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Anne Ewbank

Anne Ewbank

Gastro Obscura's senior associate editor

Based in Northern California

Get in touch at: anne.ewbank@atlasobscura.com

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The Dinner That Kicked Off the First Dinosaur Craze

One of the world's first life-size dinosaur models was the venue.

November 6, 2017

The Heritage Beer Brewed With Some Help From Spiders

When fruit flies love your beer, you don't mind a few webs in the brewery.

October 31, 2017

The Club Dedicated to Eating Unconventional Aquatic Creatures

The Ichthyophagous Club changed America's relationship to seafood.

October 30, 2017

The Forgotten Italian Tradition of Building Monumental Food Palaces

Then destroying them in a literal hunger games.

October 27, 2017

Why Wartime England Thought Carrots Could Give You Night Vision

The belief that carrots improve your eyesight dates back to World War II propaganda.

October 25, 2017

This Orchestra Makes Music With Celery, Carrots, and Cabbage

They literally shred.

October 24, 2017

The Gilded-Age Dinner Party That Featured 7 Courses and 32 Horses

C.K.G. Billings turned a Manhattan ballroom into a site for a banquet on horseback.

October 23, 2017

Watch a Cookie Soar Into the Stratosphere

Terry the teacake took one giant leap for cookie-kind.

October 17, 2017

The Nixon Dinners That Taught Americans to Stop Worrying and Love Peking Duck

The president's historic trip to China caused a Chinese food boom.

October 16, 2017

The Renaissance Painter Who Made Fantastical Portraits From Food

Giuseppe Arcimboldo painted surreal art unlike any of his contemporaries.

October 13, 2017

During an 1870 Siege, Trapped Parisians Dined on Rat, Cat, and Elephant

In a desperate time, the zoo became a source of food.