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Found: A Treasure Trove of Candy Wrappers Dating Back to the Depression

They were hidden in a circulation chamber in an old Chicago theater.

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

Found: Recipes From 1793 for Calves' Heads and Pigs' Feet

A Georgian cookbook was hiding in an abbey's private library.

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

In 1959, British Scientists Carefully Perfected the Pickled Onion

It was all for the "notoriously fickle pickle-fancying public."

Lauren Young, Atlas Obscura

February 24, 2017

Japanese Street Vendors and Their Spongy Fish Pancakes

Lauren Young, Atlas Obscura

February 23, 2017

Found: A Stray Chicken in a McDonald's Bathroom

A 5-year-old made the discovery.

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

February 23, 2017

I Heart New York

My quest to buy (and eat) as many different hearts as I could in a single day in the city.

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

February 17, 2017

Medieval Europe Couldn't Quit This Story About a Woman Eating Her Lover's Heart

Her husband tricks her into eating it.

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

February 14, 2017

'Poisonous Parsnips' Are Washing Up on Beaches in Scotland

Be careful out there.

Erik Shilling, Atlas Obscura

February 13, 2017

Portugal's Unexpectedly Heroic Custard Tarts

The Portuguese have twice turned to the humble pastry to solve economic problems.

Karla Pequenino, Atlas Obscura

January 25, 2017

The Mistaken Case of the Killer Cornbread

For a brief time in the early 20th Century, cornmeal was unfairly blamed as the source of a terrible disease.

Mark Essig, Atlas Obscura

January 24, 2017

The Father and Son Who Ate Every Animal Possible

William and Francis Buckland saw Noah's Ark as a dinner menu.

Craig Donofrio, Atlas Obscura

January 19, 2017

The Best Kitchen Gadget of the 1600s Was a Small, Short-Legged Dog

Turnspit dogs ran in a wheel to keep the spit meat spinning.

Natalie Zarrelli, Atlas Obscura

January 11, 2017

The Meatless, Wheatless Meals of World War I America

Recipes got a lot more creative during the days of food rationing.

Lauren Young, Atlas Obscura

January 10, 2017

Found: Historic Ketchup, Buried Under a Music Venue for More Than a Century

Also, marmalade, pickle, and mustard jars.

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

January 10, 2017

The Long, Unusual History of the Pickled Cucumber

Ernie Smith, Atlas Obscura

January 9, 2017

Blood Pancakes Are The Most Metal of All Flapjacks

Put some plasma in your breakfast.

Eric Grundhauser, Atlas Obscura

January 6, 2017

Found: An Ancient Groundcherry That Proves Nightshades Are Older Than We Think

The family of tomatoes, potatoes, and peppers could be millions of years older than anyone realized.

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

January 5, 2017

Found: Unexplained Poems Left on the Shelves of a British Grocery Store

One was about bread, the other about deer.

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

January 5, 2017