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speakeasies

Atlas Obscura Presents: Traveling Back in Time for Coconut Cake With The Sporkful

In search of an elusive slice of coconut cake, Dan Pashman of The Sporkful takes a detour through LA’s abandoned underground tunnel system, visiting a former speakeasy and an unusual store along the way.
The Podcast Team June 8, 2025
food

How Coconut Macaroons Earned a Place on the Passover Table

Industrial innovations and a heavy push from Jewish companies helped cement the cookie as a new tradition.
Sam Lin-Sommer April 15, 2022
Mantas gliding by a shore covered by <em>Pisonia</em>, a native flowering plant species in the Palmyra Atoll.
islands

To Restore Remote Palmyra Atoll, Getting Rid of Rats Was Just the First Step

Researchers are now focused on the coconut palms, to make the atoll more friendly to seabirds.
Luna Shyr December 7, 2020
Ai Thong, a trained macaque, harvests coconuts in a family's backyard.
monkeys

These Money-Making Monkeys Have Jobs Picking Coconuts

In Thailand, humans and simians share harvesting duties.
Austin Bush February 28, 2020
Gastro Obscura

Luk Chup

Portuguese traders' love of marzipan paved the way for Thailand's vibrant mung bean candy.
Gastro Obscura

Bebinca

Goa's signature baked pudding cake is multicultural and multilayered.
Placentas encased in coconut shells.
Kintamani, Indonesia

Bayung Gede Placenta Graveyard

In this Balinese village, coconut shells containing placentas are hung from trees.
Gastro Obscura

Lambanóg

We can thank coconuts for this lesser-known tropical moonshine.
A coconut, hopefully not cursed.
black magic

Why Coconuts Were Accused of Meddling in Politics

The fruits are thought by some to power black magic rituals.
Paula Mejia April 10, 2018
Pandan and mung bean topped with coconut cream.
Gastro Obscura

Leum Kleun

A treat so smooth, its name means “I forgot I swallowed.”
Coquito nuts are found covered by the yellow layer shown on the right.
Gastro Obscura

Coquito Nuts

Chile is home to very, very small coconuts.
A 19th-century coconut dipper: It's pure Americana.
food

Why 19th-Century Americans Drank From Coconut Shells

A different kind of coconut water craze.
Atlas Obscura December 4, 2017
August Engelhardt believed coconuts were divine.
cults

The Curious Case of August Engelhardt, Leader of a Coconut-Obsessed Cult

"The sun, God, and the coconut were like Father, Son, and Holy Ghost."
Zoë Bernard November 30, 2017
Kokoda: Fijian-style ceviche.
Gastro Obscura

Miti

Fiji's signature coconut condiment makes creamy, spicy ceviche.
The grub is also edible.
Gastro Obscura

Bush Coconut

All bush coconuts come with a free, juicy worm inside.
Homemade Needham's at Captain Sawyer's Bed and Breakfast in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
Gastro Obscura

Needhams

A candy made with chocolate, coconut and ... mashed potatoes?
Grating coconuts using a coconut grater school in Tahiti, circa 1911.
Gastro Obscura

Coconut Grater Stool

You put the grater in the coconut...