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spiders

The Heritage Beer Brewed With Some Help From Spiders

When fruit flies love your beer, you don't mind a few webs in the brewery.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
October 31, 2017
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underground cooking

The Secret History of Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms

In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital.
Emily Monaco, Atlas Obscura
October 31, 2017
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menu monday

The Club Dedicated to Eating Unconventional Aquatic Creatures

The Ichthyophagous Club changed America's relationship to seafood.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
October 30, 2017
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food art

The Forgotten Italian Tradition of Building Monumental Food Palaces

Then destroying them in a literal hunger games.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
October 27, 2017
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delicacies

Italian Truffle Prices Mushroom After a Parched October

A lot of money for a little fungus.
Natasha Frost, Atlas Obscura
October 27, 2017
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trading cards

Victorian Culinary Trading Cards Are a Feast for the Eyes

But maybe not for your stomach.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
October 27, 2017
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propaganda

Why Wartime England Thought Carrots Could Give You Night Vision

The belief that carrots improve your eyesight dates back to World War II propaganda.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
October 25, 2017
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philosophy

The Video Game That Asks You to Ponder the Meaning of Soup

Liquid has never been so confounding.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
October 25, 2017
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frog

The Giant Frog Farms of the 1930s Were a Giant Failure

The get-rich-quick scheme couldn't fill the world's appetite for frogs' legs.
Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura
October 25, 2017
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snacks

Why Are So Dang Many Potato Chip Brands From Pennsylvania?

It’s snack time. All the time.
Dan Nosowitz, Atlas Obscura
October 24, 2017
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subculture

The Massively Friendly World of Competitive Giant Pumpkin Growing

Big gourds, small egos.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
October 24, 2017
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food art

This Orchestra Makes Music With Celery, Carrots, and Cabbage

They literally shred.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
October 24, 2017
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marketing

The Lucky Charms Mascot Was Almost a Forgetful Wizard

In the 1970s, Waldo the Wizard briefly appeared on cereal boxes in New England.
Jonathan Kendall, Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2017
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menu monday

The Gilded-Age Dinner Party That Featured 7 Courses and 32 Horses

C.K.G. Billings turned a Manhattan ballroom into a site for a banquet on horseback.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2017
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genetics

Scientists Look to the Grape Genome for Clues About Its Past

Domestication turned out pretty well for grapes, and for us.
Kelsey Kennedy, Atlas Obscura
October 20, 2017
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apples

Every Apple You Eat Took Years and Years to Make

"Feel free to spit."
Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura
October 20, 2017
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culinary crimes

South Texas Man’s $1.2 Million Fajita Heist Foiled After 9 Years

Gilberto Escamilla clandestinely ordered fajitas through his government job, then re-sold them.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
October 19, 2017
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blimps

The Brief, Wondrous, High-Flying Era of Zeppelin Dining

The Hindenburg’s fattened ducklings and caviar were essentially German propaganda.
Natasha Frost, Atlas Obscura
October 18, 2017