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The Bygone Baguette Mailboxes of French Polynesia

Like birdhouses, but for bread and pastries.

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Tongba

Every mug of Nepalese millet beer is basically bottomless.

St. Paul Sandwich

Don't think too hard about the name.

Meats & Animal Products

Timanoix

Monks and nuns elevate this soft cheese with a wash of walnut liqueur.

Ban Napia Spoons

Heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, this village turns unexploded munitions into utensils.

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Stories

How a Vibrant, Factory-Made Sweet Usurped the Original Maraschino Cherry

The same term describes two wildly different cherries.

'À La Mode' Is a Lonely Survivor of a French Culinary Code

In America, à la Nesselrode and à la Maryland are à la gone.

When Family-Owned Gelato Shops in Italy Almost Went Extinct

Did Big Gelato try to wipe out artisanal stores in the 1950s?

BY Vicky Hallett

Looking Like a Flapper Meant a Diet of Celery and Cigarettes

A new standard of beauty led to today’s weight-loss regimens.

Remembering When Americans Picnicked in Cemeteries

For a time, eating and relaxing among the dead was a national pastime.

BY Jonathan Kendall

The 17th-Century Nursery Rhyme About Kneading Bread With Your Butt Cheeks

If cockle bread existed, you wouldn't want it anyway.

BY Eric Grundhauser

The Rise and Fall of the Hormel Girls, Who Sold America on SPAM

The Spamettes sang and danced and glamorized canned meat.

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