Food History

The dining room on the Titanic

A Lunch Menu From the Titanic Just Sold for $88,000

The "unsinkable" ship served corned beef, mutton chops and custard pudding

Americans Used to Eat Four Meals a Day

Rest in peace, “second supper”

The Mason jar can even be used to serve oatmeal -- though other containers might be better suited for this particular stunt.

How Mason Jars Went from Thrifty to Hip

One jar that can be used to store pickles, serve cocktails and, with some craftiness, light up a room (just not all at the same time)

How Doughnut-Loving Cops Became a Stereotype

A sugar-sweet symbol for beat cops around the country

Ancient people may have ground up wild oats

Flour Was Part of the Human Diet 32,000 Years Ago

A stone pestle inside an Italian cave bears traces of starch from wild oats

An ancient Hittite carving

Archaeologists Recreate 4,000-Year-Old Hittite Feast to Better Understand Their History

The chef crushed buckwheat on stones and used no kitchenware other than a knife

A Lima street vendor dishes up anticucho, grilled skewers that are traditionally prepared with marinated beef heart or tongue. It is a culinary tradition probably started by enslaved Africans here during the Spanish colonization.

How Food Became Religion in Peru's Capital City

Great cooking is what defines Lima today, but the culinary boom started decades ago, during a time of conflict

1,000 years ago, Native Americans in the Southwest likely traded for cacao beans from far-away parts of Mexico and South America.

Early Americans Went to Great Lengths to Get Caffeine

Pottery shards reveal 1,000-year-old traces of caffeine in places where it wasn't readily available

Archaeologists Had a Huge Reenactment Party to Verify Ancient Pit Oven

A prehistoric-style barbecue helped feed 200 guests — and prove archaeologists’ hypothetis

American Vegetarianism Has a Religious Past

Thank the creators of corn flakes and graham crackers for veggie burgers and not-dogs

In the 19th century this pie might have contained birds

Americans Used to Eat Robin Pie and Calf’s Foot Jelly

A food historian points out some forgotten favorites

Blueberries: A Biography

The world's commercial blueberries all have their roots in New Jersey

Who Were the First People to Eat Chickens?

A find in Israel shows evidence of chicken consumption from as early as 400 B.C.E.

Taken by ship to North America and Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries, the tiny fruit gave rise to all the many tomato varieties enjoyed today.

Why Is This Wild, Pea-Sized Tomato So Important?

Native to northern Peru and southern Ecuador, this tiny and rapidly vanishing tomato boasts outsized influence on world gastronomy

The Foods Americans Once Loved to Eat

Turtles, beavers and eel were once beloved staples of the continental diet. What happened?

Napoleon in battle, presumably craving rotisserie chicken

Napoleon Had a Thing for Rotisserie Chicken

The military powerhouse ate chicken dinners 24/7 — even as his army starved

There's Only One Way to Make a Dark 'n' Stormy Without Breaking the Law

The cocktail has a surprising, and litigious history

An African American soldier is shown cooking at the camp kitchen of 2nd New York Regiment during the Civil War

The Civil War’s Division of North and South is Reflected in Cookbooks

Naval blockades kept the South starving for salt and other foods, a fact reflected in the recipes of the time

In 1938, the NY Times Wrote About a Weird New Food: The Cheeseburger

Apparently, cheese on meat needed some explanation

A champagne toast for all leads into a gourmet meal.

Eat Like a Parisian in a Parisian Apartment

An Internet-based service allows visitors an authentic taste of food, friendship and culture

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