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Food Matters on Earth Day

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All You Ever Wanted to Know about Chocolate, Volume One

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Cooking With the Bible

Sarah Zielinski (left) is an assistant editor at Smithsonian magazine and Jennifer Drapkin (right) is a senior editor at Mental Floss magazine.

Jennifer Drapkin and Sarah Zielinski on “Celestial Sleuth”

A Feast for the Eyes, if not the Stomach

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Where Our Food Comes From

The New York Public Library maintains the world's largest collection of tobacciana, materials related in some way to tobacco's history, use, and mystique.

Libraries’ Surprising Special Collections

Tucked away in libraries across the country are unexpected archives and world-class treasures

Dustin Hoffman, in the famous scene from The Graduate, during his first liaison with Mrs. Robinson. The movie was rejected by every major Hollywood studio.

Five Films that Redefined Hollywood

Author Mark Harris discusses his book about the five movies nominated for Best Picture at the 1967 Academy Awards

Scientist Joseph Priestly is best known for discovering oxygen but his contributions were much larger.

The Inventor of Air

Known for discovering oxygen, scientist Joseph Priestly also influenced the beliefs of our founding fathers

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Evolution Began With a Second Helping of Beef Collops (Maybe)

After coming within 50 feet of several wolves, Frank Clifford understands why 100,000 people say they come to Yellowstone just to see wolves.

Frank Clifford on “Howling Success”

The Devil's Food Dictionary

Book Worth a Look: The Devil’s Food Dictionary

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Food News and Trends to Expect in 2009

Yertle the Turtle, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley and The Order of Odd Fish were among those selected as Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008.

Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008

Surprising, inspiring and outstanding titles for youngsters and the grownups that read to them

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Gourmet Gift Idea: Red Truck Baker, Smithsonian Knew Him When

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Recipes from Rock Stars: A Top-10 Wish List

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Is That a Halibut Under Your Hood?

Thanks to the Internet, everyone's a book critic.

Amazon Warriors

Thanks to the Internet, everyone’s a book critic

John Hodgman, the author of "More Information Than You Require," is a preeminent authority on fake trivia.

John Hodgman Gives “More Information Than You Require”

John Hodgman, best recognized as the “PC” in the Apple advertising campaign, discusses how humans distinguish fact from falsehood

Puritan leader John Winthrop arrives in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Sarah Vowell on the Puritans’ Legacy

The author and ‘This American Life’ correspondent talks about her book on the colonies’ early religious leaders

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