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Andrew Coletti

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2018

Editorial Fellow, sometime video creator, passionate about history, science, and food. IG: @passtheflamingo (because the Ancient Romans ate flamingos).
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Old Javanese inscriptions describe vegetables eaten raw or boiled and seasoned with fermented shrimp paste.

monuments

How a Dinner Series Brought Borobudur’s Stone Reliefs to Life

The most famous monument in Indonesia shaped these ninth century–inspired feasts.

By Andrew Coletti
Zhū nǎo tāng, meaning 'pig brain soup,' is one of many preparations for brain in China.

brain

In Defense of Eating Brains

While some in the West are squeamish, globally, it's more common than not.

By Andrew Coletti
Kava is regarded as the national beverage of Fiji, where it is often served to welcome visitors.

food

Why Kava Laws Choose Tradition Over Commercialization

New Zealand regulations prevent the sacred beverage of the Pacific Islands from being watered down.

By Andrew Coletti
Someday, food for astronauts might look like a nutrient-dense sweet potato salad.

science

Sweet Potato Salad Might Be the Optimal Space Food

A new study produced the ideal "space salad" for long-term astronauts, and it's surprisingly delicious.

By Andrew Coletti
Al-Tujībī's recipe for marinated olives seasoned with oregano and salt.

medieval

A Longed-For Taste of Home in ‘The Exile’s Cookbook’

A 13th-century Arabic cookbook reveals the culinary life of al-Andalus.

By Andrew Coletti
Though the original arrowroot is native to the tropical Americas, these were cultivated in India.

food

The Confusing Truth About Arrowroot

What's in a name?

By Andrew Coletti
Coffee flour makes for decadent pancakes.

food

Fight Food Waste With Unusual Flours

Add something extra to your baking.

By Andrew Coletti
Ros's book features royal Cambodian recipes such as this appetizer served with fresh greens.

food

Our Favorite Cookbook Stories of 2023

Make some room on your bookshelf.

By Andrew Coletti
These mulberries were foraged in downtown Boulder, Colorado, with help from Falling Fruit's database.

food

The Year in Fruit

This was a fruitful year for Gastro Obscura.

By Andrew Coletti
Slivered almonds optionally add dragon-like spikes to the serpentone.

snakes

Make Italy’s Christmas Snake Cake

In Umbria, the holidays mean a piece of sweet, almondy serpentone.

By Andrew Coletti
My Thanksgiving apple cake had some unconventional ingredients.

food

Try These West African Spices in Your Holiday Baking

Have some fun with fusion.

By Andrew Coletti
Thailand’s foi thong features longer strands than the Portuguese dessert that inspired it.

dessert

Make Thailand’s Golden Threads Dessert

A recipe from the countess who ran the royal kitchens of Siam.

By Andrew Coletti
The historic Japanese village of Ayutthaya, where Guyomar grew up, displays a wax figure and portrait of Guyomar in the royal kitchens.

dessert

The Tragic and Inspiring Story of the ‘Queen of Thai Desserts’

From countess to political prisoner to palace chef, Maria Guyomar de Pinha lived a life fit for the screen.

By Andrew Coletti
Apicius doesn't specify decorating this dish with rose petals, but it adds a nice touch.

ancient

Make Ancient Roman Brain and Rose Soufflé

Somebody in the fifth century combined these ingredients into one recipe, and probably no one has since.

By Andrew Coletti
After hosting months of events at Rice University, the Houston mudhif will be relocated to a permanent home at the end of the year.

ancient

Ordering Off a 5,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian Menu

A community effort brings ancient flavors to modern Texas.

By Andrew Coletti
At Cantine Toca, Evy Mendes serves mushrooms and plantains with conserva, a citrusy, spicy sauce from Guinea-Bissau.

food

Celebrating the Food of West Africa, Vegan-Style

From a region known for meat dishes, plant-based perspectives are emerging.

By Andrew Coletti
Tiger tail ice cream features an unlikely but harmonious merger of black licorice, orange, and dairy.

food

Make Tiger Tail Ice Cream With Gastro Obscura

Recreating a vintage Canadian classic.

By Andrew Coletti
This illustration from a Medieval manuscript shows bees returning to a skep hive.

bees

The Magic Spells That Herded Medieval Bees

For European beekeepers, “swarm charms” were once a tool of the trade.

By Andrew Coletti
"Cheese of all kinds make delicious and nourishing spreads, too," Adams wrote in her column.

nuclear

Make This Fallout Shelter–Friendly 1960s Ham Spread

The author of this recipe hoped you would never need it.

By Andrew Coletti
An example fallout shelter from a 1957 government guidebook, stocked with "a 14-day shelter food supply which may be stored indefinitely, a battery-operated radio, auxiliary light sources, a two-week supply of water, and first aid, sanitary and other miscellaneous supplies and equipment."

cold war

What Would You Eat in a Cold War Fallout Shelter?

Nuclear war readiness meant stocking the pantry and recipes for canned ham salad.

By Andrew Coletti
Clara Bow was uncomfortable at Hollywood parties and famously skipped out on her film premieres to play cards with her cook and other household staff.

food

The Forgotten Dessert Loved by a Roaring '20s 'It Girl'

When life gives you marshmallows, turn them into marlow.

By Andrew Coletti
Marzipan was originally flavored with toxic bitter almond.

poison

How Poisonous Fruit Pits Became Irresistible to Humans

These plants make cyanide.

By Andrew Coletti
The Ancient Greeks often decorated pottery used during parties with scenes from those events, like this symposium (drinking party) attendee getting sick from too much wine.

food

Eat Like an Ancient Greek Philosopher

Before attending third-century dinner parties, readers consulted this “marvelous feast of words.”

By Andrew Coletti
Pizza alla Napoletana from Pellegrino Artusi's 1891 recipe.

food

Make 19th-Century 'Neapolitan Pizza' for Dessert

This "exquisite" recipe comes from the book that created our modern concept of Italian food.

By Andrew Coletti
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