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Wassail punch with apples and slices of toast (meant to be placed in the punch as sops).
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Toasting Your Friends Once Involved Actual Toast

As in crispy bread.
Anne Ewbank December 26, 2018
Packboards stacked with butter, meat, vegetables, and cheese weigh 40 to 80 pounds.
mountains

The 'Croos' That Haul 50-Pound Packs to Feed Hungry Hikers

Re-supplying White Mountains huts requires serious stamina.
Courtney Hollands December 21, 2018
Puebla, Mexico

La Pasita

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.
Pepper plants made for a hotter holiday.
food

When the Christmas Plant Was a Pepper, Not a Poinsettia

Chilis were once holiday must-haves.
Anne Ewbank December 20, 2018
Repas adds a last few leaves onto her design.
food

Why Hungarians Make the World's Most Beautiful Gingerbread

Christmas, Easter, and weddings all call for the spicy dough.
Anne Ewbank December 19, 2018
Broiler chickens have a biomass greater than all other wild bird species combined.
food

Humanity as We Know It Will Be Defined by the Broiler Chicken

The legacy we’re leaving behind looks like a post-apocalyptic KFC.
Abbey Perreault December 19, 2018
A bowl of Ashlan Fu, ready to be eaten with chopsticks.
food

How Muslim-Chinese Food Became a Culinary Star in Kyrgyzstan

Their signature noodles are eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Richard Collett December 18, 2018
The powerful "Family Reserve" baijiu clocks in at 106 proof.
food

Five Siblings Run the U.S.'s Only Baijiu Distillery in Their Mom's Backyard

Only in Portland.
Anne Ewbank December 17, 2018
9,500-year-old chewed-up birch bark contains the DNA of ancient Scandinavian hunter-gatherers.
food

Why Scientists Are Studying 9,500-Year-Old Chewing Gum

Back then, it was used as adhesive for tools and weapons.
Anna Kusmer December 13, 2018
The Chin Brothers Restaurant and Grocery serves as a community and culinary hub.
food

The Burmese Restaurant at the Heart of 'Chindianapolis'

In Indiana, a restaurant and grocery store offers refugees a taste of home.
Mar Nwe Aye and Charlotte Chadwick December 13, 2018
Four <em>dabbawalas</em> haul lunches, packed in <em>dabbas</em>, through the streets of Mumbai.
food

How Mumbai’s Dabbawalas Deliver 200,000 Homemade Meals a Day

The city's food delivery people run an impressive relay race, which relies heavily on the local railway network.
Akanksha Singh December 12, 2018
Guests enjoy a Bénichon meal at an event photographed by the region's tourism board.
farms

The Swiss Festival That Starts When the Cows Come Home

Six courses, eight hours, and foods you won’t find anywhere else.
Molly Harris December 11, 2018
A pile of winsome soul cakes.
medieval

The British Bake Off That's Resurrecting a Forgotten Medieval Cake

Competitors are baking soul cakes, a bygone Halloween treat.
Abbey Perreault December 10, 2018
In <em>The Taming of the Shrew</em>, Petruchio sends plates flying at dinner.
food

In Shakespeare, Food References Are a Window to the Soul

Decoding a character's anger over roast mutton.
Leigh Chavez-Bush December 10, 2018
Volunteers preparing Faith Lutheran Church's lutefisk.
churches

Why a Minnesota Pastor Wrote an Obituary for a Lutefisk Dinner

RIP Faith Lutheran Scandinavian Dinner, 1947-2017.
Anne Ewbank December 6, 2018
I could eat mashed potatoes for days.
food

Tell Us About Your Ideal Comfort Food

What dish wraps you up like a cozy blanket?
Eric Grundhauser December 6, 2018
food

Our Favorite Stories From Gastro Obscura's First Year

Read about otherworldly apples, champagne-chugging marathoners, and fishy acts of God.
Alex Mayyasi December 5, 2018
While marmalade tastes sharp and even a little bitter, marmelada tastes hyper-sweet.
food

Why Portugal's Marmelada Tastes Nothing Like Marmalade

The blocky confection took on a very different definition in England.
Rafaela Ferraz December 5, 2018