Culture
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The Rise and Fall of Ken-chan, the $43,000 Robot Waiter
The spaghetti-slinging robot drew crowds at Grazie’s Italian Restaurant in Tokyo
June 12, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Can Brown Bears Survive in the Pyrenees?
The keepers of sheep and cows helped eliminate the Pyrenean brown bear in the first place, and shepherds are not thrilled to see France's largest predator return
June 12, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
Events June 12-14: Temple of Invention Tour, A Healthy Future in Renewable Energy, and Painting with Maya-Mam
This week, take a tour of the Old Patent Office Building, learn about renewable energy sources, and paint with Mayan artist Ubaldo Sánchez.
June 11, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Edible Dictionary: Lean Cuisine Syndrome
Where do Mayor Michael Bloomberg's statistics come from? People underestimate junk food and overestimate healthy food in dietary surveys
June 11, 2012 |
By Peter Smith
Elderberries, Liqueurs and Meat Stamps
These elder-containing concoctions, credited with reviving a taste for liqueurs, came about as folk remedies
June 07, 2012 |
By Peter Smith
On the Cheese Trail in the Pyrenees
Make a fuss in the road and stomp your feet, and someone will appear. Spit out some gibberish about “fromage a vendre,” and that should do it. You'll get your cheese
June 07, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
Celebrating Olympics Season at the American Indian Museum
The American Indian Museum tells the stories of indigenous Olympians both past and present.
June 06, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
The Family that Never Quits Pedaling
I thought cycling with a sack of lentils, a laptop and a bottle of wine was hard. Then I met a pair of Dutch cyclists on tour with a grown dog, a puppy---and a baby
June 05, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
A Taste of Edible Feces
Ambergris, the subject of a new book, "is aromatic—both woody and floral. The smell reminds me of leaf litter on a forest floor."
June 04, 2012 |
By Peter Smith
The Peas that Smelled the Leaky Pipe
In 1901, a 17-year-old Russian discovered the gas that tells fruits to ripen
June 01, 2012 |
By Peter Smith
Events June 1-3: Native Athletes in the Olympics, Zebra Day, Ocean: Multimedia, Dance, Film and Music
This weekend, prep for the Olympics with some history, meet the Zebras at the zoo and celebrate the ocean in a multimedia experience.
June 01, 2012 |
By K. Annabelle Smith
Best. Gumbo. Ever.
He ate far and wide, but the author found only one true version of the New Orleans dish—Mom's
June 2012 |
By Lolis Eric Elie
Creole Gumbo Recipe From Mrs. Elie
Invite your friends and family over to dig into the Creole version of this classic Southern dish
June 2012 |
By Lolis Eric Elie
Julia Child's Recipe for a Thoroughly Modern Marriage
Food writer Ruth Reichl looks at the impact of the famous chef's partnership with her husband Paul
June 2012 |
By Ruth Reichl
How the Chicken Conquered the World
The epic begins 10,000 years ago in an Asian jungle and ends today in kitchens all over the world
June 2012 |
By Jerry Adler and Andrew Lawler
A Tasting Tour of Salts Around the World
Food critic Mimi Sheraton samples the different kinds of the world's most ancient and essential ingredient
June 2012 |
By Mimi Sheraton
Saved From Prohibition by Holy Wine
In downtown Los Angeles, a 95-year-old winery weathered hard times by making wine for church services. Now connoisseurs are devoted to it
June 2012 |
By Amy Scattergood
Why America is the World's Shelter
The renowned author of the memoir Infidel found refuge here from persecution abroad
June 2012 |
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Great Moments in Chicken Culinary History
Where did these six poultry-based dishes (with one imposter) get their start?
June 01, 2012 |
By Aviva Shen
Where Lance Remains the King
Among the peaks, cirques and summits of the French Pyrenees, the greeting call to an American on a bike may always be "Armstrong!"
May 31, 2012 |
By Alastair Bland
