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In his debut cookbook, chef Jeremy Salamon of Agi’s Counter digs into his family’s Hungarian-Jewish culinary heritage.

For centuries, artists have painted fruit and cakes as a flex.

The Detroit Institute of Arts will showcase food-themed treasures from near and far.

Now, you can view—and cook from—these nearly 4,000-year-old ancient Babylonian recipe tablets.

Author Kris Butler reveals how Temperance advocates mapped bars to discourage their spread.

Transcendently flaky pastéis de nata, superb tinned fish, and fragrant fortified wines await.

Bull’s blood isn’t poisonous; so why did people think it was for centuries?

Schabmadonnen are part of a long tradition of edible relics.

From centuries-old sacred rituals to energy drinks, one psychoactive plant has spread throughout the globe.

“It’s not just preserving seeds, it’s preserving our culture, our history, our way of life.”

When nature’s rarest color shows up in food, it elicits a range of reactions.

A museum outside of Athens preserves this fading custom.

This simple flavor has a cross-cultural and cross-generational appeal.

Meet three worldbuilders who bring their magical settings to life through food.

When life gives you Bisquick, make gulab jamun.

Making fictional food can be both a creative and communal activity.

Kielbasa vs. Fondue: Choose your fighter.

Now more famous as a distilling ingredient, agave has been a traditional food in Southern California for millennia.