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Gold miners weren't especially good at baking.

San Francisco’s Famous Sourdough Was Once Really Gross

Gold miners made themselves sick on smelly, hard loaves.

BY Amanda Herbert and David Woodworth

What’s Inside the New Gastro Obscura Vending Machine?

The second iteration is filled with rare and unexpected treats from the American South.

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In Scotland, Trick or Treaters Sing (And Tell Jokes) For Their Candy

11 Places for Noodle-Lovers Around the Globe

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Places to Eat & Drink

Atlanta, Georgia

Elliott Street Deli & Pub

For more than 15 years, this downtown dive bar has hosted fiery outdoor “iron pours.”
Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Bombay’s Underwater Tea Party

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.
Atlanta, Georgia

The Consulate

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.
Seattle, Washington

Tai Tung

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.
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Food & Drink

Drinks

Génépi

A uniquely Texan take on Chartreuse.
Drinks

Tunglubuk Chi

A dwindling number of brewers still make this tapioca alcohol.
Sweets

Kalimpong Lollipops

These condensed-milk sweets come from a picturesque hill town.
Fruits & Vegetables

Purén White Strawberry

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.
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Stories

The Sweeney bowl is five feet tall and 225 pounds.

4 of History's Most Epic Punch Bowls

If your party doesn't feature enough alcohol to float a rowboat, you're doing it wrong.
BY Sam O'Brien
Inquisitive cows near Derbyshire, UK.

This Man Wants You to Rethink Everything You Know About Cows

It's time to change our 10,000-year relationship with cattle.
BY Diana Hubbell
Without added flavors, carrageen moss pudding can be rather bland.

How Ireland Embraced Seaweed Pudding

Irish moss has a long culinary history.
BY Chris Baraniuk
Oystermen were often African American.

The Double Life of New York's Black Oyster King

Thomas Downing was a fine-dining pioneer with a secret.
BY Briona Lamback
The cookbook on display at the Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism.

One Man's Search for the First Hebrew-Lettered Cookbook

The text is a snapshot of Hungary's Jewish middle class in the mid-1800s.
BY Sam Lin-Sommer
The Gloucester Cathedral-shaped lamprey pie for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee

Michigan’s Bloodsucking Parasite Is Britain’s Royal Delicacy

Lamprey pie is a coronation tradition.
BY Diana Hubbell
Harvested fire morels against charred bits of wood.
The Mysterious Mushroom That Only Grows in Burn Scars

To find fire morels, forage after wildfires.

BY Elaina Zachos