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Our advice: When making quinoa, do not burn it, or keep it for 3,000 years.

Found: Really, Really Old Quinoa

These 3,000-year-old charred seeds are the oldest of their kind ever found in Ontario.

BY Matthew Taub
Those oysters come with purls.

Charming Crochet Versions of Fish, Fries, and Other Foods

Kate Jenkins’s delicacies often look better than the real thing.

BY Rohini Chaki

Tea Was Once So Valuable It Was Kept in Locking Caddies

The Fat Men's Clubs That Revelled in Excess

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Food & More

Prepared Foods

Frog Eye Salad

Don’t worry: This sweet, creamy Mormon potluck staple isn’t actually made of frogs.
Drinks

Violet Volcanic Tea

When green tea meets water from the Azores’ hot springs, an unexpectedly colorful brew is born.
Prepared Foods

Ham Salad

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.
Sweets

Muttamala and Kinnathappam

This two-ingredient Malabari dessert turns separated eggs into a striking delicacy.
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Stories

A scene from the Old Airport Road Food Centre in Singapore.

How Singapore's World-Famous Street Food Could Disappear

Hawkers are retiring without successors, taking classic dishes with them.
BY Michelle Lai
Eat up!

For Sale: A Rather Unappetizing Coin Celebrating Berlin's Iconic Currywurst

The sausages are worth saluting, but look better in person.
BY Jessica Leigh Hester
The Kelvingrove haggis, in all its glory.

The Myth and Mystery of Scotland's Wild Haggis

The creature is said to be the source of the iconic Scottish dish.
BY Anne Ewbank
Soa'a and turmeric on a banana leaf at Tisa's Barefoot Bar.

One Man’s Quiet Quest to Collect Every Local Banana

In American Samoa, some delicious varieties are getting harder to find.
BY Christian Letourneau
Meat piled high and served on a trami.
Addressing the haggis.

Fantastic Feasts and Where to Eat Them

Wine-filled rams’ horns, 36-course meals, and other ways cultures epically indulge.
BY Reina Gattuso
Does this Christmas tree in the Blue Room of the White House look good enough to eat?

Your Christmas Tree Could Be Recycled Into Sugar

Researchers hope for a zero-waste alternative to landfills.
BY Rohini Chaki
A close-up on a Muscovy duck.
Is This Duck Kosher? It's Complicated

The case of the Muscovy duck cannot be settled because the rules themselves are not really known.

BY Dan Nosowitz