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Have your Christmas tree and drink it too!
trees

How to Turn Your Christmas Tree Into Cocktails

Cooking with evergreens has a long history.
Julia Georgallis December 14, 2021
The punch is equal parts delicious drink and light show.
holidays

A Brief History of Germany’s Favorite Flaming Punch

How a fiery bowl of booze became a Christmas classic.
Sam O'Brien December 13, 2021
Nobel ice cream is actually quite easy to make.
nobel prize

How to Make Nobel Ice Cream, the World's Smartest Dessert

You may not be a prize winner, but you can eat like one.
Anne Ewbank December 10, 2021
The sign for Lotus Chop Suey, a restaurant in Chicago, Illinois.
food

The Hidden, Magnificent History of Chop Suey

Discrimination and mistranslation have long obscured the dish's true origins.
Miranda Brown November 30, 2021
The shapes of these donuts celebrate different events among the Haudenosaunee.
food

5 Recipes From Indigenous Chefs to Add to Your Thanksgiving Spread

From maple-glazed squash to hominy-turkey stew, these dishes celebrate the people and flavors of this land.
The Gastro Obscura Team November 19, 2021
A lumpy dumb cake on its way to be baked.
food

The Historical Halloween Cake That Reveals Your Future Spouse

Can a "dumb cake" help you discover your fate?
Anne Ewbank November 6, 2021
The little marzipan bones are traditionally filled with egg-yolk marrow.
saints

The Bone-Shaped Sweets That Honor the Dead in Spain

Make the marzipan "limbs" that commemorate loved ones on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.
Vera Armus October 15, 2021
Offerings are given before dawn during Pchum Ben.
festivals

It Takes a Village to Feed Cambodia’s Ravenous Ghosts

When the gates of hell open on Pchum Ben, communities gather to feed returning ancestors with sweet and savory rice cakes.
Diana Hubbell October 14, 2021
cemeteries

Podcast: The Spritz Cookie Gravestone

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team October 11, 2021
Vintage advertisements prominently featured Mr. Spudnut.
food

Resurrecting the Spudnut, America's Forgotten Halloween Treat

Bake the recipe remnant of a potato doughnut empire that once stretched from the United States to Japan.
Diana Hubbell October 7, 2021
The finished cottage loaf, left, with a simple version of <em>boeuf en daube</em>.
food

Virginia Woolf and the Complexities of Cottage Loaf

The famous feminist’s love for baking helps us understand her relationship with food, class, and mental illness.
Reina Gattuso September 24, 2021
The cookies "calm all bitterness of the heart and mind."
saints

Eat Like a Medieval Saint With Her Recipe for 'Cookies of Joy'

St. Hildegard was a mystic, healer, and passionate proponent of spelt and nutmeg.
Sam O'Brien September 20, 2021
Blue Moon’s flavor dances on the tip of your tongue, taunting you into another guess, at turns familiar and elusive.
food

The Enduring Midwestern Mystery of Blue Moon Ice Cream

And how—to the best of our ability—to make it at home.
Luke Fater August 30, 2021
The cake reveals much about Dickinson's life and times.
literature

The Messy History of Emily Dickinson's Black Cake Recipe

It reveals an unexpected side to the poet's personality and the brutality that brought a Caribbean dish to New England.
Reina Gattuso August 20, 2021
The Boston Cooler: "The nectar that the Olympians pined for but didn’t know how to make."
food

How the 'Boston Cooler' Became a Classic Detroit Drink

This sweet, creamy enigma dates back to the late 1800s.
Sam O'Brien August 4, 2021
Gregory, with Dr. Alvenia Fulton, one of his nutrition mentors.
civil rights

The Legacy of a Civil Rights Icon's Vegetarian Cookbook

Dick Gregory was an activist, comedian, and trendsetter for Black vegans.
Shea Peters July 21, 2021
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
Though he wasn't a cook himself, Vodnik's cookbook contained a whopping 300 recipes.
food

The 18th-Century Cookbook That Helped Save the Slovene Language

With 300 decadent recipes, a relentless priest united regional dialects and preserved a common tongue.
Kaja Seruga July 7, 2021