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Endangered Eats

Simplicity is key: Just a slice of bread with a sprinkling of salt and pepper is the perfect accompaniment.

The Sweet Second Life of Creole Cream Cheese

The New Orleans classic has been revived, thanks to one dedicated dairy farmer and die-hard fans.

Sarah Lohman June 16, 2025

Ripples in the land are remnants of the field walls that once held rows of native sugarcane and sweet potatoes.

Unearthing the Mysteries of Hawai'i's Ancient Agriculture

At the Kōhala Field System, researchers are rediscovering lost ancestral knowledge.

Sarah Lohman May 19, 2025

The flavor and hue of the syrup depends on many factors, including minerals, bacteria, and time of harvest.

For Nova Scotians, Local Maple Syrup Is a Disappearing Pleasure

Sweet with notes of pine and ocean, the unique delight is under threat.

Sarah Lohman March 11, 2025

Rob Gentile flew to Sardinia to try and master one of the most intricate pastas on the planet.

The Quest to Save the World’s Rarest Pasta

For 300 years, only a handful of women in Sardinia possessed the skill to create “threads of God.”

Diana Hubbell February 3, 2025

Babă neagră is gorgeously spongy.

The Magic of Moldovan Black Cake

Dark, sweet, and spongy, babă neagră is a forgotten treat worth reviving.

Natalia Jidovanu January 29, 2025

David "Mas" Masumoto's Adopt-a-Tree program has helped preserve heirloom stone fruit.

Inside the Japanese-American Farm Preserving Endangered Fruit

How one family turned their peach orchard into a rallying cry for saving heirloom flavors and building community.

Sarah Lohman December 18, 2024

With sweet, soft flesh, the Long Island cheese pumpkin makes a great pie.

This Obscure Heirloom Pumpkin Makes a Fantastic Pie

Never a commercial success, the Long Island cheese pumpkin deserves a place in your Thanksgiving dessert.

Sarah Lohman November 22, 2024

The vines of Cherokee Trail of Tears beans grow prolifically.

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How Cherokee Trail of Tears Beans Connect a Community to Its Roots

“It’s not just preserving seeds, it’s preserving our culture, our history, our way of life.”

Sarah Lohman August 29, 2024

Hailing from the Himalayas, Purple Karma Barley sat, dormant, in a seed vault since 1924—until OSU revived it.

Turn Your Garden Into an 'Ark of Taste' for Nearly Lost Plants

Slow Food’s annual "Plant a Seed Kit" encourages home-gardeners to cultivate rare and endangered crops.

Sarah Lohman April 23, 2024

Scio kolaches often come with apricot or sweet poppy-seed fillings.

Saving the Scio Kolache

A local take on a Czech pastry is fading along with the community that birthed it.

Sarah Lohman April 12, 2024

When fermented tuba gets distilled, just one fifth of the volume becomes vino de cocos.

Is This Mexico's Oldest Spirit?

In the state of Colima, one man is reviving vino de cocos, a distillate that disappeared in the 1700s.

N.C. Stevens January 16, 2024

Serve your fish with potatoes "roasted in the ashes" and eat off the plank.

The 19th-Century Recipe That Created a Fish-Cookout Craze

Recreate the heyday of shad bakes with this plank-roasting technique.

Paula Marcoux July 10, 2023

Charvy checks on batch 108.

The Last Mustard Maker in Dijon

Nicolas Charvy is bringing a culinary art back to its ancestral home.

Emily Monaco January 27, 2023

Sange Norbu milks a yak in Northeast India.

The Last Cheesemakers of the Eastern Himalayas

India and Bhutan's yak herders face steep challenges.

Jitaditya Narzary June 8, 2022

Senegalese Nem

Senegal's popular spring rolls tell a story of war, love, and colonialism.

Su filindeu doesn't cook in strands, it cooks in sheets.

Threads of God

To eat the world's rarest pasta, you must first complete a 20-mile pilgrimage.

Chicago, Illinois

Calumet Fisheries

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Manyate Coffee Village

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.