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Villaseca, Chile

Entre Cordillera Restobar Solar

At this desert restaurant, meals are cooked in solar ovens.

Kearney, Nebraska

Morris Press Cookbook Store

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

The first—and only—kitchen computer ever sold looked like something out of <em>Star Trek.</em>

When Americans Dreamed of Kitchen Computers

The ultimate appliance turned out to be expensive and impractical.

Alex Ketchum July 21, 2021

The team mixes salt and seawater to make brine.

The Team Resurrecting Ancient Rome's Favorite Condiment

Making umami inside 2,000-year-old ruins.

Rafael Tonon June 24, 2021

A small uranium-glass pitcher (left) and uranium glass plates (right).

The Collectors Who Hunt Down Radioactive Glassware

Their tools are black lights and Geiger counters.

Amiee Maxwell May 17, 2021

One of the included cookbooks, <em>Cooking by Kadambila Saraswati</em>, is about South Canara cuisine.

Cook Your Way Through Regional Indian Recipes With This Online Archive

A student project is digitizing the subcontinent's community cookbooks.

Sharanya Deepak May 3, 2021

Malted milk biscuits are a popular tea companion.

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So What Is a British Biscuit Really?

And why does it need to "snap"?

Dan Nosowitz March 19, 2021

Rufus Estes's 1911 cookbook is included in Sokoh's digital library.

Now Online: A Free Library Devoted to West Africa's Food Heritage

A new internet archive is making the region's culinary history more accessible than ever.

Vonnie Williams February 22, 2021

A selection of soups from <em>The Chicken Soup Manifesto</em>.

Around the World in 130 Chicken-Soup Recipes

A new cookbook is devoted entirely to the soothing, healing meal.

Kayla Stewart November 30, 2020

Rice cookers are an elegant solution to a tricky task.

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

One of Anna Kharzeeva's adaptations of the "Soviet pizza" recipe.

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

Ingredients that underpin the cuisine include pitseed goosefoot (left), a type of physalis known as ground cherries, among other names (center), and sunflowers pressed into oil (right).

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

Kitchen hacks from tough times past.

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.

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.

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

Nonnas of the world, unite!

Reina Gattuso April 13, 2020

From Vikings to grandmothers, people around the world keep cooking.

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

You probably have the ingredients for sugar cream pie in your kitchen.

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 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