Farming
The Legumes of War: How Peanuts Fed the Confederacy
Food shortages were a problem for both military and civilians. But even in these hard times, people could find relief in peanuts
April 19, 2012 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Food and Video Games
Video games may be the art medium of the 21st century, but they're also an advertising medium. Here are five notable games that promoted foods
March 13, 2012 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Super-Sized Food of the Future
How do you eat an eight-foot-long ear of corn?
March 09, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
1970s Children Draw Robot Presidents and Nuclear Apocalypse
Kids predict the darndest things
February 23, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Fruits and Vegetables Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before
Microscopy artist Robert Rock Belliveau says, "I couldn't believe the things I found on the things we eat every day"
February 22, 2012 |
By Peter Smith
Jose Andres and Other Toques of the Town Honor Alice Waters
What do you cook for famed chef Alice Waters? Washington's culinary celebrities faced this challenge at the unveiling of her portrait at the Smithsonian
January 31, 2012 |
By Jeanne Maglaty
Sunday Funnies Blast Off Into the Space Age
When Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus met President Kennedy in 1962, JFK told him, "The only science I ever learned was from your comic strip."
January 27, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Five Ways to Eat Persimmons
Both fuyu and hachiya persimmons are usually available in late fall and early winter. Here are a few ways to use either variety
December 02, 2011 |
By Lisa Bramen
Artisanal Wheat On the Rise
Giving factory flour the heave-ho, small farmers from New England to the Northwest are growing long-forgotten varieties of wheat
December 2011 |
By Jerry Adler
A Thanksgiving Meal (in-a-pill)
The future of food was envisioned by many prognosticators as entirely meatless and often synthetic.
November 23, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
Five Ways to Eat Cabbage
It's versatile and found in cuisines throughout the globe. Stuff it, fry it, shred it and more
November 02, 2011 |
By Lisa Bramen
California’s Disappearing Apple Orchards
In Sonoma County, apple growers battle against the wine industry and cheap Chinese imports
November 02, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
Five Ways to Cook With Pumpkin
It's time to think outside the pie crust and consider other ways you can put pumpkin on your table
October 04, 2011 |
By Jesse Rhodes
The Sweet Sound of… Vegetables?
Vienna's Vegetable Orchestra makes music by thunking on pumpkins and making carrot recorders and cucumberphones
September 29, 2011 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Vogue Vittles: The Cross Between Food and Fashion
Before Lady Gaga's beef dress, there were Wonder Bread raincoats, waffle pants and Marilyn Monroe in a potato sack
September 27, 2011 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Farming Like the Incas
The Incas were masters of their harsh climate, archaeologists are finding—and the ancient civilization has a lot to teach us today
September 07, 2011 |
By Cynthia Graber
The Sweet and Sour of Pickling
There is a reason, I discovered, that households of yore required at least one full-time homemaker to keep things running smoothly
August 24, 2011 |
By Lisa Bramen
Five Ways to Eat Fresh Corn
Eating it only buttered and salted would be like limiting Ben Franklin to a single pursuit of inquiry. Why squelch such potential greatness?
August 17, 2011 |
By Lisa Bramen
What Ever Happened to Homemade Ketchup?
By the mid-1800s, some cookbooks listed as many as 20 recipes. Today the homogenized condiment is due for a paradigm shift
August 16, 2011 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Founding Fathers, Great Gardeners
In her new book, Andrea Wulf argues that the founding fathers' love of gardening shaped their vision of America
August 2011 |
By Erin Wayman
