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Remembering the Cookbook Author Who Made Microwave Meals Gourmet
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Remembering the Cookbook Author Who Made Microwave Meals Gourmet

Barbara Kafka bucked assumptions about kitchen appliances.
June 13, 2018
How to Reconstruct an Ancient Meal From Dirty Dishes Alone
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How to Reconstruct an Ancient Meal From Dirty Dishes Alone

Archaeologists and chefs used chemical analysis—and their taste buds—to solve a culinary puzzle from China.
May 04, 2018
The Quest for an Ancient Culture's Cannabis-Filled Cooking
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The Quest for an Ancient Culture's Cannabis-Filled Cooking

The Svans, from Georgia's Caucasus region, had their weed culture (and plants) uprooted.
May 02, 2018
Remembering the Tansy, the Forgotten Easter Pancake of Centuries Past
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Remembering the Tansy, the Forgotten Easter Pancake of Centuries Past

Green, herbal, and slightly toxic.
March 30, 2018
14 Unusual Cookbooks That Were Still Fit to Print
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14 Unusual Cookbooks That Were Still Fit to Print

The collections of Gastro Obscura readers feature cannibalism, bugs, and Dracula.
March 20, 2018
Remembering When 'The New York Times' Explained Pizza
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Remembering When 'The New York Times' Explained Pizza

No "pizzas" here, only "pizze."
March 19, 2018
The Chef Cooking Up Invasive Species
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The Chef Cooking Up Invasive Species

Asian carp are a problem, but they're also dinner.
March 13, 2018
Flippy, the Burger-Flipping Robot, Is Now Gainfully Employed
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Flippy, the Burger-Flipping Robot, Is Now Gainfully Employed

The more burgers it makes, the smarter it gets.
March 05, 2018
How 17th-Century Women Replicated the Natural World on the Table
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How 17th-Century Women Replicated the Natural World on the Table

Inventive chefs made hedgehog pudding and creamy artificial snow.
February 28, 2018
Meet Hercules, One of America’s Early Celebrity Chefs
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Meet Hercules, One of America’s Early Celebrity Chefs

Heralded for his food, the enslaved cook headed the first presidential kitchen.
February 21, 2018
Norway's Olympic Team Bought 15,000 Eggs due to a Google Translate Mistake
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Norway's Olympic Team Bought 15,000 Eggs due to a Google Translate Mistake

It added an extra zero.
February 08, 2018
Wishlist: A Pan for Making Danish Pancake Puffs
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Wishlist: A Pan for Making Danish Pancake Puffs

Settle in for the last few weeks of winter and smother your troubles in pancake puffs.
February 01, 2018
Celebrating Abby Fisher, One of the First African-American Cookbook Authors
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Celebrating Abby Fisher, One of the First African-American Cookbook Authors

Chefs are recreating pickled foods she made as an ex-slave turned successful chef.
December 08, 2017
The Traditional Pizza Making of Naples Now Has Heritage Status
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The Traditional Pizza Making of Naples Now Has Heritage Status

Good news for Neapolitans, however you slice it.
December 07, 2017
The Finicky Food Diagrams of a Royal Chef
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The Finicky Food Diagrams of a Royal Chef

When you cook for kings and queens, dinner needs to be perfect.
November 27, 2017
Sumalak
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Sumalak

A sweet and simple pudding traditionally made in a joyous, spring ritual.
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The World's Largest Frying Pan is found inside this gazebo in Rose Hill, N.C.
Rose Hill, North Carolina

The World's Largest Operational Frying Pan

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.
34.8262, -78.0227
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A Japanese nonna makes gyoza at Enoteca Maria.
Staten Island, New York

Nonnas of the World

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.
40.6421, -74.0768
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