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The Wild World of the Black Sea
Visitors come for the place and spill onto the beach and pose exuberantly under umbrellas and wrestle with colorful inflatable toys in the brown waves
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Istanbul: The Maddest City in Europe
“That’s the fattest stray dog I’ve ever seen.” A lot has changed here since Mark Twain wrote about the city, but there’s still plenty of mayhem
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Vogue Vittles: The Cross Between Food and Fashion
Before Lady Gaga’s beef dress, there were Wonder Bread raincoats, waffle pants and Marilyn Monroe in a potato sack
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Eating the Colors of the Flag for Mexican Independence Day
The patriotically colored chile, walnut sauce and pomegranate seed dish was invented by nuns in Puebla to honor a visiting general
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Bourbon Renewal: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America’s Native Spirit
Despite prohibition, changing palates and charlatan whiskeys, this national drink has made a comeback
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Maple Grands-pères for Grandparents Day
These soft dumplings cooked in maple syrup must have made for good comfort food after a day of hard labor. But why are they named for grandfathers?
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Five Funky Ways to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich
Although peanut butter and jelly is the classic combination, there are plenty of other, very strange permutations for your lunchbox
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Is Home Economics Class Still Relevant?
“Too many Americans simply don’t know how to cook,” says a historian, and that has contributed to a health crisis
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Big Brew-ha-ha: Scientists Discover Lager’s Wild Yeast
Beer, a cornerstone of human civilization, owes its alcohol and flavor to yeast; one important variety made a long trans-Atlantic journey
Momentous or Merely Memorable
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Four Deadly Disasters Caused by Food
There are things you can do to prepare for a hurricane, but what about the London Beer Flood or the Boston Molasses Disaster?
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The many fuzzy and feathery dinosaurs that have been discovered reveal one of the most magnificent evolutionary transformations in the history of life
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What Ever Happened to Homemade Ketchup?
By the mid-1800s, some cookbooks listed as many as 20 recipes. Today the homogenized condiment is due for a paradigm shift
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Dinosaurs for Experts, or for Everyone?
Mounting a full dinosaur skeleton, some paleontologists believed, had more to do with art and architecture than with science
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To Grill or Not to Grill: Commemorating a Saint’s Martyrdom
If the stories about him are true, St. Lawrence would probably appreciate this bit of perverse humor
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When Bad Things Happen to Good Food
It may be no use crying over spilled milk, but the loss of certain other foods might merit a handkerchief
Momentous or Merely Memorable
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How to Eat Like the President of the United States
See Kennedy’s chowder, Eisenhower’s vegetable soup, Reagan’s jelly beans and Nixon’s last White House meal
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The African fossil sites preserve dinosaur fossils that are strangely similar to their North American counterparts
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