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Gastro Obscura's Top 20 Places to Eat and Drink

Volcanic pizza, a treetop restaurant, and other editor picks.

Alex Mayyasi October 4, 2021

A massive sushi carousel in North Kent, England.

Sushi Carousels and the Future of Contact-Free Dining

Inside the creative world of conveyor-belt restaurants.

Anne Ewbank September 28, 2021

Brunswick, Georgia

Brunswick Stew Monument

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

The finished cottage loaf, left, with a simple version of <em>boeuf en daube</em>.

Virginia Woolf and the Complexities of Cottage Loaf

The famous feminist’s love for baking helps us understand her relationship with food, class, and mental illness.

Reina Gattuso September 24, 2021

The building's exterior

Concord, New Hampshire

Haunted Margaritas

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.

The cookies "calm all bitterness of the heart and mind."

Eat Like a Medieval Saint With Her Recipe for 'Cookies of Joy'

St. Hildegard was a mystic, healer, and passionate proponent of spelt and nutmeg.

Sam O'Brien September 20, 2021

The sherpa winter stew at Raithaane has dried, cooked unripe maize (phalgi makai), beans, and vegetables.

The Restaurant Preserving Dishes From Every Corner of Nepal

From blog to bistro, Prashanta Khanal’s focus is forgotten and overlooked foods.

Thomas Heaton September 17, 2021

Yangben Faksa, a curry made from pig meat, pig blood, and wild lichen, is a delicacy of the Limbu community from eastern Nepal.

Lalitpur, Nepal

Raithaane

This restaurant preserves and serves lesser-known and regional Nepali food.

Cakes

Oakland, California

It's All Good Bakery

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

Inez Cook at her restaurant.

How a First Nations Restaurateur Found Her Family Through Food

For more than a decade, Salmon n' Bannock has been serving indigenous cuisine and stories in Vancouver.

Diana Hubbell September 16, 2021

Flowers add some sunny color to baked goods and drinks.

The Colorful World of Edible Flowers

A new book catalogs 105 floral ingredients for everything from pasta to pies.

Anne Ewbank September 15, 2021

Kearney, Nebraska

Morris Press Cookbook Store

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

Pink pineapple looks and tastes quite different than the classic yellow kind.

How to Buy Pink Pineapples and Fruitcake Off Etsy

Etsy, Instagram, and even Facebook can provide a taste of novelty and home.

Anne Ewbank September 14, 2021

<em>Hudutu,</em> a classic Garifuna dish.

Meet the Woman Writing the First Garifuna Cookbook

Isha Gutierrez-Sumner seeks to preserve, protect, and popularize her people's cuisine.

Shehzil Zahid September 10, 2021

Morris Press is a factory, store, and showcase of the American community cookbook.

Inside the Company Printing America's Community Cookbooks

Churches, scout troops, and clown collectives all depend on Morris Press.

Sam O'Brien September 10, 2021

David Zamudio, one of Alma's O-1 recipients.

With Venezuela in Crisis, This Restaurant Offers Its Chefs a Landing Pad

By taking on the U.S. visa process.

Laura Kiniry September 8, 2021

Florida Avenue Grill.

Washington, D.C.

Florida Avenue Grill

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

A traditional meal of fish and provisions (tubers and vegetables) served on the Caribbean island of Dominica.

The Resistance and Ingenuity of the Cooks Who Lived in Slavery

Archaeologists are investigating foodways and recreating meals prepared by enslaved people.

Carolyn Wilke September 8, 2021