes me want to quit my job to travel, explore, discover or really any verb that gets me out into the real world and a million miles away from a computer and the complacency of modern life.

我想不出还有哪个出版商如此持续地让我想要辞掉工作去旅行、探索、发现或任何能让我进入现实世界、远离电脑和现代生活的自满的动词。

Simply put, Roads & Kingdoms is dangerous reading, especially in times like these.

简而言之，《道路与王国》是一本危险的读物，尤其是在这样的时代。

So if you’re new to Roads & Kingdoms, tread carefully: you may find yourself buying a one-way ticket to another continent before you realize what hit you.

因此，如果您是《道路与王国》的新手，请谨慎行事：您可能会发现自己购买了一张前往另一个大陆的单程票，然后才意识到是什么打击了您。