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Luke Fater

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Stories shared by this traveler.

The secret ingredient in this 1920's "Mystery Cake" may be best left unknown.

food

6 Comfort Foods Born of Historic Times of Discomfort

When the going got tough, the tough left recipes.

By Luke Fater
The dawa is Kenya's answer to the caipirinha.

cocktails

11 Cocktails From Around the World That You Can Make at Home

You can't travel, but you could probably use a drink.

By Luke Fater
A touch of fire helped colonial Americans through many winters.

colonial america

Make a Colonial American Cocktail With Ale, Rum, and Fire

The smoky, creamy Hot Ale Flip is a testament to crude ingenuity.

By Luke Fater
Turn a walk in the woods into a multi-purpose kitchen ingredient.

trees

How to Turn a Walk in the Woods Into an Ancient Indigenous Kitchen Staple

Easy foraging can add a touch of the forest to your tea, stews, and even bath.

By Luke Fater
A global pandemic brought this ancient mill roaring back to life.

museums

How Coronavirus Put an Ancient Flour Mill Back to Work

“You can hear the creaks, smell the grain—you really feel the age of it.”

By Luke Fater
Kitchen hacks from tough times past.

food

Even More Historic Dishes Born From Tough Times to Make at Home

For every crisis, a recipe.

By Luke Fater
From our database to your door.

restaurants

The Gastro Obscura Guide to NYC Restaurants Delivering Right Now

Branch out, dine in, and save your city.

By Luke Fater
One pantry's rice and beans is another pantry's fufu and cattail roots.

disasters

Around the World in 6 Quarantine Pantries

How chefs in Bolivia, Malaysia, Italy, Rwanda, Canada, and Thailand are preparing for lockdown.

By Luke Fater
The ancient yeast could only be revived with Emmer, an older, less common varietal of wheat likely used by ancient Egyptians.

science

How the Man Who Invented Xbox Baked a 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Sourdough

It took three experts, two museums, and one clay pot to bake a truly ancient loaf.

By Luke Fater
Dirty Water is one of hundreds of distilleries across the United States in manufacturing hand sanitizer.

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Inside One Distillery’s Pivot to Hand Sanitizer

The small Massachusetts outfit supplies local police, firefighters, and hospitals.

By Luke Fater
Just when you thought cows could do it all.

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The Oregon Creamery Making Vodka From Milk

“It's a tribute to the cows.”

By Luke Fater
In Southern New Jersey, a curious tradition faces an uncertain future.

rats

How South Jersey Keeps Muskrat on the Menu

An 80-year-old tradition brings a small town together to deep fry their mascot.

By Luke Fater
The endangered sea turtles of São Tomé now have the island's biggest pop star on their side.

science

In São Tomé, a Pop Star Helps Keep Sea Turtles Off the Dinner Table

A hit single is benefiting an endangered species.

By Luke Fater
A food truck fit for a prince.

food

The Exiled Prince Behind Los Angeles' Only Fresh-Pasta Food Truck

Bend the macaro-knee.

By Luke Fater
The world's largest wine bottle held 1,590 liters of Austrian red wine—until recently.

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The World's Largest Bottle of Wine Just Spilled in Austria

We're gonna need a bigger napkin.

By Luke Fater
A small snail's new diet has some big implications.

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What Tiny Snail Poop Could Mean For Latin America's Coffee Farms

“I just followed a trail of excrement.”

By Luke Fater
A traditional spirit stirs up fresh debate among craft distillers living along the U.S.–Mexico border.

politics

The Uncertain Future of a Border-Straddling Liquor

Sotol could bring Texans and Mexicans together, or divide them.

By Luke Fater
Serbian 'pohovana piletina' leads a second, star-studded life in Barberton, Ohio.

food

How Serbian Immigrants Made an Ohio Town the ‘Fried Chicken Capital of the World'

From Vojvodina, with lard.

By Luke Fater
Dr. Frieda Rapoport Caplan forever changed American produce aisles.

fruit

Remembering the 'Kiwi Queen' Who Revolutionized American Produce Aisles

Frieda Caplan defied gender norms to take Americans from peas and potatoes to kumquats and quinces.

By Luke Fater
These plastic-cheese replicas don't age, but the 500 pounds of cheddar aging in a Wisconsin cheese factory do so wonderfully.

cheese

For Sale: 500 Pounds of 20-Year-Old Cheddar

Even at $209 a pound, it’s expected to sell out shortly.

By Luke Fater
Invasive blue catfish only have one known predator: humans.

animals

Invasive Catfish Are Rewriting Chesapeake Bay Cuisine

An unloved invader has found its way onto menus across the region.

By Luke Fater
Colonel Sanders has never been more festive.

food

How a White Lie Gave Japan KFC for Christmas

One cunning business maneuver created a tradition and saved a franchise.

By Luke Fater
The historic bar has been a meeting point for area cowhands and sheepherders for nearly a century.

bars

For Sale: The Only Bar in a 14-Person Montana Town

You could own the busiest watering hole for miles.

By Luke Fater
First Lady Grace Coolidge in 1926 with what was meant to be dinner.

food

Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon

A tradition as American as apple pie, and older than the Constitution.

By Luke Fater
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