food
Virginia Woolf and the Complexities of Cottage Loaf
The famous feminist’s love for baking helps us understand her relationship with food, class, and mental illness.
Articles by Reina Gattuso
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literature
The Messy History of Emily Dickinson's Black Cake Recipe
It reveals an unexpected side to the poet's personality and the brutality that brought a Caribbean dish to New England.
nazis
What Should You Do With a Captured Nazi Flag?
During WWII, American soldiers brought the flags home as a remembrance. Now, family members and historians must decide what should become of them.
food
Eat Like Jane Austen With Recipes From Her Sister-In-Law's Cookbook
Including dishes straight from her novels.
food
Help Curate This Vast Trove of Kitchen-Table Remedies
The Archive of Healing includes hundreds of thousands of folk healing traditions from six continents.
nature
A Field Guide to North America’s Wild Crops
Spot these free-ranging versions of your favorite produce on your next hike.
food
Go Beyond the Grocery Store With These Seven Innovative Spice Companies
These seasonings connect you to the communities that produced them.
food
This Writer Is Tweeting Everything Sylvia Plath Ever Ate
Busting sexist myths about a famous poet, one tweet at a time.
maps
This Project Maps 25 Years of New York's Lesbian Nightlife
The interactive tool allows readers to explore how queer social life has changed over time.
gardens
Keep Your Quarantine Garden Growing With These 8 Unique Seed Companies
Grow the plants tailored to your region, passion, or heritage.
wine
The Battle to Bottle Palm Wine
It’s delicious, cherished, and difficult to commercialize. These entrepreneurs are bringing it to the United States.
maori
Feast on This Guide to Modern Māori Cooking
A groundbreaking book celebrates New Zealand's indigenous cuisine.
museums
The Museum Treating Home Cooking as Fine Art
Cook your way through the "Reclamation" exhibition of crowd-sourced recipes, remedies, and magic.
food
The Chef Recreating 18th-Century Recipes From a Thrift-Shop Find
Bake an old-timey cake from this handwritten cookbook.
gardens
The Italian Immigrants Who Grew Fig Trees in Unlikely Places
A grassroots group is creating a living library of these backyard gardens.
farms
Celebrate the Farm Workers Behind Your Favorite Thanksgiving Sides
Organizers are using mesmerizing video clips of harvests to advocate for better protections and pay.
restaurants
In Sydney, a Cafe Serving Aboriginal Food Brings Comfort and Challenges
Nyoka Hrabinsky, an Aboriginal ethnobotanist, is turning “bush tucker” into brunch.
food
How to Recreate Your Lost Family Recipes, According to Historians and Chefs
It may not be just like grandma’s, but with observation and a little research, it’ll be pretty darn close.
food
A Historical Dig Sheds Light on the Food of the Underground Railroad
Archaeologists found muskrat, turtle, and other edible remains in Harriet Tubman Country.
museums
The Newest Addition to Denmark’s Happiness Museum: Tomato Seeds
A seed stuck to an old shirt grew into a project that helps bereaved kids heal.
design
These Powerful Pins Honored Suffragists Who Were 'Jailed for Freedom'
A century ago, women picketing the White House were beaten and imprisoned for demanding their right to vote.
food
A Database of 5,000 Historical Cookbooks Is Now Online, and You Can Help Improve It
It took Barbara Ketcham Wheaton more than 50 years to compile The Sifter.
food
Cracking the Case of South India's Missing Vegetables
A food designer used quarantine to track down the mystery produce in his grandmother's cookbook.
gardens
400 Years After Its First Apple Farm, Boston Remains an Urban Orchard
Urban canners and tree-planting groups are maintaining an heirloom tradition.
