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President Nixon personally approved the menu, and especially wanted ice cream.
space exploration

Eat Like an Apollo 11 Astronaut With This Celestial Dessert

Neil Armstrong, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Stewart all feasted upon Clair de Lune.
Anne Ewbank August 26, 2022
A map of the route taken by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their 1804-1806 expedition and an antique illustration of soup preparation from <em>Le livre de cuisine</em> (Paris, 1874).
sailors

Eating Like an Explorer Once Called for Plenty of ‘Portable Soup’

Sailors relied on the ration for centuries.
Laura Kiniry August 10, 2022
The kitchen at Chawton Cottage.
food

Eat Like Jane Austen With Recipes From Her Sister-In-Law's Cookbook

Including dishes straight from her novels.
Reina Gattuso July 12, 2021
Two workers blend a tiger nut mixture for cakes in this painting from the tomb of a vizier.
food

Recreate the Ancient Egyptian Recipes Painted on Tomb Walls

Make bread fit for a pharaoh and a sweet treat out of tiger nuts.
Jess Eng August 21, 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
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
Activists at the People's Fund in the 1970s.
food

Eat Like a 1970s Radical With 'The People's Philadelphia Cookbook'

The 1976 book included contributions from the Black Power and Gay Liberation movements.
Reina Gattuso January 24, 2020
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
Shah Jahan on the Peacock Throne at Delhi receiving deputations.
food

Eat Like Royalty With This Cookbook From the Emperor Who Built the Taj Mahal

Shah Jahan developed one of the most famous cuisines of India.
Reina Gattuso August 5, 2019
Two unfortunate moa fleeing a Haast's eagle.
animals

When the Māori First Settled New Zealand, They Hunted Flightless, 500-Pound Birds

The magnificent moa is no more.
Anne Ewbank June 14, 2019
Janissaries carrying their <em>kazan, </em>along with a regimental ladle.
food

Being an Ottoman Janissary Meant War, Mutiny, and Baklava

To overthrow the sultan, janissaries first threw over their cooking pots.
Anne Ewbank May 21, 2019
In <em>The Taming of the Shrew</em>, Petruchio sends plates flying at dinner.
food

In Shakespeare, Food References Are a Window to the Soul

Decoding a character's anger over roast mutton.
Leigh Chavez-Bush December 10, 2018
Sailors stand in line, eagerly awaiting their allotment of grog.
food

Why British Royal Navy Sailors Preferred Their Booze on Fire

The alcoholic “proof” system dates back to this centuries-old practice.
Abbey Perreault July 25, 2018
A garden party using "suffragette china."
restaurants

How Vegetarian Food Fueled the British Suffragette Movement

Some even started a cafe.
Anne Ewbank July 3, 2018
Pioneers camp at sunset along the Oregon Trail, 1850s.
food

The Harsh Reality of Food for 'Little House' Pioneers

On the American frontier, dinner might have been vinegar pie, bear meat, or nothing at all.
Natasha Frost June 28, 2018
Gladiators fight in this mosaic from the Villa Borghese.
food

Gladiator Diets Were Carb-Heavy, Fattening, and Mostly Vegetarian

To survive the arena, they ate a mash of barley and beans.
Ryleigh Nucilli June 18, 2018
American astronauts might eat steak with creamed spinach, and snack on crackers and candy-coated peanuts.
food

Eating Like an Astronaut Means Kimchi for Koreans and Lasagna for Italians

What people eat in space depends a lot on where they’re from on earth.
Natasha Frost June 7, 2018
Newly recruited members of the Women's Army Corps in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1942.
food

How the U.S. Army Botched Feeding Its Female Soldiers in WWII

Outcomes included weight gain, sexual harassment, and skipping meals.
Natasha Frost May 25, 2018