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How a Potato Is Fueling the Fight to Protect a National Monument

Indigenous farmers in Utah are championing an ancient spud.

Amiee Maxwell March 2, 2020

These Money-Making Monkeys Have Jobs Picking Coconuts

In Thailand, humans and simians share harvesting duties.

Austin Bush February 28, 2020

The Exiled Prince Behind Los Angeles's Only Fresh-Pasta Food Truck

Bend the macaro-knee.

Luke Fater February 27, 2020

Once a Year, This Alaskan Town Is Home to More Pies Than People

For mushers in the Iditarod dog-sled race, stopping in Takotna is a treat.

Bailey Berg February 26, 2020

How a British Guild Rebuilt a Vandalized Royal Cake Replica

It took an international team (and Buckingham Palace).

Katherine Waters February 25, 2020

On the Hunt for the Wild Relatives of America's Favorite Produce

Popular crops’ untamed cousins are genetic gold mines, but they're at risk of disappearing.

Reina Gattuso February 24, 2020

The Archaeobotanist Searching Art for Lost Fruit

Renaissance paintings can hide botanical secrets.

Vittoria Traverso February 21, 2020

The ‘Pie Designer’ Baking Up a Diverse Vision of America

Lauren Ko is as American as mango pie.

Vonnie Williams February 19, 2020

Iowa's 'Denmark on the Prairie' Creates Hygge Away From Home

The tiny town has imported a 19th-century windmill and starred in two Danish TV shows.

Stacy Brooks February 19, 2020

Floridians Are Eating Their State Tree to Help Their State Animal

Swamp cabbage is native, but a nuisance.

Kristen A Schmitt February 18, 2020

How Ancient Tooth Plaque Solved the Mystery of the Banana's Trans-Pacific Journey

3,000-year-old microparticles prove the fruit traveled across the ocean with early Pacific Islanders.

Reina Gattuso February 17, 2020

The Cross-Border Indigenous Battle for Wild Rice

In the Great Lakes region, what some consider a weed is actually a sacred seed.

Darcy Rhyno February 12, 2020

Generations of Handwritten Mexican Cookbooks Are Now Online

North America's largest-known Mexican cookbook collection inspires both tears and restaurant dishes.

Nils Bernstein February 10, 2020

The Artist Trying to Explain Kentucky's 'Meat Shower' of 1876

A historical head-scratcher inspired the world's worst jelly bean flavor.

Marina Wang February 7, 2020

How Thai Fruit Carving Went From Royal Craft to Internet Sensation

Once a symbol of power, it's now considered a dying art.

Chawadee Nualkhair February 5, 2020

The Culinary Legacy of Brooklyn's First Free Black Community

Weeksville residents set a precedent of self-determination that is still visible at Brooklyn restaurants.

Reina Gattuso February 4, 2020

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Ancient Hot Pots Helped Hunters Survive the Siberian Ice Age

16,000 years later, they still contain traces of cooked meat and fish.

Matthew Taub February 3, 2020

How Serbian Immigrants Made an Ohio Town the ‘Fried Chicken Capital of the World'

From Vojvodina, with lard.

Luke Fater January 30, 2020