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The many layers of Dutch-Indonesian lapis legit.
food

10 Amazing Foods From Gastro Obscura's First Year

From most beautiful to most explosive, here are some highlights from our growing database of the world's wondrous foods.
Sam O'Brien December 4, 2018
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mythology

52 of the World's Most Out-There Myths About Food

Beware the persimmon.
Eric Grundhauser December 3, 2018
Center pivot irrigation at work northeast of Adams, Nebraska.
science

Americans Have Planted So Much Corn That It's Changing the Weather

The Corn Belt is making it rain.
Eric J. Wallace December 3, 2018
The Johnsons hired their longtime cook, Zephyr Wright, as presidential chef after feuding with her French predecessor.
food

When the President and His Chef Feuded Over Cold Beans

It was part of an “enduring rivalry” between African-American and French cooking in the White House.
Ryleigh Nucilli November 29, 2018
A chocolate house in London, circa 1708.
food

The Rambunctious, Elitist Chocolate Houses of 18th-Century London

They were the original gentlemen’s clubs.
Lauren Cocking November 28, 2018
In the late 1800s, oil stoves started to make cooking slightly easier.
food

When Cow Tongue Was an Essential Thanksgiving Ingredient

It made American pies rich and indulgent.
Leigh Chavez-Bush November 27, 2018
Colorful batter ups the realism factor.
mythology

The Historians Cooking Up Mythical Beasts

Making a cokentryce calls for needle, thread, and a lot of meat.
Anne Ewbank November 27, 2018
Attendees gather around a table to talk death at Tagine.
food

At a Death Cafe, Tea and Couscous Make Mortality Easier to Swallow

Let's talk about death, baby.
Abbey Perreault November 26, 2018
Thanksgiving pies, 1940.
politics

For Decades, Southern States Considered Thanksgiving an Act of Northern Aggression

In the 19th century, pumpkin pie ignited a culture war.
Ariel Knoebel November 22, 2018
A traditional Norfolk Island coconut pie.
islands

Why One Australian Island Celebrates Thanksgiving

There's pumpkin pie, but also multiple banana dishes.
Anne Ewbank November 21, 2018
Fried rice in a wok.
food

Breaking Down the Physics of Wok Tossing

It is a subtle art and an even subtler science.
Anna Kusmer November 20, 2018
Garlic smashed potatoes with superworms.
insects

Roaches Taste Like Blue Cheese, and Other Bugsgiving Revelations

This Thanksgiving, why not feast on insects?
Ella Morton November 20, 2018
Mashood Shah Faheem inherited his father's <em>achaar</em> (pickle) shop.
food

How Karachi’s ‘Pickle Street’ Preserves the Past

A neighborhood famous for its achaar linked migrants to home.
Rida Bilgrami November 19, 2018
Pink peppercorns have a papery texture and mild taste.
food

When People Panicked Over Pink Peppercorns

They're not even really pepper.
Anne Ewbank November 16, 2018
A postcard of the Loch Maree Hotel, built in 1872 and made famous by Queen Victoria's six-night stay.
food

The Lethal Lunch That Shook Scotland

From cold cuts to cold case.
Tal McThenia November 15, 2018
Transplanting blueberry seedlings at the University of Florida.
science

The Tooth-Rotting Trials of Building Better-Tasting Berries

How new flavors are created and killed.
Abbey Perreault November 14, 2018
Honeybees, feeding off uncapped honey.
monks

What Does It Take to Breed a New Honeybee?

One monk bred a "superbee."
Anne Ewbank November 14, 2018
Locals from Val Germanasca foraging wild herbs to make Serpui, a grappa seasoned with wild thyme that is typical of northwest Italy.
farms

Reviving the Lost Tradition of Cooking Flowers

It was once common across rural Italy.
Vittoria Traverso November 12, 2018