The Muslim equivalent of the "apple a day" proverb is “seven dates a day keeps the doctor away.”

Why the Scrumptious Date Is So Important to the Muslim World

The Prophet Muhammed said that Ajwah dates—grown in the Madinah region of Saudi Arabia—are from paradise

Tony Lu prepares a dish.

Atlas of Eating

Meet the Michelin-Starred Chef Pushing the Limits of Vegetarian Cuisine in China

Master chef Tony Lu discusses China’s changing tastes and his own innovative approach to ‘Vegetarian Fusion’

Today’s chefs are incorporating new ideas to prepare the creamy yellow-white sauce of the bakailaoa pil-pilean that is the hallmark of the Basque dish.

Here’s an Ingeniously Simple Method for Making Bakailaoa Pil-pilean, the Traditional Basque Meal

Digesting the lessons that the Basque chefs taught at this summer’s Folklife Festival

The BBC's free recipe repository will be shuttered some time in the next 12 months.

Trending Today

Thousands of People Are Trying to Save BBC’s Recipe Archive

Cost-cutting measures may nix the broadcaster’s online recipe database

A recipe for an ingredient to make a Philosopher's Stone handwritten by Isaac Newton.

Cool Finds

Isaac Newton Used This Recipe in His Hunt to Make a Philosopher’s Stone

The recently publicized document was kept in a private collection for many years

Cool Finds

Would You Drink a Cocktail Invented By a Computer?

How IBM’s Watson become the world’s most creative bartender

Instead of pumpkin pie, consider serving boereg.

What Do America’s Top Chefs Cook for Thanksgiving?

A quick survey of some of the unique dishes that restaurant chefs prepare for their own family dinner

Mario Batali on Why Farmers Should Be the True Stars of the Restaurant World

In his new cookbook, Mario Batali looks to farmers from across the country for inspiration

The colorful components of feijoada.

World Cup 2014

How to Make Feijoada, Brazil’s National Dish, Including a Recipe From Emeril Lagasse

The acclaimed chef talks about how to make the South American classic

Garlic Scape Pesto Pizza

What the Heck Do I Do With

What the Heck Do I Do With Garlic Scapes?

These flower stalks are in season and they’re delicious

"All the raw materials are there for an incredible cuisine. It just never really had an opportunity to blossom."

This is the Perfect Meal to Cook for This St. Patrick’s Day

Chef Cathal Armstrong talks to us about his debut cookbook and offers up recipes that show Ireland’s evolving cuisine

Khinkali can be found through Sochi and the Caucasus

Winter Olympics

How to Make Khinkali and Khachapuri, Sochi’s Delectable Delicacies (With Recipes!)

Eat your way through the Olympics with these foods native to the Caucasus

This Man Made the First Canned Cranberry Sauce

How Marcus Urann’s idea revolutionized the cranberry industry

Rene Redzepi, chef/owner of Noma in Copenhagen, is one of the world’s most influential chefs.

Noma Chef Rene Redzepi on Creativity, Diversity in the Kitchen, and that Time Magazine Story

Before he talks at the Smithsonian about his new book, the famed chef identifies who he sees as the goddesses of food

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Horrific Tales of Potatoes That Caused Mass Sickness and Even Death

A greened potato indicates the presence of a toxin that can cause gastrointestinal distress, induce coma or even death within 24 hours of consumption

Crab leg and imperial fungus dim sum

How to Make (and Where to Eat) the Best Dim Sum

One woman’s love of dim sum takes her to Hong Kong, where she tries her hand at making the bite-size cuisine

A display of whole wheat bread at the Washington State University-Mount Vernon Bread Lab, in Blue Hill, New York

Ask Smithsonian 2017

What Makes Whole-Grain Bread So Hard to Bake?

We asked bakers for their tips on how to get consistently excellent whole wheat loaves

But… the rum’s gone!

How to Eat Like a Pirate on International Talk Like a Pirate Day

While we all have a communal sense of how pirates talked, our sense of how pirates ate lies, by comparison, in uncharted waters

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