Recipe - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place

161 Items Tagged

Recipe

Share Tweet
Traditional makers still forage for sassafras leaves to make filé.
food

The Native-American Origins of Gumbo

While credit for the dish is widely shared, here’s how to choose ingredients that celebrate its Indigenous roots.
Morgan Randall August 7, 2020
There are no known images of Hemings and only a few recipes attributed to the skilled chef, including one for poached meringue.
food

A Rare Recipe From a Talented Chef Enslaved by a Founding Father

Despite James Hemings’s leading role in Jefferson’s kitchen, he’s credited with only a handful of recipes.
Natasha Frost August 6, 2020
One of Anna Kharzeeva's adaptations of the "Soviet pizza" recipe.
food

Eat Like You're in the USSR With 'The Soviet Diet Cookbook'

By making pizza approved by the Communist Party.
Dalia Wolfson July 20, 2020
At the Oregon Historical Society, chocolate cake provided a new topic of conversation.
food

How Historical Societies Are Bringing Their Recipes to Pandemic Cooks

Food has become an important tool for connection.
Anne Ewbank July 17, 2020
Steven Raichlen has been around the world four times documenting the different ways people cook food over fire.
food

How to Make Smoked Foods From Around the World on Your Stovetop

With advice and recipes from a renowned expert.
Luke Fater July 1, 2020
The cookies' two signature ingredients, rum and molasses, demonstrate the deep relationship between New England economy and cuisine, and slavery.
food

How a Black-Owned 19th-Century Tavern Became the Birthplace of a Beloved Cookie

Joe Froggers tell a story of Black business ownership, slavery, and seafaring in Massachusetts.
Reina Gattuso June 18, 2020
Mesopotamian recipes often called for lots of alliums.
food

Cook Like an Ancient Mesopotamian With the World’s Oldest Recipes

Age-old cuisine, from soup to sweets.
Jess Eng June 17, 2020
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.
Luke Fater June 9, 2020
Just three ingredients go into the filling of this humble pie.
food

Eat Like a 19th-Century Shaker With This Simple Lemon Pie

There’s never been a better time for this forgotten frugal classic.
Sam O'Brien May 15, 2020
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.
Luke Fater May 13, 2020
These patties were once the core of what historian George Colpitts calls a "high-calorie energy regime."
recipe

How to Make a 5,000-Year-Old Energy Bar

Eat like ancient Great Plains hunters with this simple recipe.
Sam O'Brien April 30, 2020
Kitchen hacks from tough times past.
food

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

For every crisis, a recipe.
Luke Fater April 27, 2020
The peak of cheesy, starchy comfort food.
food

A Guide to the World’s Most Comforting Foods of Grief

In an age of distance, we can still connect in the kitchen to mourn, memorialize, and heal.
Sam O'Brien April 20, 2020
Nonnas of the World rule the New York skyline, thanks to some clever photo manipulation.
restaurants

Taste the Globe With Recipes From New York's All-Grandma Kitchen Crew

Nonnas of the world, unite!
Reina Gattuso April 13, 2020
This bread comes with a side of fortune-telling.
food

7 Wondrous Breads to Make When You’ve Had Enough Sourdough

There's a wide world of recipes that don’t require buying yeast.
Sam O'Brien April 10, 2020
You probably have the ingredients for sugar cream pie in your kitchen.
food

7 Historic Dishes Born From Tough Times That You Can Make at Home

Use every last crumb with these feats of culinary creativity.
Sam O'Brien March 30, 2020
The backside of the grave, which features the fudge recipe.
Logan, Utah

'Kay's Fudge' Gravestone

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.
The cookbook from Iron Shepherds is a rare glimpse into a commoner's kitchen of medieval England.
medieval

Eat Like an English Peasant With This Medieval Cookbook

It makes peasant food pleasant.
Luke Fater September 12, 2019