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Cake

Behold, the shimmering halos around the spots on a banana.

How to Make Fluorescent Food

A UV light and specific ingredients can make a dish or drink change color.

Anne Ewbank December 16, 2024

Gifting animals, games, and cakes.

5 Tales of Bizarre Holiday Gift-Giving

From elephants and hippos to fanfiction and sheep-shearing cake—what are you gifting this year?

Roxanne Hoorn December 5, 2024

Snowy Christmas market in Erfurt

Your Guide to Germany’s Coziest Winter Customs

From cookies to crafts, Germany is home to a host of charming seasonal traditions.

Sponsored by The German National Tourist Office and Lufthansa

Like some political issues, Watergate salad can be polarizing.

7 Candidates for Your Election Day Menu

Election season means fundraiser foods, satirical sweets, and campaign trail cuisine.

Andrew Coletti November 1, 2024

Food with a face is disconcerting. With fangs? Even more so.

Gloriously Gruesome Confections for Halloween–and the Rest of the Year

A new cookbook offers recipes that are both wholesome and horrifying.

Anne Ewbank October 15, 2024

Malaysian and Australian influences combine in Ho Jiak Town Hall's Vegemite-braised pork ribs.

A Gastro Obscura Guide to Sydney

Wattleseed pudding, Vegemite-braised ribs, and more freewheeling fusion in the harbor city.

Lee Tran Lam July 1, 2024

Futaba Cake Building

This giant two-tier celebration cake serves as a befitting advert for the confectionery college it sits on top of.

Harry Waugh Dessert Room at Bern’s Steak House

At Bern's Steak House, there's always room for dessert—it's just upstairs.

Véronique and Anaëlle Fontanel hold their Hello Kitty set of fèves.

The Weird, Wonderful World of Collecting French Cake Figurines

Porcelain or plastic, Harry Potter or copulating couple, fèves come in all shapes and sizes.

Emily Monaco December 8, 2023

A small Lancashire courting cake

Lancashire Courting Cake

Before dating apps, young people used this cake to express their feelings.

Pulsnitz, Germany

Pfefferkuchenmuseum Pulsnitz

An aromatic exploration of the rich history and flavors of this German town's famous gingerbread.

Caraway and candied citrus flavor the buttery sponge.

Welsh Sheep-Shearing Cake Is a Forgotten Pastoral Pleasure

Cacen gneifo was a traditional gift for farmhands during wool-gathering season.

Jamie Ellis September 22, 2023

Flódni

This multi-layered treat has become a potent symbol of Hungarian-Jewish identity.

Lakeland, Florida

Publix Cake Water Tower

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.

Munich, Germany

Kuchentratsch

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

Barbie cakes are a birthday classic.

Before Barbie and Barbie Cakes, There Was Dolly and Dolly Varden Cakes

These toy-filled birthday cakes have an intriguing connection to both Charles Dickens and Australia.

Cathleen Freedman July 20, 2023

It's not hard to find the ingredients for this simple vegan cake.

Lost Something? Make This Greek Saint's Cake

Fanouropita has a mystical reputation.

Rossi Anastopoulo June 27, 2023

Doberge Cake

This towering treat is a slice of New Orleans immigrant history.