Stories - Gastro Obscura
Places near me Random place
Gastro Obscura

Read 2154 Gastro Stories

Gastro Obscura
story
dictator food projects

Hitler’s Secret Antarctic Expedition for Whales

Whales meant margarine, and margarine meant victory.
Luke Fater, Atlas Obscura
November 6, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
dictator food projects

How Stalin and the Soviet Union Created a Champagne for the Working Class

In 1936, the Party suddenly switched from denouncing bubbly to mass producing it.
Jessica Gingrich, Atlas Obscura
November 5, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
dictator food projects

How a Fruit Basket From Mao Made China Mad for Mangoes

Regifting the fruit created a potent political symbol.
Jessica Gingrich, Atlas Obscura
November 4, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
spirits week

Bacardi's Head Honcho Once Tried to Bomb Castro's Cuba

After many a misadventure, his warplane is on display today.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
October 31, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
spirits week

The Dark Side of the 'Angel’s Share'

Kentucky's bourbon industry is covering its neighbors in black fungus.
Anne Marshall, Atlas Obscura
October 30, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
spirits week

Eat Your Sorrow With These Victorian Funeral Biscuits

Ingredients often included molasses, caraway seeds, ginger, and grief.
Jessica Leigh Hester, Atlas Obscura
October 30, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
spirits week

Why Ireland's Pub Owners Have Long Moonlighted as Undertakers

It helps to have cold storage and room to hold a wake.
Jessica Gingrich, Atlas Obscura
October 29, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
sanitation

Why an 1875 Map Imagined the U.S as a Giant Hog

New York is the nose, Alaska the tail, and Cuba is a giant sausage. 
Reina Gattuso, Atlas Obscura
October 28, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
spirits week

The Liquor-Soaked Devil Shrines of Bolivia's Deadliest Mine

In the heart of the Andes, Catholic miners also pray to satanic statues.
Luke Fater, Atlas Obscura
October 25, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
spirits week

The Valley of the Cheese of the Dead

In this remote Swiss town, residents spent a lifetime aging a wheel for their own funeral.
Molly McDonough, Atlas Obscura
October 24, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
spirits week

How Vodka Became a Currency in Russia

Since the 16th century, the spirit has been the country's gold standard.
Susie Armitage, Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
spirits week

Scottish Singles Used to Spend Halloween Picking Kale

The leafy green once foretold the future.
Mark Hay, Atlas Obscura
October 23, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
aquaculture

In Modern-Day British Columbia, Clamming Technology Was More Advanced 3,500 Years Ago

New research has found that indigenous clam gardens are more productive than current practices.
Reina Gattuso, Atlas Obscura
October 21, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
dreams

This Artist Builds Tiny, Lifelike Replicas of Beloved Dive Bars

Santa Barbara's weird underbelly, in miniature.
John Paul Titlow, Atlas Obscura
October 18, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
malaysia

Italy's Only Malaysian Food Truck Draws an Unlikely Crowd: Italians

Justin Yip's satay is winning over nationalistic eaters.
Luke Fater, Atlas Obscura
October 17, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
cooking

The Biryani Cooked Inside Bamboo

A tourism bureau's embrace of a tribal dish brings both promise and peril.
Namrata Kolachalam, Atlas Obscura
October 16, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
bamboo

Picturing China's Bamboo Chopstick Industry From the Sky

Aerial views highlight a sliver of the huge business.
Jessica Leigh Hester, Atlas Obscura
October 15, 2019
Gastro Obscura
story
pests

Solved: The Mysterious Origins of Your Coffee's Worst Nightmare

Researchers inspected 18,667 plant specimens to track down a caffeine-eating beetle.
Reina Gattuso, Atlas Obscura
October 14, 2019