Explore 2451 Food Collections - Gastro Obscura
Places near me Random place

2451 Items Tagged

Food

Share
Bronx, New York

Teitel Brothers

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.
Saint-Nectaire cheese, ripening in one of its famed caves.
volcanoes

How Long-Ago Lava Flows Created a Unique French Cheese

Cellars chipped out of volcanic ash are the best place to age the famed Saint-Nectaire.
Emily Monaco November 19, 2019
Farmers on a <em>trajinera</em>, a traditional flat-bottomed river boat.
canals

How to Feed a Megacity Like the Aztecs

The chinampas that nourished Tenochtitlan may hold the key to better urban gardens.
Reina Gattuso November 18, 2019
Bronx, New York

Cafe al Mercato

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.
The map included grocery stores, bakery, and a Japanese-Korean restaurant and hotel.
maps

Tour Honolulu's Japanese Food Scene With This 1906 Map

More than a century ago, Takei Nekketsu mapped Japanese-owned businesses for recent immigrants.
Reina Gattuso November 15, 2019
The "Manchu-Han Imperial Banquet" brought peace to an empire, so the story goes.
food

The Greatest Banquet in Chinese History That Never Was

How grilled ape, braised bear paw, and steamed camel hump came to symbolize national unity.
Luke Fater November 13, 2019
One theory holds that Monterey Jack was developed by Scotsman David Jacks.
food

The Cheese Makers Keeping Monterey Jack's Local Legend Alive

Only one farmstead in Monterey County still makes the famed cheese.
Rachel Wharton November 12, 2019
In Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Malaya Qaunirq Chapman and Millie Kuliktana make arctic char antipasto.
television

How a Cooking Show in Canada's Far North Celebrates Inuit Cuisine

Hunting, fishing, and sharing the catch are all part of the program.
Luke Ottenhof November 11, 2019
Castro never said no to ice cream.
food

To Defy the United States, Fidel Castro Built the World's Greatest Ice Cream Parlor

The socialist establishment, which is still slinging scoops, seated 1,000 customers.
Alex Mayyasi November 8, 2019
Queens, New York

Warung Selasa

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.
Pad Thai for everyone was once the party line.
food

The Oddly Autocratic Roots of Pad Thai

The sweet and salty noodle dish started out in a prime minister's kitchen.
Alex Mayyasi November 7, 2019
Whale fat was widely used to wage war⁠—and make margarine.
animals

Hitler’s Secret Antarctic Expedition for Whales

Whales meant margarine, and margarine meant victory.
Luke Fater November 6, 2019
Mao found mangoes to be too messy.
food

How a Fruit Basket From Mao Made China Mad for Mangoes

Regifting the fruit created a potent political symbol.
Jessica Gingrich November 4, 2019
Shikina Cemetery in Naha, the capital of Okinawa, Japan.
cemeteries

The Graveside Festival That Celebrates the Dead in Okinawa

Shimi, or “grave-sweeping festival,” takes place every April on the southernmost islands of Japan.
Allan Richarz October 31, 2019
Brooklyn, New York

David's Brisket House

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.
The Porcineograph: A pig-shaped map of the United States.
maps

Why an 1875 Map Imagined the U.S as a Giant Hog

New York is the nose, Alaska the tail, and Cuba is a giant sausage. 
Reina Gattuso October 28, 2019
The duck larb.
Los Angeles, California

Kim Thai Food

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.
One of Zufferey's engraved wheels of cheese.
mountains

The Valley of the Cheese of the Dead

In this remote Swiss town, residents spent a lifetime aging a wheel for their own funeral.
Molly McDonough October 24, 2019