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Around the World in 130 Chicken-Soup Recipes

A new cookbook is devoted entirely to the soothing, healing meal.
Kayla Stewart November 30, 2020
food

The Battle to Invent the Automatic Rice Cooker

The biggest names in Japanese technology vied to bring them to market.
Anne Ewbank July 31, 2020
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
restaurants

The Cherokee Chefs Bringing Back North America’s Lost Cuisine

Researching traditional foods led them to the revelations of an archaeological dig in Kentucky.
Eric J. Wallace June 4, 2020
food

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

For every crisis, a recipe.
Luke Fater April 27, 2020
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
restaurants

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

Nonnas of the world, unite!
Reina Gattuso April 13, 2020
food

7 YouTube Channels for the Stay-at-Home Food Adventurer

Get inspired by these imaginative cooks from around the world.
Anne Ewbank April 8, 2020
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
restaurants

The Chef Restoring Appalachia's World-Class Food Culture

A coal fortune is fueling the revival of a cuisine it nearly destroyed.
Eric J. Wallace January 10, 2020
television

How a Cooking Show in Canada's Far North Celebrates Inuit Cuisine

Hunting, fishing, and sharing the catch are all part of the program.
Luke Ottenhof November 11, 2019
Queens, New York

Warung Selasa

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.
food

The Biryani Cooked Inside Bamboo

A tourism bureau's embrace of a tribal dish brings both promise and peril.
Namrata Kolachalam October 16, 2019
food

Why Bear Fat Makes for Better Baking

This niche practice was commonplace in North America for centuries.
Luke Fater September 20, 2019
food

How Mumbai's Masalawaalis Make a Single Spice From 30 Ingredients

Bottle masala is impossible to find in stores.
Beverley Ann D'Cruz September 20, 2019
food

How a Banana-Chicken Casserole Defined Swedish Cuisine

The recipe for "Flying Jacob" was the improvised creation of an air-freight worker.
Luke Fater August 26, 2019
Singapore

Krishna's Kitchen

Little India's hidden gem of kindness and good food.
Amsterdam Island, Norway

Smeerenburg Blubber Ovens

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.