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In Texas, Barbecue Has Gone Global

Across Texas, chefs and BBQ obsessives are stretching the limits of brisket, smoke, and sauce.
Paris, France

Les Abattoirs de Vaugirard

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.
Gastro Obscura

Lebanon Bologna

There's even a museum dedicated to this preserved meat.
relics

4 Truly Unexpected Ways to Express Your Feelings on February 14th

What does Valentine's Day have to do with wounding insults, bone relics, and meat juice?
April White February 9, 2023
gardens

Podcast: The Plant

Once an abandoned meatpaking plant, this Chicago site is now an artisanal food hub.
The Podcast Team January 4, 2023
food

The Rise and Fall of Alaska's 'Reindeer King'

Carl J. Lomen used legal loopholes and Santa Claus to build his meat business.
Kirstin Fawcett December 23, 2022
roads

The Changing Landscape of Eating Roadkill

One way to make sense of the senseless slaughter of roadkill? Salvage it for food.
Ben Goldfarb July 18, 2022
preserved specimens

Podcast: World’s Oldest Edible Ham

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team June 9, 2022
meat

Meet the Mettigel, Germany's Hedgehog Sculpted From Meat

Now a cult-favorite party food, hedgehog-shaped snacks have a long history in Europe.
Rachel Glassberg May 20, 2022
monuments

Podcast: Possum Monument

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team March 10, 2022
Nuremberg, Germany

Ochsenportal

An ornate sculpture of an ox in repose marks the former entrance to Nuremberg's medieval meat market, which was destroyed during World War II.
List

7 Spots for Sumptuously Smoky Meats and Fish

These places prove that one of humanity’s oldest methods for preserving food happens to be one of the most delicious.
Diana Hubbell November 2, 2021
Dakar, Senegal

Bantyii Dibiterie

A smoky doorway in Dakar leads to one of the city’s great communal eating experiences.
exploration

Why Did Antarctic Explorer Ernest Shackleton Keep 'Conking Out'?

A vitamin deficiency may have changed the course of a continent's history.
Gemma Tarlach May 13, 2021
Kansas City, Kansas

Jones Bar-B-Q Vending Machine

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?
London, England

Pudding Lane

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.
food

Kansas City Is Now Home to a BBQ Vending Machine

Burnt ends at the push of a button!
Jonathan Bender April 21, 2020
Antwerp, Belgium

Museum Vleeshuis

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.