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See Technicolor Food Photos from Original Soviet Cookbooks

Anika Burgess, Atlas Obscura

October 16, 2015

Why Midcentury Lawyers Spent 12 Years Arguing About Peanut Butter

It all started when the FDA launched an "assault on inferior peanut butters."

Matthew Blitz, Atlas Obscura

October 11, 2022

Fleeting Wonders: 27,581 Pumpkins Colonize a Town in Illinois

Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

October 12, 2015

Pizza Rat's 2-Day Journey from Viral Video to Sexy Halloween Costume

Dan Nosowitz, Atlas Obscura

October 8, 2015

The Miracle Sugar Substitute The FDA Won't Let You Have

Jess Zimmerman, Atlas Obscura

September 24, 2015

FOUND: $1,300 in a Domino's Box

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

September 22, 2015

The Long, Sweet Love Affair Between Cops and Doughnuts

Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

September 18, 2015

I Tried to Recreate Medieval Kugel and Ended Up With a Fruitcake

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

September 14, 2015

Pizza Ovens That (Almost) Never Cool Off

Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

September 11, 2015

Soothe Yourself By Watching Tiny Meals Being Cooked in Tiny Kitchens

Ella Morton, Atlas Obscura

September 3, 2015

Margarine Used To Be Pink, and More Colorful Tales From The Food Dye Industry

Ernie Smith, Atlas Obscura

August 31, 2015

Pizza Doesn't Really Stretch That Way, And Other Devious Food Stylist Tricks

Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura

August 21, 2015

The History of Fake Meat Starts With the Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Ernie Smith, Atlas Obscura

August 17, 2015

Beijing's Olympic Park is Now Full of Tiny, Technicolor Food Stalls

Anika Burgess, Atlas Obscura

How Millions of Pounds of Maine Lobster Make It From New York to China

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura

The History of Vending Machines Goes Back to the 1st Century

Ernie Smith, Atlas Obscura

100 Wonders: Taco Time

Dylan Thuras, Atlas Obscura

Where Do Maryland Crabs Come From? Virginia, Apparently

Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura