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Luftbrückendenkmal and C-47 Rosinenbomber, Rhein-Main Airbase in Frankfurt.

Frankfurt, Germany

Luftbrückendenkmal: Monument to the Berlin Airlift

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

Chocolate is supposed to be good.

This Chocolate Festival in Scotland Went Very Wrong in a Lot of Ways

Organizers cancelled after the first day.

Cara Giaimo December 21, 2016

Watch Salvador Dali in the Greatest Chocolate Commercial Ever

The sweet stuff was apparently his hidden weakness.

Mariana Zapata December 21, 2016

Found: An Egg With No Yolk

Otherwise known as a "fart egg."

Sarah Laskow December 21, 2016

Take a Virtual Tour of One of the World's Largest Gingerbread Cities

There's a lake, a Ferris wheel, and an operating train.

Lauren Young December 19, 2016

<em>Gastronomical Map of France</em> by Jean François Tourcaty.

From Bordeaux to Brie, This Map Plots the Origin of Your Favorite French Food

This 1809 food map sought to prove that France was the culinary leader of the world.

Mariana Zapata December 19, 2016

Schimpff's in 2018

Jeffersonville, Indiana

Schimpff's Confectionery

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

A street vendor in Amarante sells the penis-shaped <em>Bolos de São Gonçalo</em>.

How Phallic Cakes Became the Mascot of a Conservative Portuguese Town

Every baker in Amarante is in on the action.

Tania Braukamper December 14, 2016

Intellectuals at a dinner party, doubtless after solving their own era's trickiest problem.

The Incompatible Food Triad Is The Most Delicious Philosophical Problem Of Our Time

Academics have been trying to solve it for decades.

Cara Giaimo December 14, 2016

A burger from 1969, encased in plastic.

objects of intrigue

So There's a 53-Year-Old Burger Sitting in the Alberta Legislature Building

The limp sandwich has since become a fixture.

Michael Hingston October 4, 2022

BUGBUG makes scorpion-snacking look easy.

The Futuristic Utensils Designed to Help You Eat Bugs

How to eat a scorpion in style.

Cara Giaimo December 12, 2016

Spaghetti AND herbs—inexcusable.

Why Are People Seeing Red Over Spaghetti Bolognese?

A long war over the dish's authenticity may be reaching its peak.

Cara Giaimo December 6, 2016

Watch Anti-Hitler Vegetable Propaganda

During World War II, American cannery workers were urged to "beet Hitler."

Molly McBride Jacobson November 23, 2016

A farmer drives his flock of turkeys down a Norfolk road to market, c. 1931.

Back When Your Thanksgiving Dinner Walked Hundreds of Miles to Market

The forgotten history of turkey drives.

Andy Wright November 23, 2016

Salvador Dali at one of his lavish dinners. Some of the dishes featured in the photograph appear in his cookbook, <em>Les Dîners de Gala</em>.

Add a Surrealist Touch to Your Thanksgiving With These Dali Recipes

Turkey, crayfish, and vikings—now that's a solid meal.

Mariana Zapata November 23, 2016

Escoffier really did not get Thanksgiving.

The Father of Modern French Cuisine Wrote a Very Misguided Thanksgiving Cookbook

Auguste Escoffier really didn't get Thanksgiving.

Sarah Laskow November 22, 2016

The Hi-Lo Diner, Minneapolis.

Resurrecting America's Great Old Diners, By Moving Them Across State Lines

Steve Harwin has made it his life's work to bring old diners back from the dead.

Natalie Daher November 21, 2016

Mesolithic rock painting of a honey hunter harvesting honey and wax from a bees nest in a tree. (Dating around 8000 to 6000 BC)

Man of Bicorp Cave Painting

This ancient rock painting is the oldest evidence of humans’ love affair with honey.