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I am fascinated with old preserved food, like bog butter and ancient bread. I’m one of those people who instantly…

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Grab a box of tissues, folks, because by the time you’re done reading this story, you’ll have at least one tear…

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The original Slim Jim mascot more closely resembled Mr. Peanut than a professional wrestler. Wearing a top hat and…

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Food history is both weird and wonderful. Back in the 1960s when Barbara Wheaton was a young scholar, she stumbled…

The mere words Moosewood Cookbook feel like a time portal back to the ’70s, the age of long-haired hippies in…

There’s a lot of uncertainty in the world right now, but one thing is absolutely clear: nobody’s taking any culinary…

It’s been quite a while since our last installment of Fun Fact Friday! Why? Because finding and typing up fun facts…

A plant biologist and an art historian walk into a museum. They stand in front of a 17th-century Flemish still-life…

If you have any interest in food history at all, you’ve probably come across the Food Timeline, an extraordinary…

Here’s a fun fact for you all: if Uncle Ben loses his job this year, it would not be for the first time. The…

You’re forgiven if you’ve never heard of the occupation “food anthropologist” before. Katherine Spiers hadn’t…

In the most literal sense, Spam is canned meat. It was first sold in 1937 by the Hormel Foods Corporation of Austin,…

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