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Arts & Culture / Food

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A History of Western Eating Utensils, From the Scandalous Fork to the Incredible Spork

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Food of the Moment: Squash Blossoms

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Ice Cream Chemistry

Ice cream is the Madonna of desserts

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Discovered: A Prehistoric Pantry

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Hunger for Freedom: Food in the Life of Nelson Mandela

A “gastro-political biography” traces what the Nobel Laureate ate throughout his life

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Can Pepper Save Wine Grapes?

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Fancy Fast Food

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Bottoms Up for the Burgess Shale Centennial

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How to Toast Hemingway’s 110th Birthday

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The Recession is Making You Fatter

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Terrible Terroir

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The Best Fish and Chips in Ireland

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Land of the Lost Food Traditions, Part III—the Midwest and Southwest

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Why Modern Foods Hijack Our Brains

The history of the nuptial pastry is even stranger than these modern rituals suggests.

The Strange History of the Wedding Cake

How the traditional treat came to be

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Land of the Lost Food Traditions, Part II - The South

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Summer Slim Jim Scarcity Leads to Stockpiling

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The Culture of Obesity

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Land of the Lost Food Traditions, Part I — the Northeast

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Piranha Recipes From an Extreme Angler

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