Laura Carlson

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2017

Laura Carlson is a food historian and medievalist. She hosts and produces the food history podcast, The Feast, where she gets to talk about things like Thomas Jefferson's giant cheddar cheese (true fact). You can also find her leading food tours around Toronto, aka Turrronno.

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You explored one of America's most iconic highways by marking at least three remarkable places along historic Route 66.

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Photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston, holding a cigarette and a beer stein, in her Self Portrait (as "New Woman"), 1896.

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Where the Cocktail Party Came From

It has surprisingly feminist origins.

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