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Ko's American pies represent a broader slice of the country.

The ‘Pie Designer’ Baking Up a Diverse Vision of America

Lauren Ko is as American as mango pie.

BY Vonnie Williams
The world's largest wine bottle held 1,590 liters of Austrian red wine—until recently.

The World’s Largest Bottle of Wine Just Spilled in Austria

We're gonna need a bigger napkin.

BY Luke Fater

Floridians Are Eating Their State Tree to Help Their State Animal

How Ancient Tooth Plaque Solved the Mystery of the Banana's Trans-Pacific Journey

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Fletchers Espace Culinaire

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.
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St. James Deli

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.
Prepared Foods

Long-Simmering Soup at Wattana Panich

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.
A bowl of chitlins.
Prepared Foods

Chitlins

These entrails identified safe venues for African-American performers during the Jim Crow era.
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Stories

A small snail's new diet has some big implications.

What Tiny Snail Poop Could Mean For Latin America's Coffee Farms

“I just followed a trail of excrement.”
BY Luke Fater
Canoes are the traditional vehicles for gathering wild rice.

The Cross-Border Indigenous Battle for Wild Rice

In the Great Lakes region, what some consider a weed is actually a sacred seed.
BY Darcy Rhyno
Legend has it that the beam is as long as a Viking's oar.

These Scots Still Fish Like the Vikings

But it's not clear whether future generations will keep the tradition alive.
BY Matthew Taub
Chefs Elizabeth Johnson of Pharm Table in San Antonio and Juan Cabrera Barrón of Fonda Fina in Mexico City page through the collection's oldest book.

Generations of Handwritten Mexican Cookbooks Are Now Online

North America's largest-known Mexican cookbook collection inspires both tears and restaurant dishes.
BY Nils Bernstein
A traditional spirit stirs up fresh debate among craft distillers living along the U.S.–Mexico border.

The Uncertain Future of a Border-Straddling Liquor

Sotol could bring Texans and Mexicans together, or divide them.
BY Luke Fater
Here's the catch: Dried cod is Norway's oldest export industry.

How Dried Cod Became a Norwegian Staple and an Italian Delicacy

The lucrative stockfish trade dates back to the Viking days.
BY Roff Smith
Mitsuaki Tanabe hoped to draw attention to the glories of wild rice with this massive work.
A Japanese Sculptor's Tribute to Wild Rice Covers an Australian Floodplain

Mitsuaki Tanabe's untimely death spurred his son to finish his last work.

BY Selena Hoy