food
Meet the Artist Making Delicious Food Quilts
Japanese sweets, turkey dinners, and produce alike are immortalized in fabric.
Articles by Anne Ewbank
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Stories shared by this traveler.
animals
'Batnadoes' Can Protect California’s Crops
Bats are farmers' new best friends.
food
Atlas Obscura Readers Imagine Their Future National Dishes
The food of 2050 includes crickets, plastic, and nothing at all.
restaurants
Inside the 'Trend-Free' World of Wisconsin's Supper Clubs
Born out of Prohibition speakeasies, they're getting a second wind.
food
When Eating Crow Was an American Food Trend
The birds briefly became a delicacy.
food
Why So Many Diners Look Like Train Cars
Often, they traveled by rail and were built that way too.
food
Saving Mexico's Heirloom Corn With Gorgeous Furniture
Corn husks get the star treatment.
collections
The Man With 15,000 Pieces of Chopstick-Wrapper Origami
A restaurant job turned into a collecting passion.
objects of intrigue
This Bowl Contained Sugar 'Not Made by Slaves'
An early version of ethical consumption.
gardens
Inside the World's Only Chile Pepper Research Institute
The center has spread spicy knowledge for decades.
film
How Pie-Throwing Became a Comedy Standard
One film studio in Los Angeles pioneered the trope of flying pies.
restaurants
How Vegetarian Food Fueled the British Suffragette Movement
Some even started a cafe.
food
Why Garlic Brings Good Luck to This Spanish Soccer Team
It's thought to dispel evil.
food
Abalonia: The Island Nation That Never Was
It was meant to be a seafood paradise.
maps
How Isaac Newton's Apple Tree Spread Across the World
Clones and descendants of the famed tree grow on 6 continents.
trees
Newton's Apple Tree Around the World
A global map of science's most important tree.
farms
Why One Island Grows 80% of the World's Vanilla
Now, it's more valuable than silver.
trees
The Tragic Roots of America's Favorite Cherry
The Chinese Exclusion Act likely exiled the man who first cultivated it.
restaurants
During the Great Depression, 'Penny Restaurants' Fed the Unemployed
Dishes cost a cent, or even came free.
art
These Mushroom Clouds Are Made From Actual Mushrooms
A team of artists create horror out of fungi.
food
Remembering 'Brownie Mary,' San Francisco's Marijuana Pioneer
She baked thousands of pot brownies for AIDS patients.
architecture
Restoring Glasgow's Tea Rooms to Their Art Nouveau Glory
On the 150th birthday of its designer, a famed tea establishment reopens.
farms
Organic Farmers Are Using Flamethrowers to Weed Their Fields
Burn, broadleaf weeds, burn!
food
What Will Your National Dish Look Like in 2050?
We want to know your predictions for the future's culinary landscape.
