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The <em>Archaeopteryx</em> cocktail, which Carney concocted the day his paper was published, is pictured here with a replica of the Berlin specimen.
dinosaurs

How a Black-Feathered Dino Inspired a Series of Nerdy Cocktails

Drink your way through the history of life on Earth.
Isaac Schultz November 13, 2020
Election cake was meant to be dense, rich, and filling.
politics

Reviving America's Forgotten Boozy, Fruity Election Cake

These cakes helped elections feel like a party.
Anne Ewbank October 30, 2020
The 2014 blue-ribbon cherry pie recipe from the Iowa State Fair.
farms

Inside the Midwest's State Fair Historical Recipe Contest

From biscuits to cherry pie, these award-winning dishes tell family stories dating back to the 1800s.
Sam O'Brien September 11, 2020
A not-so-old-fashioned Old Fashioned.
food

5 Classic Cocktails That Changed When They Crossed Borders

Around the world in mutant drinks, via your liquor cabinet.
Anne Ewbank September 2, 2020
A Grasshopper, Brandy Alexander, and Pink Squirrel at the Del-Bar in Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
ice cream

How to Make Ice-Cream Cocktails Like a True Wisconsinite

Turn your home into a supper club with these 6 recipes.
Jeanette Hurt August 17, 2020
Although potentially poisonous in raw form, cooked pokeweed has long been a hearty green in Louisiana.
food

The Native-American Origins of Gumbo

While credit for the dish is widely shared, here’s how to choose ingredients that celebrate its Indigenous roots.
Morgan Randall June 9, 2025
There are no known images of Hemings and only a few recipes attributed to the skilled chef, including one for poached meringue.
food

A Rare Recipe From a Talented Chef Enslaved by a Founding Father

Despite James Hemings’s leading role in Jefferson’s kitchen, he’s credited with only a handful of recipes.
Natasha Frost August 6, 2020
One of Anna Kharzeeva's adaptations of the "Soviet pizza" recipe.
food

Eat Like You're in the USSR With 'The Soviet Diet Cookbook'

By making pizza approved by the Communist Party.
Dalia Wolfson July 20, 2020
At the Oregon Historical Society, chocolate cake provided a new topic of conversation.
food

How Historical Societies Are Bringing Their Recipes to Pandemic Cooks

Food has become an important tool for connection.
Anne Ewbank July 17, 2020
Steven Raichlen has been around the world four times documenting the different ways people cook food over fire.
food

How to Make Smoked Foods From Around the World on Your Stovetop

With advice and recipes from a renowned expert.
Luke Fater July 1, 2020
The cookies' two signature ingredients, rum and molasses, demonstrate the deep relationship between New England economy and cuisine, and slavery.
food

How a Black-Owned 19th-Century Tavern Became the Birthplace of a Beloved Cookie

Joe Froggers tell a story of Black business ownership, slavery, and seafaring in Massachusetts.
Reina Gattuso June 18, 2020
Mesopotamian recipes often called for lots of alliums.
food

Cook Like an Ancient Mesopotamian With the World’s Oldest Recipes

Age-old cuisine, from soup to sweets.
Jess Eng June 17, 2020
The secret ingredient in this 1920's "Mystery Cake" may be best left unknown.
food

6 Comfort Foods Born of Historic Times of Discomfort

When the going got tough, the tough left recipes.
Luke Fater June 9, 2020
Just three ingredients go into the filling of this humble pie.
food

Eat Like a 19th-Century Shaker With This Simple Lemon Pie

There’s never been a better time for this forgotten frugal classic.
Sam O'Brien May 15, 2020
A touch of fire helped colonial Americans through many winters.
colonial america

Make a Colonial American Cocktail With Ale, Rum, and Fire

The smoky, creamy Hot Ale Flip is a testament to crude ingenuity.
Luke Fater May 13, 2020
These patties were once the core of what historian George Colpitts calls a "high-calorie energy regime."
recipe

How to Make a 5,000-Year-Old Energy Bar

Eat like ancient Great Plains hunters with this simple recipe.
Sam O'Brien April 30, 2020
Kitchen hacks from tough times past.
food

Even More Historic Dishes Born From Tough Times to Make at Home

For every crisis, a recipe.
Luke Fater April 27, 2020
The peak of cheesy, starchy comfort food.
food

A Guide to the World’s Most Comforting Foods of Grief

In an age of distance, we can still connect in the kitchen to mourn, memorialize, and heal.
Sam O'Brien April 20, 2020