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mind over menu

Do Sugar Comas Exist?

Scientists disagree on whether they're real or imagined.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
January 3, 2018
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new year nibbles

Lemon Pigs Are the World’s Newest New Year’s Tradition

They go viral roughly every 50 years.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
January 3, 2018
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lent food

The Grocery List Sketched by Michelangelo

You can't sculpt like Michelangelo, but you can eat like him.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
January 2, 2018
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potatoes

Watch a Man Play 'Sandstorm' on a Potato

Who says you can't shred a 1999 club classic on a tuberous ocarina?
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
January 2, 2018
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memory

Did Your Grandma Steal That ‘Secret Family Recipe’?

Help Gastro Obscura investigate.
Alex Mayyasi, Atlas Obscura
December 29, 2017
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mind over menu

Why Scientists Once Used Taste Tests as Paternity Tests

Sensitivity to bitterness was thought to be entirely genetic.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
December 28, 2017
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gingerbread

Watch Two Brothers Build a UFO Gingerbread House

The truth is out there.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
December 26, 2017
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oysters

Perhaps You'd Like to Try Lemon or Raspberry Flavored Oysters

After years of testing, a French gastronaut is offering everyone's favorite happy hour mollusks in a rainbow of flavors.
Natasha Frost, Atlas Obscura
December 26, 2017
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pickles

The Mysterious Tradition of Hiding a Pickle on Christmas Trees

Find a pickle, win a special gift.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
December 22, 2017
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marketing

Heinz’s Decades-Long Attempt to Convince Australia That Ketchup Is Awesome

Australians grew up with tomato sauce. Heinz wants to sell them (nearly identical) ketchup.
Ernie Smith, Atlas Obscura
December 21, 2017
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mind over menu

The Prevailing Theory Behind Meat Sweats

It's not just you.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
December 20, 2017
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philosophy

The Incompatible Food Triad Cookoff

To solve a tasty philosophical problem, we whipped up strawberry-mushroom-balsamic tarts and beef-orange-cream pot pies.
Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura
December 20, 2017
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hanukkah

The University of Chicago’s Seven-Decade-Running Jewish Food Debate

An unwinnable fight between latkes and hamantashen.
Natasha Frost, Atlas Obscura
December 19, 2017
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vatican

Pope Francis Celebrated His 81st Birthday With an Extra-Long Pizza

13 feet of divine, cheesy goodness.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
December 19, 2017
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marketing

Why Chuck E. Cheese's Has a Corporate Policy About Destroying Its Mascot’s Head

It doesn't usually involve sledgehammers in a parking lot.
Paula Mejia, Atlas Obscura
December 18, 2017
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menu monday

The Glamorous Train Line That Justified a Brutal Occupation

Even the lunch menu had a nationalistic agenda.
Anne Ewbank, Atlas Obscura
December 18, 2017
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colombia

How a Brewer and the Government Killed Colombia's Ancestral Drink

They conspired to replace chicha with clean, healthy beer.
Lauren Evans, Atlas Obscura
December 18, 2017
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caffeine

Found: The Remains of an 18th-Century English Coffeehouse

Archaeologists think that calf's foot jelly was its signature dish.
Vittoria Traverso, Atlas Obscura
December 18, 2017