Articles tagged as Food | Smithsonian Magazine

Cheese is the most stolen food in the world

September 30, 2015

Tired of Apples? Pick These Exotic Fall Fruits Instead

Here’s where to find pawpaws, persimmons and other unusual fruits in the wild

September 29, 2015

A spectacled fruit bat hangs out in search of its next meal. Many bats eat nectar with grooved tongues that are posing quite a mystery for scientists.

New Research

This Bat’s Tongue Works Like a Conveyor Belt

The unique tongues are raising new questions for scientists

September 28, 2015

Pizzerias are a new and growing market for coal companies

September 28, 2015

A Guide to Buying Ethical Coffee

How to make sense of the beans that promote sustainable agriculture and humane worker rights

September 25, 2015

Can you resist the temptation of a midnight snack?

New Research

Americans Are Eating Later, and That May Contribute to Weight Troubles

Our bodies didn’t evolve to handle midnight pizzas

September 24, 2015

Cool Finds

How Doughnut-Loving Cops Became a Stereotype

A sugar-sweet symbol for beat cops around the country

September 24, 2015

New Research

American Kids Are Obsessed With Apples

Apples make up 29 percent of the total fruit eaten by teens and kids in the United States

September 24, 2015

Screenshot from "How to Make a Sandwich - Chapter 11 Assembly"

Cool Finds

Making a Sandwich From Scratch Took This Man Six Months

The chicken sandwich also racked up a total cost of $1,500

September 18, 2015

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.

Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road

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

September 16, 2015

A robot serves a customer at a restaurant in northeast China in 2012

Cool Finds

Dining in the Future: Predictions for Restaurant Eating in 2040

Eateries may include more tech and fewer humans on staff

September 16, 2015

Cool Finds

Sweden Has a Hotel for Sourdough Starters

Boarding bread is the new doggy day care.

September 11, 2015

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

New Research

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

September 10, 2015

The Innovative Spirit

Test Your Restaurant Meal for Allergens in Two Minutes

Nima, a handheld food analyzer, can test for gluten on the spot

September 9, 2015

Cool Finds

Archaeologists Had a Huge Reenactment Party to Verify Ancient Pit Oven

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

September 4, 2015

New Research

Winning Really Does Taste Sweet, Because Emotions Change Taste Perception

A study of hockey fans sampling ice cream may offer clues to the origins of emotional eating disorders

September 3, 2015

A Bloody served in a bar, loaded with goodies and with a beer chaser.

Cool Finds

The History of the Bloody Mary Meat Straw

The straw is one potential upgrade to drink known for its penchant for carrying a little extra protein, among other things

September 1, 2015

Cool Finds

Scientists Invented Ice Cream That Doesn’t Melt as Fast

It involves a protein that some bacteria use as a kind of protectant coating

September 1, 2015

Man claims intellectual property theft for putting chicken on a bun.

August 31, 2015

More companies are paying to label their food as non-GMO, whether they need it or not.

August 27, 2015