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A potato field—with a golf ball hiding somewhere?
farms

Found: ‘Extraneous Golf Ball Materials’ in Frozen Hash Browns

Golf balls have been haunting potato fields for decades.
Sarah Laskow April 24, 2017
This is John Belushi.
food

In the 1960s, the CIA Fired Some Employees Over a Cafeteria Fight

The fight might not have been the only one.
JPat Brown April 19, 2017
Mother of Peeps
Westminster, Maryland

Peep Show at Carroll Arts Council

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.
The mushroom itself.
forests

Found: A Giant Morel Mushroom Hiding in the Indiana Woods

Officials described it as "ginormous."
Sarah Laskow April 19, 2017
New York, New York

Lexington Candy Shop

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
A bag of Calbee chips.
food

The Potato Chip Shortage Afflicting Japan

They're going for up to $12 a bag.
Erik Shilling April 14, 2017
West Side Market
Cleveland, Ohio

West Side Market

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.
Permanently Closed
Slicing up the durian.
New York, New York

Durian NYC

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."
Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

Mackwoods Tea Plantation Sign

A Sri Lankan tea factory's ironic take on the Los Angeles landmark.
A market where rats, cats, and dogs were sold for eating.
food

During an 1870 Siege, Trapped Parisians Dined on Rat, Cat, and Elephant

In a desperate time, the zoo became a source of food.
Anne Ewbank April 10, 2017
What lurks in spring mix?
animals

Found: A Dead Bat in a Pre-Packaged Salad

Even for gross things found in food, this one is weird.
Sarah Laskow April 10, 2017
food

When Michigan State Used Ruined Mayonnaise for Power

The school dumped 1,250 gallons of the stuff into an anaerobic digester.
Cara Giaimo April 7, 2017
A Rax in Lancaster, Ohio.
food

The Surprising Resilience of Failed Fast Food Chains

Losing can be an opportunity to do something different.
Ernie Smith April 4, 2017
Coming off the line.
Avery Island, Louisiana

Tabasco Museum and Factory

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
Rose Hill, North Carolina

The World's Largest Operational Frying Pan

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.
A Japanese nonna makes gyoza at Enoteca Maria.
Staten Island, New York

Nonnas of the World

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.
Politics and pastry have a long history in Argentina. Here current President (and former Buenos Aires Mayor) Mauricio Macri makes an offering to the press
politics

How Argentina's Baked Goods Reveal Its Political Past

From "monk's balls" to "cannons," these pastries get subversive.
Elizabeth King March 23, 2017
Permanently Closed
The front of Brasserie Kyushoku Toban
Tokyo, Japan

Brasserie Kyushoku Toban

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.