History

Chocolate Week: A Brief History of Chocolate

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Evolution Began With a Second Helping of Beef Collops (Maybe)

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February Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

Alcohol in Archaeology and Modern Life

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Early Humans Left Trails of Ulcers

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The Ghost of Inaugural Lunches Past

Now its a pageant, but the post inauguration meal used to be a pretty mild affair

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Should Sugar Be a Controlled Substance?

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January Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

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A Brief History of Gingerbread

Whose bright idea was this delicious concoction, anyway?

Latkes

Hanukkah Food Smackdown! Latkes vs. Hamantashen

Inside a dispute that has engaged some of the greatest minds of our era

A bagel with lox, a uniquely American combination.

A Brief History of the Bagel

Since its origins, the bagel is a staple that's inspired fierce loyalties

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Food Stuck in Teeth for 8,000 Years Alters View of Early Farming

A 1910s Happy New Year postcard depicts a child running over a snowman.

Outrageous Postcards and Ads of Snowmen Gone Wild

Before the age of Frosty, the snowman was abused by children and exploited by advertisers

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December Anniversaries

The Great White Hope, Beethoven, and more...

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The Eat-ymology of the Turkey

The National Archives at Kew

Rewriting History in Great Britain

Recently uncovered documents in the British archives reveal dark secrets from World War II. One problem: they are forgeries

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November Anniversaries

Author of "Banner Days," Robert Poole.

Robert Poole on "Banner Days"

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October Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

Iran's anger over decades of foreign meddling in its internal affairs reached its apex in the 1979 revolution.

Inside Iran's Fury

Scholars trace the nation's antagonism to its history of domination by foreign powers

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