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This Siamese fighting fish is the "most impressive" work National Fish Decoy Association founder Rod Osvold has ever seen.

These Are the Most Realistic Fish Ever Carved From Wood

The National Fish Decoy Association contest celebrates the best of the best.

BY Matthew Taub

Food & More

Pozo de Nieve Roundabout

A replica of the ice houses that once formed the basis of a local ice cream industry sits proudly in the middle of traffic.

'Gurken'

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

Fruits & Vegetables

Louisiana Mirliton

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanians banded together to save a beloved heirloom squash.

Turnip Schnapps

The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.

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Stories

Father Karel Stautemas raises a glass.

These Belgian Monks Are Reopening a Medieval Microbrewery

The operation has been dormant for more than 220 years.

BY Matthew Taub

Janissaries carrying their <em>kazan, </em>along with a regimental ladle.

Being an Ottoman Janissary Meant War, Mutiny, and Baklava

To overthrow the sultan, janissaries first threw over their cooking pots.

The Klasies River Cave.

Found: The Earliest Evidence of Humans Cooking and Eating Starch

We were eating rhizomes and tubers as early as 120,000 years ago.

BY Matthew Taub

An Indian trader at the Pushkar Camel Fair 2018.

To Save India's Camel Culture, a New Dairy Is Selling Milk and Cream Cheese

The ungulate population has dropped precipitously.

BY Morgan Randall

A feral pig messes with the nest of a white-capped albatross on Auckland Island.

The Livestock Living at the End of the World

Things get hairy when you plop pigs on a subantarctic island.

BY Abbey Perreault

A man with a pack camel in central Australia, 1926.

Australia's Growing Camel Meat Trade Reveals a Hidden History of Early Muslim Migrants

Afghan cameleers helped settle Australia's interior.

BY Reina Gattuso

Musician James Lugolole (left) and a peer hold Bigwala instruments.

To Revive This Royal Music, Ugandans Had to Grow New Instruments

Bigwala was once illegal, and only two master practitioners remained.

BY Natalia Jidovanu