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Dine Behind the Iron Curtain With Soviet Era Recipes
A new cookbook explores a time of food shortages and standardization, colored with some nostalgia
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Eat (and Drink) Your Way Through Sinatra’s Chicago
See why the Windy City was without a doubt his kind of town
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Europeans Only Started Digesting Dairy 4,000 Years Ago
They can enjoy that cheese thanks to ancient nomadic herders
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Why a Yam Is Not a Sweet Potato
Despite grocery store labels, these tubers aren’t at all the same
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A Brief History of Cranberries
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Five Ways to Start Eating Insects
The idea may be hard to swallow, but crickets and mealworms will likely be part of our sustainable food future
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Your Gut Bacteria May Be Controlling Your Appetite
The microbes in your stomach seem to hijack a hormone system that signals the brain to stop eating
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Five Ways to Reinvent Traditional Thanksgiving Dishes
Why have plain old pumpkin pie when you could be eating a pumpkin-filled chocolate balloon?
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Beyond the Butternut: A Guide to Selecting a Great Winter Squash
They all taste great with a simple bake in the oven, but each has some characteristics that make it unique
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Check Out These Gluten-Free Versions of Famous Paintings
The Gluten-Free Museum pokes fun at the popular diet trend
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Eased Sanctions Could Mean a Comeback for Iranian Caviar
Does this mean tough times for the endangered sturgeon?
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These 3D Pavement Paintings Take Chalk Art to a New Level
The pavement becomes a playground at the Sarasota Chalk Festival
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Sustainable seafood or “Frankenfish”?
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Experience Alpine Enchantment at These Eight Austrian Huts
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