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The Mystery Soda Machine as of July 5, 2017

Seattle's Mystery Soda Machine Has Gone Missing

Will it ever return?

BY Sarah Laskow

Food & More

Termite Mound Ovens

Once the bugs have moved on, termite towers can be used for outdoor bread baking.

Puijo Tower

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

Black Sesame Sweet Soup

This thick, jet-black soup is an amazingly fragrant and nutty Chinese dessert.

Meats & Animal Products

Würchwitzer Mite Cheese

You'll love it almost as much as the critters clinging to the rind.

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Stories

Abalonia: The Island Nation That Never Was

It was meant to be a seafood paradise.

How Laos Got Its First Buffalo Dairy Farm

First, two friends rented a buffalo.

BY Timi Siytangco

How Isaac Newton's Apple Tree Spread Across the World

Clones and descendants of the famed tree grow on 6 continents.

The Gnarled History of Los Angeles's Vineyards

It was once known as the “city of vines.”

The Ornate Ice Cream Saloons That Served Unchaperoned Women

They welcomed women back when American restaurants prohibited dining without a man present.

BY Jessica Gingrich

How Iceland Beat the British in the Four Cod Wars

For decades, two island nations came to blows over fish.

BY Natasha Frost

Step Inside These Members-Only Temples of Basque Gastronomy

For centuries, txokos have been crucial to shaping culinary traditions.

BY Elizabeth Hlavinka

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