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What to Give to Your Favorite Foodie This Holiday Season
Special sauces, spices and tools will delight the amateur chef in your life
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Pardoned Turkeys Spend a Night in a Hotel First
After an evening in a $350 hotel room, today President Obama will spare the birds from the butcher’s block
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Chinese Chickens May Have Been Domesticated 10,000 Years Ago
Bones found in ancient farming sites are lending insight into the origins of our favorite fowl
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Physicists Explain Why Coffee Is More Prone to Spills Than Beer
It all comes down to the foam
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We’re Running Out of Chocolate
We’re eating so much chocolate that plants can’t keep up
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Eat More Seaweed (It’s Good for You)
Foraging for fresh seaweeds gives you option and the best taste according to this Brittany seaweed eater
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Get Past the Vile Smell: Ginkgo Nuts Are Delicious
People have been feasting on these tasty little morsels since at least the 11th century
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This Artist Makes E. coli-Shaped Popsicles
For those who prefer plants to pathogens, there’s popsicle cacti, too
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A Label You Rub To See If Food Has Expired and Other Finalists for the Dyson Award
There’s also a pen that lets you know when you should reapply your sunscreen and a device called Luke Stairwalker
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Scotland Is No Longer Home to the World’s Best Whiskys
When it comes to whisky, Japan, the US and even England now reign supreme
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Did the Gladiators Drink an Energy Drink Made of Ash?
Gladiators were getting extra calcium in their diet
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Do You Make Better Decisions When Hungry?
Results from tests on university students contradict the notion that hunger makes you impulsive, instead it might make you intuitive
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Barmbrack, Toffee and Other Treats to Have an Around-the-World Halloween Celebration
This weekend’s celebrations extend beyond snarfing down Hershey and Mars bars
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Want to Know How to Make Great Pizza? Consult the Guy Who Wrote the Bible on It
Tony Gemignani knows everything there is to know about making pizza, and now he’s telling you his secrets
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Plants Can Sense When Insects Are Eating Them
Plants can sense munching vibrations that insects make, and respond accordingly with heightened defenses
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