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Gastro Obscura

A plate depicting a woman ready to fire her shot with her kylix.

Ancient Drinking Games Ended With Wine Stains and Stabbing

Inebriated play, from ancient Rome to Tang Dynasty China.

Places to Eat & Drink

Williamsburg, Virginia

The King’s Arms Tavern

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Omas and Opas at work.

Vienna, Austria

Vollpension

Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.

The interior of Noor.

Córdoba, Spain

Noor

This Michelin-starred restaurant sheds light on a rare period of cultural and culinary tolerance in Cordoba’s past.

Lake Louise, Alberta

Lake Agnes Teahouse

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

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Stories

A witch cake from the village of Bempton, which collector William Clarke dated to 1850.

Remembering ‘Witch Cakes,’ the Evil-Fighting Baked Goods of the 1600s

Are these cakes weapons against dark forces or just “spiky bagels”?

Bone Woman is one of the yokai in the "Haunted Coffee" collection.

Meet the Ghosts Behind a Japanese City's 'Haunted' Coffee

These yokai make a scary good brew.

BY Selena Takigawa Hoy

A small group picnics on ledger-style tombstones in Historic St. Luke's Ancient Cemetery. The photo is not dated but is believed to have been taken prior to St. Luke's 1957 Pilgrimage Service.

Remembering When Americans Picnicked in Cemeteries

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

BY Jonathan Kendall

The little marzipan bones are traditionally filled with egg-yolk marrow.

The Bone-Shaped Sweets That Honor the Dead in Spain

Make the marzipan "limbs" that commemorate loved ones on All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.

BY Vera Armus-Laski

These pages of Fiḍālat al-Khiwān describe recipes for meatballs, hare, and rabbit.

How a Librarian and a Food Historian Rediscovered the Recipes of Moorish Spain

A new cookbook is a translation of a rare, 13th-century volume.

Offerings are given before dawn during Pchum Ben.

It Takes a Village to Feed Cambodia’s Ravenous Ghosts

When the gates of hell open on Pchum Ben, communities gather to feed returning ancestors with sweet and savory rice cakes.

BY Diana Hubbell

<em>Koko Sāmoa</em> is practically the national drink.

In Samoa, Hot Chocolate Is Homegrown

Growing, grinding, and drinking koko Sāmoa brings families together.

BY Tiare Tuuhia