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That’s Disgusting

While disgust originally protected us from potential poisons, it eventually gave rise to culturally defining flavors and odors, all perhaps tied to local microbes
March 05, 2012 | By Peter Smith

The Aftermath of Mountain Meadows

The massacre almost brought the United States to war against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but only one man was brought to trial: John D. Lee
February 29, 2012 | By Gilbert King

Arabic Manuscripts: It Used To Snow in Iraq

Baghdad was the bustling capital of the vast Islamic Empire a thousand years ago, when the city's climate was much different than today
February 27, 2012 | By Virginia Hughes

Peeling Open the 1947 Chiquita Banana Cookbook

What do ham banana rolls with cheese sauce and salmon salad tropical have to say about politics?
February 24, 2012 | By Peter Smith

“A Precise, Beautiful Machine”: John Logan on Writing the Screenplay for Hugo

The Oscar-nominated writer tells how he adapted Brian Selznick's bestseller for the screen.
February 24, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

Scientists Move Closer to Creating an Invisibility Cloak

As far as the microwaves were concerned, the 7-inch-long tube did not exist -- is true invisibility that far away?
February 16, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

Nothing Out of the Ordinary: Squirrel Stewed, 1878

A collection of old community cookbooks reflects a changing ecology and a cultural shift: the decline of hunting, chitlins and pig's feet
February 15, 2012 | By Peter Smith

General Grant in Love and War

The officer who gained glory as a warrior in the Civil War also had a domestic side.
February 14, 2012 | By Gilbert King

Everything You Wanted to Know About Food and Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)

What is the term for a "euphoric sensation upon eating amazingly delicious food"
February 14, 2012 | By Jesse Rhodes

Brotherhood Spirit in Flesh Soup, or a Recipe Calling For Love

The counterculture has long been characterized by a single word: “love.” For some hippie communards, love was also a recipe ingredient
February 13, 2012 | By Peter Smith

Charles McIlvaine, Pioneer of American Mycophagy

"I take no man's word for the qualities of a toadstool," said the man who took it upon himself to sample more than 600 species
February 08, 2012 | By Peter Smith

Bedtime Reading From Beatrix Potter: Amateur Mycologist

Would Flopsy, Mopsy and Peter Cottontail have been conceived had it not been for the biases of Victorian era science?
February 06, 2012 | By Peter Smith

Super Bowl Guide to Football Films

The sport was initially fodder for slapstick comedy, but as the technology evolved, so did the way in which filmmakers portrayed the gridiron on the big screen
February 01, 2012 | By Daniel Eagan

Nazi rally in Nuremberg

Revisiting The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

Recently reissued, William L. Shirer's seminal 1960 history of Nazi Germany is still important reading
February 2012 | By Ron Rosenbaum

Saving the Whales (And Eating Them Too?)

What does whale meat taste like, and is it anything like jojoba oil, prosciutto or jellied crustaceans?
January 27, 2012 | By Peter Smith

The Allure of Nonexistent Places

Long-gone destinations have their own special appeal, don't you think?
January 24, 2012 | By Susan Spano

History Writers to Watch in 2012

A rundown of historians, authors and bloggers to follow in the coming year
January 19, 2012 | By Brian Wolly

The Stalking of the President

Charles J. Guiteau said he wanted to kill President James A. Garfield "in an American manner." He passed up several opportunities before he thought the time was right.
January 17, 2012 | By Gilbert King

Charles Dickens Oliver Twist

The Essentials: Charles Dickens

What are the must-read books written by and about the famed British author?
January 17, 2012 | By Megan Gambino

Judy Blume

Q and A: Judy Blume

The children's book author speaks about her career and what it means to write a "banned book"
January 2012 | By Jeff Campagna


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