restaurants
The Feminist Lunch That Broke Boundaries 150 Years Ago
For women, dining in public without men was revolutionary.
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poison
The Strange History of Royals Testing Food for Poison With Unicorn Horn
It was actually narwhal tusk.
objects of intrigue
These Fortune-Telling Tea Cups Made Divination Easy
"Many Curious Things I See, When Telling Fortunes In Your Tea."
museums
The Art Show That's All Potatoes
It's courtesy of the tuber's biggest hype man.
holiday
How This London Pub Got Its Buns Back
Hot cross buns, that is.
nazis
How Famine Under the Nazis Revealed the Cause of Celiac Disease
A food shortage helped one doctor prove his theory.
thomas edison
The Hoax That Claimed Thomas Edison Could Turn Dirt Into Food
Newspapers worldwide printed that he'd invented a miraculous machine.
farms
The Quiet Rescue of America’s Forgotten Fruit
One man is responsible for roughly half of the country's stone fruit collection.
trees
The Long, Strange History of Medicinal Turpentine
Drinking it was thought to cure nearly everything. (But you shouldn't try it.)
stores
The Grocery Stocker Who Makes Hypnotic Vegetable Designs
Scallions, radishes, and endives form artistic works.
food
14 Unusual Cookbooks That Were Still Fit to Print
The collections of Gastro Obscura readers feature cannibalism, bugs, and Dracula.
food
Remembering When 'The New York Times' Explained Pizza
No "pizzas" here, only "pizze."
haunted
Alfred Hitchcock’s Contentious Relationship With Dinner Parties
Sometimes the food was all blue.
science
When Stephen Hawking Threw a Cocktail Party for Time Travelers
No one showed up.
food
The Mystery of New England's Gray Corned Beef
The specialty is usually pink, but it looks different around Boston.
animals
The Chef Cooking Up Invasive Species
Asian carp are a problem, but they're also dinner.
food
Tell Us About Your Most Unusual Cookbook
Do you have an offbeat cookbook in your collection? Gastro Obscura wants to see it.
amusement parks
Why Michigan's Favorite Hot Dog Has a New York Name
How did Coney Island get to Detroit?
food
The Chef Who Carves Traditional Patterns Into Fruits and Vegetables
Japanese design meets produce.
robots
Flippy, the Burger-Flipping Robot, Is Now Gainfully Employed
The more burgers it makes, the smarter it gets.
food
How Orange (the Fruit) Inspired Orange (the Color)
Until the Renaissance, the English language had no word for yellow-red.
objects of intrigue
One of the World's Most Irreplaceable Books Was Used as a Cutting Board
The Exeter Book also once served as a coaster.
food
How Killer Rice Crippled Tokyo and the Japanese Navy
One stubborn doctor pioneered a cure.
art
The Artist Crafting Hyperrealistic Felt Foods
Huong Huynh makes fabric fare look good enough to eat.
