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The Governor’s Palace dining room in Colonial Williamsburg filled with fake jellies, candied ginger, chocolate almonds, pies, and marzipan fruits and animals.

How Museums Make Their Fake Foods Using Real Recipes

At Colonial Williamsburg, creating historic food scenes is a team sport.

Stephanie Burt August 12, 2019

Nima Tamang molds a hefty wheel of yak cheese.

How the 'Swiss Milkman' Brought Cheese Production to Nepal

Earthquakes and rebels haven't stopped high-altitude yak cheese artisans.

Richard Collett August 9, 2019

An industrial robotic arm with custom gripper and sensors constantly reorganizes plants as they grow.

Fresh Produce, Brought to You by Robots

A family-owned market in California is now selling robot-reared leafy greens.

Luke Fater August 8, 2019

The western lowland gorilla's diet consists of leaves, some fruit ... and nuts, apparently.

What Nut-Eating Gorillas in Gabon Mean for Human Evolution

Researchers spent 6,000 hours documenting their diet.

Isaac Schultz August 7, 2019

Tuhinj Valley

Laze v Tuhinju, Slovenia

Tuhinj Valley

A beautiful drive through the foot of the Alps traces the path of 15th-century Turkish raids.

There's a whole world beyond horchata made with rice.

Why Are So Many Different Drinks Called Horchata?

An ancient medical elixir is the ancestor of a family of drinks.

Maite Gomez-Rejon August 6, 2019

Shah Jahan on the Peacock Throne at Delhi receiving deputations.

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

Henry D. Clark, the "Rhubarb King."

How Alaska Became Home to Humongous Rhubarb

The leafy green grows to monstrous size under the midnight sun.

Anne Ewbank July 30, 2019

Coming back from the root cellar with a vegetable haul.

This Newfoundland Town Is the ‘Root Cellar Capital of the World’

During a crisis, locals turned their root cellars into an attraction.

Karen Burshtein July 29, 2019

William Dampier aboard the <em>HMS Roebuck</em> surveys the New Guinea coast.

The Pirate Who Penned the First English-Language Guacamole Recipe

William Dampier's food-writing firsts included the use of the words "barbecue" and "chopsticks."

Luke Fater July 26, 2019

A falafel stand in Gaza.

Around the Middle East in Hummus and Falafel

A new book is an ode to chickpeas and the people that love them.

Olivia Snaije July 26, 2019

A garbage clean-up in downtown New York, 1890s.

When New Yorkers Were Menaced by Banana Peels

They slipped and fell. Really!

Alex Mayyasi July 24, 2019

Considering a large specimen.

The Centuries-Old Society Dedicated to Growing the 'Forgotten Fruit'

To the tune of a ukelele orchestra, growers face off over gooseberries.

Anne Ewbank July 22, 2019

Just because.

Redditors Are Stapling Bread to Trees in Sheffield, England

It's only the latest phase of a global phenomenon.

Matthew Taub July 19, 2019

Donna Austfjord of Hnausa poses with handmade <em>pönnukökur</em>.

The Canadian Towns That Icelanders Visit for a Taste of Their Past

Specialties that are disappearing back home still thrive in "New Iceland."

Karen Burshtein July 19, 2019

A beautifully red sheet of Welsh <em>Porphyra</em>, nori's British cousin.

How Pink Slime Saved Sushi

Kathleen Drew-Baker’s study of British algae helped rescue Japan's nori industry.

Sabrina Imbler July 18, 2019

Every curling club in Thunder Bay includes a Chinese restaurant.

The Canadian Town Where Chinese Food Comes With a Side of Curling

Regional Chinese-Canadian cuisine is flourishing in some unlikely places.

Ann Hui July 17, 2019

A cheeky cat, along with the edgy character <em>屌.</em>

To Protest a Feared Extradition Bill, Hongkongers Turn to Mooncakes

A bakery is churning out profane, popular protest pastries.

Claire Voon July 16, 2019