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How many of these members of the French nobility drank gold to preserve their youth?

Drinking Gold Was a Grisly Anti-Aging Trend of 16th-Century France

The tony elixir killed elites looking for youthful complexions.

BY Paula Mejia
An agouti, perhaps trying to remember where it last placed its Brazil nuts.

Brazil Nuts Are Brought to You by Rodents

The snack wouldn’t exist without the help of one furry critter and its unusually sharp teeth.

BY Abbey Perreault

Before Food Trucks, Americans Ate 'Night Lunch' From Beautiful Wagons

What Water Shortages in the Western U.S. Would Mean for Craft Beer

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Ingredients & Condiments

Beach Plum Jelly

This tangy East Coast spread from is becoming increasingly hard to find.
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Glirarium

Ancient Romans fattened up dormice in these snack-filled enclosures.
Yorkshire Parkin from the vintage cookbook "Farmhouse Cookery."
Sweets

Yorkshire Parkin

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.
Sweets

Pumpple Cake

Called the turducken of desserts, this multilayered cake hide two pies inside.
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Stories

Malted barley: just a couple of steps away from beer.

Found: Evidence of the Oldest Beer Ever Brewed

It's possible that beer even came before bread.
BY Matthew Taub
Treats on display at La Gran Fama.

Tasting the History of Puebla’s Calle de los Dulces

One of Mexico's most fascinating streets for candies has ties to Emiliano Zapata.
BY Mark Oprea
Sailors transporting ice to India on board the British troop ship <em>HMS Serapis</em>, 1875.

The British Couldn’t Take India's Heat, So They Imported Ice From New England

Sailing frozen lake water across the world was big business.
BY Meher Mirza
Portuguese traders on a ship, taking tea.

Inside a 17th-Century 'Barbarian' Cookbook From Japan

It included Portuguese and Japanese recipes for caramel, cake, and an early tempura.
BY Anne Ewbank
Koryo Saram meal, photographed in Ushtobe, Kazakhstan.

How Survivors of Stalinism Created a New Korean-Fusion Cuisine

When the Koryo Saram were forcibly relocated, they forged new identities.
BY Mark Hay
A green citron watermelon in an early-1900s seed catalogue.

Here's What the Watermelon Was Up to Before It Tasted Good

Wild watermelons weren't sweet, but they were incredibly useful.
BY Abbey Perreault
Karavai, a traditional Slavic loaf of bread, baked at the Khleb-da-Solba charity festival of traditional food and culture at the Convent of St Nicholas.
Tell Us About Amazing Foods Made by Monasteries and Convents

What heavenly sweet, cheese, or beer have you tried?

BY Alex Mayyasi