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These roughly 4,000-year-old tablets may be the oldest existing cookbook.

What Researchers Learned From the World’s Oldest Cookbook

Now, you can view—and cook from—these nearly 4,000-year-old ancient Babylonian recipe tablets.

Diana Hubbell September 11, 2024

This unusual ice cream has a long history.

The Unlikely Popularity of Grape-Nuts Ice Cream

This simple flavor has a cross-cultural and cross-generational appeal.

Anne Ewbank August 21, 2024

Rare greens and native plants alike find their way from Farm & Market’s greenhouses to its restaurant next door.

In Colorado, Chefs Are Taking Farm-to-Table to a Whole New Level

It isn’t just a trend, it’s a way of life—and the key to some truly transcendent dining experiences.

Sponsored by Visit Colorado

Jollof rice spread as a result of Wolof and Mande traders and, unfortunately, colonialism.

How to Make Jollof Rice

The West African staple is the grandmother of Lowcountry red rice and jambalaya.

Michael W. Twitty June 3, 2024

Robert Hellyer's book explains how America's taste in tea shifted over time.

Japanese Green Tea Once Fueled the Midwest

It's a forgotten moment in American beverage history.

Andrew Coletti April 25, 2024

Scio kolaches often come with apricot or sweet poppy-seed fillings.

Saving the Scio Kolache

A local take on a Czech pastry is fading along with the community that birthed it.

Sarah Lohman April 12, 2024

One of the many stands vending orange cider at the fair.

The Hottest Drink of the 1893 World's Fair Was an Artificial Orange 'Cider'

"You're drinking something that some guy just cobbled together out of Lake Michigan water and food dye.”

Anne Ewbank March 25, 2024

Author Dan Pashman knows a thing or two about pasta.

Cream. Clams. Why Carbonara Once Looked Very Different

In his debut cookbook, Dan Pashman busts pasta myths alongside delicious, unorthodox recipes.

Diana Hubbell March 19, 2024

Ham and whipped cream is a criminal combination.

Four Shocking Recipes From the Tables of Past U.S. Presidents

Concoctions of raw eggs, gelatin, and whipped cream often graced White House menus.

Bennett Rea February 19, 2024

<em>Zhū nǎo tāng</em>, meaning 'pig brain soup,' is one of many preparations for brain in China.

In Defense of Eating Brains

While some in the West are squeamish, globally, it's more common than not.

Andrew Coletti February 16, 2024

Roosevelt's lemon "hat" gets thrown into the "ring" of the cocktail glass.

The Obscure Presidential Cocktail That Made You Pick Sides

In 1912, the way you drank a "Teddy Hat" signaled support for Roosevelt or Taft.

Rachel Lane February 15, 2024

Though traditional tāngyuán are plain dumplings, you can also make artful variations.

5 Recipes to Make for Lunar New Year

Welcome the Year of the Dragon with fortune-telling soups, lucky goldfish dumplings, and more.

Sam O'Brien February 9, 2024

Mory's in New Haven, Connecticut is home to an age-old drinking tradition.

Have a Trophy? Mix This Victorian Drink in It

Long before the Stanley cup craze, people were showing off with trendy drinking vessels.

Anne Ewbank January 29, 2024

Behold, the bucolic marvel that is Welsh sheep-shearing cake.

Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Recipes of 2023

Feast on real-life zombie fungus and tiger tail ice cream.

Diana Hubbell December 28, 2023

A rare counter-example to the flood of Temperance maps.

This Prohibition-Era Map Is a Love Letter to Alcohol

See dozens of 1920s cocktails from a time when alcohol was illegal in the U.S.

Frank Jacobs December 22, 2023

Podcast: A Return to Recipe Graves

Honoring death with sweet recipes can be a cathartic memorial.

The Podcast Team December 19, 2023

Slivered almonds optionally add dragon-like spikes to the serpentone.

Make Italy’s Christmas Snake Cake

In Umbria, the holidays mean a piece of sweet, almondy serpentone.

Andrew Coletti December 15, 2023

A fast gift doesn't have to be a sloppy gift.

Last-Minute Gifts for Curious People

It’s never too late to inspire fascination about the world.

Danielle Hallock December 7, 2023