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Lew getting close to a Chinook salmon head.
food

Meet the Man Who Wants to Make Eating Shad a Fad Again

Canned and smoked, the bony fish is delicious, says Seattle's Warner Lew.
Sarah Laskow March 23, 2017
A ninja waitress
Tokyo, Japan

Ninja Akasaka

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.
For obvious reasons, it's tough to eat horses.
food

Why We Have Such Complicated Feelings About Eating Horses

Horse meat has rarely gone down easy.
Eric Grundhauser March 16, 2017
Banana Split statue.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Birthplace of the Banana Split

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.
A delicious mushroom pizza.
food

The Day That Michigan Held a Funeral For 30,000 Pizzas

Even the governor came to pay his respects.
Cara Giaimo March 14, 2017
Permanently Closed
An un-rennovated tunnel at Crown Finish Caves
Brooklyn, New York

Crown Finish Caves

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.
A jif lemon surrounded by oranges.
food

When Lemon-Shaped Juice Containers Set a British Legal Precedent

You know the ones.
Ernie Smith March 7, 2017
food

Found: A Treasure Trove of Candy Wrappers Dating Back to the Depression

They were hidden in a circulation chamber in an old Chicago theater.
Sarah Laskow March 7, 2017
The cookbook.
food

Found: Recipes From 1793 for Calves' Heads and Pigs' Feet

A Georgian cookbook was hiding in an abbey's private library.
Sarah Laskow March 3, 2017
Kyoto, Japan

Nishiki Market

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
science

In 1959, British Scientists Carefully Perfected the Pickled Onion

It was all for the "notoriously fickle pickle-fancying public."
Lauren Young February 24, 2017
Mattoon, Illinois

Illinois’ Original Burger King

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.
food

Japanese Street Vendors and Their Spongy Fish Pancakes

Yum.
Lauren Young February 23, 2017
restaurants

Found: A Stray Chicken in a McDonald's Bathroom

A 5-year-old made the discovery.
Sarah Laskow February 23, 2017
Dresden, Germany

Pfunds Molkerei

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.
Vending machine at Glaum Egg Ranch
Aptos, California

Egg Vending Machine at Glaum Ranch

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.
Two lamb hearts and a goat heart.
food

I Heart New York

My quest to buy (and eat) as many different hearts as I could in a single day in the city.
Sarah Laskow February 17, 2017
Cedar Creek, Texas

Pecan Pie Vending Machine

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.