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

2451 Items Tagged

Food

Share
Buns on buns.
festivals

Once a Year, This Island Goes Completely Vegetarian

The Cheung Chau Bun Festival commemorates a Taoist ritual.
Laura Kiniry March 8, 2018
A turnip gets the star treatment.
food

The Chef Who Carves Traditional Patterns Into Fruits and Vegetables

Japanese design meets produce.
Anne Ewbank March 7, 2018
Permanently Closed
Load up a tray.
Mexico City, Mexico

The Cake Room at Pastelería Ideal

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.
A crowd looks on as a performer takes the stage at Okryu-gwan.
food

What Does the Future Hold for North Korea's Restaurant Chain?

It's unclear how the state-run Okryu-gwan, and the people who work there, will fare under tighter sanctions.
Sabrina Toppa March 6, 2018
Niigata, Japan

Wara Art

Giant animal sculptures are created with the rice straw leftover from the fall harvest each year.
A bottle of Angostura bitters.
food

How a Tiny Wisconsin Island Became the World’s Biggest Consumer of Bitters

On Washington Island, drinking Angostura shots is the rule, not the exception.
Leigh Kunkel March 5, 2018
A Flippy, hard at work.
robots

Flippy, the Burger-Flipping Robot, Is Now Gainfully Employed

The more burgers it makes, the smarter it gets.
Anne Ewbank March 5, 2018
Lobsters on a grill.
food

Bellagio Resort Employee Swipes Lobster Tails Valued at Nearly $2,000

He stuffed them in his backpack.
Paula Mejia March 2, 2018
Before orange the fruit, was there orange the color?
food

How Orange (the Fruit) Inspired Orange (the Color)

Until the Renaissance, the English language had no word for yellow-red.
Anne Ewbank March 1, 2018
Once a florist in Utah, Victor V. Morris lived half his life in Peru and opened a famous bar.
railroads

How a Mining Boom Led a Mormon Florist to Invent the Pisco Sour

The unorthodox backstory of Peru's signature cocktail.
Saxon Baird March 1, 2018
The restaurant's collection of "gift certificates."
Agoura Hills, California

The Old Place Restaurant

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.
A selection of Gros Michel bananas, grown in Florida.
food

A Quest for the Gros Michel, the Great Banana of Yesteryear

The forgotten, flavorsome Big Mike is elusive, but not impossible to find.
Natasha Frost February 28, 2018
Hannah Woolley, depicted in the title page of <em>The Gentlewoman's Companion</em>.
science

How 17th-Century Women Replicated the Natural World on the Table

Inventive chefs made hedgehog pudding and creamy artificial snow.
Samantha Snively February 28, 2018
Maybe grandma's secret family recipe isn't so secret after all.
secret

The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’

Surprisingly often, they're copied from mayo jars and famous cookbooks.
Alex Mayyasi February 27, 2018
The Exeter Book is the source of 95 of the 96 Old English riddles still known today.
objects of intrigue

One of the World's Most Irreplaceable Books Was Used as a Cutting Board

The Exeter Book also once served as a coaster.
Anne Ewbank February 27, 2018
Gender breakdowns like this one, at a 1904 dinner at the Trocadero Restaurant in London, were not atypical.
restaurants

Why Europe's First Celebrity Chef Named His Dishes After the Rich and Famous

Auguste Escoffier was the all-star genius behind Melba toast.
Natasha Frost February 26, 2018
food

Try the Chips of the Future, Today

Chirps chips come in several flavors, are extremely tasty, and just happen to be made out of crickets.
Cara Giaimo February 26, 2018
Therapeutic bathing in 1571 (although this was likely plain water—not soup broth).
food

The Hidden History of Bathing in Soup Broth

Doctors and folk practitioners alike swore by its healing properties.
Susanna Forrest February 26, 2018