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

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.
victorian

Last-Minute Gifts for Curious People

It’s never too late to inspire fascination about the world.
Danielle Hallock December 7, 2023
Written by Amelia Parenteau
food

How a Midnight Feast Became a Month-Long Dining Extravaganza in New Orleans

Revel in Réveillon all December long in the Crescent City.
<em>Apicius</em> doesn't specify decorating this dish with rose petals, but it adds a nice touch.
ancient

Make Ancient Roman Brain and Rose Soufflé

Somebody in the fifth century combined these ingredients into one recipe, and probably no one has since.
Andrew Coletti November 14, 2023
"It was just an acknowledgment of the love that went into her baking," Richard Dawson says of his mother's recipe epitaph.
cemeteries

The Family Recipes That Live On in Cemeteries

Around the world, recipe gravestones tell stories of love, grief, and remembrance.
Sam O'Brien October 31, 2023
Tiger tail ice cream features an unlikely but harmonious merger of black licorice, orange, and dairy.
food

Make Tiger Tail Ice Cream With Gastro Obscura

Recreating a vintage Canadian classic.
Andrew Coletti October 27, 2023
Modern-day versions of the Atholl Brose often contain cream and a sprinkle of nutmeg.
recipe

The Oat-Milk Cocktail That Took Down an Army

Amanda Schuster explores the origins of the Atholl Brose in “Signature Cocktails.”
Diana Hubbell October 12, 2023
Caraway and candied citrus flavor the buttery sponge.
cake

Welsh Sheep-Shearing Cake Is a Forgotten Pastoral Pleasure

Cacen gneifo was a traditional gift for farmhands during wool-gathering season.
Jamie Ellis September 22, 2023
Pizza alla Napoletana from Pellegrino Artusi's 1891 recipe.
food

Make 19th-Century 'Neapolitan Pizza' for Dessert

This "exquisite" recipe comes from the book that created our modern concept of Italian food.
Andrew Coletti September 20, 2023
An illustration of the ritual cremation of a 9th-century Viking leader.
vikings

Eat Like a Viking With This Bread Recipe

Cremated archaeological finds can tell us a lot about Early Medieval baking habits.
Paula Marcoux August 8, 2023
A group of men pose at Russell Camp, another camp for loggers in Maine, circa 1900.
recipe

Eat Like a 19th-Century Lumberjack With This Recipe

"One can work harder and longer on pork and beans...than on any other food with which I am acquainted, save bear meat."
Paula Marcoux July 28, 2023
Maru Toledo and one of the "Mujeres del Maíz" make tortillas.
restaurants

The Remote Mexican Restaurant Reviving Jalisco's Forgotten Cuisine

Maru Toledo and the Mujeres del Maíz are putting history on the plate.
Rena Behar July 14, 2023
Serve your fish with potatoes "roasted in the ashes" and eat off the plank.
fish

The 19th-Century Recipe That Created a Fish-Cookout Craze

Recreate the heyday of shad bakes with this plank-roasting technique.
Paula Marcoux July 10, 2023
It's not hard to find the ingredients for this simple vegan cake.
food

Lost Something? Make This Greek Saint's Cake

Fanouropita has a mystical reputation.
Rossi Anastopoulo June 27, 2023
The contents of Blue Moon remain unknown to the public.
ice cream

5 Unique Ice Cream Recipes to Beat the Heat

From Sweden's Nobel bombe to Detroit's Boston Cooler.
Sam Lin-Sommer June 12, 2023
Chef Nak in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.
recipe

Meet the Chef Reviving Royal Cambodian Recipes

Inspired by a trailblazing princess, Chef Nak's cookbook is a celebration of Khmer history.
Diana Hubbell June 1, 2023
Baked Alaska has taken on many forms.
food

Meet Baked Alaska's Prototype, 'Alaska, Florida'

This parlor trick of a dessert has a long, complicated lineage.
Diana Hubbell May 18, 2023
No knife and fork needed to eat the original Caesar.
food

The Original Caesar Salad Was Finger Food

The world's most famous salad started as a Tijuana trend.
April White May 17, 2023