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Gastro Obscura

Read 2014 Gastro Stories

80,000 Snails, 12 Tiny Electric Fences, and 1 Rediscovered Recipe for 'Wallfish'

It's snail-herding season in England.

Help Curate This Vast Trove of Kitchen-Table Remedies

The Archive of Healing includes hundreds of thousands of folk healing traditions from six continents.

Sweeten Your Springtime With Japan’s Fruit Sandwiches

These treats have a surprisingly long history.

Why a Vancouver Cemetery Is Planting Squash, Kale, and Corn

The leafy greens are very much alive.

How to Recreate 1,300-Year-Old Cookies

Found in an empty tomb, these sweets have staying power.

gastro obscura profiles

This Irish Academic Is Getting His PhD in Ghost Whiskey

And partnering with a distillery to resurrect one.

The Secret to This Taiwanese Town’s Tofu Is a Mud Volcano

This unusual terroir produces firm, tasty tofu.

Can 'Banana Buffers' Save California From Wildfires?

A computer scientist makes a case for cocooning communities in banana groves.

The Sandwich Scandal at the Heart of the World’s Greatest Golfing Event

The Masters has it all—except its missing original pimento cheese recipe.

In Thailand, Traditional Cannabis Cuisine Is Back on the Menu

Cooking with marijuana is about umami and taste.

A Field Guide to North America’s Wild Crops

Spot these free-ranging versions of your favorite produce on your next hike.

Before Key Lime Pie, Florida Loved This Sweet-Tart Treat

Bake the state's nearly forgotten sour orange pie.

How India's 'Mango Man' Grew a Tree With 300 Flavors

Kalimullah Khan was inspired by a crossbred rose bush.

Get a Taste of the Upcoming Gastro Obscura Book

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Go Beyond the Grocery Store With These Seven Innovative Spice Companies

These seasonings connect you to the communities that produced them.

moveable feasts

Feast on These Recipes From America's National Parks

Bring the outdoors to your kitchen with recipes from across the parks system.

Unique Restaurants & Bars

The Colonial Tavern Dishing Up 18th-Century Vittles

A new menu at Williamsburg's living-history museum offers carrot puffs and hunters game pye.

The Risks and Rewards of the Remarkable Desert Truffle

Mysterious to scientists, dangerous for foragers, and coveted by gastronomes.