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A <em>besen</em> (broomstick) signals the entrance to a seasonal wine tavern.
food

To Sweep Aside Drinking Regulations, Germans Hang Up Broomsticks

A unique tradition allows winemakers to host and serve customers in their homes.
Kat Barber July 22, 2021
The first—and only—kitchen computer ever sold looked like something out of <em>Star Trek.</em>
computers

When Americans Dreamed of Kitchen Computers

The ultimate appliance turned out to be expensive and impractical.
Alex Ketchum July 21, 2021
Basingstoke, England

Preserved Victorian Wedding Cake

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.
Local historian Robert Searing poses with the new plaque and period actors.
plaques

Locally Famous Foods Are Now Getting Plaques Like Historical Sites

Syracuse got one for salt potatoes—could your hometown be next?
Luke Fater July 19, 2021
In the days before the harvest, the Rosso brothers measured their cherries.
food

Meet the Italian Brothers Who Grew the World's Biggest Cherry

The winning fruit was as large as an apricot.
Federico Formica July 15, 2021
Potato vending machine.
Heuvelland, Belgium

Potato Vending Machine

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.
Wellington, New Zealand

Hiakai

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.
Tokyo, Japan

Harukor

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.
FARC rebels in their field kitchen during breakfast hours at the 10th Guerrilla Conference, where the peace accord was being ratified by on September 23, 2016.
food

How to Feed 10,000 Rebel Fighters for 50 Years

Researchers are studying the cooking traditions of the FARC, Colombia's disarmed guerrilla group.
María Paula Rubiano A. July 13, 2021
The kitchen at Chawton Cottage.
food

Eat Like Jane Austen With Recipes From Her Sister-In-Law's Cookbook

Including dishes straight from her novels.
Reina Gattuso July 12, 2021
The Cosmos cake.
food

This Jelly Cake Captures the Wonder of the Cosmos

Centrifuges and syringe-tipped knives are behind this edible miniature galaxy.
Diana Hubbell July 9, 2021
Workers at Kim Guan Guan separate the sugar-coated beans before they cool.
food

Singapore's Last Traditional Coffee Roasters May Soon Disappear

The aging masters of kopi are desperate for the next generation to take up their craft.
Rachel Phua July 8, 2021
Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram and his signature dish: pad Thai.
food

The Dictators Who Ruled Their Countries’ Cuisines

Authoritarian food obsessions can have a lasting legacy.
Alex Mayyasi July 7, 2021
Though he wasn't a cook himself, Vodnik's cookbook contained a whopping 300 recipes.
food

The 18th-Century Cookbook That Helped Save the Slovene Language

With 300 decadent recipes, a relentless priest united regional dialects and preserved a common tongue.
Kaja Seruga July 7, 2021
Marco, part of the beekeeping team at Miel’s D’Anicet, inspects a frame in search of a queen.
science

How a Canadian Beekeeper Breeds New Queens

Honeybees aren't your typical livestock.
Shaun Pett July 6, 2021
List

9 Places to Pay Homage to the All-American Hot Dog

Float to a riverside stand for a frank or visit a Coney Island trailblazer's tomb.
Sam O'Brien July 2, 2021
This cup, which reads "punk health," contains goji berry-infused coffee. The berries are held to be good for the liver, kidneys, and other organs.
food

Why 'Punk Health' Foods Are Popular with China’s Youth

Sometimes, rebellion means goji berries in your beer.
Clarissa Wei July 2, 2021
Most recipes centered around the theme of substituting or supplementing lean rations of sugar, flour, and animal products.
food

Bake Victory Cake, the Simple, Inspiring Treat of Wartime America

Born in an era of rations, these scrappy recipes relied on cheap pantry staples.
Hannah Selinger July 2, 2021