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Harvesting the Heirloom Corn That Nourishes the Oneida Nation

The stalks of this white corn can grow 18 feet high and 4 inches thick, and all of it must be harvested by hand.
Sarah Lohman September 26, 2025
At Tierra del Sol, the moles are mind-bogglingly complex.
Itinerary

Gastro Obscura’s 10 Essential Places to Eat and Drink in Oaxaca

Marvelously complex moles; revived pre-Hispanic recipes; and heirloom corn, beans, and chiles await.
Anya von Bremzen
Oaxaca, Mexico

Tierra del Sol

Bold, unapologetically spicy Mixtecan flavors are on the menu here.
Oaxaca, Mexico

La Teca

A glamorous octogenarian chef-owner serves rare Istmeño specialties in a tropical garden.
This year, longtime Massachusetts corn maze Mike's Maze has a circus theme.
mazes

Inside the Weird World of Corn Mazes

The a-maize-ing history of getting lost among the stalks.
Roxanne Hoorn October 8, 2024
Seared scallops rest on a pillow of sweet creamed corn at Boulder’s Oak at Fourteenth.
restaurants

Discover Colorado's Culinary Treasures: 4 Ingredients Worth Traveling For

Explore Colorado’s iconic flavors on the ultimate tasting tour.
Battle Creek, Michigan

Graves of the Kellogg Brothers

The final resting place of the visionary founders of Kelloggs, a global leader in breakfast cereals.
Nashville, Tennessee

Maíz de la Vida

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?
Variety of heirloom corn sold by Cal y Maíz.
Mexico City, Mexico

Cal y Maíz

Shop for superb tortillas at this homage to the ancient art of nixtamalization.
murals

Podcast: The Corn Palace

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team August 29, 2022
The tortillas come in a rainbow of colors.
Tlacolula de Matamoros, Mexico

Criollito

This Oaxacan restaurant serves native corn and Indigenous recipes.
Colorful Esquites
Bernal, Mexico

The Flavored Esquites of Bernal

This small town specializes in a rainbow of corn snacks.
The instruction isn't visible to people actually in the 2021 Chilliwack Corn Maze in British Columbia, Canada.
mazes

Exploring the Mysterious Allure of Mazes and Labyrinths

On the joys and frustrations of losing yourself.
A.J. Jacobs May 5, 2022
The front of LA Plaza Cocina.
museums

Inside LA's First Mexican Food Museum

Or how to channel 5,000 years of history into one exhibit.
Diana Hubbell March 8, 2022
A steaming bowl of k’alapurka, right after the stone was dropped inside.
Gastro Obscura

K’alapurka

In the city of Potosí, a steamy soup bubbles from the heat of volcanic rocks.
New Florence, Missouri

Wood Hat Spirits

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.
This tardigrade is amaizeingly huge.
mazes

Get Lost in a Corn Maze That Looks Like a Microscopic 'Water Bear'

Here's what it takes to transform a field of corn into a truly enormous tardigrade.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 12, 2020
Oaxaca, Mexico

Itanoní

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.