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Jaya Saxena

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A sweet spread, replete with roses.

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The Downfall of Rose Water, Once America's Favorite Flavor

Until the 1840s, adding a dash of rose water to sweets was the norm.

By Jaya Saxena
Long Before Peyton Manning Met Budweiser, the Pope Shilled For Cocaine Wine

celebrity

Long Before Peyton Manning Met Budweiser, the Pope Shilled For Cocaine Wine

By Jaya Saxena
Why We Picture Bombs As Round Black Balls with a Burning Wick

cartoons

Why We Picture Bombs As Round Black Balls with a Burning Wick

By Jaya Saxena
Need a Chill Pill? Here's a Recipe from the 19th Century

medicine

Need a Chill Pill? Here's a Recipe from the 19th Century

By Jaya Saxena
at iceland's christmas house

holidays

Iceland's Yule Lads Are Like 13 Demented Santas and They Are Amazing

Before they were mischievous but friendly characters who came to lick your spoons, they were terrors.

By Jaya Saxena
Jumpsuits, military-style

music

Jumpsuits: Heralding The End Of Fashion For A Century

By Jaya Saxena
Bird watching with binoculars.

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How Early Feminists Helped Revolutionize Birding

By Jaya Saxena
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Rhode Island Has One Great Culinary Invention, And It's Coffee Milk

By Jaya Saxena
His and Hers Candypants, in strawberry and watermelon flavor.

sex

A Matter of Taste: Inside the Edible Sex Toy Industry

By Jaya Saxena

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