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Paris, France

E. Dehillerin

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.
My Thanksgiving apple cake had some unconventional ingredients.
food

Try These West African Spices in Your Holiday Baking

Have some fun with fusion.
Andrew Coletti December 11, 2023
My microwave-made feast.
food

Cooking a Microwave Feast, 1980s-Style

Is it possible to nuke a decent boeuf bourguignon?
Anne Ewbank September 11, 2023
Bienno, Italy

Fucina Museo

A place to appreciate the sweat and ingenuity it used to take to make a pot.
The changing colors of Uluru at sunset. The famous gigantic monolith rock in the Australian desert.
Itinerary

The Explorer’s Guide to the Northern Territory, Australia

Stargazing, bush tucker, and wildlife from the Top End to the Red Centre
restaurants

Podcast: A Delicious Mission with Cheuk Kwan

Enjoy a round-the-world meal: three courses, three incredible places, three stories of Chinese immigration.
The Podcast Team March 29, 2023
In the 1970s and 80s, illicit cooking sessions known as "masak" were widespread in Singaporean prisons and rehabilitation centers.
prisons

The Underground Cooks of Singapore's Prisons

In the 1970s and 80s, when the guards stepped away, the pots and flames came out.
Sam Lin-Sommer January 12, 2023
Forget "naughty or nice?" The more important question this gift-giving season is "sweet or savory?"
food

Delicious Gifts for the Food-Obsessed

A gift guide from the Atlas Obscura team.
Atlas Obscura November 30, 2022
Sevan trout, baked in bark from a birch tree at Tsaghkunk restaurant.
restaurants

Armenia's Ancient Ovens Are Hot Again

They're fueling a new approach to traditional cuisine.
Barbara Woolsey August 30, 2022
The team visited an abandoned hut on their way to Bellingshausen Station.
exploration

The Art of Eating Well in Antarctica

With resourcefulness and a little help from international neighbors, a volunteer crew thrived in the icy landscape.
Sam Lin-Sommer August 23, 2022
Sunshine and some reflective material can cook your dinner.
solar power

Can Solar Cookers Save the World?

This old technology is more important than ever.
Anne Ewbank May 31, 2022
A packed Betty Crocker test kitchen in 1935.
food

The Unsung Women of the Betty Crocker Test Kitchens

For many Crockettes, the job was glamorous, fulfilling, and "almost subversive."
Anne Ewbank March 21, 2022
food

The Curious Case of Colonial India's Breakfast Curries

Even as the British Empire appropriated curry, authentic versions conquered local officials' tables.
Lily Kelting February 16, 2022
The satellite dish in action on a sunny day.
restaurants

At This Armenian Restaurant, the Ovens Are Satellite Dishes

The "Sunny Meals" are made with sunshine.
Rafael Tonon January 4, 2022
Villaseca, Chile

Entre Cordillera Restobar Solar

At this desert restaurant, meals are cooked in solar ovens.
Kearney, Nebraska

Morris Press Cookbook Store

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.
The first—and only—kitchen computer ever sold looked like something out of <em>Star Trek.</em>
computers

When Americans Dreamed of Kitchen Computers

The ultimate appliance turned out to be expensive and impractical.
Alex Ketchum July 21, 2021
The team mixes salt and seawater to make brine.
ruins

The Team Resurrecting Ancient Rome's Favorite Condiment

Making umami inside 2,000-year-old ruins.
Rafael Tonon June 24, 2021