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Rodney Scott mopping sauce onto whole hogs at Scott's Bar-B-Que in South Carolina.

Inside the Decades-Long Effort to Build a Barbecue Trail

The Southern Foodways Alliance is documenting the oral histories of pitmasters.

Diana Hubbell January 21, 2022

Bread made with dots of sooragh shows off Hormuz's vibrant gelak soil.

Eating the Red Soil of Rainbow Island

The landscapes on Hormuz, Iran, are striking—and edible.

Tia Rotolo January 19, 2022

Frère Jean in the monastery kitchen.

Saint-Julien-des-Points, France

Skite Sainte Foy

Cloistered comestibles are served with style at this French Orthodox monastery.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sea Palace

Europe's first floating restaurant is home to a hilarious legend.

The Farming Colony That Grew Under the Midnight Sun

How the New Deal seeded giant vegetables in Alaska.

Vivian Wagner January 18, 2022

A recently-unearthed pot of rye bread sits on the shore of Lake Laugarvatn.

The Icelandic Bakery That Buries Its Bread in Hot Springs

Laugarvatn Fontana's sweet, cakey rye gets baked by geothermal energy.

Tiffany Eastham January 17, 2022

Horticulture students showing off their work.

Ithaca, New York

The Cornell Apple Vending Machine

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

Empanadas are traditional across Latin America.

The Challenges of Writing a Continent-Spanning Cookbook

22 countries, 600-plus recipes, one giant book.

Anne Ewbank January 13, 2022

Children lining up for soup at the Canterbury Music Hall in 1910.

One of the Most Famous Victorian Dishes Is a Hilarious Lie

Brown Windsor soup was reportedly a favorite of the Queen. The only problem? It may not have existed.

Diana Hubbell January 12, 2022

Voodoo Doughnuts

6 Unexpected Portland Snacking Experiences

How to sip and snack like a longtime local in the City of Roses.

Sponsored by Travel Portland

The Secret Lives of Kitchen Appliances

Before your favorite tools, cooking was hell.

Anne Ewbank January 11, 2022

Batumi McDonald's.

10 of the World's Most Beautiful Fast-Food Restaurants

Incredible surroundings and a side of fries.

Anne Ewbank January 10, 2022

Frère Jean inside his monastery.

The Fashion Photographer Who Became a Monastery Chef

Cloistered cooking can still be high art.

Anna Richards January 5, 2022

The satellite dish in action on a sunny day.

At This Armenian Restaurant, the Ovens Are Satellite Dishes

The "Sunny Meals" are made with sunshine.

Rafael Tonon January 4, 2022

Ida's recipe is on the front-facing side of the grave.

Rehovot, Israel

Ida's Nut Roll Gravestone

A family recipe is just one of several touches that make this Hebrew headstone special.

Villaseca, Chile

Entre Cordillera Restobar Solar

At this desert restaurant, meals are cooked in solar ovens.

Valentin Vodnik's "The Cookbook" helped popularize the Slovene language and became a culinary classic.

Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Cookbook Stories of 2021

A look back at some special recipe collections and the communities that produced them.

Sam O'Brien December 30, 2021

Ziaulhaq Ahmadi cracks open mud bowls full of grapes.

Gastro Obscura's Most Popular Articles of 2021

Plus our spiffiest newsletter.

Alex Mayyasi December 28, 2021