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A community dinner to celebrate the "Meals as Collective Memory" project at Weeksville Heritage Center, which stands at the site of historic Weeksville.
restaurants

The Culinary Legacy of Brooklyn's First Free Black Community

Weeksville residents set a precedent of self-determination that is still visible at Brooklyn restaurants.
Reina Gattuso February 4, 2020
ancient technology

Ancient Hot Pots Helped Hunters Survive the Siberian Ice Age

16,000 years later, they still contain traces of cooked meat and fish.
Matthew Taub February 3, 2020
Serbian 'pohovana piletina' leads a second, star-studded life in Barberton, Ohio.
food

How Serbian Immigrants Made an Ohio Town the ‘Fried Chicken Capital of the World'

From Vojvodina, with lard.
Luke Fater January 30, 2020
Rosy Kashmiri chai traditionally has a savory taste.
food

The Art and Science of Kashmir's Pink Tea

Green tea becomes rosy with the addition of a special ingredient.
Sribala Subramanian January 29, 2020
London, England

The Churchill Arms

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.
Activists at the People's Fund in the 1970s.
food

Eat Like a 1970s Radical With 'The People's Philadelphia Cookbook'

The 1976 book included contributions from the Black Power and Gay Liberation movements.
Reina Gattuso January 24, 2020
Mitsuaki Tanabe hoped to draw attention to the glories of wild rice with this massive work.
art

A Japanese Sculptor's Tribute to Wild Rice Covers an Australian Floodplain

Mitsuaki Tanabe's untimely death spurred his son to finish his last work.
Selena Takigawa Hoy January 22, 2020
Chef Point found a home at a Conoco gas station.
restaurants

In Texas, Gas Station Restaurants Serve Roast Duck and Momos

Fueling up doesn't need to mean Doritos and hot dogs.
Priya Krishna January 21, 2020
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia examines produce at a stall several years after his artichoke war.
crime

In 1930s New York, the Mayor Took on the Mafia by Banning Artichokes

Gangs and mafiosos have a long history with food crime.
Mark Hay January 17, 2020
Conyers dismantles a hog at a Southern Food and Beverage Museum event on South Carolina barbecue.
food

Meet the Rocket Scientist Who's Also a Whole Hog Pitmaster

Dr. Howard Conyers is preserving a community tradition.
Debra Freeman January 15, 2020
restaurants

The Chef Restoring Appalachia's World-Class Food Culture

A coal fortune is fueling the revival of a cuisine it nearly destroyed.
Eric J. Wallace January 10, 2020
Invasive blue catfish only have one known predator: humans.
animals

Invasive Catfish Are Rewriting Chesapeake Bay Cuisine

An unloved invader has found its way onto menus across the region.
Luke Fater January 9, 2020
Rochester, Minnesota

Corn Water Tower

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.
Border Cave, between South Africa and Swaziland.
caves

Found: The Charred Remains of a 170,000-Year-Old Meal in a South African Cave

It doesn't look like much, but it's a key step in the development of human diets.
Isaac Schultz January 7, 2020
The Pink Pearl apple, seen from the top.
food

Around the World in Rare and Beautiful Apples

From the sweet to the offbeat.
Anne Ewbank January 6, 2020
The Newfie appetite for bologna is helping control a destructive moose population.
food

Why Newfoundland Is Turning Its Moose Into Bologna

And salami. And pepperoni.
Darcy Rhyno January 3, 2020
At a Sacramento gurdwara, Amarjit Singh dishes up food to a family forced to evacuate under the threat of a catastrophic dam spillway collapse in 2017.
disasters

When Disasters Hit California, Sikh Temples Provide Meals and Refuge

Sikhs statewide have organized to feed their fellow Californians in crisis.
Teresa Mathew January 2, 2020
An employee prepares French dragée candies, which fit into a lineage of wedding and confetti edibles.
food

The Edible History of Confetti

Before the paper variety, nuts, hops, and dates rained down—and put out the occasional eye.
Christa Weil Menegas December 30, 2019