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Who needs a lemon on the side when you can have oysters with lemon on the inside?

Perhaps You'd Like to Try Lemon or Raspberry Flavored Oysters

After years of testing, a French gastronaut is offering everyone's favorite happy hour mollusks in a rainbow of flavors.

Natasha Frost December 26, 2017

A Christmas pickle nestled between other tree ornaments.

The Mysterious Tradition of Hiding a Pickle on Christmas Trees

Find a pickle, win a special gift.

Paula Mejia December 22, 2017

This is not tomato sauce.

Heinz’s Decades-Long Attempt to Convince Australia That Ketchup Is Awesome

Australians grew up with tomato sauce. Heinz wants to sell them (nearly identical) ketchup.

Ernie Smith December 21, 2017

Cuts of meat displayed at the butcher in Biarritz, France.

The Prevailing Theory Behind Meat Sweats

It's not just you.

Paula Mejia December 20, 2017

Chocolate, strawberry, and ... garlic?

The Incompatible Food Triad Cookoff

To solve a tasty philosophical problem, we whipped up strawberry-mushroom-balsamic tarts and beef-orange-cream pot pies.

Cara Giaimo December 20, 2017

Latkes, which are fried in oil, are traditionally eaten at Hanukkah.

The University of Chicago’s Seven-Decade-Running Jewish Food Debate

An unwinnable fight between latkes and hamantashen.

Natasha Frost December 19, 2017

The face of a man who just heard the words "pizza party."

Pope Francis Celebrated His 81st Birthday With an Extra-Long Pizza

13 feet of divine, cheesy goodness.

Paula Mejia December 19, 2017

Washington, D.C.

Alferd Packer Cannibal Plaque

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

A close-up of Chuck E. himself.

Why Chuck E. Cheese's Has a Corporate Policy About Destroying Its Mascot’s Head

It doesn't usually involve sledgehammers in a parking lot.

Paula Mejia December 18, 2017

The railway was used as an excuse for war.

The Glamorous Train Line That Justified a Brutal Occupation

Even the lunch menu had a nationalistic agenda.

Anne Ewbank December 18, 2017

Three men enjoy chicha in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia, in 1897.

How a Brewer and the Government Killed Colombia's Ancestral Drink

They conspired to replace chicha with clean, healthy beer.

Lauren Evans December 18, 2017

Ceramics, glassware, and clay pipes found at the site of an 18th-century coffeehouse in England.

Found: The Remains of an 18th-Century English Coffeehouse

Archaeologists think that calf's foot jelly was its signature dish.

Vittoria Traverso December 18, 2017

Holding up a cone of dondurma.

Watch a Dondurma Vendor Trick Customers Before Handing Them Treats

Turkish ice cream lends itself to delightful antics.

Paula Mejia December 15, 2017

The era of the tiny glass has passed.

Since 1700, Wine Glasses Have Gotten 7 Times Bigger

And they probably make us drink more.

Anne Ewbank December 15, 2017

Nuns preserving fruit.

Why Monks and Nuns Make So Many Beloved Foods

Tastes like heaven.

Margarita Gokun Silver December 15, 2017

You can eat inside the gingerbread, but you can't eat the gingerbread.

Building a Life-Sized Gingerbread House Takes Over 10,000 Cookie Bricks

To be ready by Christmas, you better start baking in August.

Anne Ewbank December 14, 2017

Two people chat by a chilled fruit machine, among other vending machines, in 1959.

Vending Machines in the U.S. Once Dispensed More Than Chips and Cookies

Where did the pie and hot dogs go?

Paula Mejia December 13, 2017

A cow being fed by his owner.

In 19th-Century Britain, The Hottest Status Symbol Was a Painting of Your Cow

The livestock looked surprisingly geometric.

Anne Ewbank December 13, 2017