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Covering the world's most wondrous food and drink.
Meats & Animal Products

Pemmican

Touted as the original energy bar, the bison-based mixture kept for months.
Sweets

Doces Fálicos

One small Portuguese town celebrates a saint with phallic cakes.
Ritual & Medicinal

Monkey Buffet Festival

The annual feast invites local macaques to dine on towers of fruit and vegetables among the ruins of a 13th-century temple.
Ingredients & Condiments

Red-Eye Gravy

Once described as a “divine elixir,” this Southern sauce typically gets its spunk from coffee.
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Upcoming Events
Diorama #8 "God's Universal Form."
Jul 22
Los Angeles, California

The Dioramas and Animatronics of the Bhagavad-gita Museum

Get ready to experience Krishna's transcendental manifestations.
New York Academy of Medicine Rare Book Room.
Jul 23
New York, New York

New York Academy of Medicine's Rare Book Room: Medieval Sex and Death

Discover the fascinating history of sex, medicine, and reproduction in the Medieval period through an after-hours exploration of the Rare Book Room's incredible collection.
Explorer's Club.
Jul 24
New York, New York

Excursion to the Explorers Club

Behind the closed doors of this legendary clubhouse awaits a treasure trove of artifacts collected over a century of expeditions to the far corners of the earth (and beyond)...
From Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan
Jul 24
Seattle, Washington

Supernatural Cats and the Meowtropolitan

Enjoy tales of supernatural cats with Japanese folklorist Zack Davisson at Seattle's first cat cafe.
Greenpoint Sewer Plant.
Jul 26
New York, New York

Infrastructure Creek Walking Tour

Join us for a tour of the bridges, tunnels, and train yards surrounding the Newtown Creek Superfund site in Brooklyn and Queens.
The entrance to Couch Place today.
Jul 26
Chicago, Illinois

Dead in Chicago

Explore the gruesome and surprising ways Chicagoans have met their maker over the years.
Jul 26
Seattle, Washington

SODO Track Mural Tour

Explore the contemporary street art corridor along the 5th Avenue South Busway.
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Brooklyn, New York

See/Saw

An Immersion into a Magician's Mind.
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Why Some Gravestones Are Shaped Like Tree Stumps
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Why Some Gravestones Are Shaped Like Tree Stumps

When nature and secret societies get together.
July 17, 2018
One of New Zealand's Most Majestic Trees Is in Danger
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One of New Zealand's Most Majestic Trees Is in Danger

Tāne Mahuta is one of the oldest kauri trees in the world.
July 17, 2018
How a Desert Mountain Telescope Revealed Jupiter's Odd New Moon
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How a Desert Mountain Telescope Revealed Jupiter's Odd New Moon

Meet Valetudo, a moon that doesn't just go with the flow.
July 17, 2018
Found: 14,400-Year-Old Flatbread Remains That Predate Agriculture
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Found: 14,400-Year-Old Flatbread Remains That Predate Agriculture

The burned crumbs shed light on prehistoric hunter-gatherers’ diets.
July 16, 2018
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