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S-O-F-T Double E, Mister Softee

A one-man band of an adman recorded an infectious three-minute earworm that will disrupt your sanity this summer

A sample elevator boot, graphic models, and the last on which it was made

How To Be Taller

A modern Scottish elevator shoe designer runs a global business from his Bangkok outpost

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games

When Humans Are the Prey: 5 Movies That Came Before The Hunger Games

The blockbuster book adaptation isn’t the first story to feature televised death matches

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Why Has It Been So Hard to See Margaret?

The Kenneth Lonergan film that many critics hailed as one of the best of 2011 has had a long journey to the theaters. It opens in New York tomorrow

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Meet Food “Information Artist” Douglas Gayeton

The images convey invisible or purposely obfuscated ideas related to food, explained by the experts themselves

Skull cups from Gough's Cave

Sipping From a Skull

Archaeologists may have found the earliest examples of human skull cups

Marc Jacobs high-top wedge sneaker

Such Great Heights: The Hidden Architecture of Elevator Shoes

How a shoe designed to address male inadequacy has become a symbol of female fashion sense

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A Brief History of Bitters

The author of a new book on bitters explains how they went from medicine to cocktail ingredient

Albert Dieudonné in the title role of Abel Gance’s epic Napoleon.

Forget the Artist, the Restoration of Napoleon is the Silent Film Event of the Year

Your one and only chance to see a meticulous restoration of the silent French epic is quickly approaching

The Shape of Fruits to Come

How our need for convenience is redesigning our food supply

Why There’s No Time for Work at the Office

Legal expert Deborah Rhode reveals the true force behind all your meetings

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Pfizer’s Recipe for Pig Testicle Tacos

Corporate cookbooks occupy a unique place in the kitchen, and they exhibit corporate America’s attempt to establish societal norms

Anne Marsen in Girl Walk // All Day

How a Documentary Gets Made

A primer on where the documentary got its start and how the film genre gets its funding

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What Shredded Wheat Did for the Navy

The inventor of one of the first ready-to-eat breakfast cereals was also an accidental historian

Re-creation of a dessert from the Chez Panisse menu. (Total cost: $3.98)

And for Dessert: An Object Lesson on Simple Pleasure

How a disappointing dessert becomes an object lesson on simplicity and pleasure

Nouveau Pac Man Cuisine

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

Carleton E. Watkins, “Interior Chinese Restaurant, S.F.,” (ca. 1880)

Was Chop Suey the Greatest Culinary Joke Ever Played?

Have you heard the one about the crowd of hungry miners looking for a meal in Chinatown?

George Stephanopoulos and James Carville in The War Room.

The Films That Led to Game Change

The HBO film has roots in two acclaimed documentaries that covered the 1992 and 1960 presidential elections

A thermal infrared image of orchard water levels

Drones: The Citrus Industry’s New Beauty Secret

In the future, farmers will use unmanned drones to improve the appearance of their crops

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Underwood’s Deviled Ham: The Oldest Trademark Still in Use

The 1870 trademark was for “Deviled Entremets”—”Intended for Sandwiches, Luncheons, and Traveler’s Repasts”

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