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Cracked wheat, anyone?
restaurants

During the Great Depression, 'Penny Restaurants' Fed the Unemployed

Dishes cost a cent, or even came free.
Anne Ewbank June 15, 2018
A selection of qvevri stand at the ready.
food

How Georgia's Winemakers Went Underground to Survive Soviet Occupation

The world's most ancient winemaking culture almost disappeared.
Nickolaus Hines June 14, 2018
At Grimod's first dinner party, he placed a coffin stand on the table and lit the room with 365 lamps—at his parents' expense.
food

The Dark and Fabulous Dinner Parties of the First Professional Food Critic

Grimod de La Reynière hosted his own funeral.
Natasha Frost June 14, 2018
Hanoi, Vietnam

Anthony Bourdain and Barack Obama's Dinner Table

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.
Study subject, dinner, or both?
science

The Many Reasons Biologists Eat Their Study Subjects

Snacking on specimens from raw monkey to bee vomit can help scientists figure stuff out.
Cara Giaimo June 14, 2018
Barbara Kafka tastes a bowl of lobster broth that she made in one of her many microwaves.
food

Remembering the Cookbook Author Who Made Microwave Meals Gourmet

Barbara Kafka bucked assumptions about kitchen appliances.
Paula Mejia June 13, 2018
Moody mushrooms form the eponymous cloud.
art

These Mushroom Clouds Are Made From Actual Mushrooms

A team of artists create horror out of fungi.
Anne Ewbank June 13, 2018
It's warm and humid inside the greenhouse.
farms

The Greenhouse Where Tomatoes Grow in Iceland

Geothermal energy keeps the crop warm even during deep snows.
Stephanie Harper June 13, 2018
The view when you dine within the greenhouse.
Reykholt, Iceland

Friðheimar

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.
A late-in-life photo of Mary Jane Rathbun.
food

Remembering 'Brownie Mary,' San Francisco's Marijuana Pioneer

She baked thousands of pot brownies for AIDS patients.
Anne Ewbank June 12, 2018
Mackintosh's tea rooms were revolutionary in their design.
architecture

Restoring Glasgow's Tea Rooms to Their Art Nouveau Glory

On the 150th birthday of its designer, a famed tea establishment reopens.
Anne Ewbank June 11, 2018
A spread at Barbarestan.
restaurants

How a Georgian Princess’s Cookbook Helped Build a Celebrated Restaurant

Struggling restaurateurs happened upon the feminist hero's culinary manifesto at a flea market.
Will McGough June 8, 2018
American astronauts might eat steak with creamed spinach, and snack on crackers and candy-coated peanuts.
food

Eating Like an Astronaut Means Kimchi for Koreans and Lasagna for Italians

What people eat in space depends a lot on where they’re from on earth.
Natasha Frost June 7, 2018
Hungry?
food

When Two Economists Scientifically Ranked New York's Best Deli Sandwiches

The Madansky-Shubik experiment settled one beef and started many more.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 7, 2018
Sankt Vith, Belgium

Sourdough Library

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.
The feed will be used for commercially-produced Scottish salmon.
farms

A Firm Is Now Making Fish Food From Whisky

Unfortunately, it won't make the salmon taste like scotch.
Natasha Frost June 6, 2018
Coppelia.
Havana, Cuba

Coppelia

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.
Fire is a new addition to the farmer's toolbox.
farms

Organic Farmers Are Using Flamethrowers to Weed Their Fields

Burn, broadleaf weeds, burn!
Anne Ewbank June 6, 2018