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Meet Baked Alaska's Prototype, 'Alaska, Florida'

This parlor trick of a dessert has a long, complicated lineage.

Diana Hubbell May 18, 2023

The Original Caesar Salad Was Finger Food

The world's most famous salad started as a Tijuana trend.

April White May 17, 2023

Chowder Once Had No Milk, No Potatoes—and No Clams

The earliest-known version of the dish was a winey, briny, bready casserole.

Anne Ewbank May 16, 2023

Meet Red Velvet Cake Before It Was Colorful

Before the invention of red dye 40, this confection looked very different.

Diana Hubbell May 15, 2023

Eat Like a King With the Official Coronation Quiche

Can Charles III's recipe live up to his mother's curried chicken?

Chloe Faure May 4, 2023

How to Make Mystical 'Fairy Butter'

This historical sweet spread has supernatural ties.

Jess Eng May 2, 2023

Why 18th-Century Scots Performed Mock Human Sacrifices Over Cake

This May Day, make Beltane bannock, a simple snack with a long history of superstition and divination.

Sam O'Brien May 1, 2023

Make the Jellied Delicacy Served Aboard the Titanic

For their last meal, first-class passengers dined on 11 courses, including Chartreuse jelly and peaches.

Diana Hubbell April 27, 2023

A Day in the Life of a Fortune Cookie Maker at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory

In the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, a favorite dessert is still made the old-school way.

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How to Cook a Delicious Meal With Zombie Fungus

Conquer your "Last of Us" fears by consuming Cordyceps.

Natalie Zarrelli March 10, 2023

Remembering When Cocktails Were Just Soup

Canned beef bouillon on the rocks, anyone?

Diana Hubbell February 23, 2023

The Sauce That Survived Italy's War on Pasta

The Futurists tried to abolish pasta and all they got was this delicious dish.

Sam Lin-Sommer January 27, 2023

How a Black-Jewish Historian Crafts a Hanukkah Meal

Michael Twitty tells the intertwined stories of the African and Jewish diasporas through fried Hanukkah treats.

Sam Lin-Sommer December 23, 2022

Our Favorite Recipes of 2022

From boozy fruit preserves to tomato soup cake, we're looking back at a year of culinary curiosity.

Sam O'Brien December 12, 2022

Who Decided to Put Sauerkraut in Chocolate Cake?

The infamous ‘Don’t Ask Cake’ is better than it sounds.

Diana Hubbell November 10, 2022

A Cookbook for Dining With the Dead

Learn to make amaranth skulls, “buried” tamales, and other regional Día de Muertos recipes.

Sam O'Brien October 28, 2022

The Disappearing Philippine Tradition of 'Souling' for Rice Cakes

Pangangaluluwa means singing, costumes, and treats.

Barbara Woolsey October 24, 2022

In Malta, ‘Dead Men’s Bones’ Are a Sweet, Spiritual Tradition

The cookies are just one way that the island nation remembers the dead.

Alice Levitt October 11, 2022