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A small uranium-glass pitcher (left) and uranium glass plates (right).
radioactive

The Collectors Who Hunt Down Radioactive Glassware

Their tools are black lights and Geiger counters.
Amiee Maxwell May 17, 2021
One of the included cookbooks, <em>Cooking by Kadambila Saraswati</em>, is about South Canara cuisine.
food

Cook Your Way Through Regional Indian Recipes With This Online Archive

A student project is digitizing the subcontinent's community cookbooks.
Sharanya Deepak May 3, 2021
Malted milk biscuits are a popular tea companion.
military history

So What Is a British Biscuit Really?

And why does it need to "snap"?
Dan Nosowitz March 19, 2021
Rufus Estes's 1911 cookbook is included in Sokoh's digital library.
libraries

Now Online: A Free Library Devoted to West Africa's Food Heritage

A new internet archive is making the region's culinary history more accessible than ever.
Vonnie Williams February 22, 2021
A selection of soups from <em>The Chicken Soup Manifesto</em>.
chickens

Around the World in 130 Chicken-Soup Recipes

A new cookbook is devoted entirely to the soothing, healing meal.
Kayla Stewart November 30, 2020
Rice cookers are an elegant solution to a tricky task.
food

The Battle to Invent the Automatic Rice Cooker

The biggest names in Japanese technology vied to bring them to market.
Anne Ewbank July 31, 2020
One of Anna Kharzeeva's adaptations of the "Soviet pizza" recipe.
food

Eat Like You're in the USSR With 'The Soviet Diet Cookbook'

By making pizza approved by the Communist Party.
Dalia Wolfson July 20, 2020
Ingredients that underpin the cuisine include pitseed goosefoot (left), a type of physalis known as ground cherries, among other names (center), and sunflowers pressed into oil (right).
restaurants

The Cherokee Chefs Bringing Back North America’s Lost Cuisine

Researching traditional foods led them to the revelations of an archaeological dig in Kentucky.
Eric J. Wallace June 4, 2020
Kitchen hacks from tough times past.
food

Even More Historic Dishes Born From Tough Times to Make at Home

For every crisis, a recipe.
Luke Fater April 27, 2020
The peak of cheesy, starchy comfort food.
food

A Guide to the World’s Most Comforting Foods of Grief

In an age of distance, we can still connect in the kitchen to mourn, memorialize, and heal.
Sam O'Brien April 20, 2020
Nonnas of the World rule the New York skyline, thanks to some clever photo manipulation.
restaurants

Taste the Globe With Recipes From New York's All-Grandma Kitchen Crew

Nonnas of the world, unite!
Reina Gattuso April 13, 2020
From Vikings to grandmothers, people around the world keep cooking.
food

7 YouTube Channels for the Stay-at-Home Food Adventurer

Get inspired by these imaginative cooks from around the world.
Anne Ewbank April 8, 2020
You probably have the ingredients for sugar cream pie in your kitchen.
food

7 Historic Dishes Born From Tough Times That You Can Make at Home

Use every last crumb with these feats of culinary creativity.
Sam O'Brien March 30, 2020
restaurants

The Chef Restoring Appalachia's World-Class Food Culture

A coal fortune is fueling the revival of a cuisine it nearly destroyed.
Eric J. Wallace January 10, 2020
In Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Malaya Qaunirq Chapman and Millie Kuliktana make arctic char antipasto.
television

How a Cooking Show in Canada's Far North Celebrates Inuit Cuisine

Hunting, fishing, and sharing the catch are all part of the program.
Luke Ottenhof November 11, 2019
Queens, New York

Warung Selasa

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.
At Dombo's food stall in Araku, bamboo biryani cooks over an open flame.
food

The Biryani Cooked Inside Bamboo

A tourism bureau's embrace of a tribal dish brings both promise and peril.
Namrata Kolachalam October 16, 2019
As omnivores, bear meat and fat typically take on the flavor of their diet.
food

Why Bear Fat Makes for Better Baking

This niche practice was commonplace in North America for centuries.
Luke Fater September 20, 2019