Food History
The Pharmacist Who Launched America's Modern Candy Industry
Oliver Chase invented a lozenge-cutting machine that led to Necco wafers, Sweethearts and the mechanization of candy making
Oldest Evidence of British Beer Found in Highway Dig
Charred residues show cracked grain and starch molecules likely used as part of a beer brewing session in 400 B.C.
3,000-Year-Old Quinoa Found in Ontario
The batch of charred grain is the farthest north a now-extinct version of the crop has been found
More Than Half of All Coffee Species Are at Risk of Extinction
The popular Arabica bean, used in such rich blends as Java, is amongst the species threatened by climate change, deforestation
The National Inventors Hall of Fame Announces Its 2019 Inductees
Joseph Lee, inventor of the automatic bread and breadcrumb makers, was posthumously honored alongside 18 other men and women
A German Grocery Chain Is Selling First-Of-Its-Kind "No-Kill" Eggs
Every year, billions of male chicks are euthanized by the egg and poultry industry, but new tech could end the chick culling
Why We Should Bring Back the Tradition of the Christmas Orange
The appeal of a last-minute stocking stuffer
A Culinary History of Panettone, the Italian and South American Christmas Treat
The holiday pastry has been a multicultural phenomenon since the very beginning
Rethinking the Corny History of Maize
A new genetic study traces the movement of one of the world's most vital crops from Mexico to South America
Chicken Bones May Be the Legacy of Our Time
A new study argues that the sheer abundance of chicken consumption, coupled with the strange skeletons of modern chickens, will leave a unique fingerprint
Fruit Flies First Began Feeding on Our Fresh Produce About 10,000 Years Ago
It turns out the insects love marula fruit found in south-central Africa, which attracted them to human caves
Stone Age Humans Feasted on Caviar
Researchers used advanced protein analysis to identify traces of carp roe eggs left on a 6,000-year-old clay plot
Did These Ancient Juglets—Found in a Bronze Age Burial in Israel—Contain Vanilla?
The finding suggests vanilla was being used 2,500 years earlier and half a world from where we thought, but vanilla experts are skeptical on the findings
Sweet! You Can Now Cook the Food From the African-American History Museum's Award-Winning Café in Your Own Home
Smithsonian Books introduces the <i>Sweet Home Café Cookbook</i>, chock full of delicious riffs on classic African-American recipes
The Patents Behind Pumpkin Pie
This Thanksgiving, when you take a bite of the traditional pie, take a moment to think about the inventions that have gone into the making of it
How the Formerly Ubiquitous Pumpkin Became a Thanksgiving Treat
The history of Cucurbita pepo has a surprising connection to the abolitionist cause
The Ten Best Books About Food of 2018
These ten titles should satisfy readers hungry to learn more about the history and science of food
The Woman Who Invented the Green Bean Casserole
Dorcas Reilly came up with the iconic American dish in the 1950s
The Physics of a Perfect Pizza
It takes just the right amount of heat and conduction to turn dough into the perfect Roman Margherita pizza
Cacao Was First Cultivated in South America, Not Mexico and Central America
New study pinpoints birth of chocolate to some 5,300 years ago, or nearly 1,500 years earlier than previously believed
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